29/05/04 After Utah I went to Colorado

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I stayed in a suburb of Denver and then I visited Boulder From Boulder I went on to Estes State Park en route I found a superb little custom motorcycle shop called Redhill Motorcycle works. Even their parts dept was open on a Sunday and I managed to replace my headlamp bulb which blew because it didn't like the extreme cold coming over the Rockies 3 days earlier....
 

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Estes Park

Estes Park was a pretty town set in a plateau 7500ft up in the Rockies. It was an easy fast climb up to the park on very good roads. Its also a State Park and borders onto Rocky Mountain National Park..............
 

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Recognise this ........?

Do you recognise this hotel in Estes Park? You probably wouldn't.
Its the "historic" Stanley Hotel and was used as the hotel in that 70's horror classic " The Shining" with Jack Nicholson.
 

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View from Stanley Hotel

This is the Rockies as seen from the Stanley Hotel car park and this is where I went to next...........The Rocky Mountain National Park
 

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Rocky Mountain National Park

Lower section of the park where you can see Deer , Elk and Buffalo grazing. I rounded one corner to see a wolf crossing the road but it went into the woods before I could get a picture....
 

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Rocky Mountain 2

Although it was now early May the park roads were still closed above 11,500 ft and sure enough it started snowing as I got above 10,000ft. There was too much snow on the screen to see anything shortly after this shot............

It was on the way down from here that I had a major brake problem. One caliper was sticking on andf the brakes were frying on the way down. The first I knew of it was the burning smell. When I stopped I couldn't push the bike forward and the left disc was practically glowing!
 

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Still keep up with Harleys

After letting the pads cool and prising them apart with my Leatherman I got down the mountain to Estes Park but there was nowhere that could assist with my problem so I limped down from Estes to Fort Collins where I had heard there was a BMW dealer. On the way down I still managed to pass a load of Harleys ........
 

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Mechanics dont work Mondays!

The next day ( Monday ) I found the BMW dealer but the mechanics dont work on Mondays!!! Luckily David ( salesman) spoke to Jason ( General Manager) and they opened up the service dept , wheeled out a loaner ( with pannier rails) and promised to get me back on the road the next day. When I returned on Tuesday morning the service manager was an english guy from Sussex named Ian! $300 dollars and 4 hrs later I was on my way.......

David and Jason sort me out..............
 

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Nice pics Ian - traditionally, Bike shops in the USA are closed on Mondays - no idea why, but it's very common - Krautbikeman warned me of this...

What did you get for your $300?

Mike:)
 
New pads etc

Mike O said:
Nice pics Ian - traditionally, Bike shops in the USA are closed on Mondays - no idea why, but it's very common - Krautbikeman warned me of this...

What did you get for your $300?

Mike:)

New pads front and rear , all fluids replaced and full diagnostic check on the ABS system. Biggest cost was obviously labour. I had them put British EBC pads on the front but they didnt have any for the rear.

Ian
 


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