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creamora wrote:

dokotela wrote: My baby in the lovely yellow rape seed

That is just BEAUTIFUL!

Back so soon...Yep, had to put this one on my desktop - SWEET!

Absolutely beautiful picture- If I ever get around rape seed blooming I will have to take a picture of mine. Wait you just did!!! Thanks

neener wrote:Absolutely beautiful picture- If I ever get around rape seed blooming I will have to take a picture of mine. Wait you just did!!! Thanks

Oh great another can oil a thread

sorry monday joke on a friday

New guy here. Today is day two of owning my new R1200R. I'm well on my way to the 600 mile break in. I took a loop around Carmel Valley Road:

Jedi5150 wrote:New guy here. Today is day two of owning my new R1200R. I'm well on my way to the 600 mile break in. I took a loop around Carmel Valley Road:

This is my favourite shade of colour in the new line up, looks so tough/mean. Great choice mate .

btw welcome aboard

dav wrote:This is my favourite shade of colour in the new line up, looks so tough/mean. Great choice mate .

btw welcome aboard

Thanks for the welcome!

I got really lucky with the color. There was only one R1200R in any of the local dealers that was not already sold. it was the exact color I wanted and had all the options I wanted.

Here's mine on Day 2... soaking up the sun. Can't wait to head out later!

Patch wrote:Here's mine on Day 2... soaking up the sun. Can't wait to head out later!

Great picture! And let me congratulate you on your fine taste in bikes and colors.

Still did not get a chance to bring out my DSLR and do a nice photo shoot with my bike, but here is a little something i did with the iPhone:

Here's a couple of shots from a recent trip:



Entering Death Valley from the east.





Death Valley from Dante's View, 5700 ft elevation. Badwater is below.





Badwater, at 282 feet below sea level, the lowest elevation in the USA.





920 miles in 2 days. Many bugs killed on windscreen. I had some fun!

xprof wrote:Here's a couple of shots from a recent trip:



920 miles in 2 days. Many bugs killed on windscreen. I had some fun!

Nice!
Death Valley is a beautiful place.


Are the flowers still blooming?

No, Joe, the wildflowers are toast. But the Creosote Bush (Larrea) is blooming, and the Cholla Cactus is looking good. I camped at Furnace Creek, where the temps were over 100° in the day and dropped to 82° by dawn. Yep, it's beautiful!

ContraMoto that is awesome, where is that?

Hint there in the distance...Half Dome.

A quick day trip to Yosemite on the way to the NorCal BMW Club Rally last week.

experimenting on image loading . . .

Avalanche shed on Red Mountain Pass (between Silverton and Ouray, Colorado)

Matt Metallic IS the fastest colour!

Got a very early start yesterday and headed west for some great riding in my new locale:

- Skyline Drive: No traffic and no Rangers either! Went all the way down to Elkton about 50ish miles of wonderful views and a great road. Tried to keep speed below 50; generally succeeded.
- Up US-340 to Luray
- East on US-211: Now THAT is a seriously amazing road!!! The 3 miles west of Skyline are great, and the 4 miles east of Skyline are even better!

I took some GoPro video of Skyline and US-211 that I'll try and get posted later. As far as pics, I only have one picture with the bike in it: In front of the Hawksbill Diner on US-340 about 7 miles south of Luray. Great place, great people, and the food hit the spot.