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Title: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: Bassv on April 04, 2013, 11:52:11 AM: Hi!

I'm active for a couple of weeks here, but didn't properly introduce myself yet. Shame on me... If I'm right I'm the first and yet only brickrider from The Netherlands that is active here. It's an honor cool shades
I ended up here, because I found a lot of resources here, like the owners manual and the awesome Lieberry :2thumbup:

Started riding 2 years ago on a Yamaha FJ600 from 1990. Nice bike, but not very comfortable. Had some fun with it though. Great bike for a beginner like me. Last February I bought the K75RT I own now. Build in 1991, first registred in 1992 in The Netherlands. Don't know much about the history, except that is has been in Austria and Slovenia in 2011 according to the toll stickers on the windscreen. It has currently driven about 134.600 km. The bike isn't a daily driver but more of a hobby. I like to wrench on cars and bikes and learn new things about stuff. In my experience with the previous bikes and cars I've owned, I spent more time on wrenching than driving. But that's fine :yes

I also have a topic on this forum where I write about the maintenance I do to the bike: http://www.motobrick.com/index.php/topic,3798.0.html (http://www.motobrick.com/index.php/topic,3798.0.html)

Some pics:
(http://imageshack.us/scaled/medium/195/dsc01270pb.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/dsc01270pb.jpg/)

(http://imageshack.us/scaled/medium/838/img1241oo.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/838/img1241oo.jpg/)
My old Yamaha FJ600 and my other project: my Volvo 240 from 1984

(http://imageshack.us/scaled/medium/829/dsc01264il.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/829/dsc01264il.jpg/)

(http://imageshack.us/scaled/medium/39/dsc01266.JPG) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/39/dsc01266.JPG/)

(http://imageshack.us/scaled/medium/846/dsc01268t.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/846/dsc01268t.jpg/)

(http://imageshack.us/scaled/medium/706/dsc01269z.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/dsc01269z.jpg/)
Unfortunately the previous driver dropped the bike I guess...

Last but not least: since English is not my native language, I apologize for my sometimes maybe f*cked up English :loopy: :yes
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: WayneDW on April 04, 2013, 08:48:26 PM: Hello and welcome. I've always heard that if you're not Dutch you're not much!
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: mystic red on April 04, 2013, 09:36:52 PM: Welcome, English is my native language and you do better than I!
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: Scott_ on April 04, 2013, 09:48:12 PM: Welcome, don't worry about your engilsh, it's probably better than my typing.............. :lol:
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: Bassv on April 05, 2013, 10:02:41 AM: Thanks for the kind words you all! And I love that phrase "if you're not Dutch you're not much". Never heard of it before, but I like it :yes
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: argent brick on April 05, 2013, 01:38:26 PM: Greetings from California. Welcome aboard.

For someone who does not have English as their native tongue, you are doing quite well. Better than some of my neighbors. :lol:
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: johnny on April 05, 2013, 01:59:18 PM: greetings bassv...

welcome to motobrick.com...

we were in sequoia last week and a guy on a vstrom was following us around... he had arizona plates... so i asks the guy where he was heading... he said tierra de fuego argentina... he bought the moto in arizona... rode to california and is heading to argentiana... crossing the panama canal on may 16th... he said he was from the netherlands...

i had a guy who ran im my circles back in the 80s and 90s... his name is arie luyendyk... we got hammerd a few times... thats when he couldnt speak english wurth a ch1t...

j o
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: Bassv on April 05, 2013, 02:21:16 PM: You mean Arie Luyendijk? The famous auto racing driver? Woh! Nice!

And respect for the other Dutch guy that is heading for Argentina. On the other hand, exploring has always been something we Dutch like to do :lol:
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: johnny on April 05, 2013, 02:29:13 PM: yawl...

thats him... a 2 time indy 500 winner and has the fastest lap ever at indy 239.260mph...

j o
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: detbmw on April 05, 2013, 05:08:26 PM: Nice bike and welcome to the forum.

I like your Hi-Viz yellow helmet. I have a Scorpion EXO-900.
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: Bassv on April 08, 2013, 01:00:51 PM: Like the Scorpion too! I have the cheaper Caberg Konda Hi Viz.
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: Lawrence on April 08, 2013, 01:40:08 PM: Welcome from Idaho, US of A. I have a Caberg Ego that I simply love. I'll be wearing that when I begin our Grand Southwest tour in June. That helmet has the world's best venting system -- just perfect for Arizona, New Mexico and southern Utah!
As for languages, I've always been impressed by the folks I've met in the Netherlands. They seem fluent in any language you speak to them! Wonderful country, the Netherlands. Pity there are no mountains -- or even hills :dunno2:
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: Bassv on April 09, 2013, 04:22:18 AM: There are actually hills in The Netherlands you know :neener: In the Southern part of our country that is. Google for "Landschap Limburg" for pictures :-)

Btw, I wish you a great ride on your Grand Southwest tour! This summer, I'm heading for the USA and it's the first time I'll be outside of Europe :eek: Looking forward to it!!! Flying to LAX and driving to SF, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, all the usual stuff I guess, but that doesn't matter to me. Not on a motorcycle btw, but thinking about renting one for a day. Driving a Harley maybe :riding:
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: argent brick on April 09, 2013, 02:40:34 PM: Quote from: Bassv on April 09, 2013, 04:22:18 AM
There are actually hills in The Netherlands you know :neener: In the Southern part of our country that is. Google for "Landschap Limburg" for pictures :-)

Btw, I wish you a great ride on your Grand Southwest tour! This summer, I'm heading for the USA and it's the first time I'll be outside of Europe :eek: Looking forward to it!!! Flying to LAX and driving to SF, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, all the usual stuff I guess, but that doesn't matter to me. Not on a motorcycle btw, but thinking about renting one for a day. Driving a Harley maybe :riding:

You are only one hour from California wine country when you are in SF. Let me know when you are going to be in SF, maybe I can ride down and say hello.
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: Bassv on April 09, 2013, 06:21:06 PM: That would be awesome :-) I'll let you know! It's somewhere around the 25th of July.
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: argent brick on April 09, 2013, 08:23:58 PM: That should work for me. My wife has her B-day on the 26th, so that day is out. UNLESS she wants to go to SF for a day!

Keep me posted.
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: racinrich on April 09, 2013, 09:56:52 PM: welcome from chi town
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: Lawrence on April 10, 2013, 02:08:36 PM: Bassv, if you have some flexibility in your schedule, you may want to consider continuing on north a bit. The BMW Motorcycle Owners of America rally is in Salem, Oregon in mid-July. This is a big event (6K riders +/-) and is often a great time!
Title: Re: Greetings from The Netherlands
Post by: Bassv on April 11, 2013, 04:43:03 PM: Sounds awesome Lawence, but unfortunately I'm on a tight schedule. Hotels are all booked etc. Maybe next year :2thumbup:

And I'll keep you posted Argent Brick!