see-saw training

Starting out with a small fulcrum and a 6' 2x6.   Let's see how things progress...





Tomorrow will work on taller pivot point and various boards...   Wish me luck.
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Day II:   8" fulcrum point.  Special section on "Lifting your sleeping Beemer."



Remind me to remove windshield so I can turn lock-to-lock!   Notice that once I got the bike turned around so the wheels were on the downhill side, the left side white canister supported the bike up to about a 30% angle.   Those will be off during competition.   Orig equip windscreen will be on instead of larger GIVI.

Travel Planning - Spartansburg SC to Barstow, CA.  7 states, 7 days.  Scroll side to side to see the entire map.



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Day One:  508 miles   Meeman-Shelby State Park, TN
Day Two:  270 miles   Aux Arc BLM, AR
Day Tre:    319 miles   Foss Reservoir Park, OK
Day For:    191 miles   Palo Duro Canyon, TX
Day Fiv:    293 miles   Cedro Peak NM
Day Six:   343 miles    Flagstaff, AZ
Day Sev:  403 Miles   Barstow, CA, El Mirage Dry Lake

Only two days will be long ones.   Camping all the way, except maybe in Flagstaff.  Should have several days short enough to get in some photography.  Nothing needs to be set in stone, but this seems like a comfortable beginning.

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A BRIEF commercial moment.  Disclaimer:  Proceeds of this link benefit ME so I can spend more on BMW rallies.   

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Missed post from last week:

OK, so I was lazy today...   Truck needs a head gasket AND a radiator.  Guess it can sit until I return next year.     I need a kick in the britches to get out of the house.   

Here's the agenda for the next month, I think...:

Labor day weekend:  BMW NY Finger Lakes Rally.
9/8  Knoxville TN BMW Rally
9/13 Head to Asheville for week of practice, new Heidi' rear tire, more practice.
9/20 GS Trophy Challenge in Greer SC at BMW Performance center.

Things are spread out enough that I will likely just stay on the road in the meantime.   I need to do more photography... having no place to be and time to shoot will help with that.

Happy Trails.

Big day here at my place,,, or in my world, I guess one would say.   19 y.o. daughter flew to Ft Leonard Wood MO for boot camp.   A new life for her begins at 0-dark-30 tomorrow.   Teary dad here, but so proud.

About noon I received a call about a 60-day photography assignment that is going to be awesome.Will start sharing details next week as they come into focus, as it were.

Thursday leaving for the Finger Lakes BMW MOA Rally at Watkins Glen, NY.  It's only 170 miles north and most of that is two-lane PA farm and mountain back roads.   Should be a lovely 4-day event.  Looking forward to seeing friends from earlier this year and being back into tenting life.  

Next adventure starts a week later.   To be continued.

This isn't really on topic, but impressive...   Looks like I'm going to work on cornering...

Crapola...   lost an entire posting while trying to edit...   

Here's a couple videos from my practice area:

 

This next one is just going in circles at low speed.  Idling, minimal clutch.