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font-family:
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Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">So for a
couple of weeks, we
had more cold, more
darkness, a
smattering here and
there of ice, of
snow, and generally,
as we had been doing
for the last long
time, we kept to
ourselves, and we
hunkered down.</p>
<p style="direction:
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0 0 1em;">It was
even worse than
being a normal kid
at a normal
Christmas -- I knew
I <em>had</em> a
new bike – I just
didn’t really know
when I would
eventually see it.</p>
<p style="direction:
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Neue",
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0 0 1em;">On top of
that, Pop Pop, whose
garage the GS was
sleeping in, was
feeling somewhat
poorly. He’d ended
up having an
unplanned run-in
with another doctor
with another set of
scalpels and
sutures, and it had
left him laid up
with a foot that was
temporarily out of
order. Getting Pop
fixed up and back on
the road became a
lot more important
than what I was
doing my best to
avoid getting
fixated about.</p>
<p style="direction:
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0 0 1em;">Sweet
Doris from Baltimore
even spent Christmas
morning – on a
holiday where we’d
thought we wouldn’t
get to see The Folks
at all – in town
helping to patch Pop
up and to learn a
whole pile of new
medications and
delivery methods
while I shot the
sheet with Finn and
stepped up from Sous
Chef to ‘Yes, Chef!’
to keep our
Christmas Dinner on
the rails.</p>
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0 0 1em;">All that
aside, we ended the
day tired, grateful
for those many
blessings we did
have, and sharing a
nice meal.</p>
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were able to do the
same.</p>
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<p style="direction:
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1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
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0 0 1em;">A few days
after the Holiday,
though, Sweet D
needed to head into
town again to help
Pop get to several
doctor and lab
visits – she asked
me if I wanted to
ride along, and take
advantage of the
opportunity to run
the GS back to the
RPP Skunkworks. I
yanked my phone out
of my pocket and
pulled up a weather
report.</p>
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0 0 1em;">“Partly
cloudy…. High of 36
degrees…. 15 to 20
mph Westerly Breeze…
Sure, Hon, sounds
like a great day to
recover a
motorcycle.”</p>
<p style="direction:
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1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
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0 0 1em;">I’ve got a
‘Stich, with its
11/10s GoreTex wind
resistance. BMWs
have heated grips.
I’ve been cold
before. I’d warm
back up, eventually.</p>
<p style="direction:
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<p style="direction:
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font-family:
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0 0 1em;">So later
that afternoon, I
found myself
standing in the
driveway outside Pop
Pop’s garage with a
BMW key in my hand.
After the door went
up I carried the
replacement
windshield for the
bike and the bike
cover that I’d
stacked on the
parked machine down
to the Flex for
transport back to
the shop. Don’t let
anyone ever tell you
that a GS with
aluminum expedition
cases doesn’t make a
wonderful shipping
pallet that just
happens to be
mobile.</p>
<p style="direction:
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font-family:
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">I got
myself back between
the GS and the wall
that had caused me
such grief when I’d
stashed the bike,
eased it off the
sidestand, and
rolled it backwards
into the light.
Whether it appeals
to you or not, one
has to admit the
appearance of the GS
– which looks like
it got loose from
the flight deck of
the Star Wars
Resistance – is an
impressive, rugged
and
technological-appearing
thing.</p>
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ain’t no R27,
Brothers and
Sisters. </p>
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font-family:
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0 0 1em;">I spent a
few minutes with my
mini-compressor
checking tire
pressures – due to
the cold they needed
a few pounds. I put
on my license plate
– pleased with my
upgrade from the
previous breadloaf
twist-ties to actual
zip ties.</p>
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that I had concerns
about the bike
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flat enough to
require a jump, </a>and
being a modern
motorcycle, battery
access was a lot
less friendly than
just turning a key
and lifting the
saddle.</p>
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ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">In
preparation for that
possibility, I’d
brought along a new
BatteryTender
pigtail, a
BatteryTender mini,
an extension cord,
my jumper cables,
and the few tools I
knew I needed to
access and service
the battery. Heck, I
brought everything
short of a new
battery and/or a
complete replacement
motorcycle.</p>
<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">I needn’t
have bothered.</p>
<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
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1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">I climbed
aboard the GS,
turned the key,
waited a few seconds
for systems to
initialize and for
stepper motors to
stop stepping, and
then pulled in the
clutch and pressed
the starter. The
engine spun up
briskly and fired on
about the third
compression stroke.
