the saga of one BMW 1150 GS

A 2000 BMW 1150 GS that is starting life with 102,000 miles on it. Follow either the love affair or the heartbreak.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Last ride

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"We've said it before, but it bears repeating: the GS handles in ways a two-story building was never meant to."
- Adventure Rider

the bike

the bike
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SPECS

2000 BMW R 1150 GS
Built January 2000 in BMW's Berlin, Germany factory.
Purchased March 30, 2000 from Marty's Foreign Motors in Torrence, California. I purchased the bike from Phil Tyson, February 17, 2009 in Key West, Florida.

Two Brothers titanium exhaust
BMW stainless steel engine guards
8 gallon Adventure tank
Adventure beak
Adventure headlight guard
PIAA 510 driving lights.
VTechnik windscreen.
Jesse Odyssey Panniers
K&N lifetime air filter
Odyssey gel battery.
Dunlop Trailmax 607 tires

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up and totally worn out proclaiming, 'Man, what a ride!'"

Where am I?

links

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Greg Needham - Hard Working Designer
designer/photographer, working hard and traveling anywhere and married to the most beautiful woman in the world.
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