Correction... that's a 1977 (not 1997) R60/7... (hopefully limiting the degree of chastization???)
On Dec 23, 10:44 am, Montclair BobbyB <[email protected]> wrote: > That cop obviously had an axe to grind, if that's what he considers > important to preserving public safety... shake it off, Manny... better > times ahead. > > Speaking of motorcycles (at the risk of being chastised), I just gave > myself an early Christmas gift...a classic a 1997 BMW R60/7(first > motorcycle) in mint condition. I only say this because although I've > never had ANY desire to ride motorcycles, strangely enough, getting > hooked into the Riv culture has somehow made me want to own a classic > motorcycle to take on long, back-road journeys... Is that off-the- > wall?... or have any of you gotten the same urge as a result of being > out there on your bike, seeing beautiful cruising bikes (BSAs, > Triumphs, BMWs, etc...) gracefully sneak by you down some lonely > road? Don't worry, this will never replace my bike jones; hopefully > only enhance it. > > Merry Christmas to all... > > Peace, > BB > > On Dec 22, 12:34 am, Manuel Acosta <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Riding without my Rivendell is meh but doable. Trying to make the best > > of the sad situation by riding with old college road bike (carbon > > fork, no spoke wheels, no fender mounts. Grant already scold at my > > clipless shoes.) and with good old friends. Weird December with no > > rain, but I'm not complaining. Good rides so far, got to ride the > > Rivendell HQ to meet with a buddy of mine, ran into Erik from Cosmic > > Country( Pictures are amazing by the way. check him > > out.http://bikenoir.blogspot.com/) who just recently got back from a > > overnight trip at Mt.Diablo. Got to see my buddy Will's hanky panky > > new bike. Old MB-2 that he got sandblasted and clear coated. Beautiful > > bike, super functional huge thanks to Vince and everyone at Rivendell > > for helping him out. His bike turned out really well and he seems > > really happy about now he just needs to get it dirty, hopefully we can > > get a camping trip in soon. > > > Pictures prove that Will's bike exist:http://flic.kr/s/aHsjxv1zpH > > > My other good buddy Duy coming up from LA brought up his Rambouillet > > (by far one of my favorite names for a bike). His bike doesn't see a > > lot of dirt in LA so when he comes up we try to get it as dirty as > > possible. We take the dirt trail up from Lake Chabot to Skyline Road > > and ride through West Ridge. Funny looking stares from both ends of > > the spectrum from Mountain bikers and Road bikers(Riding non-lycra > > clothing on a nice dirt trail with a carbon fork road bike). But not > > from Changing Gears Head Mechanic Barry! Ran into this guy with his > > well weathered stuntjumper right at the end of West ridge. I was lucky > > enough to ride with Barry on a couple rides and this guy rides > > everywhere and everything. Truly inspired by what he does at Changing > > Gears. > > > Today > > Riding down Fernside Street in Alameda with my good friend Duy. Nice > > chill day deserved a nice chill ride especially after riding through > > the Berkeley hills the other day. We come up to the Eastshore street > > stop sign. I stop but don't put my foot down (trackstand to keep up) > > look left, no traffic and right at the motorcycle cop parked on East > > Shore street and I roll through the intersection WITH the car directly > > across the street from me. Motorcycle cop pulls me over for rolling > > through a stop sign because I didn't put my foot down. I try to > > contest but he tells me to save the talking for the judge if I want to > > contest the ticket. Venting I know. Even worse case is that Duy gets a > > ticket too! Bah. It's a way to start the day. > > > Pictures proved that it happened:http://flic.kr/s/aHsjxvzoXM > > > Meh. Despite the ticket so far so good with the Christmas break. > > Looking forward for more rides. Still looking for my bike. But after > > this ticket I feel like I might never find it again. I've come to > > terms with that. Before school starts I WILL be stopping by RHQ to > > test ride some bikes. Hoping for a Holiday Miracle on my stolen bike > > or at least not another ticket before the New Years. > > This will be one of my last post for a while. So I wish everyone here > > on the forum happy holidays, happy riding, happy times. > > > -Manny "Don't get another ticket before the New Years" Acosta- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
