I'm posting this note from my son's crib in Austin, Texas... the burg on the Colorado where the official city motto is, "Keep It Weird." They try hard every day!
Saturday, we stopped by Lone Star BMW, which, by the way, is the absolute most customer friendly BMW-Triumph dealer in the state. And I've been to a lot of 'em.
Sitting on the floor was a new K1600GT. What a beauty that scooter is.
"Go ahead, sir. Try it on for size." Guy hadn't even finished his sentence before I was making zoom-zoom noises from the cockpit. And only $28,000+, not including sales tax.
It's a big, BIG bike. By comparison, the "K" made the S1000RR parked beside it look like a 600 sport bike.
At the parts counter, my friend Les, who is the dealerships go-to man for all things Airhead, pulled the shift lever rubber I needed for the Triumph Trophy 900, no problemo. When I mentioned I needed a couple BMW OEM bendy filter kits for my Airheads, the other two counter cats stopped what they were doing and both said, "Airhead?"
Much animated conversation followed with the three. I felt like royalty. A fine Mexican food meal followed across the street at the famous Chuy's, washed down by several Shiner Bock brews.
We're now off to the coast for a week of beach life. Fresh swimming in the Gulf an hour ago seafood, adult beverages plus some sun, sand and surf.
See y'all next week.
Monte
