http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/ QC, NL, NB, NS, PE, ME, NY, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC. en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:33:43 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/images/misc/rss.png http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/ http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?69021-Help-Needed-(maybe)-in-Pittsburgh&goto=newpost Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:45:43 GMT My son will be competing in the 2013 Iron Butt (IB) which starts and has a checkpoint near the intersection of I79 and Hwy 228 at the Pittsburgh Marriott North. I hope all will be well when he arrives, but if he wants something done to the bike I'd like to have a place to do the work with him.

The really premium deal would be if someone has a workspace with a lift table and is not too far from the motel.

Local knowledge of auto parts and hardware stores will be a big help.

He's riding a 1994 BMW R1100RS so sources of BMW specific items may also be handy.

He and I will arrive on Friday June 28th and tech inspection will be the next day so any work as a result of tech would need to be done on Saturday or Sunday.

I'll have some tools that will make the jobs easy, but would like to not have to carry a ?? breaker bar, torque wrench and extensions so if those were available that would be nice too.

If you need more info to decide if you want to participate please ask here, PM or email me. (ccoonsml at rconnect.com.)

To read a little about his Iron Butt riding and results to date look at the link below. Note that all the results were achieved with the same bike. It now has 166K miles on the odo.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/See-Jo...03524253003622

If you are interested in what IB machines look like, the hotel parking lot will have lots of them to look at that weekend.
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The checkpoint is on July 4 at the same hotel. John will arrive between 5 and 8 p.m. and will have to go into scoring soon after. He will leave the hotel on the second leg around 6 a.m. on the July 5, so if there are problems there is the potential for a late night.

He will install a pre-mounted tire and wheel at the checkpoint, but we can do that in the hotel lot if there are no other issues. ]]> Regional Northeast CWC http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?69021-Help-Needed-(maybe)-in-Pittsburgh http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?68787-Square-Route-Rally-anyone-This-weekend&goto=newpost Wed, 29 May 2013 22:09:34 GMT Anyone going? http://bmwbmw.org/srr

Run by BMWBMW, I've gone to at least 16 of them through the years. It's a camping/bunkhouse rally, so it's your choice if you want to sleep on the dirt. Good food, good beer, good company - usually a good speaker or two shows up, and Saturday nights entertainment ranges from great to sometimes awful (typical rally..)

Great riding area - Gettysburg is close, West Virginia makes a nice Saturday afternoon ride, and you can stop at several civil war battleground sites on your way or way back. There is good ice-cream available in Hagerstown (which always seems to have a parade on Saturday for some reason.)

Convince me I gotta go again (was just in the area riding on the way to/from Morton's Spring Fling..) :clap ]]> Regional Northeast deilenberger http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?68787-Square-Route-Rally-anyone-This-weekend http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?68733-Found-BMW-side-case-in-NW-Ct&goto=newpost Sun, 26 May 2013 10:16:44 GMT One of the Yankee Beemers has found a case. Ifin' it's yours- here is the link-
http://kenspring.com/ybforum/showthr...-case-in-NW-Ct
OM ]]> Regional Northeast Omega Man http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?68733-Found-BMW-side-case-in-NW-Ct http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?68670-BMW-mechanic&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 09:07:55 GMT I have called all the local BMW dealerships in North Jersey re: new shocks for 2004 1150RS. Unless I want Olins or OEM nobody carries other brands? In fact some dealerships said they never heard of Hagons, Wilbers or Progressive. Does anyone know of a small shop that has experience installing... I have called all the local BMW dealerships in North Jersey re: new shocks for 2004 1150RS. Unless I want Olins or OEM nobody carries other brands? In fact some dealerships said they never heard of Hagons, Wilbers or Progressive. Does anyone know of a small shop that has experience installing shocks? I have no interest in trying myself. Thanks. ]]> Regional Northeast trailrunner http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?68670-BMW-mechanic http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?68654-Video-Mystic-CT-Ride&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 13:18:29 GMT Here is a video from an April Ride to Mystic, CT: https://vimeo.com/66613828 New England Riders has a listing of all the best rides in the Northeast: http://www.newenglandriders.org/BestOfNewEngland/BestOfNewEngland.htm ... Here is a video from an April Ride to Mystic, CT: https://vimeo.com/66613828

New England Riders has a listing of all the best rides in the Northeast:
http://www.newenglandriders.org/Best...NewEngland.htm

http://www.newenglandriders.org/Grea...ycle_Rides.htm ]]> Regional Northeast EPCONDE http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?68654-Video-Mystic-CT-Ride