I played with the
throttle for a few
seconds – revved
gently a few times –
and hrummphed as the
engine stalled when
I let the throttle
close.</p>
<p style="direction:
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1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">No
matter. Apparently
the 30 or so miles
I’d put on the bike
three weeks of
freezing weather ago
had been enough to
put a usable charge
on the battery –
astoundingly, a
battery that despite
being repeatedly
ignored and
mistreated, it
looked like I
wouldn’t have to
replace. There was
clearly enough
charge for the bike
to start again.</p>
<p style="direction:
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1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">It was
time to gear up and
head west towards
home.</p>
<p style="direction:
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<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
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Neue",
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">My
in-law’s driveway is
steep enough and its
concrete busted up
enough that there
are certain
conditions under
which it’s not a
good idea even on
foot – A BMW GS
motorcycle makes it
seem trivial – I
rode down at walking
speed, standing up
and covering the
rear brake until the
big front wheel
rolled into the
street. I shot
Sweet Doris a wave,
cut right towards
Harford Road, and
gassed it. </p>
<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">I
deliberately cut
through the
neighborhood on the
West side of Harford
Road to get a little
heat in the engine
and make sure
everything was in
working order. This
neighborhood isn’t
much on pavement,
and the GS’s long
throw suspension was
tracking it well.
After working my way
across to Perring
Parkway, I activated
the heated grips and
then ran through the
gears as I headed
out toward the
Beltway. With the
GS’s Rotax twin
warming, I stretched
third and fourth
gears out – it’s an
almost flywheeless
motor that just
loves to rev – as
the rpms rise so
does the power. With
the revs up the 4
valve heads move
mixture, and on top
there’s a fair
amount of power for
the 798 ccs of
displacement. BMW
claims their use of
a 360 degree
flywheel – the
parallel twin
configuration
favored by the
shakiest of the
traditional British
twins – was selected
to mimic the one
power stroke every
rotation cadence of
BMW’s beloved boxer.
The F800’s
connecting rod type
counterbalancer
takes the worst of
the parallel twin’s
vibration out of the
picture while
leaving enough to
still know it’s a
motorcycle. In many
ways, the engine
behaves like a
somewhat more
muscular version of
Finn’s CB500F – a
bike I also like a
lot. The F800’s
claimed ‘boxer-ness’
is probably why it
was talking to me
enough to let it
follow me home – it
was pressing all of
my deeply imprinted
neurological
preference for boxer
vibration buttons.</p>
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<p style="direction:
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font-family:
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Neue",
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">Setting up
for the Beltway
onramp, I snapped a
shift down to third
– wrangling the 21
inch front wheel
through corners
requires a bit more
deliberation, but
the wide handlebars
give one the
required leverage,
and once on line,
the GS can carve.
We’re still flying,
it’s just at a
higher altitude.</p>
<p style="direction:
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break by catching a
break in traffic,
and was able to
braap my way into
the left lane in one
big rush – only
snapping up into
sixth gear to after
picking up cruising
speed. At 70 to 75
miles an hour the GS
was dead
comfortable, and
there was enough top
gear punch to move
through traffic at
will. Long
leggedness is a
signature BMW
quality, and it
lives here, too.</p>
<p style="direction:
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1.4em; color: #444;
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seemingly vaporized
in a single thought
– brought me to
I-70, the turn to
the west and
directly into that
chilling headwind.
Truthfully, I was a
lot more comfortable
than I’d thought I’d
be – Aerostich gear
flat out works, and
my Roadcrafter was
doing a stellar job
of keeping the wind
at bay and keeping
my core temperature
up without the
capability to resort
to electric heat. My
elkskin gloves, on
the other hand, were
a little challenged
– working in concert
with the GS’s
cranked electric
grips -- in keeping
my hands warm with
anything more than a
90 mph wind-chill
factor. Resolved –
we’d end up keeping
a slightly slower
slab cruise speed
than usual – the
bike wasn’t the hold
up, though, the
rider was.</p>
<p style="direction:
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0 0 1em;">Coming out
past US 29, I was
pleased with how
relaxed the GS
seemed at interstate
speed. The stock
saddle is firm, but
supportive. The wide
flat handlebar is
just perfect. The
bike has more leg
room than any other
motorcycle I’ve ever
ridden. I’d be the
first to admit that
the bike – given its
mission profile --
is geared a little
short for hyperspeed
touring. The CB500F
– for comparison --
is turning 6000 rpm
at 70 mph, and that
feels a tad on the
busy side – the GS
is turning 5000 at
an indicated 75, and
it feels like it
could run tank to
tank there. I had
to dispatch a few
ill-mannered four
wheeled motorists at
that speed, and it
pulled away smartly
with no need for a
downshift.</p>
<p style="direction:
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1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">A 60 mile
run between cities,
though, is a
complete doddle. My
moto-yoda Paul used
to talk about
performing ‘An
Italian Tune-up’,
which consisted of
taking a stored or
laid-up motorcycle
to the road and
basically wailing
the shit out of it –
this GS seemed
nothing but happy
about 50 miles of
top gear, high speed
operation – throttle
response and power
were both markedly
improved. When I
got west of
Frederick I dropped
off onto the
secondary roads.
