2012 has been an interesting year...Leslie got a new job and is now working for BC Transplant as an Organ Donation Coordinator and Organ Donation Specialist.
Cheryl continues to do well in her police career and we got engaged. Wedding will be next August 2013. More info please read below.
Cheryl and I met in 1997 in Bellingham, Washington. We kept in touch over the year via the internet plus flying back and forth. Before we both knew it I moved all the way across the country to a new country no less in march 1998 and been here ever since. I, meaning Leslie grew up in New York on Long Island where her family still remains except my brother.
Went to College in upstate NY and grad school back on Long Island where I got my Masters Degree in Social Work. In 1999 I started working as an Intensive Care Unit Social Worker at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, BC and loved my job after all those years.
Cheryl grew up in the lower mainland of BC and many of her family members are here as well. Beautiful place to grow up and go to school. Throughout Cheryl's teenage years and adulthood she worked for her mother's family business. However, at the ripe old age of 35 she decided to embark upon a career in law enforcement which she has been enjoying for over 5 years. Cheryl has found a passion within the Police force working with kids in schools.
We have been together as partner's for 15 years and after Cheryl graduated Depot (Police Training) we both got motorcycles and our licenses. I grew up on bikes and Cheryl always wanted to learn to ride. Learning was easy for Cheryl and getting back on a bike for me just made sense. Cheryl thinks I am obsessed with bikes but to be honest once she is on the road I can't stop her.
Cheryl loves video games, I love wild life, Cheryl dreams about white sandy tropical beaches, I dream about seeing the polar bears in Hudson Bay, Manitoba.
Opposites attract and we both share a passion for adventure motorcycle touring. We learned this after buying our first 2010 BMW F650GS bikes. We travel well together making sure we are both taking care of ourselves. Cheryl is the brains, mechanic, navigator and packer, I am the organizer/planner.
Cheryl is the quiet one, I am the loud New Yorker. Cheryl loves video games, I love live web cams featuring Bald Eagles, Falcons, osprey's and Owls. In the end it seems to work.
My rear K60 lasted for only about 4K miles. The front looks like it’ll last forever. I had to replace the rear after getting to Oregon. A lot less life than I expected.
I wonder why? What’s your psi?
Have over 14,000 k on my current K60s and that includes our trip to Alaska which also included the trip to Inuvik up the famous gravel Demptster and across the Denali Highway. The rear still has a few thousand K left on it and I am sure I could get another 10k out of the front. Only complaint I have with these tires is the noise. I run them at bike manufacturer recommended pressure.
they do make noise but nothing compared to TKC’s.
That is great mileage and we did the same last year. After riding all the lovely “smooth” roads in Alaska The Triumph bikes came back with plenty of treat on the K60′s when we gave the bikes back.
I don’t hear any tire noice on dirtroads
Have my K60 Scouts now for 10Kkm. I think the front is good for an other 10K, rear will hold maybe 5K. I am pleased by the way they perform in the wet & dry, on and off tarmac. They are slightly more vague than the MEFO Explorers I used before. Advantage of the K60′s over the MEFO’s (same factory!) is the possibilty to mount them tubeless. The difference in thread profile between the 130 I use on my R100GS and the 150 used on e.g. the F800 is a bit odd. They explained to me that the open 130-profile (good traction) could not withstand the higher power output of the 150 wide bikes. See http://www.reifenwerk-heidenau.de/documents/downloads/CwEEyHMtVi.jpg
you are correct..no noise off road LOL
The 90/90 21 inch front tyre maybe the reason why they last so long. The rear tire is a 130/80-17 inch.
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Hmmm, doesn’t work as planned. Just click my name for pictures on our site.
Got the K60 Scouts on my XT660Z Tenere and love ´em too!! Way much better then the Tourances I had before. Keep it comin´ gals!
Greetz, Hans
Good to hear and you have fun on your great bike!