Another beautiful Saturday with temps around 70, yet no ride. The bikes are currently trapped inside my parents’ garage as a large rectangular slab of concrete is currently dug up in the front leaving a two-foot-deep trench. So when no riding is possible, we head off to look at motorcycles.
Our first stop was Adventure BMW to see what was in the showroom. Unfortunately, in their case, the website is up-to-date, so there were only a few new bikes and no R 1250 GSs in stock. Bill was happy, though, The R18 bagger was there for him to play with. I sat on the R 1250, the street version of the adventure bike and didn’t notice much to the weight. We talked with Rick, the sales manager, and he brought out the fob so we could look at the TFT dash and open up the baggage compartments on the R18. For fun we also sat on the S1000 R, a track bike for sure, a younger person’s motorcycle with a seat as hard as a 2×4.
From Adventure we stopped by my parents’ house to wish my Mom a happy Mother’s Day, then headed over to Sunrise Cycles to see if any new Triumph Rockets had arrived. We were disappointed to see none had. But we were finally able to see the Gold Line Triumph Scrambler XE in the Baja California orange. We had admired this bike online for some time and were very curious to see it in person. Had we liked it more in person it might have made a stand against the BMW 1250 GS. But, while a pretty motorcycle, the orange is not as striking in person.
So the next step for me is to ride the R NineT so I can get a feel for both the boxer engine and a more powerful engine in preparation for my the 1250 GS. Meanwhile, I missed zooming along on the Ducati Scrambler. Here’s hoping the driveway gets finished and the weather is nice for next weekend.
“You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!”
Dan Aykroyd (found on: https://wildtriumph.com/motorcycle-quotes-sayings/)
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