Learned a (not surprising) lesson today...

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Photo: B.M.W.

Two things, actually...

• BMWs are nightmares, whether two wheels or four.

• I still love them.

Finally got this heap back from the shop after getting an entirely new wiring harness (something way above my patience level to install), tires, GS bars, and an overall going-over because it’s a 35yr old German thing that exists.

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I guess I learned a 3rd thing, and that is that two-wheeled Bavarians don’t mean half-price shop bills. *sighs in German*

Bonus post-bike-retrieval hike photo:

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Photo: Still me.