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My third BMW is a 2001 K1200LT in beautiful Pacific Blue, Elaine's favorite
color. This is BMW's "luxury touring" bike, complete with heated seats
and grips, cruise control, power windshield, electric reverse, and a very
comfortable seat for Elaine. It is a heavy bike, but solid and confident on the
highway -- very capable of extended touring. I think we'll like it!
The LT served us well on our tour of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. It is a
comfortable,
powerful and smooth bike. The cruise comes in handy for freeway
cruising.
I installed the mount for my Garmin Quest using a co-pilot shelf from
BMR
Products. The Quest is a great portable GPS which I move from
bike to bike and
to the car, and the co-pilot shelf locates it near my
line of vision so I
don't need to take my eyes off the highway.
I removed the top case and with the help of Leon, my
brother-in-law, fabricated a "Cleveland rack" to replace it. The
bike handles dramatically different, minus the 35 pound top case perched up high
and back.
The rack is made of 3/8" polycarbonate and painted
metallic silver to match the trim on the LT. I want to
find bolts that I can counter sink into the top of the rack
for a neater appearance.
I went on a shake-down cruise
down into Amish country to make sure all is ready for
my trip to Alaska in two weeks. I decided I'll go with the
top case for convenience and security. Services performed within the past month
include changing all the fluids, flushed brakes and clutch, serviced shift
linkage, adjusted valves, installed new plugs, air filter, battery, bug-guards
for the radiators, headlight guard, Wilburs shocks, HID low beam headlight, and
a new front Bridgestone tire. |
