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| |  Motorcycles, BMWs in particular, are my current spare time passion. I
bought a
Honda Helix scooter in 1991 and enjoyed it a lot -- very convenient
for around town. In the summer of
2005 I proposed to my wife that I take it out for a ride
in the country, to which I replied that it didn't have the capacity to haul two
people comfortably, to which she replied "why don't you get something that
does." That was all it took! Within a few weeks I found a K75 locally in
great shape, and the riding began. Then over
New Year's 2006 while visiting Chris, Maria
and Emmet in Minneapolis over New Year's I found a 1999 R1100RS in great shape, and that made two in my garage,
plus the
Helix. So I was off and running.
A few weeks later I was telling my good friend Stuart Kirk, an avid biker, that I was going to
have to sell the K75 to make room in the garage for the R11, to which he replied
"I don't know anyone that has just one motorcycle!" So that took care
of that and I kept the two bikes -- I sold the beloved scooter
soon thereafter, however.
I took my first tour in May of
this year when my longtime friend Paul Wilson biked to Cleveland, and he and I
toured through southern Ohio, across West Virginia,
and up to State College, PA, from where we each headed to our respective homes.
Elaine and I made good on our plan to tour on the bike when we took a
marvelous 9-day tour of the Gaspe Peninsula in
June, 2005. We had
a great time, and are eager for more tours.
In anticipation of our tour of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
in the summer
of 2006 I purchased a beautiful Pacific Blue K1200LT.
It is a 2001 model year and I was fortunate to
find it locally, and it is in beautiful shape. Then I did sell the K75 because I
really did need room tin the garage! These are the first of hopefully many
motorcycle pages to come.
I did sell the K75 later in 2006. It
was difficult to part with the bike, and I've regretted selling it from time to
time, but that's water over the dam.
In November 2007 I added an
F650CS to my fleet - a smaller, lighter, more
fuel efficient bike for around town. That necessitated adding another page to my
web site, and opened up the opportunity to learn about another line of BMW
bikes.
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