I purchased my BMW R69S from a local rider in December of 1997. The bike was in rideable shape and I rode it around the San Francisco Bay Area most every weekend until October of 1998. The few changes made during that time included the replacement of the rusting after market exhaust system with a [...]

Jim Seiler:
In the mid ’60’s, 1967 I think, I lived near Sacramento, rode a ‘64 R27, and met another guy with the same bike (Hayden, if you should read this, it  would be great to hear from you after all these years at jim(put the at sign here)myakkacityfl.com). He wound up owning both R27’s when [...]

Life will lead you in all sorts of directions if you let it and in my case I sort of slid into bikes while I wasn’t looking. I was just starting work as a low life clerk and there was no way I could get a pass to park my car in the company parking [...]

I took my /2 to Colorado about a month ago.  It ran great.  In the high country it idled down a bit.  But, it ran okay.  Have you ever been to Cripple Creek or Victoria ?  The temperature changes quickly in the high altitude.  I did some back road exploring in the gold mining hills [...]

I first fell in love with the BMW/2 about 1981 or 82.  At the time I occasionally did work on bikes for spending money. A fellow I knew had a 1960 R60 that needed a tuneup.  He wasn’t very mechanically inclined so he asked me to do it.  At first I thought it was an [...]

In the evening of august 17th I decided that I would try to do a SS1000. I have had this thing in my mind for at least two years but haven’t found any good timing to do it. So suddenly my wife went of together with friends for the night and the kids was staying [...]

The Dusty Butt 1000 was held on October 2, 2004. The event was to cover one thousand miles off road in twenty-four hours on motorcycles. Actual distance was longer due to some paved connecting roads. The event was headquartered and the finish was at the Nkolo Spa in Christiana, South Africa. The route covered a [...]

I decided in one day, I planned and I rode.
“If I cannot keep going, than I will go until I can - I repeated to myself- but I try. Roads are always there and we are simply the passers-by. If the road permits, I’ll flow away to the distance otherwise I’ll flow to my limits. [...]

LAST CRAZY RIDE FOR SOMETIME
The last 24-hour ride that I had created room for its own sequel, mainly by virtue of its being unsuccessful by just a few kilometers. As soon as I had finished, I knew I would be trying to do it again. Fortunately, there was an opportunity within the month.
This time things [...]

FROM ALMOST HEAVEN to HELL in PARADISE
The Aloha 1000
by Steve Branner . . . South Charleston, West Virginia
Bling-Bling . . . youve got mail. November 9, 2005 . . . IBA news article from Mike Kneebone requests interest from IBA members regarding a Saddlesore 1000 in Hawaii. Five laps around the Big Island within 24 [...]

I live in the West, but had always wanted to tour the East on a motorcycle. So a few years back, a couple of buddies and I met up in Boston to do a tour of Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Vermont. The easiest and best way to get the motorcycle to [...]

This last weekend, I added an extra day and spent three days cruising the Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico Rocky Mountains. The wather this summer in the Rockies has been the best in 25 years. Cooler days, green like Ireland and for us not a bit of rain. We cruised down from Denver to [...]

A note on the hard case luggage. I learned this the hard way. You CAN lock the cases on the bike without them being totally secured. I had thought I locked the cases on. But when I took off the right side case literally flew off. Apparently, I had not completely [...]

I’ve been on a few BMW motorcycles, but my favorite is the old K75S. It had a couple of short comings,but, in general it was an all-around great ride. In the years I owned it, 10, I had only 13,000 miles. But they were all long distance rides. The best was up the [...]