Why change the OEM tire ??

[Paughco]

 A set of M5s on my K1200S saved my ass one SGR September afternoon; I rode over Sonora Pass during a hail storm. Oh man, that was scary, riding on a half-inch of ball bearing hail.

Seeya
ATB

I remember seeing the pictures that year.
Did Beech drop his K1300S?

Yeah. That was a bummer. No way could I turn around on that slippery surface. All I could do was leave her in first gear and ease my way down the east side of the Pass. It gradually changed from hail to rain with each few feet decrease in altitude. I waited for about two hours at the bottom, where 108 meets 395. A couple big flatbed tow trucks went up the hill while I was waiting. Finally I heard a K1300S coming down the hill. Sounded like Beecher's bike, with that distinctive Remus exhaust sound. It was Beech. I was hoping that he'd simply pulled over and waited until the storm passed and it warmed up a bit. Nope. He had dumped it, and had busted the shift lever. We rode back to Markleeville with Beecher in fourth gear the whole way. We checked the bike out behind our room at the Toll Station. Hmm. Needed some heliarc welding to get the busted lever together, and a little re-threading on the shift rod with a die should do the trick. I let Beecher ride my K1200S up to Reno to get the heliarc done and to buy the die for the shift rod. He was back in about three hours. He reassembled the bike and tested it out. We had a beer to celebrate. Headed back home the next day. Beech is still riding that bike. He's got over 100,000 miles on it. 



Seeya
 ATB