I moved to Big Bear Ca. about 2 1/2 years ago. It is in Southern California but up at 7000 ft elevation We had had a home there for vacations and outings for 15-20 years and thought it would be nice to move there permanently. WHAT A FREAKING MISTAKE THAT WAS!
What was fun fishing in the lake in summer and the weeks we spent there at Thanks Giving and Christmas was nothing like living there year round. I suddenly found that the mean temperature in Big Bear , Ca. was within a 10th of a degree of the mean temperature in Iowa. Why don't I live in Iowa? It's just TFC. No disrespect to you folks that enjoy the seasons....... I never grew up with them and it's just to foreign for me to deal with it now
Living there, you had to give away 8 months of your life to enjoy 4. At my state of antiquity, I don't have 8 of anything to give away! I'm back at a lower elevation now and will be doing something other than look for a jacket. In the 2 1/2 years I lived there I put "maybe" 500 miles on the bike. Bike projects accomplished, a big "0".
Will be looking forward to puttering with the bike again and riding without the thought of ice around the next corner.
When I moved, I discovered all kinds of bits for the bike that never got accomplished. The Israeli spin on oil filter kit, points booster, electronic voltage regulator, trans drain plug with a sight hole why did I get that? Ive always been of the thought that if it wasn't greasy on the outside , all the goodies must still be on the inside. I know not very BMWish........ but that's why I switched to Beemers years ago, ya didn't have to keep screwing with them. All that was before I learned that you have to grease it's lil splines and had to make sure you had enough Zppd's or what ever in the oil and preload on the wheel bearings. and OH God the $2000 oil filter rubber thingamabob that you have to measure in Euro speak to get it right. Life was good when my BMW maintenance coefficient was 0.0, What me worry?...now I worry all the time, but not enough to yank the tranny to to do the splines. I just don't change the filter anymore and that took care of that last maintenance issue with the filter depth stuff..
So hopefully after I get thru hanging all the pictures and moving all the furniture(multiple times, yes, Dear)I will get back to riding and doing a few things with the bike. I'm sure looking forward to it!
NEVER AGAIN!!!!!
Topic: Moved to a more motorcycle friendly climate (Read 815 times)