Bill Lumberg
Merica
Last Saturday, I put on my Darien's, put new batteries in the SPOT tracker, and headed out to US129, the Dragon. Cold, but sunny. I left late morning, to ensure that the below freezing temps around the Cherohala and US129 had time to rise before I got there. When I bought my BMW years ago, my brother invited me to ride with him and his son to the Dragon. As a road, not as much fun as the skyway. Not that crowded if you go early or off season. But the ride, and perhaps a photo from Killboy, became a ritual. A fun time, memorialized in (killboy) pictures. I still have the photo of me on the RT, as well as one with me, my brother, and his son in it. <br /><br />
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Thousands of miles (and thousands of dollars in repair costs) later, the BMW would turn into a 2014 FJR1300A. Even though it was cold and off season, I went to the Dragon, took my own photo, and returned several times after. <br /><br />
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After four years and 84,000+ miles on the 2014, the 2014 turned into a 2018ES. I wouldn't have enough miles to do my 600 mile break-in fluid change over the weekend...... Ah, unless I do a Dragon run. <br /><br />
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This was a solo trip. I had plenty of time to play with the ES. Plenty of time to listen to the Red Fang channel on Pandora. I overshot my 600 mile mileage goal by quite a bit, but all sins were washed away Sunday morning when I performed the introductory service in my garage.
https://www.findmespot.com/spotadventures/index.php/view_adventure?tripid=357834
Old and new:<br />
<a href='https://www.dropbox.com/s/w51rrkz62wjulbl/Photo%20Nov%2010%2C%2011%2023%2056.jpg?dl=0'>https://www.dropbox.com/s/w51rrkz62wjulbl/Photo%20Nov%2010%2C%2011%2023%2056.jpg?dl=0</a><br />
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11.17.18:<br />
<a href='https://www.dropbox.com/s/leczrrz0hvdqiaj/Photo%20Nov%2018%2C%2007%2013%2059.jpg?dl=0'>https://www.dropbox.com/s/leczrrz0hvdqiaj/Photo%20Nov%2018%2C%2007%2013%2059.jpg?dl=0</a>
<br /><br />
Thousands of miles (and thousands of dollars in repair costs) later, the BMW would turn into a 2014 FJR1300A. Even though it was cold and off season, I went to the Dragon, took my own photo, and returned several times after. <br /><br />
<br /><br />
After four years and 84,000+ miles on the 2014, the 2014 turned into a 2018ES. I wouldn't have enough miles to do my 600 mile break-in fluid change over the weekend...... Ah, unless I do a Dragon run. <br /><br />
<br /><br />
This was a solo trip. I had plenty of time to play with the ES. Plenty of time to listen to the Red Fang channel on Pandora. I overshot my 600 mile mileage goal by quite a bit, but all sins were washed away Sunday morning when I performed the introductory service in my garage.
https://www.findmespot.com/spotadventures/index.php/view_adventure?tripid=357834
Old and new:<br />
<a href='https://www.dropbox.com/s/w51rrkz62wjulbl/Photo%20Nov%2010%2C%2011%2023%2056.jpg?dl=0'>https://www.dropbox.com/s/w51rrkz62wjulbl/Photo%20Nov%2010%2C%2011%2023%2056.jpg?dl=0</a><br />
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11.17.18:<br />
<a href='https://www.dropbox.com/s/leczrrz0hvdqiaj/Photo%20Nov%2018%2C%2007%2013%2059.jpg?dl=0'>https://www.dropbox.com/s/leczrrz0hvdqiaj/Photo%20Nov%2018%2C%2007%2013%2059.jpg?dl=0</a>
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