Qman

A long way and a LONG TIME!

I'm a manufacturing Engineer for a Medical Device Manufacturer.

Picking away at frozen cow shit while pieces of it fly all over your face and into your mouth, then Shoveling it into a manure spreader. This to clear a tunnel that went under a road between pastures.....about 3 feet deep and 100 ft long. Several times per winter....This is why i later went to college!

I can think of many worse jobs!

On the BMW? As if that bike needs more power!! :-)

Reminds me of an old Carlos Santana tune!

I did something extremely stupid. I basically lost concentration while stretching in the saddle, cruise control on, nice straight road, veered right into the grass, tried to correct, the front dug, rear came around, and i basically hi-sided and slid for a good while back out into the road. Testament to the crash bars on the GSA... I stood her back up and rode another 4 hours. Only major thing might be the swingarm at the axle is ground down and might need attention with the internal seals, etc....yet to be determined. Also I cant stress enough the importance of good (full) gear....I'm bruised, shoulder is kinda jacked, but otherwise unscathed. Try tossing yourself down the asphalt at 60mph , sliding, rolling, and tumbling with what the average Ohio motorcycle rider wears.

I added some nice scratches to the BMW by throwing it down the road at 60mph.

done!

Aint that the truth!

Got a group heading out to Montana to do some of the BOM (Best of Montana) in Sept. https://bom2017.blogspot.com/2017/04/best-of-montana-adventure-ride.html

Just completed this amazing training this past weekend. Highly recommend this to experienced riders. I learned a ton, and broke some bad riding habits. The new 1250 GS that i trained on is awesome!!! Half off road, half on-road. https://www.bmwmoa.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1199151&group&fbclid=IwAR2asJSoILc23XqU09txHt6OYo2dLkW-r1wMNwAdZnQkiDL4-isZuPTD0VA Would like to have more off-road training. Not much locally, that I'm aware of....anyone know of good local training?

dual sport? single track? or pure dirt?

Frankly I couldnt care less about his previous life, or business outside the whitehouse. Just care that he's doing his job.....Something that the previous POTUS publicly announced that he refused to do.

Little rain over the weekend. Short 998 mile ride into the mountains of WVA and VA.

Little different than the report i read ...still funded. Major govt. koolaid. Will never listen to NPR.

People actually listen to NPR knowing that is is majorly funded by the federal government???

That ain't right!

Did she have an encounter with BigBird??

Riding down??

For the price of tires and maintenance + wear & tear, how much profit are you actually making?

Managed about 70 miles of backroads/gravel here in E-Central OH yesterday. The rain has washed off a lot of the crud on the roads. New Metzelers feeling great.