The part arrived at 9:30 and Dean started the install right away. A couple of test rides, another check on the computer, and they had the motorcycle ready for me by 11:30 so I was on the road at noon. They let me pay my part of the bill and were going to get the payment from the extended warranty company for the ABS ring after I left. My local dealer at home wouldn’t even order parts until they received payment from the extended warranty company.<\/p>\n
While I was back talking to Dean this morning another customer told me he things Louisville is the best BMW motorcycle dealer in the US. From everything I saw he may very well be right.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately leaving at noon put me into 102 temperatures.When I was heading into Cincinnati my thermometer was reading 104.6. I felt it get hotter and didn’t want to know so I didn’t look at the thermometer again until I felt it get a little cooler – back to 104<\/p>\n
On the north side of Cincinnati I stopped to rewet my cooling vest. Twenty miles later the temperature started dropping, the sky clouded over, and there appeared to be a serious storm up ahead.<\/p>\n
It started to sprinkle and since I was getting cold (do you believe it?) I decided to stop for gas early and get my rain liner in my jacket. The gas station had lost power when the storm went through with 60 MPH wind. I can’t believe I was lucky enough to miss that. Back on road I watched the storm move south, but I never hit any rain. It started warming up as I went through Columbus and was back in the 90’s as I went around Cleveland.<\/p>\n
I made it to the OH\/PA border before dark and only have 460 miles to get to West Dover tomorrow. The forecast is for cooler temps and a 40% chance of scattered showers. The forecast for West Dover shows 39 for Saturday morning and 45 for Sunday morning. From cooking to freezing.<\/p>\n
Dean gave my motorcycle a thorough check up and corrected some things. I’m going to have to call and see what he did since my MPG was considerably better today than it’s been in a long time. Fully loaded with a 49T rear sprocket and I was getting 60 MPG today going 75-80 MPH most of the day.\u00a0 Wow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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