There was nobody
waiting for me on
the other end, so
efficiency was not a
priority – I went
off in search of
some curves and some
dirt. </p>
<p style="direction:
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0 0 1em;">I exited
US 340 at Jefferson
Technology Parkway –
my absolutely
favorite ironically
named road – ironic
because my home
town, Jefferson,
barely has any more
technology than sits
in my home office.
The street name is
an artifact of a
venal, now soundly
defeated and driven
from the public
field,
attention-grabbing
politician for whom
the road’s name was
part aspirational,
and part pure
flim-flam. If,
someday in the
future, Jefferson
has more tech
startups than it has
certified dairy
cows, I will gladly
offer a sincere
apology. For now,
though, every time I
see the exit sign on
the highway or ride
the road I will
likely be on the
verge of laughing so
hard as to impede
proper motorcyclic
directional
control. JTP –
ironic nomenclature
aside – is very
twisty and bumpy and
still under
construction making
it a nearly ideal GS
road.</p>
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<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">I sliced
though the Parkway’s
three traffic
circles and seven or
so corner
combinations
laughing all the way
– not because of the
name but because of
the bike, which was
going it’s darndest
to convince me it
was a slightly
oversize Schwinn
Sting-Ray that had
somehow managed to
escape from my
childhood. </p>
<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">I
doglegged up The
Jefferson Pike, and
then headed up Teen
Barnes Road to cut
across the ridge and
into The Valley.
Teen Barnes is
entertaining –
climbing steeply up
one side of the
ridge, cutting hard
all the way – and
necking down to a
single lane where it
runs through the
woods over the crest
and down the ski
jump crazy grade
down the other side.
Another dogleg put
the GS on Poole Road
– another one lane
farm road with
minimal sightlines –
and I felt utterly
comfortable with the
bike and its
handling. Poole is a
road where one needs
to be able to put
the bike right where
one needs it, and
this GS allowed me
to pick my inch, put
it there and keep it
there. </p>
<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">And then
there was
Poffenberger Road –
my most familiar bit
of crushed limestone
– a road my family
actually lived on,
before our current
home was built. I
toggled the bike’s
off-road ‘Enduro’
drive mode on, and
rolled into the
dirt. I’ve had more
than a few scrambler
and dual sport
motorcycles down
here – none felt as
sure footed on the
gravel as did this
GS. After going
through the
switchbacks by the
Lewis Mill, running
by the creek I was
able to open the
throttle a bit and
to slide a corner on
the gas – it felt as
serene as such a
thing can feel.</p>
<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em;">After one
more pavement run
though the woods on
Saint Mark’s Road –
good, tight bumpy
stuff with the sun
filtering through
the trees – the GS
finally found the
sidestand and
silence at its new
home.</p>
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morning, Sweet Doris
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with me eyeballing
the state of the
shop. The state of
the shop was not
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artifacts and debris
from camper
construction,
motorcycle
maintenance, car and
truck maintenance,
bicycle projects,
tool chests, power
tools, camping
equipment, stacked
kitchen cabinets
salvaged from our
recently completed
kitchen rehab, oh,
three of my
motorcycles, Finn’s
motorcycle, a Zero
SR/S test bike, and
one 4x8 teardrop
camper. </p>
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this. Let’s clear it
out, pull down the
shelves, put the
cabinets up, and get
this mess right.”</p>
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we can get that all
done by sundown?”</p>
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me some boxes.”</p>
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were off to the
races.</p>
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shelves were
demo’ed, contents
and bikes moved out
to the driveway. We
cut and put up a
ledger board to
align the cabinets
over the workbench,
and cut a stilt to
position the
cabinets that would
mount on the wall
beside the work
area. Four hours
into it, the
cabinets were all
securely mounted to
studs, and by seven
hours the new
cabinets were
reloaded, the
motorcycles were
reorganized, the
doors were down, and
it was past time for
an ale.</p>
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not have been
sufficiently
caffeinated
initially, but I had
to admit the shop
looked a great deal
better.</p>
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