{"id":9114,"date":"2026-02-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/?p=9114"},"modified":"2025-12-31T13:18:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:18:38","slug":"first-new-world-record-of-riding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/first-new-world-record-of-riding\/","title":{"rendered":"First new world record of riding!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gas: 3.432 gal\/90 octane E0 @ $3.359\/gal; total $11.53 @ Royal Farms. Couldn&#8217;t gauge MPG because I lost the previous receipt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>End @ 64,829 (104 miles) &#8211; NEW WORLD RECORD!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Longest day on the bike so far. Went to Morton&#8217;s BMW in Fredericksburg , about 50 miles each way. Took US 1 to get there, came home via VA 2 and US 301. Mostly 4th &amp; 5th gears once away from stoplights, speed limits at 55 so ran the bike pretty hard most of the time. Lots of vibration, but not miserable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tried securing the tool roll in the right pannier with an adhesive strip of velcro; the adhesive held, but the tool roll&#8217;s velcro strap didn&#8217;t stay stuck to it on the way north, but did on the way south. The straps I got to try to secure a quart of oil were WAY WAY too long. Returning them, getting a cut-to-length kit to do the trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temps were in the mid to upper 40s on the way up, in the low 50s for the ride home. I chose my gloves poorly; hands cold both ways. Also didn&#8217;t layer particularly well; cold torso both ways but not as bad on the way home. There&#8217;s no heated grips on the R 90\/6 and no small fairing or windshield! I&#8217;m not sure why I have to keep learning this lesson. Stubborn, I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Went to Morton&#8217;s to discuss three things with Charles Buchanan, he&#8217;s an MOA member and now the GM there. First idea was a 50th birthday party for the R 90\/6, which was built 10\/75 (confirmed that with BMW Classic). Chuck was a big fan of that idea, wants to turn it into a &#8220;vintage day&#8221; event at the shop for everybody to attend. It&#8217;ll be fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"http:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_r90_lunch-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9115 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_r90_lunch-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9115 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_r90_lunch-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_r90_lunch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_r90_lunch-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_r90_lunch.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><I>Obligatory &#8220;this is what I ate&#8221; shot from a taqueria down the plaza from Morton&#8217;s.<\/I><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Second idea was using their shop space to do videos. He connected me with his counterpart in the shop, James, who was immediately amenable, but I can&#8217;t take my lift, as they just bought three new ones. I&#8217;ll have to trade video work for the space to seal the deal. No idea how it will go, but it could work. I can take my tools there, but I&#8217;ll likely have to find a place in the shed at home for my parts (need to get those into bins, too, and organize them better. Glad I got rid of all my early 2000s R 1200 GS parts!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since George sold the shop to the first swinging dick that walked through the door\u2014which is awesome, don&#8217;t get me wrong\u2014he has to be out by the end of June if everything goes right with the sale. Way less time than I thought I&#8217;d have. Dale is going to try to pick up some of George&#8217;s Airhead business. Discussed buying one of George&#8217;s hydraulic lifts or trading mine plus cash. He&#8217;s thinking about it, I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Got stopped by a rando in the parking lot while trying to leave Morton&#8217;s. He liked my bike\u2014I&#8217;m getting used to that\u2014but wanted to tell me his life story of motorcycles. It took about 10 minutes and all I wanted to do was leave. I had ear plugs in and my helmet on (but flipped up, I&#8217;m not a monster) so I was clearly in GO MODE. Trying to learn to be patient, but it&#8217;s not my strong suit. I hope the dude didn&#8217;t notice how antsy I was. To my credit, I didn&#8217;t try to rush him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hit construction on 301 well south of Bowling Green, when the highway goes back to two lanes total. Long stretch of road repairs, had to wait for a lead\/follow vehicle. The slow\/stop dude wanted to chat about the bike too. We sat there about 10 or 15 minutes with the bike off, waiting for the lead\/follow truck. It didn&#8217;t suck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"http:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_r90_stopguy-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9116 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_r90_stopguy-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9116 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_r90_stopguy-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_r90_stopguy-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_r90_stopguy-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_r90_stopguy.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m almost to 500 miles on the bike since starting to ride it. I got an oil filter kit and the bevy of crush rings necessary to do a full oil change service\u2014engine, transmission, final drive &amp; swing arm. Trying to get close to 65,000 so it&#8217;s a round number, then doing it again every 2,500 miles after that. Not sure I want to stretch the interval to 5,000 miles like I do with my 21st-century bikes. Some Airhead riders say they use the oil filters for two oil changes, but I&#8217;m not going to do that. Oil filters are not expensive. I&#8217;ll use the Valvoline VR1 &#8220;racing&#8221; oil George recommended in 20W50. Maybe 10W40 since it&#8217;s still cold, but I&#8217;m not riding when it&#8217;s 20 degrees so I guess that oil is OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>One Year Later Update:<\/strong> Dale did indeed pick up some of George&#8217;s Airhead work\u2014you can find his business online at <a href=\"https:\/\/motorcycleservicesllc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">motorcycleservicesllc.com<\/a>. Give him a buzz if you&#8217;re in central Virginia.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longest day on the bike so far, making plans for later in the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-riding-without-cruise-control"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10298,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9114\/revisions\/10298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}