So, I'm chattin' with Busa159, Steve, yesterday (08DEC08). He tells me he wants to come to San Diego.
Cool. Very cool, in fact. I invite him here, as I have countless others.
Among all the other reasons anyone would want to come to San Diego, Steve says, is that his friend, Mr. Ralph Norman, owner of GPR Stabilizer, has his shop here.
OK, I'll admit to you, just as I did to Steve, that I didn't know what a GPR was. So, he told me. Describing to me how the GPR unit changed his riding...so much for the better! Further, he offered me Mr. Norman's personal cell phone number so I could call him to introduce myself.
With a little background information, I decided I'd leave earlier than usual for work this morning and swing by the GPR Stabilizer facility, which it turns out is conveniently located only about 7.5 miles from where I work.
I get to GPR HQ, and am greeted by this man who immediately welcomes me. We take a tour of his place, he introduces me to his Ducati, numerous employees, awesome motor coach (see pix), etc. We talk extensively about many things motorcycle.
I mention to him items about the Stampede, my writings for Rider's Review and Hayabusa.oRg; my historic visit to Oklahoma City (where I met and dined with Steve, Captain, and Professor).
So, in true 'me' fashion, I offer to do a product review of the latest/greatest GPR Stablizer if he's interested in providing the product for me to test. Mr. Norman, a 70-something gentleman starts the mounting process and is joined by one of his wrench-men who handily install the unit in no-time-flat.
Perfect timing, it turns out, because I'll be putting on at least 600 miles this .oRg "SoCal Rides" weekend. Also perfect timing because the deadline for the January issue of Rider's Review is 16DEC. Gotta get busy!!!
I'm not going to go into the review of the product until after this coming weekend. I'll give you a teaser, however, and tell you I'll never own another bike without a GPR Stabilizer on it...a fact I realized in the 60 or so miles I logged after the mount.
It was a very 'busa' day, too, I got my new tires mounted and oil changed this afternoon after work and Wasabi is ready to roll...
So, here are some pix from my excursion to I-905 (where one could easily throw a stone into Mexico) this very morning.
Special thanks to Steve for this awesome, on-going hook-up with an industry magnate. You rock, yo!
Cool. Very cool, in fact. I invite him here, as I have countless others.
Among all the other reasons anyone would want to come to San Diego, Steve says, is that his friend, Mr. Ralph Norman, owner of GPR Stabilizer, has his shop here.
OK, I'll admit to you, just as I did to Steve, that I didn't know what a GPR was. So, he told me. Describing to me how the GPR unit changed his riding...so much for the better! Further, he offered me Mr. Norman's personal cell phone number so I could call him to introduce myself.
With a little background information, I decided I'd leave earlier than usual for work this morning and swing by the GPR Stabilizer facility, which it turns out is conveniently located only about 7.5 miles from where I work.
I get to GPR HQ, and am greeted by this man who immediately welcomes me. We take a tour of his place, he introduces me to his Ducati, numerous employees, awesome motor coach (see pix), etc. We talk extensively about many things motorcycle.
I mention to him items about the Stampede, my writings for Rider's Review and Hayabusa.oRg; my historic visit to Oklahoma City (where I met and dined with Steve, Captain, and Professor).
So, in true 'me' fashion, I offer to do a product review of the latest/greatest GPR Stablizer if he's interested in providing the product for me to test. Mr. Norman, a 70-something gentleman starts the mounting process and is joined by one of his wrench-men who handily install the unit in no-time-flat.
Perfect timing, it turns out, because I'll be putting on at least 600 miles this .oRg "SoCal Rides" weekend. Also perfect timing because the deadline for the January issue of Rider's Review is 16DEC. Gotta get busy!!!
I'm not going to go into the review of the product until after this coming weekend. I'll give you a teaser, however, and tell you I'll never own another bike without a GPR Stabilizer on it...a fact I realized in the 60 or so miles I logged after the mount.
It was a very 'busa' day, too, I got my new tires mounted and oil changed this afternoon after work and Wasabi is ready to roll...
So, here are some pix from my excursion to I-905 (where one could easily throw a stone into Mexico) this very morning.
Special thanks to Steve for this awesome, on-going hook-up with an industry magnate. You rock, yo!
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