Hello from Germany
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:08 pm
All,
Looking forward to chatting with the folks here.
I've been riding for over 33 years and managed to accumilate around 400K miles or so. I spent most of my life based in California but have traveled a fair amount. Now I live in southern Germany on Lake Constance (Bodensee) which is about where the Swiss, Austrian and German borders meet. More importantly. the Alps are right across the lake! I do my long distance riding on a BMW K1300GT, sort of a technical tour de force. To give balance in my universe I have a 1980 SSD. The Duc is a recent addition. I had been lusting after an SSD since I saw a red one at TT Motors in Berkley in 1979, but have generally had just one bike that has had to do it all, particularly the times when that was all I had (at one point i had sold my car to buy tires for the bike because all I wanted to do was ride...and I had little money).
The SSD stays in the States for now, which works for my frequent visits there.
Looking forward to chatting with the folks here.
I've been riding for over 33 years and managed to accumilate around 400K miles or so. I spent most of my life based in California but have traveled a fair amount. Now I live in southern Germany on Lake Constance (Bodensee) which is about where the Swiss, Austrian and German borders meet. More importantly. the Alps are right across the lake! I do my long distance riding on a BMW K1300GT, sort of a technical tour de force. To give balance in my universe I have a 1980 SSD. The Duc is a recent addition. I had been lusting after an SSD since I saw a red one at TT Motors in Berkley in 1979, but have generally had just one bike that has had to do it all, particularly the times when that was all I had (at one point i had sold my car to buy tires for the bike because all I wanted to do was ride...and I had little money).
The SSD stays in the States for now, which works for my frequent visits there.