There is no comparison. My 2018 BMW S1000XR is by far the best bike I have owned so far, and I have owned a few. If you want a feeling that the bike is part of you when riding, this is it, for me anyway.
Superb handling, scary fast, outstanding technology, and a superbike engine, that just sounds wonderful. Can’t go wrong with this bike.
Packing our bikes up, and rode up to Shawnee State Park, OH (6/11 – 6/14), for a long weekend with motorcycle friends on ST-Owners.com. 450 miles later, we arrived, with beautiful weather. Had a little rain on the way up, however.
Excellent ride on Friday, roughly 220 miles of pristine OH, KY an WV roads.
Friday:
Saturday:
Some images from both days. There are quite a few hillbilly eating outfits that serve excellent food, and we sure took advantage of it. Excellent roads, Saturday in particular, dropping down into Daniel Boone NF, KY. The last few images are from the flood-wall in Portsmouth, OH, where the wall has been painted with murals for a 1/3 mile stretch. Beautiful.
Lois was riding her Can-Am Spyder RT Limited. I was on my BMW S1000 XR, the perfect bike for these roads. Love that bike.
We decided to ride up to the Western NC mountains for about 4 days to disconnect from the mayhem.
Stayed at Ironhorse Motorcycle Lodge. Nice place.
Haywood Smokehouse, Franklin.
Our home for the trip. Aspen Classic camper, towed behind a Can-Am Spyder RT
Aspen Classic.
Very nice trip. Lots of terrific roads up there. US28, Vayah Road, US178 and a lot more.
The season started on February 11, when the first two adult males arrived. We currently have around 70 pair, and the last nest check showed 288 eggs across the entire colony. Current capacity is 72 pair. It is getting pretty tight space-wise, so we have decided to add a Gemini 24 rack for next season. We currently have 3 Super-24 racks.
Update 6/4/2020: We currently have 71 pair with a total of 298 hatched.
They’re getting old(er). Maggie is now 8 1/2 years. Samson will be 7 years on April 8th. Time flies. We are trying to decide when to get a Golden Retriever pup. We’ll see.
Maggie
Samson
