Blowing Real Smoke

[maccraith]

In reading this forum as a newbie over the past year, there have been a number of times when I have been simply blown away by the willingness and the expertise of many members of this forum who share their knowledge. Likewise, I have thought of writing this acknowledgement a number of times, but rejected the idea for concern of being labeled a "smoke blower.'

After reading the responses to the recent post about a blown exhaust valve, I finally decided to hell with it. These guys like Cycle Bob, The Lone Ranger, and many others should be regularly acknowledged for the incredible amount of expert knowledge and help they provide.

So here I am blowing real smoke: Thank you, guys. You make this one of the most valuable and informative BMW forums on the web.

Michael Maccraith
'03 R1150R

[NoRRmad]

+1

[Lee Davis]

Michael... As one of the posters on that thread about the exhaust valve failure, I completely agree with you! The amount of information and expertise out there is amazing. I had never thought about the fuel mix being a culprit in an exhaust valve breaking, and so I learned a lot from that thread... and expanded my own knowledge on the subject. I am fairly new to this forum (although not new to bikes), and I am gleaning all the information I can. A little side note... I was working in Glacier Park in Montana in 1970 and hitchiked with my girlfriend up to Banff. At the Chief Mountain cutoff we were standing there for an hour with no traffic when a fellow on a BMW (must have been a 1970 R-600) rode up, got off to stretch and talked a while. I was mightily impressed with the idea of a guy traveling (touring) by BMW, which was quite rare at the time, on any bike. I have never forgotten that, and it planted the BMW bug in me that took a number of other bikes and 34 years to satisfy. Although I sure wish I had that girl again, at least I have my RT... Lee Davis

"Fortunately, I always keep ma feathers numbered" -Foghorn Leghorn