Go for a cross country ride to and from the normally schedule ride with the local pavement princesses.
Show up for said bike meet on a dirty bike and no one says a word.
Put knobbies on your GS or have street tires on and no one says a word.
Drop their bike on the pavement or dirt, pick up and ride some more and suffer nothing broken.
Tell stories like, "there I was going down this canyon road when I came across this dirt road that went up and over this hill. SO, I checked it out. Why? Cause I could and no other reason".
Explore places like Death Valley, Bryce Canyon, MOAB, The Sierras, Yosemite and the Sequioa Nat'l Forest's dirt roads and TRAILS. Ride to the ride, ride the ride, then ride home.
Look good with MUD on the bike, everywhere and anywhere.
Oh OH OH here is one.....
WHIP A MOTARD'S ARSE on the local track...
Oh there will be many more to come....
Will have to say the joy to owning this GS in SOCAL has been the ability to go off the pavement at will. Hitting the canyons, harrassing the sport bikers then off in the dirt to shock and awe the dirtbikers as this 500 lb, 4' tall behemoth comes rolling through their trail, track and jumps. Just amazing...
Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba.... - Hunter S. Thompson
Go for a cross country ride to and from the normally schedule ride with the local pavement princesses...
I think you answered the question you wanted Phobe to ask, well done politician style.
Originally Posted by NorthernRR
Cool bikes for sure, but I can hardly find spaces to ride around here ON the road, let alone off it.
That's it I'm moving to southern california.
NorCal smokes SoCal.
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Things that BMW GS riders think other bikes can't do
Originally Posted by phobe
Post your examples.
Have the word "farkel" or "farkelized" used in regards to accessories correctly.
"It's not debt per se that overwhelms an individual, corporation, or country. Rather, it is the continuous increase in debt in relation to income that causes trouble." --Warren Buffett
Have the word "farkel" or "farkelized" used in regards to accessories correctly.
And all this time I thought that only applied to the VFR crowd...
Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba.... - Hunter S. Thompson
And all this time I thought that only applied to the VFR crowd...
Oops, guess that one doesn't count.
"It's not debt per se that overwhelms an individual, corporation, or country. Rather, it is the continuous increase in debt in relation to income that causes trouble." --Warren Buffett
-ride on unpaved roads
-carry panniers (have to be boxy aluminum or aluminum-coloured plastic)
-ride through puddles
-ride in the rain
-ride at night
support 200 watts of additional electronics and crowd the cockpit with GPS, radar detectors, mp3 players, comm systems, PLB's, 6 outlets for heated gear, garage door openers, cell phone holders and any other useless gadget that can be purchased from a particular warehouse based in Minnesota
Incognito: An Italian phrase meaning "Nice Gearchange!"
Tell stories like, "there I was going down this canyon road when I came across this dirt road that went up and over this hill. SO, I checked it out. Why? Cause I could and no other reason".
I'm seeing a common theme developing among VFR and GS owners...
But if VFR owners are "old men who smell of wee", what do the GS riders smell of?
Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba.... - Hunter S. Thompson
I've done that a few times on my 929. although it was more of "oh shit the pavement ends" but I always pressed on till I got to the other end. Except the one time where the road just got narrower and narrower and ended at someones driveway.
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough" - Mario Andretti
Actually, NorCali-ans are more snobby about what they smoke, as they have ready access to the good stuff.
"It's not debt per se that overwhelms an individual, corporation, or country. Rather, it is the continuous increase in debt in relation to income that causes trouble." --Warren Buffett
I didn't want to be a BMWeenie, but no one else made a bike that does exactly what it does. Take any of the shit Mojave said above and add the words "2 up, with x days of clothes/supplies/tools/spares" and your list of useful 2 wheel machinery is down to 1 bike again. Mind you I've never camped on mine nor do I feel the need to. I'm on a motorcycle not a horse, technology baby - I love me my massaging showers and minibars.
Are there alot of jackass GS owners out there who could have bought other bikes? Yep.
I've owned several KLR's, dirtbikes, and sportbikes. The GS is the best culmination of them all. Suprisingly, the one I 'keep around' is the KLR. It all comes back to being a cocksman...there are places where it is just stupidity to take a 20k motorcycle.
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I didn't want to be a BMWeenie, but no one else made a bike that does exactly what it does.
In all seriousness, it is in a class of 1.
There are bikes that can handle any given condition better than the GS, but there isn't one that can do all conditions as well.
I can't explain why I like that bike so much, maybe it's that belief of ultimate freedom on it, with a dash of character lacking in most modern bikes , but I know I do
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Originally Posted by Mojave954
NorCal smokes SoCal. 
Actually, NorCali-ans are more snobby about what they smoke, as they have ready access to the good stuff.
, but I know I do
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