quaintance
2005 R 1200 RT
Firestone, CO
Member since: Nov 10, 2006
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Homepage: http://kandq.smugmug.com
ABOUT ME
I’ve spent the past 12 years of my life living in Colorado, 5 of those years on a motorcycle. I was born and raised in Southern California and return often to visit family and friends. I have 4 sisters, 3 daughters and one beautiful wife.
I spend a great deal of my riding time in the Rockies, I work at IBM to feed my motorcycle habit and keep the girls happy.
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01/08/07 - stuck in the snow: week three
... or something, I'm not even sure how many days/weeks it's been since i've seen the asphalt in my neighborhood but I do know that I am getting really TIRED of it. now with the winds we've had, a lot of my shovelling work is for not and half my walkways a ... Read more
09/03/08 - Re: Fuel gauge R 1200 RT
a few months back my fuel gauge stopped going below half full... took it in and asked them to look at it along with a few other issues and they told me they ended up having to replace the sensor after dinking around with it for half a day.
great, it was then working flawlessly until last week and then bam, i'm at about half full and notice it suddenly jump back up to reporting a full tank during my commute to work.. figured I'd wait till i refill to s...
08/01/08 - Re: Long Way Down at movie theaters for one night only.. Do
i really enjoyed seeing it on the bigscreen and i too was surprised at the turnout, I went to a theater here in Boulder CO and not only was it sold out but I guess they let in a few extra people because the stairs had people too.. I heard the theaters in Denver were pretty much the same deal - sold out shows..
02/03/08 - Re: My wife has no faith in my skills
yeah they make heely's for adults but trust me, having 3 daughters who all cruise around in them nonstop, it's a pretty steep learning curve.. they spent a good few days just going round and round the island in our kitchen getting the hang of it... I stick to rollerblades myself.
... and as one of my daughters discovered last fall, your wife may be right. she was going at a pretty good clip on a downhill stretch of sidewalk when her foot caught something and she broke her&nbs...
02/03/08 - Re: Dropped my baby
that's pretty much what I did with my R12RT about two weeks into ownership. Only what happened was I *did* put the kickstand down, just not quite all the way and the springload caused it to bounce back up.. so as I began to dismount in my garage I realized something horrible was afoot. trying to stop an R12RT from dropping with one foot on the bike and one foot off is a slow, futile experience.
for me though the only damage was to the cylinder head. a small dent where it ...
12/06/07 - Re: The Silver Thread and San Juan Skyway Scenic Byways
yeah, the 100k ride is a single day event.. beginning at Foothills BMW in Lakewood CO at around 7ish(I usually arrive around 7am on my way by 7:30) in the morning and ending at some dinner destination late afternoon with lunch somewhere in the middle. expect to do in the neighborhood of 450 miles that day.
