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What about a F800ST?
Well, if Nakusp is a bridge too far for folks, SeabeckS and I intend to have a few informal treks up to Port Townsend to sample the local coffee shops over the fall and winter. Being the hippie/tourist/Victorian/blue collar/former seaport town that it is, there's quite a few. A straight shot up from where we live would be about 45 minutes. But I can stretch that to maybe an hour and a half of backroad sightseeing. Then take the quick way home . . .
Sometimes I'll take a half-growler (squealer??) with me in order to bring some fine barley water home with me. PT's had one good brewery for quite a while and I just noticed a second. I won't drink and then ride, but I've no issue with riding then sampling some of that nectar of the gods when I'm home.
Anyone else out there close enough to the Kitsap Peninsula to be game? We wouldn't make you ride an S-bike . . . or even a BMW!
Thanks! Made the decision last night to keep the bike.
Cheers!
I'm gonna be there! Leaving Wednesday, overnight maybe at Swan Lake near Republic. With all those S-bikes there, the Dark Knight may have to lurk in the shadows.
Just so you know, Hwy 6 from Lumby to the Needles ferry is simply excellent. Its a route you could take on your way home. The road never really develops a rhythm but you could convert the recommended corner speeds into mph and be safe. E.G. Corner signed at 60 km/h is (usually) easily handled at 60 mph.
Be sure to look me up in Nakusp - I have lots of beer money to spend. (if that doesn't get SeabeckS to attend, nothing will)
SeabeckS you were an inspiration in my search and acquisition of a replacement for my '03BCR #172, I grabbed #68 BCR and have tracked down all the good stuff to make it just like my first one. I got a little side tracked with a couple house projects and the crappy Summer heat & rain down here in SWFL but expect to have my R 1100S BCR #68 back together and properly run in by '17. I think of the leg cramps and sore back as a reminder that I'm still alive and have a little more body to wear out before I give it up.
Now that's what I'm talkin' about. Once again, old guys show their hard-earned and finely-tuned critical skills and make the right choice. Well done, sir.
BTW, as I know you can imagine, '97 and breezy' is just the usual way people around here appraise the weather when they walk out the back door headed for the garage and it feels for all the world like they've just opened the door to a pizza oven.
My Daddy (Johnny Sr.) spent three years camping out in Burma during the war and never seemed to be happier than when he was back home on the family farm in his native Ohio working outdoors in the winter. He used to encourage us boys to come out and help him clear brush and do other random projects which surely could have been put off until warmer weather. He'd say "Plenty of fresh air; enjoy it. We'll get a couple of things done this morning and then we'll enjoy Thanksgiving (or Christmas) dinner just that much more."
He was right, of course.
Cheers and keep up the good work, Bill.
Johnny
Just so you know, Hwy 6 from Lumby to the Needles ferry is simply excellent. Its a route you could take on your way home. The road never really develops a rhythm but you could convert the recommended corner speeds into mph and be safe. E.G. Corner signed at 60 km/h is (usually) easily handled at 60 mph.
Be sure to look me up in Nakusp - I have lots of beer money to spend. (if that doesn't get SeabeckS to attend, nothing will)
I know - an S would have been faster, but the RSL enjoyed stretching her legs.
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