Sertao you say? Indeed!

[Vitesse_6]

Indubitably!
Its true, I have the coolest most bitchen wife! She allowed, nay encouraged me to buy it!

My first brand new BMW

I have only driven it from the dealer home, But it is certainly a step up from the old Honda CB350f, I love it already!
My brother will be taking ownership of the Honda this weekend, So at least that will stay in the family.

 

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Put about 120 miles on it today...

Its beautiful up at Brighton!

Oh, Its equally beautiful up at Alta as well!

Lots of people enjoying the drive up and down, Not too busy though.
Have fun all!

 

['74 UA FJ]

How's the ride quality? I want a 1200gs...one day...

 

[Vitesse_6]

I like the ride, It is adjustable for weight and dampening, It has a good upright seating position, This is the tallest of their Dual sports(IIRC)

It was so effortless driving up Canyons on the motorcycle.

I just got home from a drive this morning, I had to gas up after running Emigration Canyon, 201+ miles on the trip meter, It only took 2.6 gallons to fill it, That's right around 78MPG! on 87octane.

 

[Vitesse_6]

I know many are adjustable, This is the weight adjuster.

Here is the dampening adjuster on the shock.

Both are set to 187lbs rider from the factory, But it seems to be fine for me, I weigh in at 163, But who knows, I may lighten it up a tad.
Good luck!

 

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A hair over 1800 miles so far, I've added a couple things to it, Like a center stand, rox raisers, some other farkle armor and I gave her a fat ass!

Coldest ride so far was a week or so ago, I thought it would be fun to head to the gunshow with cruiseroutfitters... The temps at 9am was 8 damn degrees! I made it to and from with no issues other than cold toes, fingers(with the heated grips on high) and a cold chin.

Still pleased I bought it, the only bummer is watching it sit in the garage while I am still paying for it...

 

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Ready for some CM overnighter camp help.

Should be fun!

 

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My trip went well, let me just say, I hate sand...
Camp.

Panorama of the area.

Our local Land Cruiser group helps out for "Cruise Moab" by hosting a 3 day camp and trail run, I help out in camp and for that I get to help tech. In vehicles.
And...
Build a stage.

Listen to live music and enjoy a camp fire.

And get free beer!

It was a great trip, drove just under 500 miles, camped at Lone Warrior in the San Rafael Swell, drove home through Buckhorn Wash on the way out.
The reason I hate sand? I was making good speed(35-40mph) through the dirt road from I-70 towards camp when I hit some silty sand, which caused me to slow down considerably before it stopped me dead, and tossed me off, I'm still new to this whole dual sport thing, and I loved every min. of it, my shoulder hurt like hell for the couple days we were there, but by yesterday it felt better.
I packed WAY more than I needed, That being fuel and clothes, I made it the whole way home on a single tank of gas, the gas light had turned on once I hit I-15 near Provo, I was able to make it the final 45 miles to home before I filled up, however it only took 3.8 gallons.
I have a gopro video of me coming off, but I need to figure out how to edit it as the video is 28 min. long, I also have some 130 gopro pics of the drive to and from.

The rest of my pics are here if any of you wish to view them, nothing too crazy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77197343@N00/sets/72157633407159134/with/8703985340/

 

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I have a ton of pics like this from my go pro.

I-70 into the swell, notice the rock formation

This is Buckhorn Wash, the rock directly ahead has quite a few petroglyphs.

The petroglyphs can be seen here, if you have never been in the area.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77197343@N00/sets/72157630396067796/