Getting ready for the BMW rally

The new bike is ready. It has enough miles on it to not worry about break in problems and I am ready to go. First stop Flagstaff, AZ. Well maybe second stop as I will need gas somewhere along the way.

Julian for Lunch...the long way

We headed out this morning from Encinitas around 7:30am. I wanted to put some miles on the new K bike. We headed north on I15 to Temecula. Turned east on Hwy 79 to 371 to 74 and down into Palm Desert. The bike did fine averaging around 40 mpg on its second tank of gas. Filled up in Palm Desert and headed for Salton Sea on Hwy 86. The temp leaving home was around 60F. Somewhere around Salton Sea it was 95F. We turned back west onto Hwy 78 with intentions of finding something to eat in Ocotillo Wells. No go. Julian was only another 30 miles so we headed there for lunch. We rolled into Julian a few minutes after noon. Had a nice lunch at Margaritas then headed home. I was home by 2pm with about 280 miles on the clock.
The bike was great. I am going to consider a Sargent seat and a bigger windscreen. The seat is mainly a preference thing but the windscreen is pretty much a necessity.

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