TOURATECH FALSE SECURITY !!

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!

Touratech Aluminum Cylinder Head Guards for the BMW R1200GS are an expensive aftermarket cylinder head guard that in my opinion are nothing more than an overpriced piece of Aluminum. This past January, while I was riding in the Atacama Desert of South America, my bike went down due to an unseen deep patch of sand in the road. The first thing to go flying off the bike was the Touratech Cylinder Head Guard on the right side of the engine allowing a large stone to puncture the cylinder head cover and allowing all the engine oil to spill out. This is the very thing that this $200.00 guard is supposed to guard against, and it FAILED the very first time leaving me stranded in the desert 50 miles from anything. I would suggest that if you are looking for protection for the cylinders on your R1200GS, you save that $200.00 and put it toward a good set of crash bars, like I plan to do.

Back From North Carolina

On the Blue Ridge Parkway

Memorial to the victims of Flight 93 that was downed on 9/11

My new pickup, that I happened to find just by chance on the way back from N.C.

Just back from a quick trip to Chapel Hill, North Carolina. This trip was not a pleasure trip, but a trip to see my Mother who is in ill health. On the way back to New York I decided to stay off the Interstate and take only back roads to NY. While following my GPS, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It had been a few years since I had been on the Parkway and it was a very nice ride on a day with perfect weather. Continuing northward, I stopped in Shanksville, Pennsylvania at the memorial to the Flight 93 victims of the plane that was downed on 9-11. Continuing on, I passed through the town of Bedford, PA and spotted something I've been looking for, for quite some time now…a Ford F-250 Super Duty 4X4 pickup truck on the lot at Bedford Ford. Now, I have to return to Bedford, PA this coming Thursday to take position of said pickup truck. Hopefully it will be a nice day to ride back to Bedford, PA.