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Move slow and fix things.
The quick fix on the left fork seal did not work. Not long after leaving the shop you could see fork oil slowly accumulating on top of the seal and on the fork itself. I called Endras back and they booked my in for Friday the 27th. Hopefully last minute …
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Closing in on 20,000kms on my 2016 R1200GS, and with my moto trip to Newfoundland looming, I booked the bike in for its 20,000km service. I must admit, I really enjoy taking my vehicles in for routine maintenance. It's surprisingly satisfying. Even more satisfying is new tires. I …
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A new shift in my responsibilities at work, with more focus on two key aspects of our environment that I have been leading on the operations side of things: Consolidating our cloud computing resources on Google Cloud Platform and our migration to our new Identity as a Service partner, Auth0 …
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One of the service reps at my dealership went to bat for me and got me squared away. My GS will be all fixed up in plenty of time for my trip to Maine.
Worth mentioning: I reported my crap CAA experience to CAA. They did not seem to care …
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I broke my GS.
No injuries other than my pride. Less than a second's worth of inattention and I dropped my bike at a gas station while I was out joy riding this past Sunday (July 16th). The resulting chaos was impressive for such a silly little tip-over.
I had …
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It's New Motorcycle Pickup Day!
Like all right thinking peoples, I like to ride the train. And I particularly like riding the train when there's a brand new 2016 BMW Motorrad R1200GS motorcycle in Frozen Dark Blue Metallic waiting for me at the other end of the line.
Of course …
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I decided to go with the BMW R1200GS. As it was the end of the season I was going to put a deposit on a 2017 model but my dealer contacted me to say they had a 2016 available thanks to another buyer who backed out of …
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