Hey Joe (Hmmm... good title for a song) I remember in the good old years gone by that all the runs off American Eagle were groomed. You could cruise anything at high speed with no worries. Now the very top of Main Vein and Bouncer are ungroomed and get pretty tough all the time. At least those two get a few bumps above the center village for the hard core folks. Thanks for visiting and commenting. Hope you had a great season. See you again in November. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE out there!

Greetings Jared. Thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment and tell about your half pipe run! Hope you had a great ski season. Did you get to do the spring skiing at the basin? Thanks again for visiting and commenting. Have a great summer and we'll see you again next winter. Stay SAFE! Cheers, Rich

@@richardryer3412 Yup I went June 1st and June 9th! The 1st still had good snow and lots of runs were open. But on the 9th they reduced it down to the Face, Dercum's and High Noon. Coming off High Noon for the last run of the weekend was wicked, the moguls by that time were the size of a VW bus and unavoidable.

@@JaredG_WV Wow, You make me jealous. I can't do that kind of terrain anymore. I could probably start the run but they would end up bringing me down on a sled!! ;-) Enjoy the summer. I've had the BMW mc out a few times and it is nice feeling the wind in your face. I'll keep the rubber side down and you keep it SAFE! See ya next November! Cheers, Rich

Hi Joe, Great to hear from you again. Hope you had a great season. Hope the circus music wasn't too distracting;-) .Have a safe summer and see you again in November when the snow is ready again. Cheers, Rich

Hi Joe, Thanks again for the most recent visit. It was an okay year for Copper. The snow was good but the skies were cloudier than usual so the bluebird days were harder to come by for me. Hope you were able to enjoy the skiing and scenery this year. See you on the hill next November. Cheers, Rich, Be SAFE!

Hi Dave, Thanks for the visits and kind words. A hold over from ski racing in the sixties and seventies, I keep my skis apart for stability and do a lot of stepping into turns. Old habits did not die over the decades. I may not be fast anymore, but I can do a lot of varied terrain. Glad you like the videos. Copper is may favorite area and I had a lot of fun making the videos. Hope you had a great ski season without to much wear and tear on the body. Have a great off season, stay in shape and we'll see you out there in 24/25. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE out there!

Hello Maydon, Unfortunately, I am not a technical wizard like Brookes. For my video I just reported what resistance and voltage at the pins on my motorcycle were. The results lined up with values that I found on other BMW sites and literature. Fortunately my results indicated the tach was bad in my case. For you it appears there "may be" (maybe not) a wiring issue "somewhere" in the harness and that jumps well beyond my capabilities. Brookes might know more on the possible cause of the higher voltage. Just thinking out your results, it may not be bad that you are getting battery voltage at pin 10. The tach isn't looking for a voltage value (i don't think) rather it is looking at and counting pulses coming from the points. The signal wire sends voltage to the condenser and on up to the coils whenever the points are closed. When the points open the signal should stop. That voltage is coming from the condenser side of the bean can. Hmmm....do you still have a bean can? Maybe your condenser is sick, or your system is more sensitive on the meter and can actually sense 12.5 volts coming up the signal wire. If the signal wire was corrupted with a short someplace I have no idea what the voltage might read, but since you show resistance, I don't think there is a problem with a short in the wire (that signal wire has to go through some pretty intense environments on its way from the condenser up to the coils). Should you decide to try having the tach tested I would suggest going to Palo Alto Speedometer in California. I used them and they did a fantastic job. They really know what they are doing when it comes to our broken antique stuff. Hope that helps. Good luck. Contact me with any other questions you might have. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE out there!

@@richardryer3412 Many thanks for your reply Richard. I forgot to add I have a R80RT from 1985 with electronic ignition. Not sure if that impacts the resistance/voltage I am looking for? The resistance I measured at pin 8 and 10 was .825 for both.

@@maydon0z I have the old bean can ignition from 1979 with a dual plug conversion. Not sure how that affects pin readings between our machines. May be time to send the tach in for a bench test. Hollywood or Palo Alto may do a free bench test. Never hurts to ask. Good luck. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE out there!

Point taken. Just trying to show the scenery around Tucker Mountain. Summit Stash is only a minute worth of turns if you hurry along. Rich

Hello DDF, Thanks for the visit and kind words. It was an adventure tearing the bike down, getting the crankshaft and bearings restored and putting it all back together again. Trusty old steed for 375,000 miles. And spring is in the air, so time to start riding again. Have a great spring and summer. Keep the rubber side down. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE out there!

