Welcome to Karl's Garage


Hello, I'm Karl. And I am a gear head.


There, I admitted it. They say the first step to fixing a problem is admitting you have one.

This is a new host for my page. It all started with a page for my Jeep Cherokee. hopefully it will continue to help others out.

I am going to keep that up, and continue to add to it. But it will all be here now.

I have always intended to add motorcycle pages to my web site. I finally have some of that up.

Before I had a four wheeler, I had a motorcycle. Several actually. I always wanted to put these up, and I am final starting.
My last 3 bikes were BMW's, and if things go well, I will have another one again soon.

I got back into riding on a Suzuki RF 900. I bought it from a friend of mine. He had crashed both sides of it and finally stopped riding it. I bought it from him and fixed the plastic. Now I wish I had taken some before picture because I think the repairs look good.

2008 update, I am again on a BMW. I am on my second one this year as a matter of fact. Just continue to scroll down the page to see them

The links will become active when I have Scanned the picture and written a page. Right now it is a list of the groups of pictures i know I have.

Laguna Seca and Tahoe The way home from Laguna Seca which incldes stops at Tahoe, the 49er highway, and Sequoia National park
Sears point and Highway 1  
Yosemeite and Laguna Seca  
Laguna Seca, 2007 The way to and from Laguna Seca 2007
Moto GP only Skip the ride report and look at the bikes and Umbrella girls.
Laguna Seca, 2008 The way to and from Laguna Seca 2008 Sorry, No Umbrella Girls this year.
New and improved. My first Iron Butt © ride added.
My first Iron Butt ride How to make it from Loveland to Tucson, and achieve someting at the same time.

Bikes and bike mods  
Installing the Pro Oiler on my RF 900 Pro-Oiler
Installing the GPS on my K1200 RS GPS
My experience with Tires Tires
   

This is how I got back into BMW's. I called up a local shop to ask what I should worry about on an older R 1100 RS I was looking at on Craigslist. They asked me what I was looking for, and replied "We have a nice one we just took in on trade." I went down and looked at it, and bought it.

I had some issues with the transmission on the R RS. While it was in being repaired, I spotted this little thing. It had been neglected by it's previous owner, only 8500 miles on it in four years. So I decided to give it a good home.
This is the only shot I have of it not in front of my house so far.

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