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Re: ot coolest places

From	Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com>
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.design
Subject	Re: ot coolest places
Date	2025-10-21 16:03 -0700
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On 10/17/25 7:21 PM, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:
> Am 17.10.25 um 18:31 schrieb Joerg:
> 
>> Yes. One time when I rode my mountain bike through there a large area 
>> both sides of the river was black and still smoldering, with some 
>> smoke. It was eerie and probably a bit dangerous. This is one of the 
>> "autobahns" I am using there:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5cjAW_nrl4
>>
> 
> BMW motor bike cross country driving school in Hechlingen, Bavaria.
> First morning briefing at 8 AM. I still had no idea what I would be
> doing only 2 hours later..   OMG   >8-( )
> 

Andy from Peru is probably the hardest user of a BMW GS. But the ride 
can end suddenly if the Bendix fails:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYGQoAVSj_M

> They bring you in form really quickly; it helped me tremendously
> in the highland desserts of Island 2 weeks later. There, I had to
> give up only 2 or 3 times. And I made my bike driver's license
> at age 61..
> 

I am thinking about it. Learning it at 67 and then riding is more risky 
but I probably would not ride anything bigger than a 250cc dual-sport. 
Zero motorcycle experience so far but I did a lot of road bike and 
mountain bike riding on fairly hostile turf. So things such as counter 
steering are already programmed into muscle memory. just not at 
motorcycle speeds.

One of my main decision points will be whether I can lift a 300lbs bike 
after a fall. My lower back is pretty shot so that might not work. Out 
here you have to be able to do it alone because there are many trails 
where you'll see nobody all day. Except for bears and they aren't going 
to volunteer.

> (follow the arrow to the right, after a short intermezzo at the
> Wacken Open Air with my daughter...)
> 
> < 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/137684711@N07/32590815878/in/album-72157688304045365/lightbox/ 
>      >
> 

Iceland looks like a nice place to ride. Though we have a lot of similar 
stuff right here, including hot springs.

Maybe you can go back and fix that 12-cylinder engine :-)

-- 
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

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ot coolest places john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-09-27 09:10 -0700
  Re: ot coolest places Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-09-28 09:04 +0100
    Re: ot coolest places john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-09-28 08:16 -0700
      Re: ot coolest places Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-09-28 17:38 +0100
        Re: ot coolest places john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-09-28 10:09 -0700
          Re: ot coolest places Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-09-28 22:50 +0100
            Re: ot coolest places john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-09-29 09:42 -0700
              Re: ot coolest places Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-10-01 14:19 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-01 07:23 -0700
                Re: ot coolest places Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-10-01 18:07 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-01 10:39 -0700
                Re: ot coolest places Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-10-02 00:05 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-01 16:49 -0700
                Re: ot coolest places Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-10-02 12:59 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-02 09:53 -0700
                Re: ot coolest places Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-10-02 19:08 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-14 04:28 +1100
                Re: ot coolest places john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-13 11:26 -0700
                Re: ot coolest places liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-02 10:30 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-10-02 13:01 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-02 14:20 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-10-02 16:44 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-06 13:35 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-10-08 17:40 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-08 20:49 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-08 14:09 -0700
                Re: ot coolest places john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-02 09:56 -0700
                Re: ot coolest places Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-10-02 19:10 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de> - 2025-10-18 03:43 +0200
                Re: ot coolest places wmartin <wwm@wwmartin.net> - 2025-10-05 22:54 -0700
                Re: ot coolest places "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-02 12:28 -0400
                Re: ot coolest places liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-06 18:08 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net> - 2025-10-06 15:12 -0400
                Re: ot coolest places liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-06 20:33 +0100
                Re: ot coolest places john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-06 13:35 -0700
                Re: ot coolest places ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net> - 2025-10-06 16:56 -0400
                Re: ot coolest places "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-06 17:03 -0400
  Re: ot coolest places bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-09-28 19:18 -0400
  Re: ot coolest places Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-14 22:40 -0700
    Re: ot coolest places Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2025-10-15 07:50 +0000
      Re: ot coolest places Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-17 09:31 -0700
        Re: ot coolest places Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2025-10-17 17:01 +0000
          Re: ot coolest places Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-17 12:04 -0700
        Re: ot coolest places ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net> - 2025-10-17 15:32 -0400
          Re: ot coolest places Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-17 13:09 -0700
        Re: ot coolest places Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de> - 2025-10-18 04:21 +0200
          Re: ot coolest places Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-21 16:03 -0700
    Re: ot coolest places john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-15 07:29 -0700
      Re: ot coolest places Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-17 09:35 -0700
    Re: ot coolest places ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net> - 2025-10-15 14:59 -0400

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