K11 Owners Group

[Steven B]

Donna & I planned an overnight to southern CA., Smithduck was in the vicinity - so we met him in Big Bear City and spent some quality Motobricking time together.

The route




We left Las Vegas at 5:15 - first stop in Primm, NV. for coffee & gas



Early morning on I 15, riding with the sunrise



It was a nice cool ride, needed a pit stop in Baker, CA. Had to get a pic of the world's largest thermometer



South on HWY 247



Into Big Bear, riding around the lake



Smithduck was waiting for us on the bridge



Into Big Bear for coffee, then off we go. We now had our very own tour guide



Following the Duck on HWY 18





Great riding and scenery



OK, we are having fun now



Donna is getting pretty good with the camera as we take some fun curves



Going down



Onto I 10, heading east towards Banning, CA.



We took HWY 243, stopped at a pull off, great view of the valley



Another pull off



Caution: fast low flying Duck !!



Great riding on HWY 74



The "Granny" knot on HWY 74



Into Rancho Mirage, CA. on HWY 111



Luxury accommodations in Rancho Mirage



The Duck took us to the Grind, had some good burgers & onion rings. Great ending to a perfect day of riding.



Our luxury motel didn't have a coffee pot, so it's down to the Circle K for early morning 5 am. coffee



We met Smithduck the next morning, he put one of his LED kits on my bike



I supervised the work...(notice I don't touch anything - hands kept in pockets)



Thanks again Duck for the visit and doing a little work on the bike for us !! We will have to do this again !!

Off east bound on I 10



Smithduck recommended the Patton Museum at Chiriaco Summit, so we stopped there and had breakfast, and toured the museum











One more cold drink before we hit the road



We had planned on riding through the Joshua Tree National Park, but the road was closed, so we decided to take HWY 177 north & HWY 62 to Needles, CA.

North on HWY 177



If anyone is looking for HWY's with "dips" - 177 & 62 are the roads for you. Not much to look at, but fun riding on the wide open desert. We stopped at Rice, CA. - what used to be some kind of structure, now a place for people to throw pairs of shoes over the lights - somewhat odd, along with a strange greeting







We stopped at Vidal junction for a cold drink



North on HWY 95, more dips and wide open nothingness



but, good riding





Construction zone just south of Needles, about a 20 minute wait



Almost to Needles



We gassed up in Needles and had some Mexican food, then back onto HWY 95 north



Nice sunset on the way north



We arrived back in Vegas around 6:15 this time, avoided the rush hour



The LED kit that Smithduck put in looks great, a nice emerald green glow - highly recommended! Picture really doesn't capture how it glows such a green color



Total miles for this overnighter - 708. Some of the best riding we have done!

We really enjoyed meeting Smithduck - thanks again for riding with us and showing us around.

We look forward to doing this again!
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Steven B
1991 K100RS
BMWMOA # 69791

[Jim]

Steven - thank you for another great ride report. Nice to see Drake is still around...
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Jim
1997 K1100LTSE 94,000 - has gremlins!
1995 R100RT Classic 16,650 crashed - repairing
1992 K75RTP 46,000

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

[SugarHillCTD]

Nice ride for the three of you. Thanks for taking us along

Donna is getting great results with her pictures-on-the-fly.
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John & Cathy

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

[Steven B]

Here are a few more - the Duck took these..



I like this one





Yep, Donna is getting to be a pretty good backseat photographer
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Steven B
1991 K100RS
BMWMOA # 69791

[ziobello]

Nice report and pictures

[drmalacarne]

Great pictures of a superfine ride.
The SoCal relay is a wonderful place to travel.
Thanks.
Guilherme.
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1994 K1100LT SE n° 0267
1998 HD Heritage Springer 95th anniversary
Yes, a Hog and a Beemer can live together!