BeemerMonkey's Ramblings
World's fastest two-wheeled french fry!
I'm obviously back from Bonneville, and just as obviously I have yet to get my pictures off my camera or to write about my experience. I've been on the road pretty much the whole month, most recently returning from Las Vegas where the Shop.Org Annual Summit was taking place (all the better to learn me something new to make our website more better).
While I was gone, this cool little bit popped up in my Google Alert for "BMW Motorcycles" about the folks at The Crucible and their astounding bio-fueled Die Moto.
I saw this thing in person, and the pictures on their site do not do this thing justice.
Check out the cool Die Moto page on The Crucible site to learn more!
Thursday, September 20, 2007 @ 2:44 PM
I'm obviously back from Bonneville, and just as obviously I have yet to get my pictures off my camera or to write about my experience. I've been on the road pretty much the whole month, most recently returning from Las Vegas where the Shop.Org Annual Summit was taking place (all the better to learn me something new to make our website more better).
While I was gone, this cool little bit popped up in my Google Alert for "BMW Motorcycles" about the folks at The Crucible and their astounding bio-fueled Die Moto.
I saw this thing in person, and the pictures on their site do not do this thing justice.
Check out the cool Die Moto page on The Crucible site to learn more!
Labels: BioFuel, BMW, Bonneville, Motorcycles
K16 Wallpapers
Friday, August 31, 2007 @ 5:21 PM
Here are some (I think) pretty cool wallpaper images for your PC of the new BMW 450cc dirtbike currently known as the K16. Enjoy!
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