Bilco's Alaska Adventure

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• Jun 13, 2012

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Trip One

Got off the 747 last night and hit the wall of 100 degree California heat as we went over the Golden Gate bridge. Beats our summer hands down!!

The bikes came in on the container bang on time this morning at Santa Rosa BMW who have to be the friendliest BMW shop on the planet Nothing too much trouble and they couldn't do enough to help with the container unloading. One of the mechanics actually remembered me from another dealer in San Rafael as he rebuilt the final drive on my 1100

Anyway, me and Garfield got all bikes off successfully despite the brutal heat and now just waiting for the guys to arrive over the next couple of days.

 

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David Lee

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• Jun 13, 2012

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I am so going to hate reading about your trip over the coming weeks.

You lucky, lucky buggers

 

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• Jun 13, 2012

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David Lee said:

I am so going to hate reading about your trip over the coming weeks.

You lucky, lucky buggers

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Yep

Reading this sitting in the Virgin Upper Class Lounge at Heathrow

 

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• Jun 13, 2012

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Looking good, just don't use up all the good weather before "trip 2" get there!
Mark

 

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• Jun 13, 2012

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Looking good boys "..........

 

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• Jun 13, 2012

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Only slightly jealous...
SM10KHO - Dalkeith supplied? Mine's just a few letters earlier.

 

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• Jun 13, 2012

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Great, looking forward to reading the forthcoming reports and picturers. A dream trip, ENJOY

 

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• Jun 13, 2012

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Bilco ???? I've gone off the bloke already . ...

 

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• Jun 13, 2012

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Going to be an epic adventure for sure....oh to be monied.....

 

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• Jun 13, 2012

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Bilco ???? I've gone off the bloke already . ...

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Me too!
I so need to be there!

 

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• Jun 13, 2012

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David Lee said:

I am so going to hate reading about your trip over the coming weeks.

You lucky, lucky buggers

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We'll be sure to tell you how great it is at every opportunity

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Going to be an epic adventure for sure....oh to be monied.....

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Monied? That's a laugh, I've spent half my life saving for something like this and I'm 57. Also flying peasant class not like the toffs.

 

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• Jun 13, 2012

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Bilco ???? I've gone off the bloke already . ...

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Thats no way to treat a man on his birthday

 

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• Jun 13, 2012

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Hurry up Kevan, the old girl is soaking up the warm sunshine waiting for you

 

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• Jun 13, 2012

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FFS i knew I shouldn't have looked, you utter, utter, bastard

Happy birthday

 

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• Jun 13, 2012

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Great start Chris......

Keep ahold of that weather for us on Trip 2 !!


Ps....Looks like you've spilt that first cold beer down yer front !!!!

 

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• Jun 13, 2012

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This looks like it is going to be some story, looking forward to reading about your adventure.

Have a great and safe trip guys.

 

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• Jun 14, 2012

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Winery

Popped into a winery in Sonoma to see what all the fuss is about. Garfield can confirm the local produce is pretty good

 

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• Jun 14, 2012

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Sprited ride

ONly 3 of us here yesterday so we went to blow the cobwebs out on some local roads. The 128 goes up toward Mendicino and through the Navarro Redwood forest to the PCH. We dropped down the Hwy for around 50 miles and back across to Santa Rosa on a fantastic road called Skaggs Springs. It was built by the US Army to test there road building skills and it's like a racetrack in teh middle of nowhere. Plenty of boot scraping and tyre scrubbing going on but I can confirm that Heidenau K60's do not like overbanding

It was my birthday so what a way to spend the day

 

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• Jun 14, 2012

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Sgt Bilco said:

It was built by the US Army to test there road building skills and it's like a racetrack in teh middle of nowhere. Plenty of boot scraping and tyre scrubbing going on but I can confirm that Heidenau K60's do not like overbanding

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And then there's the spot where a small creek flows across the road, just after the bridge, heading towards Stewart Springs. Last time out a friend from Folsom binned his K1200R on that wet patch.

All that before it turns into a really great goat track soon after.....

 

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• Jun 14, 2012

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Sgt Bilco said:

Popped into a winery in Sonoma to see what all the fuss is about. Garfield can confirm the local produce is pretty good

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Blimey! He's gone "native" already!