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Petrus, life is a grand adventure or... An acquaintance I worked with in California (and did one epic ride with 3 others, criss-crossing the U.S.), moved to Portugal after retiring. I would have done similar but wife was not interested in being an expat. Fortunately she is still interested in...

LBV, I know! After over 40 years in California the last time, 5 years ago we moved from California to Pennsylvania, back to where we grew up. We had our first snowfall today. Coincidentally, this morning the BMW dealership picked up my bike for it's winter service. I enjoy the riding here in PA...

Welcome aboard! We used to live in Santa Cruz, and many years ago, in Vacaville & in Vallejo. There's access to great riding all around there! My experience is similar: after 20 years (!), my wife no longer likes riding pillion on the 1150 GS (we're in our mid-60s). I ended up purchasing the...

Welcome aboard. I love my '22 TC!

Gorgeous bike. Enjoy the ride!

Schöne Grüße auch von Pennsylvania! Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Berliner7of7 🙂

Dang!

Same here, reversing the levers really helped fit the bike to me. FWIW, I used the Hornig shifter extenders.

Northwestern Pennsylvania (Greater Flugistan and home of the carp 😊)

Good rule of thumb... mine is to have the hotel have a bar & restaurant... and they're getting harder to find.

The "not panic" thing is key!

Abzolutely concur! (er, absolutely... )

Excellent shot!

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Very glad you and Charming are okay (excepting the pulled muscle). I admire your pluck in sharing your misadventure! Years ago, with my wife on pillion, I dropped my new-to-me R1150GS at a 4-way intersection at a big bike rally in Hollister, California. It was duly witnessed by at least a couple...

Their website has a good description of all their product's uses. I use their Total Cycle Cleaner on the entire bike except for the wheels. Occasionally I have to lightly wipe areas to remove bugs, tar, etc. On the wheels I use their Wheel Cleaner and, if needed, scrub them with a soft bristle...

I have used S100 for a couple of decades, wven when I had to store a bike for a year or so; works fine for me.

Titusville Ironworks, Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA, is a century+ old ironmongery converted to a eatery and bar, a music venue, and a local venue for whatever. The place is huge and filled with local history. Much of the original machinery is still in place. In the large inside gallery are...

Venango County Airport Annual Fly-In and Cruise-In, in Franklin, Pennsylvania USA. Two or three dozen bikes, more planes than I wanted to count, and probably well over 100 cars, from hotrods to muscle cars to exotics, even a Ghostbuster's repro ambulance, plus the resident and operational WWII...

I've always carried a quart of oil when on the road... (a habit from the 'old days' of cars and bikes), so when I picked up my TC (150 mile ride home), I also picked up a quart of oil. Over 10k miles now and that quart sits, unopened, on the shelf in the garage. I do carry it for long trips...