We picked up Poppy at the end of June. Eight weeks old full of energy. We’re working with a trainer and everythings going better than expected. She’s a great dog and we love her very much.

Took a 3,300 mile road trip through upstate New York into Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Probably not the best idea with gas prices being what they are. Camped a couple nights in the Adirondacks. Spent a day in Quebec city, drove up the St. Lawrence river to Rimouski and then headed inland down

Spent a few weeks down in Flodida to get away from the cold winter up here. Ann came down and spent the last week with me. We had a good time mostly lounging by the pool. We rented a pontoon boat one day and went up the inner coastal. It was good seeing everyone.

Spent A week in Paris and week in Belgium with Amy and Erik and had a great time. I enjoyed Paris, there was a lot to see and beautiful neighborhoods. Too many people though and nobody smiles over there. We rented a van and drove to Bruges Belgium. Stopped and saw the beaches of Dunkirk

Took a ride up to Detroit to visit my friend Steve and see the cruise on Woodward. Had a good time and then went up to Mackinaw City and camped over night. Rode up to Marathon Ontario and camped over night there, also got bit by someone’s dog. That really sucked. Got up the next

At the end of June I made a long trip out west traveling 7200 miles. Started at Badlands NP in South Dakota. Then to Mt Rushmore, Deadwood, Sturgis and Devils Tower. After that I drove to Mt Rainier and camped a few days at Olympic NP in Washington. While I was in Olympic I took

Trailered my bike down to Breaks VA for the BMW rally. Stayed at the campground this year as the lodge was booked up. Enjoyed the camping because the weather was perfect and so were the roads. Ending up riding over to the tail of the dragon in Tennessee. It was all it was said to

Early February 25, trailered my bike from cleveland down to my moms in Florida. Rode down to the keys with the intention of riding all the way to the end at Key West. Made it as far as Marathon Key. Too much traffic down there made it less enjoyable. The times that I could see

Left the week before Thanksgiving heading down to see my mom for the holiday. Spent two nights camping in the Daniel Boone national forest in Kentucky. Had nice weather until the third day when it started raining so I headed down to Smoky Mountain National park.It cleared up when I got there and the scenery

BMW had another rally in southern Ohio called the Wild Wayne Weekend. I think the event was more geared towards off road riding but there were some nice twistee roads for us street bikes. I rode RT 555 from route 50 up to Zanesville and had the whole thing pretty much to myself. On the

Left the middle of August to go to Detroit and visit my oldest friend Steve. The annual Cruise on Woodward was happening so we figured we’d go check that out again. From there I rode up to Mackinaw City and camped overnight . The next day I crossed the bridge over to Salt Saint Marie

Towards the end of May we went over to London for a week. The trip revolved around the Bike Shed motorcycle show at the Tobacco Docks. We had great weather the whole week and walked about eight miles a day. We saw so much stuff and so many great neighborhoods. And all the people were

Next trip was to Breaks Virginia. BMW held a rally at the Breaks resort in Virginia towards the end of April. It was a great weekend and well organized. Since it was about a seven hour ride I decided to break it up into two days stopping a Wolf Run state park in Ohio and

It’s been a while since I posted anything. I suppose the next major event was the passing of Lucy in march. Im finally at the point where I can write about it. She was a great friend who is missed everyday. We were lucky to have her.

What a way to start off 2024. Dad passed away early January and I headed down to Florida to pay my respects and help out my mom a bit. It was good seeing her and spending time with my brothers. Then I drove along the gulf coast out to Big Bend National park. Spent a

Finally got the new engine running. I lucked out and was able to buy a brand new front timing cover and oil pump courtesy of Mike from Britanica restorations. The part has been obsolete for 10 years but he happened to have one laying around his shop for 12 years never been used. That was

sanded and painted the frame, put on a 2 inch lift with new shocks and replaced the seals in the transfer case. Also a new filter and seal in the transmission.

Time to sand down and treat the rust on the frame and axles

Floors are in so that’s a big milestone. Gonna start doing the front wheel arches next and that’ll be most of the bodywork

Its been a while since I updated this, just been really busy. Really enjoy working on this. It keeps me occupied and I’m learning a lot.

A lot of time spend drilling out the spot welds. Now I gotta clean up the rust and put in the new panels

Second week of the tear down. Feels like I’m making progress. Definetly past the point of no return.

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Hey everybody, started tearing the rover apart this week. Its got a lot of rust and leaks so I figured I’d address it before it gets out of hand. I’ll try to post updates once a week. I’m thinking this is a two year project.

Hit 195,000 miles and the head gaskets went. It was my first time doing them but it wasn’t bad. I spent a little extra time and cleaned the valves and replaced the seals. Its running great. Hopefully that’ll be it for a while.

Made an ice shanty out of some old cross country skis, plywood, 1/2 inch conduit and some canvas I cut and sewed using my moms sewing machine. Looking forward to winter out on Lake Erie.

Spent Labor Day weekend with the Finger lakes BMW club in Watkins Glen. Rode 800 miles in great weather. Did a lap around Seneca Lake and then down to Corning to visit the glass museum. The club did a great job organizing and I met a lot of nice people. Hope to do it again