Hello Ian, Glad you visited and watched my coil replacement video. Sorry to hear the motorcycle won't restart after the first successful start. Check to see if you are getting spark to the plugs. Don't pull the plug wire from the plug and see if a spark jumps. That's hard on the ignition system and can burn things up. If you have an inductance type timing light you check the flash to the fly wheel when the engine turns over. Check both plug wires for a signal. If you don't have a timing light, you can unscrew a plug and hold the spark plug body against the cylinder or head and see if a spark jumps the electrode gap. If there's no spark something is wrong in the electrics. If there is spark, check fuel and timing. You can also check the wire that comes up from the points to the coil. Mine was old and falling apart. The boys at EuroMoto Electrics might be able to help you with trouble shooting. Good Luck. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE out there!

@@richardryer3412 Hey, thanks for the quick reply! Turns out the Bean can wire was pinched between the front motor cover and motor. I took off the Front cover, noticed it was pinched in two places, massaged the wire and she started right up! Thanks again.

@@ianbestor1528That was a simple recovery. Once upon a time MAX BMW showed they had that wire for sale. I ordered one and it seems they didn't really have one and BMW no longer makes them. A month or so later a wire showed up in the mail. They had found someone with the OEM connections, wire and heat shrink that could faithfully reproduce the original wire. I don't know if they still can do that, but I bet there are a lot of RT owners with the same problems you and I experienced. Good job. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE out there!

Greetings Prasadshopte, Thanks for the visit and saying hello. Hope the run was better than the video. The trail crew does such a nice job with the surface and the Wrangler is a very pleasant trip, top to bottom. Enjoy the rest of the mountain and the rest of your season. Make a few turns for me while you're out there. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

Greetings Path, Thanks for the visit. Glad you found the content of the video informative. Hope you got to try Collage with some of this new snow. Early season snow making makes a pretty icy base so it's nice to have a layer of natural snow on top to makes the turns feel more carved and controlled. Have a great season and make a few turns for me. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE out there!

Hi Twin Skiing, Sorry to hear you got wind held on Three Bears. There have been some crazy wind events this winter with a lot of hurricane force gusts. I got caught on American Flyer just about 20 yards from unloading and a gust caught my skis and I thought I was going to get pulled out of the chair! Poor old Three bears is in the perfect place for no wind protection and being aligned to be cross ways to most of the gusts. Glad you didn't suffer any ails from the experience. I imagine Mountain Chief and Blackjack also had some problems while you were stuck on Three Bears. Any ways, great stories for sitting around the fire and having a cold one. Good luck with the rest of the season. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE out there!

Greetings LT, Thanks for the update. The snow has been so bad up to now I never even ventured over to Alpine and Triple Treat to see what was going on. The old Yan stuff stripped down to be pretty basic infrastructure when the detachable chair system started to fail. Maybe one of these days a new Dopplemayr lift system will replace the old Alpine setup. That would be sweet! Thanks again for the update. Have fun out there and make a few turns for me. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

Greetings TOT, Sorry to hear about the injury. Hopefully your physical therapy is bringing you along to your goal of getting back out on the snow. Just take it easy and don't do the re-injure routine so many of us have done. Take your time and do it right. All the runs in the west village will probably be confidence boosters. The trail crew does a good job keeping the trail surface in great condition. Glad you find my KZfaq contribution useful. Thanks for visiting. Cheers, Rich. Take time and be SAFE out there!

Hi Starpower, Congrats on being a Zuma Cornice Skier. More terrain than I can handle on that part of Zuma! Make some turns up there for me. Thanks for your observations on Loafer. The IKON app confusion in terrain is probably the proximity of Loafer to Cornice. The two trails parallel each other as can be seen in the first four minutes of the vid. Off to the left you will see ridge line snow fencing and roped pole lines. On the north side of the "barrier" is Loafer and on the south is Cornice. I can see why the IKON tracker is reporting your runs that way. There are several areas along loafer where it is easy to transfer over to Cornice. And I recall a lot of skiers coming in from the left during the run from other places where the barrier is 20 or 30 meters above Loafer. At the four minute mark you can see the vid make a left turn into the tree line. This is where Cornice and Loafer diverge. You can also see from A-Basin's website where the runs are by comparing the Zuma and Beavers trail maps. Hope that makes sense. The top of Loafer and Cornice are on top of each other. They split off from each other as you drop down to tree line. Thanks for visiting and watching the video. A-Basin has done a good job this year so it should be interesting to see how much the new owners try to change Al's vision. Cheers. Rich. Take care and be SAFE out there!

