Hi all- I just got this message from Steve Puig and thought I'd pass it along. He says he doesn't belong in the phone book, but I told him that "once a GTSer, always a GTSer."
-K ----- Hi Kelly, I've been transferred to Colombia & as a result had to sell all the bikes my sons & I had there (six of them, including the GTS). Colombia doesn't allow the import of used vehicles, including motorcycles. We've had to start from scratch once again, buying bikes here. I have a sport touring bike-- the BMW R1100S. It doesn't have the growl & passnger comfort of the GTS but I've liked it nonetheless. Bogota is mountainous (about 8500 ft above sea level) and there are many twisty roads around here. The R11S is well suited to these roads as it is torquey. Given that I can't ride very far for security reasons, I've bought a touring behemoth (K1200LT) that we keep in Miami (I go up about once a month on business or for furlough). This summer we rode up to Washington DC, taking in the entire Blue Ridge Parkway & riding the Tail of the Dragon in NC (318 curves in 11 miles). We've signed up for Edelweiss's South Afica Tour in April & are looking forward to that-- it includes a Safari & a day at the South African GP with Cycle World's editor. Over Christmas I saw the FJ1300-- it looks great in both silver & blue. Looks like an excellent successor to the GTS although it has no techno trickery except for the electric windscreen. In short, technically I don't belong on the list anymore, although if it was up to me the GTS I would have brought the GTS along once again.
