Getting Ready For The Desert
My first post on my brand spanking new blog is about my pending ride across NV to attend the BUB Speed Trials in Wendover NV. BMW is throwing down some cash on some pretty cool events there, mainly because Andy Sills (Mr. High Speed BMW) is going to be running a pretty intense turbo-charged, chain-driven K1200S to attempt to set yet another record.
If you ride a BMW, get signed up on BMW's XPLORE site for more cool stuff!
This will be the first long ride on my R65LS. I've done a few weekend rides of around 200-250 miles, but this is going to be the long one. Just got my valves done to make sure they can handle the NV heat. Turns out the exhaust valves had almost no clearance, so it was a damn good thing I had them done (as opposed to melting down on the side of the road in NV and getting to meet some buzzards up close and personal!).
I'm taking my sweet time to get there so I can hopefully get some good/interesting pictures out there in the desert. Check back in a week and see if 1) I made it there and back again, and 2) I actually stopped to take any pictures.
I'm sure I'm going to come away wanting to move to the desert. Every time I go to the desert I want to move there. Even though I hate the heat... Go figure. I'm complicated like that.
I also just bought a new pair of BMW's Airflow II Boots. My feet will thank me I'm sure. Airflow II's are like armored flip-flops! :)
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 @ 12:29 PM
My first post on my brand spanking new blog is about my pending ride across NV to attend the BUB Speed Trials in Wendover NV. BMW is throwing down some cash on some pretty cool events there, mainly because Andy Sills (Mr. High Speed BMW) is going to be running a pretty intense turbo-charged, chain-driven K1200S to attempt to set yet another record.
If you ride a BMW, get signed up on BMW's XPLORE site for more cool stuff!
This will be the first long ride on my R65LS. I've done a few weekend rides of around 200-250 miles, but this is going to be the long one. Just got my valves done to make sure they can handle the NV heat. Turns out the exhaust valves had almost no clearance, so it was a damn good thing I had them done (as opposed to melting down on the side of the road in NV and getting to meet some buzzards up close and personal!).
I'm taking my sweet time to get there so I can hopefully get some good/interesting pictures out there in the desert. Check back in a week and see if 1) I made it there and back again, and 2) I actually stopped to take any pictures.
I'm sure I'm going to come away wanting to move to the desert. Every time I go to the desert I want to move there. Even though I hate the heat... Go figure. I'm complicated like that.
I also just bought a new pair of BMW's Airflow II Boots. My feet will thank me I'm sure. Airflow II's are like armored flip-flops! :)
Labels: BMW, Bonneville, R65LS, Rides