About a month later at the mini rally, standing at the main campfire; yea, there stood Frank and Greg. Time to put the plan in action. Did the usual introductions, added just enough info to get the conversation going, then eased out and let it marinate. About an hour later, they had partnered up and I could see they were having a serious 1 on 1 interaction. Fun to watch from a distance. While that confab, time to move on to my own bonfire visitation.
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Mid-South ride, eat, and meet
- Thread starter barryg
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Walked around the bon fire and met up with John Lyle from Lena, Mississippi. Probably one of the finest gentleman BMW riders ever. Moa #22,373 his mileage was 22,427. # 22 on the list. John ride with some other old timers or rode solo. Didn’t matter; he rode. Looking at John, he wore a Belstaff suit. Old school cool. His was tattered, torn, patched, taped; way past being broken in. Good visit with John; If I remember correctly it was about his recent solo summer ride to Alaska. I looked over at his BMW ride; a mid 80’s R80/7 . I think the odometer showed 200,000+. Don’t believe that Barry, the odometer broke at least 2 years ago. His bike was like his riding suit, tattered, torn, patched, taped, etc. John and I said our good nights and we rambled off to bed in our tents. I was whipped.
Got stretched out and drifted off to LaLa land. Barry! WakeUp! I gotta talk to Ya. Can’t it wait till in the morning. No, Now! Greg, it’s 1 o’clock. This is supposed to be a rally, bunch of wimps. Get up, I gotta talk. OK. Barry, I’m headed south to Mexico this winter with Frank. Wow, I wonder how that happened? I’m clueless. Yea, I’m going with Frank and his buddies, in a couple of weeks. I gotta get ready. Another 30 minutes of banter, then back in the tent and completely dead to the world.
Got up late; missed the early bird breakfast ride. Loaded up the bike and headed out, stopped in at one of the local breakfast diners. A couple of BMW bikes out side. I wasn’t the only slow starter. Kinda sad, end of the official BMW riding season. Riding home, spring riding coming soon. Greg’s hooked up for his ride. Got some interesting stories coming up from him; no doubt.
I like to camp out at local rallies. Tent, sleeping bag, chair, so on, so forth, yadayadayada. I hate stappong stuff over the back end of the saddle. To get to the tool box, battery, remove tank, u gotta Remove all that junk. I’m old the less to do the better. I was out in the shed, saw this little jewel.
Well, ain’t that something.
Well, ain’t that something.
Gs-GSPD-ST
Back in the 90’s I wanted a GS or GSPD. I rode a lot of back roads in Arkansas. Every trip included some backroads that included some fairly rugged gravel roads. North central Arkansas including the Buffalo and White River area. I rode these areas on all my BMW street bikes. I got lucky and never dumped my bikes. Along the way I found these parts and bought them. I ended up buying a R80ST. That’s a whole nother story.
The thunder storms have moved thru so time to finish the job. I’m excited; OK, more than a little happy.
Back in the 90’s I wanted a GS or GSPD. I rode a lot of back roads in Arkansas. Every trip included some backroads that included some fairly rugged gravel roads. North central Arkansas including the Buffalo and White River area. I rode these areas on all my BMW street bikes. I got lucky and never dumped my bikes. Along the way I found these parts and bought them. I ended up buying a R80ST. That’s a whole nother story.
The thunder storms have moved thru so time to finish the job. I’m excited; OK, more than a little happy.
Looking on the net for a rear rack for this bike, no luck. Would find a rack, outa stock, not available. The pictures I saw of those racks, didn’t really look good. This bike is dated and kind of an odd duck. All three bars that rise over the rack are stout. Good for tie downs, moving the bike, picking the bike up. Time for a nap. Zzzzzzz
