K11 Owners Group

[Steven B]

We couldn't get away for an overnighter, but we did enjoy a perfect day for riding..

The route



Left around 8:30, north on HWY 95, over the ramp from Summerlin Parkway



HWY 95 north of Las vegas has been under (de)struction for about 5 years now, never seems to end



Perfect morning



Coming into Indian Springs, NV for breakfast



Stopped and had the $7 New York Strip steak and eggs



A convenience store and "cathouse" at the Amargosa junction, HWY 95 & 373. We stopped here a couple of years ago, got gas and discovered the back part of the store was a "brothel" - didn't stop today, don't know if it is still in business



Gassed up in Beatty, then a short hop to Rhyolite on 374



There are still several parts of old buildings still standing



The entrance to the Overbery bank



Donna in front of the Cook's bank



Looking back south



An old caboose



Some of the Goldwell Open Air Museum sculptors in Ryholite

Donna with "Ghost Rider"



The Sofie Siegmann



The Last Supper



The "Tom Kelly" glass bottle house (made entirely of glass bottles)



We jumped over to Death Valley National Park, rode a few miles and decided we didn't want to get home after dark again, so we turned around and went back



Coming back towards Beatty on HWY 374



A large dark cloud appeared, looked like rain, so we didn't waste anymore time and rode home.

I did receive a new pin from the BMWMOA for my travel tip on the oil window plug, it is in this month's issue of BMW ON magazine, page 114 (shameless plug, bad pun) had to add it to my jacket



About 285 miles round trip
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Steven B
1991 K100RS
BMWMOA # 69791

[Jim]

Thanks for another cool ride report - it's good to have a tipster in our midst.
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Jim
1997 K1100LTSE 94,000 - still has gremlins!
1995 R100RT Classic 16,650 crashed - repaired!
1992 K75RTP 46,000

"We shall not all die, but we shall all be changed."

[SugarHillCTD]

Steven and Donna,

Thanks! What a cool place for a destination. Liked the sculptures.

Keep the trips coming. Right now we have the winter that isn't happening- almost no snow. But the sand, salt and general slop on our roads makes riding impossible.

So I am riding vicariously through you

It doesn't help that I now have a K bike AND an R bike in the garage and they are raring to go........

Thanks again.

John
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John & Cathy

'92 K100RS4V Pearl White SOLD
'04 K1200GT
IBA Several-SS1k, BBG, 50CC NYC to S.F.

[Steven B]

Sugarhill - man, that's putting a lot of pressure on us...LOL

Spring is already here in southern NV., don't worry it will arrive for you soon

Jim - the credit for the tipster pin should really go the Andy (service manager) at the Birmingham BMW shop, he came up with the fix, I just passed it on..
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Steven B
1991 K100RS
BMWMOA # 69791

[patcb450]

Steve,
Great trip report and great pictures. I'm jealous. Only traveling I'm doing these days is on airplanes. The motorcycle is just collecting dust.

I think I need to retire and move to NV!

Pat Moore