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Re: Whereabouts



Love my Z6's on a R1100S.

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From: John Van Deren <r11rider@xxxxxxxxxxx> 

> Sorry to hear about your tumble Andrew...didn't see your post at 
> "Faceplant" on advrider...hope you're okay! Crashing sucks! 
> 
> Up in Vermont, we still have snow on the ground so no riding yet. I did 
> buy a new Odyssey battery and a new Nolan N-102 helmet...maybe we could 
> start a helmet thread. Who likes their new Schuberth C2?? And, last 
> season I thought I'd try out some Avon tires...I like them a lot, but 
> everyone is now saying how good the Z6s are...damn, now I have to wear 
> out the Anons. 
> 
> Just got back from a week in Costa Rica...now there's where all the 
> worst roads are!! Crazy Ticos fly on their dirt bikes. Peace and ride 
> safe. 
> 
> John Van Deren 
> Montpelier, VT 
> 
> andrew johnson wrote: 
> 
> > Minor, Bob wrote: 
> > 
> >> Where did everybody go? 
> > 
> > 
> > Took a tumble on a lunch ride to Parkfield - after a wonderful morning 
> > sprinting down 25 past Pinnacles and onto Peach Tree and Indian 
> > Valley, I stopped on a grassy shoulder. When I started up, rear tire 
> > spun out on wet grass and I suffered a low-sped high-side dump onto 
> > the pavement. Dislocated my shoulder, broke the end of a bone at my 
> > elbow. Bike is fine. 
> > 
> > That'll teach me to trust BT 020s on a GS on wet grass... I should be 
> > back up riding in a couple weeks. 
> > 
> > - Andrew, Berkeley 

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