The member photo gallery is now integrated and live!!  All user albums and pictures have been ported from old gallery.


To register send an e-mail to admin@bmwr65.org and provide your location and desired user name.

« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2

Author Topic: Mick's Worldwide R65 Adventure  (Read 2657 times)

Offline Bob_Roller

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 8923
  • ? GMT -7 Hours
Mick's Worldwide R65 Adventure
« on: March 12, 2007, 09:49:39 PM »
You might want to check out a new entry on R65 registry, a rider named Mick MacMillan has a post on his riding adventures in South America. Puts the rest of us into a different catagory, almost has a line on the movie of a year ago the Motorcycle Diaries.
« Last Edit: September 26, 2007, 03:54:26 AM by Rob_Valdez_79_R65 »
Logged
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS ?
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

Offline Rob Valdez 79 R65

  • Posts: 98
  • I Love YaBB 2!
COOL!  His blog...
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2007, 10:18:34 PM »
http://mickrtw.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for bringing that to my attention, Bob!


(yeah, I moved your thread.  NOTHING off-topic about this!)
« Last Edit: March 12, 2007, 10:31:40 PM by Rob_Valdez_79_R65 »
Logged

Offline Rob Valdez 79 R65

  • Posts: 98
  • I Love YaBB 2!
Re: R65 Registry
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2007, 10:24:07 PM »
You should appreciate this one in particular, Bob and Semper:

Happy to be back on the ground after achieving what I imagine to be something of a record for an R65 BMW - 570mph, without even turning a wheel, in the hold of a Jumbo jet.
Logged

Offline Bob_Roller

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 8923
  • ? GMT -7 Hours
Re: R65 Registry
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2007, 10:37:52 PM »
It's kind of amazing from a standpoint of the everyday mundane existence that the majority of us live, to just go out and experience things the rest of us can only dream of. A quote from the Discovery Channel : LIFE UNSCRIPTED!
« Last Edit: March 13, 2007, 10:21:22 AM by Bob_Roller »
Logged
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS ?
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

Offline Bob_Roller

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 8923
  • ? GMT -7 Hours
Re: R65 Registry
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2007, 11:17:15 PM »
Quote
You should appreciate this one in particular, Bob and Semper:

Happy to be back on the ground after achieving what I imagine to be something of a record for an R65 BMW - 570mph, without even turning a wheel, in the hold of a Jumbo jet.
The only way my R65 would achieve 570 mph, would be to drop it out of the Space Shuttle while in orbit!
Logged
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS ?
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

Offline Bob_Roller

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 8923
  • ? GMT -7 Hours
Re: R65 Registry
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2007, 09:05:28 AM »
I sent Mick MacMillan an email yesterday, about our forum here, and it looks like he is our newest member, with the user name Mick.
Logged
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS ?
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

Offline Bob_Roller

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 8923
  • ? GMT -7 Hours
Re: R65 Registry
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2007, 02:00:28 PM »
I recieved 2 emails from Mick today, and he's not sure if he has anything of real interest to contribute to our site ! I assured him that I'm sure the membership would be interested, on how to go about a major trip, planning and the actual ride itself.
Logged
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS ?
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

Offline Bob_Roller

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 8923
  • ? GMT -7 Hours
Re: R65 Registry
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2007, 05:21:18 PM »
I received an email from Mick today, and his journey should bring him through Phoenix around the last week of May or the first week of June. Sadly my work schedule will most likely prevent me from meeting him, all I know about his ride after Phoenix, is that he's heading for California. So if anybody on the west coast can hook up with him, send him a PM. He will post his route when he gets closer to the US.
« Last Edit: May 08, 2007, 07:15:23 PM by Bob_Roller »
Logged
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS ?
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

Offline NC Steve

  • Posts: 1484
Re: R65 Registry
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2007, 06:54:36 PM »
Bob, Mick's blog is a few weeks behind: can you bring us up to speed?

What a life!
sigh......
Logged
'19 royal Enfield Himalayan
82 R65-Blue II, 84 R65-Britta, 84 R65-Ol' Blue, 88 K75C, 99 R1100R
00 Guzzi Jackal, 89 Guzzi Mille GT, 03 Guzzi Cal Stone
07 Honda ST1300

Offline Bob_Roller

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 8923
  • ? GMT -7 Hours
Re: R65 Registry
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2007, 07:03:17 PM »
He's in Cartagena, Colombia, with a sick bike, looks like the bean can failed, he has the bean can, ignition control unit and a coil on order from Bob's BMW, this city is on the Caribbean Sea about 100 miles or so northeast of the Panama/Colombia border. He has his bike secured to the main mast of the Melody a sailing yacht. He sets sail for Panama tomorrow morning, for I believe the city of Colon, Panama where he hopes to meet up with  his ignition parts. I guess he didn't want to attempt crossing the Darien Gap with his R65.
« Last Edit: May 08, 2007, 07:21:39 PM by Bob_Roller »
Logged
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS ?
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

Offline MrRiden

  • Posts: 1291
  • R65LS Phoenix, Arizona
Re: R65 Registry
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2007, 04:12:18 PM »
Bob,
I've pm'd you my local contact info. Should Mick decide to roll this way my lumpy pull out couch with little privacy, along with my garage and collection of cast off tools are at his disposal. I can also offer free internet and non gourmet home cooked food but I do have a case of Scottish ale at the ready.
rich
Logged
"We can't stop here. This is bat country".

Offline Bob_Roller

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 8923
  • ? GMT -7 Hours
Re: R65 Registry
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2007, 04:39:31 PM »
I don't know if anybody is following Mick's progress, but there is a new entry about his experience in New Zealand.
Logged
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS ?
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

Offline NC Steve

  • Posts: 1484
Re: R65 Registry
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2007, 07:23:51 PM »
This is so not fair.    ;)

Having read Egan's "Leanings", I and II, just finished watching the "Long Way Round" special edition, then I'm reading about the just-completed "Long Way Down" trip earlier this month.  Plus there's that "Oasis of my Soul" cycledude who's living on the road now with a GS , a sidecar, and his dog. (link for those unfamiliar, http://www.theoasisofmysoul.com/)
Now, I'm hit with the "Adventures of Mick" again: dammit, I'd just about forgotten about Mick.

One good ScottColumbus slideshow, and I'm may just lose it.
What is a mere mortal to do???!!   ::)
« Last Edit: August 24, 2007, 07:41:19 PM by NC_Steve »
Logged
'19 royal Enfield Himalayan
82 R65-Blue II, 84 R65-Britta, 84 R65-Ol' Blue, 88 K75C, 99 R1100R
00 Guzzi Jackal, 89 Guzzi Mille GT, 03 Guzzi Cal Stone
07 Honda ST1300

Offline Rob Valdez 79 R65

  • Posts: 98
  • I Love YaBB 2!
Re: R65 Registry
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2007, 09:39:21 PM »
Off topic replies have been moved to [link=http://suraklyn.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1188009562]This Thread[/link]
Logged

Offline Bob_Roller

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 8923
  • ? GMT -7 Hours
Re: Mick's Worldwide R65 Adventure
« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2007, 01:14:15 PM »
There's another update on his trip through Australia, and currently in Malaysia.
Logged
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS ?
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!
Pages: [1] 2
« previous next »