As I said before, these folks ride...
I mentioned before I think that BMW 1200's have taken over in Central Mexico.
This was just posted
"guys, an update as to our ride in Italy. After spending a great week in a villa in Cortona Tuscany, we picked up an R1200 GS in Florence. My friend from LA, rented the RT but unfortunately was unhappy with the bike and was also very sick. Unfortunately, he had to return early. Jeri and I toured the Chianti region on the back roads. This is, without question, the time of year to go, the weather absolutely spectacular! The grape and olive harvests occurs more or less at this time, depending on seasonal variations. There are many wineries offering tours and many excellent restaurants in the mid-evil towns with reasonable hotels. The riding and scenery spectacular! From the Chianti region we road up the west coast of Italy to an area with rocky cliff seaside towns called Chinque-Terre, a national park area. The ride over the mountains and back down to the coast had so many great vistas that stealing a glimpse while negotiating the narrow super curvy roads got a bit hairy, as we were heavily loaded and there were frequently cars in your lane on the switch back. From the coast we shot back to florence rapidly on the autostata to return the bike. It took about 1 hour to go 1 mile in the city traffic. Although I have never been a fan of the boxer motor, I must say the new liquid cooled GS was more impressive than I had thought, with power to spare and comfortable for two up riding fully loaded. BMW owns Italy, as there were many, many 1200 GS everywhere,like locust. Hope all is well and all rides went well, looking forward to returning to share riding experiences. Ride safe
locusts
