Have not ridden solo in a long time, I must say I kind of liked the solitude at first, but not having someone to swap lies with at gas/food breaks is not a lot of fun for me. I rode "Blue Jeans" back from Austin today, ended up buying it back from my brother; he is looking at the new R1200GS/ST.
Came up 71 to Llano to get reacquainted with the handling of the big pig, the fog was pretty thick at 8:00AM in some areas, thank god for the big PIAAs. The wildflowers along 71 were VERY nice, too bad I did not bring a camera along. Followed 16 to Goldthwaite, the on to 2005 to Hico for some Pie , tried the famous coconut pie but was not terribly impressed. The Apple pie I brought back "for my wife" was much better I was hoping to run into one of the DFW groups and ride back in town with them. Since I didn't see anyone and though it would be best to avoid the NASCAR traffic jams in Cowtown, I just took the old-boring way back home on 67 from Glen Rose.
Enforcement from TXDPS was fierce, saw at least 5 Semis pulled-over Fri. night on 35, and many more out biting today. Luckily, opposing traffic was kind enough to let others know and I did not get any performance awards.
Blue Jeans came back sporting new clear turn signal lenses, city lids and Tobinators for the Givi screen. I might not ever put the Aeroflow back on again because these tobinators make for some really smooth airflow.
The bike felt massive and heavy at first, seems I got used to the F650's light nature way too quickly , but after a couple of hours in the hill country it felt just as good as my favorite pair of Blue Jeans
Here are some pics from this afternoon:
These are the "Tobinators" (windshield mount extensions):
Came up 71 to Llano to get reacquainted with the handling of the big pig, the fog was pretty thick at 8:00AM in some areas, thank god for the big PIAAs. The wildflowers along 71 were VERY nice, too bad I did not bring a camera along. Followed 16 to Goldthwaite, the on to 2005 to Hico for some Pie , tried the famous coconut pie but was not terribly impressed. The Apple pie I brought back "for my wife" was much better I was hoping to run into one of the DFW groups and ride back in town with them. Since I didn't see anyone and though it would be best to avoid the NASCAR traffic jams in Cowtown, I just took the old-boring way back home on 67 from Glen Rose.
Enforcement from TXDPS was fierce, saw at least 5 Semis pulled-over Fri. night on 35, and many more out biting today. Luckily, opposing traffic was kind enough to let others know and I did not get any performance awards.
Blue Jeans came back sporting new clear turn signal lenses, city lids and Tobinators for the Givi screen. I might not ever put the Aeroflow back on again because these tobinators make for some really smooth airflow.
The bike felt massive and heavy at first, seems I got used to the F650's light nature way too quickly , but after a couple of hours in the hill country it felt just as good as my favorite pair of Blue Jeans
Here are some pics from this afternoon:
These are the "Tobinators" (windshield mount extensions):