Sedalia Rally Follow Up

[Red_Hen]

As promised, here's a brief summary of the MOA Rally:

It was fun!  It was Hot!  It was worth it!

Thanks for letting me share!

[Red_Hen]

Just kidding  

The ride down from Minneapolis was great - veered off I35 at Mason City and took the blue highways the rest of the way.  Was hot as hewk, but I was more focused on re-connecting with friends who share my love for motorcycling and BMW's.
Thought about riding Tina but in the end, rode my trust K75s - turned out to be a good choice.  While gone, I pulled my speedo and sent it to Wirespokes for repair - the trip meter never worked and I want it too!
Camped the first night in Keokuk IA.  Arrived at rally on Thursday July 18th and set up camp with some friends from the Twin Cities.  
Attended some great Q&A sessions hosted by Paul Glaves and another by Tom Cutter - learned a lot, as I always do.  Attended some travel seminars about m/c thru Alaska and Cuba.  Got to meet Ron Sweet, one of our newer members who recently gave up his Harley for a R65!  We met at Airhead Central where I became a member and bought a cool black Airhead tee shirt.  Was neat watching others help others with their bikes - setting valves, RX'ing electrical shorts - good fellowship at the big Airhead tent.
Good entertainment - got to watch Kim Wilson from the Fabulous T'Birds perform - was a very good show!
Fairgrounds were ginormous - you'd never know 5,000 people attended was very deceiving!  Shopping was good too - there wasn't much you couldn't buy - I picked up a new Olympia vented jacket and used my $15 Revzilla coupon to order a companion pair of Olympia vented pants.  
Only ride I took was to a breakfast joint called North 65 Cafe - very good food!  Ride home was uneventful - rode with friends to a motel on the MO/IA border and cooled of in the pool.  Got an early start Sunday morning and was home by 3pm.  Tired!  Still have nagging brake shutter problem on the K75s.  It's not unique to these bikes - I did replace the rotors with EBC floaters a couple years ago - seemed to help.  But when I got home, I pulled off the rotors (also Brembo's like the R65LS) and pulled them apart for a thorough cleaning.  Ordered new EBC HH pads which Paul Glaves say work well on these rotors (had Carbone Lorraine A3's (I believe these to be good pads too)  Removed front wheel and rotors and scrubbed clean the rotors - used brake fluid and lots of paper towels to clean things up.  Did use the air compressor to pop out the caliper pistons - found some water/fluid goo inside one of the calipers - everything now cleaned up - just waiting on parts!  Pictures below from trip - I'm sure you won't know everyone but there is a nice picture of Tom Cutter, Paul & Voni Glaves and Voni & Ardys Kellerman the two women who reached a million safe miles last year and Valerie Thompson who hit woman's world speed record of over 200 mph on a BMW S1000 (?).

Pictures:  http://2012sedaliamoarally.shutterfly.com/
Below main picture, click on first picture and use arrow at top of screen to scroll thru the pics.

[montmil]

Thanks, Ken!  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[Ed Miller]

Thanks for sharing the pics, Ken.  

Why do I suddenly feel like an F800GS is a good idea?  I would rather have an R80GS, and they are a tiny bit cheaper still.

[Red_Hen]

The F800GS has had very good reviews!  Somewhere between an F650 and R1200.  If I ever sell my K75s I'm buying a K1200 GT!!!