From the Sonoran Desert

[WilyECoyote]

Hello,

I learned to ride on a R50/2 back in the late '60s. Then I had several Japanese roads and/or dirt bikes and even, at one point, a Harley.

I have two boxers, both air cooled K29s: a somehow modified R1200S and an original "new" HP2S.

Biking here is the opposite of the UK: Summer, we stay home. Autunm, Winter and Spring: we ride. We get 300+ cloudless sunny days per year, some of them in July in the 115ºF/44ºC, but with single digits humidity.

Thank you for having me!

[Paul]

Welcome on board Wily. Presumably that is an "Acme" brand clutch lever I can see in that picture

Beep beep,

Paul

[WilyECoyote]

Paul,

This is my fourth R1200S. It took me this long to realize that the OEM levers had a nicer "feel" (at least for me) than many other aftermarket ones.

That R1200S is a work in progress. It originally was a Candy Cane (a.k.a Colgate or Nemo). For the purist, all original parts, exhaust, fairing, wheels etc.) have been carefully set aside for posterity.

[popsky]

Nice stable of machines m8, but please be more sparing regards your lovely weather, burrrrrr still to cold to ride and way too much salt on the road for my lovely 12s

[WilyECoyote]

Phil,

I do remember using the heated grips once or twice!

PS: Nights are cold in the desert. We get low single digits ºC most of January, the coldest being just before sunup.