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Near North Ontario reporting

A little slow on the uptake but on a quiet almost spring morning I'm just drinking coffee and dreaming. I've only been a member for about 6 months and finally getting around to communicating with other members.

My accountant talked me into buying his fully loaded 2020 GSA 1250 and I have thanked him since many times since I've only got one full season on it plus a partial. He is a good accountant and his unofficial business card is "1-800- justifications". He bought a cottage and didn't have time for all of his toys and sold me this for a great deal.

What a bike, after taking the motorad offroad course and the police motorcycle training course I now realize some of its potential plus my need for more riding is obvious.

We took a few trips into northern ontario, a trip to Cape Breton trail and the dragons tail plus lots of excellent local roads of different surface textures. I'm a bikepacking kind of guy so lots of camping experience, gotta admit it is a little more difficult to stealth camp with the GSA compared to a bicycle.

I also have a bicycle rack for it, talk about guys drooling when they see you on the GSA with a nice mtn bike arriving at the trails, the only downside is not having a beer after but "near beer" tastes pretty good. Hopefully I managed to upload of the bikes with my ****eating grin in the background. I was on my way to meet friends at the regular Thursday night ride.

The feedback from the forum has been great, looking forward to meeting people at the rallys.
 

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WOW! A beautiful GS to get to camping sites with a bike to explore the trails once you arrive. :thumb

Welcome to the Forum from London, Ontario!

:wave

Paul
 
I know which is why I have four GSes from a 1986 G/S PD to a 2016 GSA LC. ;) And you appreciate them the longer you own them.

Talk about luck, no snow where you are in North Ontario. We still have lots where I am in South Ontario. :scratch

This pic was from last fall, I just dug a trench at least 18" deep to get bike out of storage shed
 
Welcome to the MOA forum, Phil!

Your Good Fortune to have such an over-taxed accountant {That’s a Joke!}... :whistle

Good to know you’ve enhanced your toolkit with ADVanced ADV-training! Another sensible Investment! :thumb

It’s actually & Officially Spring here in north ‘merica! Our trees are leafing out and our dogwoods are now bloomin!

Your turn will come -- hope you’ll stop in at the 50th International MOA Rally in VA in June.
U really should try to stop by if’n you’re a BMW Rally Virgin... :dunno
https://rally.bmwmoa.org


Happy Trails whenever U can - Ciao!
HSV-Karen & HSV-Phil
USN-Ret'd —--&-— USAF-Ret’d

'09 F650GS-twin - '14 K-GT
'82 R100CS ——— '75 R90S
’08 CRF230L —--— ’09 KLX250S
'16 R1200RS —-— ’05 Vespa 200L
:beer
 
Welcome philipyates12345! Was part of the purchase negotiation the ability to claim a deduction for the purchase price? Thanks for the pic.
 
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