Saying bye to summer..

[Charles Scappaticci]

Great picture Alex!  I've ridden in snow like that and it wasn't very fun.

I did some freshening up of the GPZ this summer, rebuilt the rear
suspension, installed a new battery, my Koni shock, and rebuilt the shift
linkage which was badly need plus some other odds and ends.  Sadly, I was
working in Flagstaff AZ for much of the summer so my riding season was
pretty short though I did ride my BMW F800GT to the New Mexico BMW rally in
Taos this last weekend and rode some great roads.  I plan on a tank swap
this winter to a better one with a new petcock and will take another look
at the chain and sprockets as I have a new set waiting.  Though I still
have good rubber left on my Pilot Road 2's, I may go pick up a set of the
Pilot Road 4's and put them on my other set of rims as I'm not sure the
Pilot Road 5's are going to be as good as the 4's or the 2's.

Enjoy the fall riding!

Charles S.

On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 1:20 PM Alexander Finger <af at genevainformation.ch>
wrote:

> Hello friends, I did not yet bring the GPZ to the mechanic (I think it'll
> happen in winter..) but took the Africa Twin to the celebration we had with
> the university (I finished a bachelor in law this february, going for the
> master now). A fellow student had invited us to stay with her and her
> family in the alps to celebrate and so I took off this morning at 7°C to go
> home.
> I had the choice between going back the way I came (motorway) or take a
> chance with the Grimselpass. It snowed during the night and the warnings
> for snow and icy roads were on.
> I was not very positive but just before the summer I saw a family of three
> on three bikes from Luxembourg and asked them how the conditions were -
> snow, they said, but the road is clear.
> Off I went, just to get into an hour of rain on the north side of the alps.
> Wet, frozen but happy I made it to Murten and went sailing on the afternoon
> - talk about a full program ;)
>
> cheers
> Alex
> [image: IMG_20190908_104200.jpg]
>
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