Just a note to tell you the I am still alive out here in the
heathen wilderness of the United States; a country that seems intent on
being ignorant of the rest of the world!
Anyway,
saw the other day that you guys might be getting together for a nosh.
Some day I will make it...how many of you are retired now?
On
the bike side, is everyone still riding? Over here I have, by accident,
become a BMW collector. My fleet has grown a bit; I now have in the
USA, from newest to oldest:
1) a BMW S1000RR model year 2011
2) a BMW R1200S model year 2007 and most recently acquired.....
3) a BMW R100RS model year 1981..complete with Krauser bags.
and
back in France I still have my 1975 BMW R90S...which I dumped last
summer as I came into a small country road corner way to fast and ended
up planting the left cylinder head on the pavement and lifting the rear
wheel. The bike is OK and my brother-in-law straightened the dent in the
tank, however, now I am looking to find someone to re-paint its
original smoke color. Looks like there is a specialist that can do this
for me in Holland; getting good paint work done in France...at least the
Southwest of France....., is a "challenge" as they say.
By
the way, we still "live" in our village of Vaour; kept the house all
these years. It turns out that there are 3 other full time residents of
Vaour, and the adjoining village of Penne, who are Manchester
graduates... Amazing! If you could get any interest among any of the
guys for a ride down to Vaour this coming summer or even September
/ October (weather still good) everyone could stay at my place a few
days and we could hold a Manchester get together. Could be a lot of fun
and it is great countryside for riding.
Well,
Just say hello when you have a moment. I feel very cut-off out here in the wilderness!
Cheers,
Mark
2 comments:
When (if) I retire in Summer 2017, perhaps a few will join me that autumn for a ride down through France to visit Mark.
I will need a at least one fellow rider to carry my luggage. Cannot possibly spoil the lines of my BMW with ugly stuffabags etc!!
hi, all,
why wait until 2017. Now I am retired 2015 sounds good to me. Any other takers??
Jean and I spent a week at Sarlat last year on the way back from the Aragaon Motogp. Thats not far!.
HAppy Christmas to all.
Peter
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