Greetings Gitano, Thanks so much for the kind words. American Flyer is one of my favorite runs over the years. This year seems like there is a little less grooming going on but it is still usually very ski-able. Last year they built a ski/snowboard cross course on the right hand side on the lower half of the run. They do that occasionally for special events. Hope the season is going well. Make a few turns for me. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

Hello Skies and Skis, You are right about the glacial pace at which Lumberjack moves. Since Lumberjack is a fixed grip lift it runs at the same speed Kokomo in the loading area. Where Kokomo is a detachable chair and can run the haul rope at a much higher speed, the loading speed is probably the same as Lumberjack's. That way beginner skiers don't have to deal with the dangers of being injured trying to use a high speed fixed chair such as Blackjack in Copper Bowl. The solution would be to replace the Lumberjack fixed grip system with a detachable chair system Like Kokomo's. The chair services great beginner terrain, it just takes a long time to get up the hill. Have a great spring. Make a few turns for me. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

Greetings Gitano, For the most part Soliloquy is a fairly easy and uniform green run. The top is pretty mellow till you get past Copperfield on your right. Then it gets a little steeper, but nothing crazy. There is one roller right around the right hand turn off to Jacque's Pique that gets a little steeper. Problem is, right after the little downhill pitch there is a short rise to get to where Soliloquy splits around a larger tree island. If you don't carry some speed into the rise you won't make it to the top and you will have to side step, herring bone, or walk to the top of the rise, maybe 10 or 20 yards. Knowing that, you can plan ahead on a short walk up without skis and it is no big deal. Going to the right side of the tree island is a little steeper than the majority of Soliloquy, but it is usually groomed so you can make lots of turns. If you go left of the tree island you go down to an area where Colman's Retreat, A Black Diamond, comes in from the left. The pitch is not as steep as to the right, but the snow surface usually seems more torn up from the expert skiers coming out of Colman's. This area is not as nicely groomed as the section of trail on the right side of the tree island. Once the trails join back to one trail it is nicely groomed and easy going back down to Timberline Express. So if your wife can handle a little bit of steeper beginner terrain. In the steeper stuff, she will probably do okay. Just ski SLOWLY in front of her so she can follow and not get left behind (a confidence thing) or let her lead and you follow, letting her do her own thing with you keeping an eye on her. Out of a mile and a half of trail there is only 50 to 75 yards of "harder" terrain. Hope that helps. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE and be there for her.

@@richardryer3412 Thanks for the great intel Richard! This is going to be so helpful. The wife also appreciates the thoughtfulness. I’ll let you know how it goes at Copper!

Hi Rich. Hope all is well. Wanted to follow up and tell you we had a great time at Copper! Your insights and preview vids helped a bunch. The kids and I were able to explore most of the west side (Soliloquy was the decided favorite), though the wife took it a bit slower and stayed on the easier far west runs. Maybe next season we can get her a bit more comfortable. We’ll definitely be headed back as it was a great mountain with lots left to explore. All the best man!

@@Gitano281 Hi Gitano, Thanks for the heads up. I'm glad the videos came in helpful for your plan making and exploration of the mountain. Sound like you were here during some of the best snow of the season. Mother nature has been nice to us and been piling it on for the past couple of weeks. Hope you're able to get back out here for another vacation. Any more questions come up, don't hesitate to ask. Have a great rest of the season. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE out there!

Greetings Gitano, Thanks for the visit and wonderful comments. You are to kind. It was fun putting these vids together. It can be helpful to know a few things before venturing out into new terrain. Copper has amazing beginner terrain located out of the West Village. Hope you had a great visit. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

Hey Dog, I don't know if it is a manpower issue, but I have noticed that grooming is not as good as it was last year. It may also be a lack of snow thing. Maybe grooming gets you back to dirt faster. Anyway, I agree, Bouncer isn't as much fun. Maybe the two storms this weekend will improve conditions and they will knock some of the bumps off Bouncer so us non bump skiers can enjoy it again. Thanks for visiting. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

@@richardryer3412 yeah but the robably

Hi Jim, We are so lucky to get beautiful Colorado Blue Bird Days. Those conditions make the skiing perfect for me. Glad you like it. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

Hey Trevor, This video ends when coming out on Loverly to Woodwinds Traverse. Roundabout run ends up in West Village by Kokomo and Woodward chairs.

