{"id":62022,"date":"2024-02-20T10:08:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/?p=62022"},"modified":"2024-02-20T10:08:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T15:08:09","slug":"paradise-re-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2024\/02\/paradise-re-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradise Re-Found"},"content":{"rendered":"
This writer had a burning desire to once again ride off-road, and actually changed bikes to make it happen.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the thing about time: It only moves forward, never back. But such is life. With that in mind the past few years, and having become a senior citizen against my will, I was ruminating over how much I missed the ability to go off-road and explore, and to also do some rough camping. My Street Glide was a thing of beauty and I loved riding it, but I really was developing an itch to go in the woods for days wearing the same clothes and not showering. My ever-tolerant wife, Janiebelle, was not in favour of this. So I needed to do some thinking. I almost pulled a muscle…<\/p>\n
Ultimately, I decided that the Street Glide had to go. I can always get another one, right? Right? And I purchased a shiny new BMW 850 GS Adventure, complete with the requisite large metal boxes. I was all set! Or was I?<\/p>\n
It had been years since I\u2019d ridden an adventure bike, let alone off-road with a full load of gear. So, I decided some re-training was in order. After all, I didn\u2019t want to break a hip and die, and apparently that\u2019s what happens when you break a hip, and I have two of them.<\/p>\n