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Post a picture of your hexhead.

Thanks again Fish - free is good! I'll give that a shot first. I think there's a discount for smugmug somewhere too. Might be good to have them in one place. I'll try the free one for awhile.

I really had a beautiful ride down the Coronado Trail, but it was so nice with no traffic, I didn't end up stopping very often for pictures!
 
Thanks again Fish - free is good! I'll give that a shot first. I think there's a discount for smugmug somewhere too. Might be good to have them in one place. I'll try the free one for awhile.

You're welcome. You can get a $5 discount at smugmug.com by using my coupon: ZhWlkhimCnkeI. Of course, every other smugmug user has a coupon you can use too.

I really had a beautiful ride down the Coronado Trail, but it was so nice with no traffic, I didn't end up stopping very often for pictures!

Nice. It's always a balance of riding vs. stopping for pics. I used to stop a lot more than I do now. Same thing with kids. I used to take a ton of videos and photos and now I play with them more than take pics of them playing. :dunno I've got a huge stack of hi8 and DV tapes that need to be processed and transferred to DVD as well as about a thousand photos. My new Mac Pro should show up in about a week, so I can get crackin'. Maybe once I start processing them I'll get back in the mood to shoot more.

Ride safe,
fish


oops...this is the "post a pic of your hexhead" thread, so I'd better...

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Traded in an F800ST for this a week ago. Just turned 600 miles. :D

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Here's mine. I've had her for 15 months now and the honeymoon continues.
 

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Well....signed my retirement papers this past Tuesday,leaving Dec 31st after a 31+ year run in this business

Bought my ultimate retirement traveler yesterday, made the '05 look small parked next to it. Spending my rainy Saturday transferring gadgets & gizmos to the new GiSelle.
 

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Steve,

You might love the bike, but you will love retirement a whole lot more. I'm 13 years into it, and it's the best job I ever had. I will admit that I have worked harder on retirement than when "working," but I work for me, and I work alone. No mistakes when one works alone. How good the pay might be is argueable, at best, but it's still the best job I ever had.

31 years? You earned the new bike.

Gary
 
Had my 06 R1200Rt painted, here are a few pics of the parts and pieces as I began to put it all back together.

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4NBike,

Any repair work done before the painting? Any idea what kind of paint? Cost of paint job?

I have an '83 RT that needs some work on the upper faring. Eventually, I will get to it, the entire bike may need a new paint job by then.

Gary
 
No repair work at all the white was house of color pearl white with gold glitter the blue is a dark blue candy apple. All in it was about $1000.00
 
A bit on the spendy side, but a really handsome choice of colors. Something of which to be proud, I think.

Thanks,

Gary
 
2007 R1200rt

That's me on the left trying to look skinny. I never made it out of town that day. The ABS wire on the front was rubbed by the rotor and caused some problems. Then when I finally found a hotel room, I was so distracted by everything, I "snapped" a muscle or tendon or something in my calf trying to put the bike on the center stand. Had to walk with a cane for 2 weeks. I flew 1,000 miles to get my new baby and rode her home. I've had a few problems with the bike that have mostly been fixed, but it's still my all time favorite bike. Well... I just bought a 1972 Toaster Tank R50/5, so we'll see.
 

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