Tube?

Just a quick update. No ride today because it was too cold and windy outside. I know I'm a wuss but at least im a warm one. As for the tube that was hanging off, I went to the dealership yesterday and checked out the floor model. It had the same tube hanging down, so I'm just gonna assume that it is a normal thing. The sales person was busy with other customers so I didn't ask and just hung around for a while and talked with Herman. Herman is a super friendly german fellow that has been at the dealership every time that I go. He rides a BMW K1300S, an absolute monster with 175hp.

Sunday Ride to Pine Ridge

It was the most beautiful day for a ride that I could possibly hope for today. So I hopped on my 11 day old BMW F650GS and headed out. I always go up north out of town because riding around the suburbs with the angry locals in SUV's scares the crap out of me.

I didn't really know where I was going so I just decided to head back west to my old high school. It was exacly as I remembered it except it seemed smaller now (maybe i've gotten bigger). Went there, took a couple of pictures, had a smoke in a non-smoking area (i'm still a rebel), then left and headed north for some country roads adventures. I went up to the seaton hiking trail near Whites Road and followed a dirt road up to some random houses. As I was turning around in the dead end I dropped my bike in some damn sand. It was the third time ive dropped it and luckily none of them were faster than 10kph.

Two tiny scratches just behing my left leg on the underseat tank almost brought me to tears but luckily I didn't notice them on the road because I heard a few big dogs barking so I hopped back on and took off. I stopped at the parking lot and brushed myself off in the presence of various on-lookers wearing pastel coloured hiking gear. I managed to clean up my jacket and my pride before heading out again. This time i just followed Highway 7 back home to whitby where I spent about an hour cleaning the dirt road off of my beautiful new bike.

During the marathon polishing event I noticed that there is a small tube hanging off the bike near the engine. I have absolutley no idea where it goes or what its for because it leads to the rear of the bike near the tail lights. Everything works fine on the bike so i'm just gonna ride it to the dealership tomorrow morning to ask about it.

I think all this new riding is having a toll on my body because my lower back has been pretty sore for that past few days. But then again, I have been sitting in a computer chair all winter long.

230 km's and still in love.

Hello Internet

Hello Internet.

Seven days ago on May 13th I got myself a BMW F650GS. It has been a good week of learning and I have finally gotten comfortable enough to go on longer cruises.
I went to Lakeridge ski hill today and learned that riding on the dirt backroads does not inspire confidence.

Even thought the speed limit was 80kph I was still tailgated for most of the trip. I just dont understand why some people can be such ******** while they are hiding behind the safety of their steering wheel. Oh well, all I can do is hope that I don't get killed like the three other people that i've heard of this summer.

I only have my M1 and no lessons yet. I'm still a rookie but more that happy to be out on the road and learning to avoid the "cagers".