Yesterday was Veterans Day which means no work for me! I slept in a bit and then did some chores. Most of them involved working on the bikes. The Ural was almost overdue for an oil change, so I did that first.
While the oil was dripping out, I started on removing the stickers from the BMW.
I saw this one and just had to post it for our favorite Canadian blogger :)
Quite a while later, I finally got all the stickers off. A hair dryer, sharp finger nail, and some carb cleaner took care of business.
I decided to leave the reflective tape on.
One of the stickers wasn’t actually a sticker, but a patch attached with two gallons of glue:
It’s a 35th International BMW Owners Rally patch from 2007 which was in Wisconsin.
With the stickers removed, I attached the side cases to the bike. They didn’t want to go on at first. One of the lower supports was bent. Probably dropped by the previous owner. I bent it back and then the right side fit.
Chores done, I took it out for a ride to run some errands.
The BMW side cases are kind of puny. I can’t put my helmet in either of them. I also can’t get a full bag of groceries in there either (about a half bag on the left and 3/4 on the right). I going to start watching craigslist for a cheap givi rack, so I can use my side cases from the SV650 on the R1150GS.
I took today off too to make it a four day weekend! I have some last minute winter things to finish on the Ural. It might finally snow this weekend!
I, too, was off work yesterday. Today? No.
ReplyDeleteIn addition to a long ride yesterday I did get the battery wired to receive my battery tender. So all I have to do now is remove a cap and plug it in. I'm thinking I can handle that :)
The weather continues to be absolutely phenonmenal here. It looks like some rain tonight and tomorrow....but, no snow. I can say without a doubt I'm not looking forward to snow with anywhere near your enthusiasm.
~Keith
The 2011 National BMW RA rally is going to be in Chippewa Falls, WI. Its just short ride over the border. 4th of July weekend if I remember correctly.
ReplyDeleteKeith: Nice that you had the holiday too. I spent too much time wrenching and not enough time riding. Lots of snow outside now!
ReplyDeleteKevin: Awesome! I just put it on the calendar. The International one is in PA which is also relatively close :)
RA Rally:
http://www.bmwbmw.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=17165
2011 BMW MOA International Rally:
http://www.bmwmoa.org/calendar/bmw_moa_events