Sunny Fridays and other people's Beemers

I forgot about my scheduled 24,000 mile service at BMW today, but ran the GS up there when they called to remind me.. Here's the loaner bike I took for the day..


It's an '07 F800ST.. one of the newer models.. new engine configuration, and I think they missed the mark on this one.. it's a pretty bike, plenty nimble and fun, but in my humble opinion, felt underpowered & sluggish.. although I guess anything will feel sort of like a toy after riding a GS Adventure.

This is me, reflected in a minivan when I stopped to pick up beer ;)

And here's the GS safe at home (can't wait to have a garage!)
The service was pretty expensive, but as I understand, it's one of the major ones, and the next few shouldn't be so bad.. and I'll start doing it myself for the next time anyways.

Still no real promising job prospects.. there have been a few that haven't panned out for one reason or another, but now I'm just sort of watching craigslist for the next cool thing to show up..


Speaking of jobs, I recently totally changed my photo website to try to make it a little more appealing and versatile during this job search.. check it out,, I'd appreciate any feedback anyone has! So get your creative A**es over to "CJR" and check it out!


till next time..