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Trip Report

The BMW K1200LT average 48mph
Maximum speed was 94mph
Average was 48mpg and the best was 57mpg and the worst was 37mpg.
and we rode 850 miles in 3 days.

I was trying the new ZTechnik VStream windshield and the result is that it's a good windshiel, but my previus Cee Bailey was good as well.
The noise level on this windshiel looks like is greater then the Cee Bailey, but the wind buffeting looks like is less.
I try many positions and the best one is with the windshield right below my eyes. It's has a very clear and distorion free view, so I can look over and thru the windshield very safe and easy.

The Dice+iPod was a pain. It was crasing all the time until it dies completely.
I'm not sure if the problem is my iPod overheating or the dice... bummer.

The sixsixone cool vest that we used for the first time on this trip still on the jury. Seams like it works, but not as well as a full vest (it goes only on your shoulders) and the quality control on this new product seams to be a littel low. I called the company and they will replace the vest but still I'm not sure if the quality control is really good on this one. Let me use it few more times.

Besides being really dirty from the dirt roads, the K12 was flawless.

Our group had 2 Honda Valkerie, 1 Honda Shadow and my LT and all bikes did the trip pretty good.

Who is Elton

I was born in Brazil and moved to USA, California in 1996. Took me some time to learn the language and get into this country, but I think now I'm doing quite well. I became an American citizen in late 2007.
I love to travel and by the time I was writing this page, I had logged more them 140.000 miles on the motorcycles I have/had. My current bikes are one 2002 BMW K1200LTe and one 2003 BMW R1150GS. Also there are many more miles on my car and much more on airplane trips.
Winter I try to do Snowmobile. Summer is time for water sports (PWC) and I motorcycle year around (one of the benefits of living in sunny California)

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Avila Hotsprings Campsite - Not that good.

F Mclintocks Sallon - Good food $$-$$$

French Corner Bakery - Good pastry for breacfast

RippleWood Resort and Restaurant - Food OK $-$$

Solvang Motorcycle Museum - Good time - $5 per person.