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I rode the R80ST to work, and dropped it off at one of the local Airhead “Gurus” for a checkup.
Next week I’ll ride north to the 49er, then work my way south, heading up as many “dead end” roads into the Sierras as I can manage, and arrive at the Airhead Rendezvous in Sequoia NF the following week.
Other than the slab to get there and back, it will be one perfect corner after another!
That’s what I’m hoping for, and judging from experience on roads that I have been on in that area for 50 years, a safe assumption.
Bill
The new to me R80ST
Not today, but last Saturday - our local club had a breakfast ride to a café about 100 miles away from my house. I ended up riding about 300 miles, picking up a few town names for the Grand Codddiwomple contest.
We explored some excellent roads in the area west of London, Kentucky. Karla and I are enroute to the Dillard Getaway where we'll be tomorrow afternoon. This trip is a practice run for our retirement at the end of next month. Karla retired in early April and I agreed to stick around for an additional quarter to allow my successor time to get up to speed so my last work date is 30 June.
As a practice run this has gone well. I especially enjoy the relatively sparse road traffic on the back roads during the week.
Rode over six CO passes and one NM, 10,000’+,all still had snow on side of road.
An abbreviated 100,000’ ride
Weather cooperated except for the gusty winds after lunch
Forget which pass
And a coffee stop in Lake City owned by former Texans we have stopped at many times
On the fourth day of my current excursion, I packed up my camp after sleeping in the redwoods along CA hwy 36, met a friend for breakfast in Fortuna, and then rode up the Pacific coast to Florence, OR, where I’m camped for the night in a state park. Planning to head for John Day, OR, in the morning. Unfortunatey, my photos are on a real camera, not a phone but here are a couple from several days ago:
I spent the afternoon cleaning several thousand miles of bugs and road grime off of my hack, to start getting it ready for the next trip. Oil change tomorrow.
Every Tuesday the Harley group I rode with for years has a Gray Pride Ride. I hop on my RT and go with. I catch some crap from them but then I offer to lead and they won't let me because they tell me they can't keep up.
Took off some bits to see if the wires on my speedo cable were good. From about 2" from the sensor it's good but other people on that bike thread on ADV (640 Adventure) think it's probably toast down at the sensor. No luck yet with getting my speedo to work.
Used a feature on the BMW Nav. VI that selects a ride route for me based on time. I set up my nav system to focus on curvy roads and avoid all highways. Then I told it to do a ride that was 3-hours long. It gave me four different routes. I picked on and off I went. WOW! I was introduced to roads I had never been on yet. I also came up on a road-side farmer's produce stand and purchased some goodies!