A friend of mine bought an early BMW R100GS...the Paris Dakar model and it was several states away.  He flew down to get it and ride it home.

On the way back the charging circuit stopped working.  To get home he stopped and bought a car battery and mounted it on the luggage rack, disconnected the headlight......and the battery lasted the 2 day ride home!

Flatlands are beginning to bore me so I’m mapping out a huge loop. From the house west taking backroads takes longer but I love the backroads and hate super slabs. That’s going over a pass just the other side head south what looks to run the ridges for many miles till some bar n grill. Road now goes east or west , head east till it drop down to the valley head north back home. Fuel maybe a concern using this road , if I fuel up then head south it shouldn’t be an issue. A true adventure , maybe 1/4 of the total distance are roads I know , the rest is new to me. Kinda like foothills elevation 2000-3500 ft. Should get a lot of elevation changes wanna see how she pulls a grade. Some canyon carving  won’t be an issue with the Dunlop 404s. Map out the gas stations too ! 3-4 hrs seat time , ooh curves. Seen a guy in town on a RE 350 , I’ll have to catch him and introduce myself. I wanna ride it !

Last few rides , with new bigger battery , starts & runs great. My $10 voltmeter is cool too. And it does actually handle lighting duties and charge back .2 to .3 volts by the end of the ride. Try to check fuel mileage , uh o ,
It’s a get there fast bike not a get there cheaply bike ! Planning a 100+ mile ride to see if it will shake itself apart , ridin a lot of thumpers and these are pretty smooth for a big bore. My hip won’t be happy for a day or so but it’s in training for 100 - 200 mile rides. It will go thru farmland , foothills ,canyons and back to farmland , all backroads. Must be an eastern thing to name your roads , make it more of a tourist attraction. I’ll call it Loop C , A & B are in the same area but way shorter. I need more corners , Loop C  half the ride is mountain roads. Get out and find some Adventure. Maybe find Loop D !

As much as I would like to blurt out all the names & numbers but I don’t. I felt like I broke an unwritten law when I mentioned an intersection and a restaurant. California has so many backroads you don’t need an interstate.
Not as fast but you get to see so much more. Think Loop C will be fun , both A & B are inside of C it’s a good sized loop. I guess some of our roads are in that book too , some are to avoid , while some are the place for you & your bike to be seen at. Like a haphazard concourse of motorcycles on the side of the road. I try to ride everywhere except to get groceries.

Just 1 pass thru A or B gets me tired , C about 5 times longer maybe 6 times. I enjoy riding but the valley floor is a bore and these are the closest mountain roads to home till I go east to the Sierras & foothills. If I’m gonna ride the Sierras I might as well ride up to Sneezes place and say Hi. Now that would be an epic ride for me into Nevada , I love the mountains. As you may have guessed being retired I am returning  to riding I won’t say daily but as often as the motorcycle applies. Been wearing the same tattered back pack since yeah high school , just bought a real nice backpack for storage while riding. I’m afraid saddlebags would ruin the trackers looks.

Hey Sneeze , Not Quite ready for all that yet but , just the invite was huge , Tanx. Ride Safe.  

Got some seat time today. I’ll do almost anything to stay off the freeway , so backroads it is. Bout 3/4 tank , head west today to local dealership to order gaskets and filter for winter maintenance. I was having hella fun just riding farm roads , totally went completely by the next town and headed out towards the delta before I got turned around. One road had some turns and always a giant piece of farm equipment coming at me. I could see the highway at a crawl while I was doing 75 , good to know the backroads. I go from town to town and rarely am I forced to take the freeway , always backroads. I find new roads every ride , me and the tracker just go exploring. My voltmeter is a handy addition , it charges back a bit just not to spec. Todays ride about 70 minutes seat time. Next ride , till it hits reserve and see if performance drops off while on reserve. But I think it’s ok now. Sure is fun riding knowing you get there when you get there , no rush , have fun , be safe , stop at interesting places. Just ride…