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#1 Beijing - The Final Ride05-26-2011, 07:45 AM
Hi Folks.
As the title suggests, here comes my final China ride - at least for the time being - never say never
Robert was out with me to do this special ride.
Unfortunately I don't have enough time right now, but I will complete the report some time next week.
My baby was crated yesterday and sent to the relocation company's warehouse for shipping. She has to stay boxed for about two months before she meets her younger sister in my garage back home
Baby
Younger Sister
I didn't want to sell her since there are too many memories connected to the bike, she never let me down in almost 50,000 kms on Chinese roads, too low selling price and I can now have two bikes at home
I am out of here on May 31st, my stuff has been packed today and I'll send my car to the warehouse for shipping tomorrow.
Stay tuned for the report.Andy
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#2 Re: Beijing - The Final Ride05-26-2011, 08:39 AM
I already miss you! an eara has come to an end.
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#3 Re: Beijing - The Final Ride
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05-26-2011, 09:52 AMOK, OK, Andy, your game is up. We all know that April Fool's Day is celebrated on the Austrian lunar calendar, making it 26 May this year. Haha! Good one!
Now enough of this nonsense.
Really. You are not permitted to leave. Do you understand? Your wife will hate it in Europe. Your baby, who barely knows anything but Chinese concrete, will lose traction on those gorgeous Alpine switchbacks. The pure Austrian petrol will immediately saturate your hoses and cause extremely dangerous odors. Your GPS and all your Android gear will asphyxiate from the boredom of just 26 letters, and won't be fooled at all by those umlauts, which don't hold a candle to hanzi. You've been here barely a decade. A China newbie!
Say it ain't so, chinabiker. It's waaay too early to retire that username!
Happy Austrian April Fool's Day!
Why am I not laughing?jkp
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#4 Re: Beijing - The Final Ride05-29-2011, 10:39 AM
WTF!?!?
Didn't see this one coming.
Now who am I going to tease about riding a BMW?
And I didn't get the chance to challenge you to a feet-up ride through the 1 kph compound. My JH600 would win for sure! (well, maybe my JH600B)
Beijing's riding community is losing an incredible resource who was always willing to help out any rider. A genuine loss for us. Seriously.
Good luck with your new ventures and ride safe. Enjoy the land of reasonable and sane drivers, comparatively.
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#5 Re: Beijing - The Final Ride05-30-2011, 10:51 AM
Andy,
I'm sorry to hear that your China riding days are coming to an end. You're shared knowledge and information on this blog and elsewhere have been fantastic. On top of that, I want to thank you again for assisting me while on my MKRIDE last year. Your clutch delivery was crucial to getting me back on the road again. I can't thank you enough. Safe travels and keep the rubber down.
RyanRyan Pyle
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#6 Re: Beijing - The Final Ride
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05-30-2011, 03:40 PMI thought I'd just through this here for a tease, I haven't seen anyone do this on MCM yet. Change your mind by any chance?
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#7 Re: Beijing - The Final Ride05-31-2011, 12:35 AM
Sorry to see you go but I think China is in your blood and the pull will be to strong.
Who am I now going to argue with about bloody GS riders?
You will have to come back and ride Xinjiang and maybe that other place we can't mention starting with T.
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#8 Re: Beijing - The Final Ride10-08-2011, 05:21 PM
The Austrian petrol made her more powerful than ever before and she loved the tarmac here
LJH, there are plenty of other BMW riders around town - catch them on the JH - if you can
I'll let you know when I'm in for a visit and to take on the 1kph feet up challenge
You are welcome Ryan. It was a pleasure to be a tiny piece in your successful ride. Looking forward to your publishing, please keep us posted.
I may be back for a ride in the places you mentioned - with a bloody GS
Thanks Dan. My wife won't suffer a culture shock, we were living there before. I remember seeing a off-road rout from the very West all the way to the East of the US, which somehow is on my "to be ridden" list. I only hope you will be still there if I really do it.
Unplanned, we finally togetherAndy
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#10 Re: Beijing - The Final Ride10-09-2011, 06:08 PMDan Kearney - Black Hawk, Colorado, USA
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