Hey Starz and Knights, Rosi's Run is a groomer so it will be bump free. There are some sections on the far right that may not get groomed so you may find some big bumps right next to the trees on the right side. Rosi's Run is one of the runs that is used in the Copper Mountain speed center for all the World Cup ski racers in the late fall months. So it is actually man made ski racing snow which translates to "white ice". Right now with all the fresh snow the surface will really take an edge. After all the fresh is skied off the surface will become very icy and easy to lose and edge. So early in the morning when the corduroy is still there, the skiing should be excellent. Just keep the speed down because there are some really nice pitch changes and the world just falls away. So. Ski Rosi's Run first thing while the corduroy is still good for edging. Make lots of turns and watch the speed till you get used to it. Stay away from the trees on the right. Once you get used to it you will do just fine. Always be ready for the race snow where the skis slip out from you. Minimize the effect by making your turns where all the surface snow has been scraped into one area. Avoid turning on the bald spots where it is just the race snow. You'll figure it out pretty quickly. Once you get comfortable with Rosi's Run, take a look at Triple Zero and Hodson's Cut to see if they have been groomed. If they are groomed they are a really fun run. Same thing with Triple Treat if it is groomed.

@@richardryer3412 Thank you so much! Ive never been a big fan of ungroomed/mogul runs because i fall quite alot. However I did want to move onto expert courses as i have been skiing since I was around 6 or so every 2 years?

Greetings Tatum, Thanks for the visit. Haven't been up to Copper yet because A-Basin is so damned good right now. Copper trail reports says Roundabout upper and lower is open and groomed. Maybe you missed it by one day. You'll have to get back up and do it. It is a fun cruiser with great scenery. Make some turns for me. Take care and be SAFE. Cheers, Rich

Sweet. Are you going to Canada or Alaska, or both? I bet they are getting terrific snow based on the weather patterns. Have a great ski season. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

@richardryer3412 we are going to Canada. Will be posting a series of new videos soon. Thanks for good wishes. Same to you! Stay safe and enjoy the season!

Hi Daniell, Thanks for the visit. Copper has some of the nicest mountain scenery of any ski area in Colorado. Makes for some very scenic skiing. Hope you are having a great ski season. Mother nature is a little slow out of the gate, but the snow guns are saving the season. Have a good one. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

Hi Nancy, Thanks for the visit. Lumberjack has some of the best beginner runs in Colorado. I think a good progression would be to move over to Center Village and get on the American Flyer chairlift. At the top you will want to head straight back down on High Point and then veer right to take carefree back down to the base of American Flyer. Admitted, it's all green except for the last pitch of carefree, but it is doable. That run will get you warmed up. Take American Flyer back to the top and take the cat walk over to the top of Timberline Express. Take Windsong Trail down to the bottom of Timberline Express. Ride Timberline back up and Tame American Flyer Trail back Down. From the top of Timberline you can also take a look at Copperfield. Usually the right side of Copperfield is groomed so it is also a nice run. All the runs I mentioned are usually groomed nightly. If the Sierra lift is running and Timber Ridge is open, do that. It is groomed and the views are amazing. If you go up American Eagle a good groomer is Main Vein back down to the base although it is a popular run and gets a little crowded. My all time favorites off the Superbee chair are Collage and Andy's Encore. Both are groomers with lots of room. Andy's Encore does have some steeps pitches but there are no bumps. Collage is a nice runner top to bottom with no big pitches. Hope that helps. Check out the area map to see where these runs are. Then go have some fun. Main Vein may be the only one that is currently open. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. Have a great weekend. Make a few turns for me. Cheers Rich. SKI SAFE!

this is fantastic!! thank you

Greetings Daniel, Thanks for the visit and nice comments. I always try to hit Triple Zero within a couple of days after grooming. I'm not much of a bump skier but I love the steep. And the backdrop is fantastic views of the 10 Mile Range. Can't be beat. Have a great season and make a few turns for me. Cheers, Rich. BE SAFE!

Greetings Fabricio, Thanks for the visit and wonderful comment. Glad the video format helped you. Let's assume that your wife has no snowboarding experience when you arrive at Copper Mountain. If she takes lessons from the ski area staff, you will start in the West Village at the ski school. They will take excellent care with her, so no worries. If you are the instructor, your first terrain choice on the mountain will be the Green Acres. You can get to Green Acres from the Center Village by a short walk to the East or using the snow cat shuttle service. Green Acres is several acres of very flat, well groomed snow with a very low pitch. Best orientation terrain on the mountain. When your wife gains comfort in sliding, turning and stopping you can take the shuttle over to the West Village where the beginner terrain is located. There you will use the Kokomo Express to get access to the Lumberjack chairlift. Excellent terrain is available from the top of both chairs, but the runs are less crowded from the top of Lumberjack. So start with either West Ten Mile or Prospector. Both runs are very flat, well groomed, low pitch and very long. So you will not be yo-yo skiing. Be forewarned that the Lumberjack chairlift is really slow. But the runs you access are great. When you are ready to explore more of the mountain, take the Woodward Express chairlift, then traverse down to the Timberline Express chairlift. From the top of the Timberline Express you can take Soliloquy down to the top of Roundabout and ski all the way to West Village, where you started. If skill progression allows, go to Center Village. You can use the American Flyer Chairlift to access longer beginner terrain that runs from the top of American Flyer, back down to the Center Village. Hope this information helps. Copper Mountain has great terrain and wonderful views of the Rocky Mountains. Let me know if you have any additional questions. By the way, The snow conditions will be amazing in March and you will have beautiful Bluebird days. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

