Cyclemods

06/08/2014

Back Home

Departed Roswell on the last leg of the trip (513 miles) early Friday morning for home. The weather forecast was mostly clear skies but increasing winds through the day. The winds remained fairly quite until leaving Seminole Tx where I noticed that they had begun to increase from the southwest which…

06/03/2014

Roswell, NM

I departed Globe about 7:30am after breakfast. I decided to take the northern route to Show Low via HWY 60, then on to Springerville through several more small towns to Socorro. More amazing scenery and excellent road conditions on this route. I climbed through a pass just east of Tonto National For…

06/03/2014

Road to Globe AZ

Departed Las Vegas for Globe AZ early Wednesday morning via HWY 93 to Wickenburg then joined HWY 60 to HWY 74 just north of Morristown. Then traveling a short length of I17 until joining the 101 Loop and rejoining HWY 60 again then on to Globe. This route let me bypass most of the Phoenix area rush…

05/27/2014

Death Valley

Departed Lone Pine about 8:30am and joined HWY 136 for the Death Valley crossing on HWY 190 enroute to Las Vegas Nevada. The weather was good with light winds forecast. As I entered the National Death Valley Park I noted that my GPS altitude on Dashometer began to decrease to a final low altitude of…

05/18/2014

Sierra Nevada

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05/16/2014

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05/16/2014

The Sierra Nevada

Departed Sacramento on HWY 50 through the Eldorado National Forest past Echo Lake then joining HWY 89 climbing to 8900 feet above sea level cruising through Ebbetts Pass, Monitor Pass then Luther Pass. Wow what a view and tremendous hairpin and switchback curves to climb and descend through. Then co…

05/16/2014

San Francisco

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05/16/2014

The beautiful California coastline

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05/16/2014

Sacramento, CA

Well, I had a great week visiting with my Aunt, Uncle and cousins and running around the LA area visiting BMW dealers. The Smart Dash received excellent reviews by all who saw it. A special thanks to Dan at "BMW Motorcycles of Riverside" for taking some time to share his insights into what would be…

05/06/2014

Riverside, CA

Had a nice ride up through Wickenburg then on to Parker were I stopped for a lunchtime break. Riding through the Joshua Tree National Park the K1600GTL reported temperatures in the 104F range, quite toasty but very manageable at highway speeds. The desert landscape was amazing.The roads were in very…

05/06/2014

Phoenix, AZ

After a short trip west from Globe AZ (97 miles) I arrived in Phoenix AZ Saturday just before lunch time. In the early afternoon I stopped in at "Go AZ Motorcycles" (the Scottsdale BMW motorcycle dealer) to get a replacement screw for the side fairing that I'd noticed was missing during my bike clea…