bigjohnsd
'21 R1250 GS Adv
My Mate, Brother from another Mother, and absolute best friend Brian (Festar) from OZ arrives in Rapid City today at 1600. We have ridden over 100,000 miles together in the USA and Australia since 2014. This is the first time he has been able to come to the USA since 2019 and COVID.
Our good friend, Pterodactyl/AKBeemer, has graciously loaned Brian a motorcycle for the almost two months and at least 15,000 miles he will be here (he flies home on July 2nd).
Our "Plan" or my plan, as Brian doesn't plan, is to leave Spearfish on Saturday, May 11th, and ride to Omaha, spend the night at my sister-in-law's, then ride to Palmyra MO on Sunday before heading to a friend's in Lafayette, LA on Monday via the back roads of MO, AR and LA. We will arrive at Joey's in Lafayette on Tuesday evening, then head to Turk's in Jemison, AL on Thursday before riding to Toter's tech day Friday-Saturday somewhere near Jasper GA (Joey is in charge of Lafayette to Toter's).
From Toter's, we will accompany our friend Josh through Kentucky and Indiana to Georgetown IL.
Our route from Georgetown back to Spearfish is TBD but we will be in Spearfish for Memorial Day weekend.
After Memorial Day we will head to Pterodactyls in Helena for a few days of bike maintenance.
Leaving Pterodactyl's on Wednesday 5/29 we will head West towards Fred's in Wenatchee arriving Sunday, June 2nd.
Fred has plans for us for a few days at the lake.
Wednesday or Thursday we will head South to intercept Tyler's NORCAL ride in Ukiah or Weed.
We plan on hanging with Tyler through Sunday and then heading to Nevada City CA for a day or two, hopefully, Doug will be able to take a day off and ride with us on Tuesday, June 11th. The Laporte Quincy Road must be revisited as Brian was last on it in 2014.
From Doug's, we will make our way to rendezvous with 5,000 of our closest friends in Redmond, OR at the national BMW MOA Rally where we will join Pterodactyl (Kevin and Annie) and several of the Black Hills BMW Riders for a couple of days.
Sunday, June 16th we head for Spearfish arriving Tuesday or Wednesday to put on the 2024 Black Hills Rendezvous.
After the BH Rendezvous, we plan on heading North West to Helena, via the Beartooth Pass if it is open, fingers crossed, arriving Monday, June 24th.
Tuesday, June 25th we will take off for Eureka MT, and then on Wednesday, June 26th head to Lake Country BC for a few days with Dave and Sylvia Dykes.
Friday, June 28th we will ride to Fort Benton MT, and then on Saturday to Helena to return Brian's loaner bike.
SWMBO will pull my trailer to Helena and bring Brian and me home on Sunday, June 30th.
July 2nd Brian flies home
Stay tuned - Updates and most likely changes to follow!
Spotwalla Track Link Here - https://spotwalla.com/trip/9d15-384bb9f-5875/view
Our good friend, Pterodactyl/AKBeemer, has graciously loaned Brian a motorcycle for the almost two months and at least 15,000 miles he will be here (he flies home on July 2nd).
Our "Plan" or my plan, as Brian doesn't plan, is to leave Spearfish on Saturday, May 11th, and ride to Omaha, spend the night at my sister-in-law's, then ride to Palmyra MO on Sunday before heading to a friend's in Lafayette, LA on Monday via the back roads of MO, AR and LA. We will arrive at Joey's in Lafayette on Tuesday evening, then head to Turk's in Jemison, AL on Thursday before riding to Toter's tech day Friday-Saturday somewhere near Jasper GA (Joey is in charge of Lafayette to Toter's).
From Toter's, we will accompany our friend Josh through Kentucky and Indiana to Georgetown IL.
Our route from Georgetown back to Spearfish is TBD but we will be in Spearfish for Memorial Day weekend.
After Memorial Day we will head to Pterodactyls in Helena for a few days of bike maintenance.
Leaving Pterodactyl's on Wednesday 5/29 we will head West towards Fred's in Wenatchee arriving Sunday, June 2nd.
Fred has plans for us for a few days at the lake.
Wednesday or Thursday we will head South to intercept Tyler's NORCAL ride in Ukiah or Weed.
We plan on hanging with Tyler through Sunday and then heading to Nevada City CA for a day or two, hopefully, Doug will be able to take a day off and ride with us on Tuesday, June 11th. The Laporte Quincy Road must be revisited as Brian was last on it in 2014.
From Doug's, we will make our way to rendezvous with 5,000 of our closest friends in Redmond, OR at the national BMW MOA Rally where we will join Pterodactyl (Kevin and Annie) and several of the Black Hills BMW Riders for a couple of days.
Sunday, June 16th we head for Spearfish arriving Tuesday or Wednesday to put on the 2024 Black Hills Rendezvous.
After the BH Rendezvous, we plan on heading North West to Helena, via the Beartooth Pass if it is open, fingers crossed, arriving Monday, June 24th.
Tuesday, June 25th we will take off for Eureka MT, and then on Wednesday, June 26th head to Lake Country BC for a few days with Dave and Sylvia Dykes.
Friday, June 28th we will ride to Fort Benton MT, and then on Saturday to Helena to return Brian's loaner bike.
SWMBO will pull my trailer to Helena and bring Brian and me home on Sunday, June 30th.
July 2nd Brian flies home
Stay tuned - Updates and most likely changes to follow!
Spotwalla Track Link Here - https://spotwalla.com/trip/9d15-384bb9f-5875/view