@@richardryer3412 Thanks for the tips, will be very usefull! She only has a couple of days of experience when we went on a family trip to Ruidoso, New Mexico, but we didn't spend much time alone on the slopes because we were there with our kids. She can already traverse on mellow runs and do the falling leaf, but we need to work on her turns and on stopping on steeper terrain. Thanks again for taking the time to write and please keep on posting those great videos. Cheers!!

Greetings Phlack, Thanks for the visit and the comments. Sorry about the boot cam disorientation - LOL - . I haven't visited Keystone for decades so I can't comment on the similarity to Mozart. I will have to look up some videos. The snow on the hills this week is getting the juices flowing! Time to get out the skis and do some tune up work. Have a great fall and see you on the slopes next month! Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

mozart is less steep than loafer and is also a shorter run. Loafer I would say is more challenging than mozart is

@@yaboi_woahh Thanks for the input. I better practice on Mozart for a while, then. Haven't wiped out yet, but it always makes me nervous!

Hi George, Thanks for the visit. I hope your efforts will be successful in getting your tachometer to start working again. If the tachometer needs to be rebuilt, Palo Alto speedometer repair has all the parts needed for full refurbishment. I am sure you can also find the service available in the UK and Germany for sure. Good luck and thanks for the kind remarks. Ride SAFE! Cheers, Rich

Narrowed it down to US electronics and will now get that sorted will be nice to do that as it is useful when tuning the carbs but it packed up 20 odd years ago and I just lived with it. I'm giving the bike a birthday and it is up on the lift at the moment and separated from the sidecar to make life easier to do stuff like change the pushrod seals and tubes as they were rusty and leaking, thanks again. @@richardryer3412

Good to hear. Happy birthday to the bike. Mine turned 44 in May. Part of the family now. My speedo died many years ago and I used the tach for speed control. Both units have gone through Palo Alto and the instrument cluster is now like brand new. We're ready for another 250K. Good luck with the rest of the service. Have fun when you put the rubber back on the road. Ride SAFE. Cheers, Rich@@user-vy6qm1vm3k

Greetings Pieter, Thanks for visiting. Sorry for the delay in my response...the computer has been down and just got back up. The parts are available from a variety of sources. I got the diode board from KatDash.com. KatDash also sells an installation kit with cleaners, grease and swabs.. The board is also available from EuroMoto Electrics ( www.euromotoelectrics.com/searchresults.asp?Search=Katdash&Submit= ). I think they are also available from MAX BMW. After a bunch of miles, I am very satisfied with their performance. I hope this helps you out. Have a great summer and Ride safe. Cheers, Rich

@@richardryer3412 thanks! For you to nice and safe riding!

Hey MBL, Thanks for the visit. The bike has been back together and cruising around. Not as much as I like, but life is crazy! I got home from a ride and the odometer was 10 miles away from hitting 375,000 miles. I will keep posting videos of my projects and how I approach them. I subscribed to your site and you do a lot of creative and beautiful work. WOW!!!. Take care and ride safe. Cheers, Rich.

Hey David, Thanks for the visit and very kind comment. The Beemer and me continue to have a good time. Best Regards, Rich Ryer. Be SAFE!

Hi Clayton, Sorry for the delayed response. The dual plug conversion did help with gas mileage. Overtime, the biggest affect on gas mileage was the degradation of the Bing carbs performance. After I had Bing rebuild the carbs, the mileage jumped way up. Overall, I think there was a small improvement in gas mileage per gallon. The dual plug system puts less voltage through the points so they don't burn very much at all. With the dual plugs on each side, if one side or the other dies, you can pull a plug wire from the functioning side and put it on one of the plugs on the dead side to get both cylinders firing again. And timing is only changed a little. It is very maintenance free and reliable, so I like it. The bottom plugs are shorter threads because the head has less material to put threads in to. As a result I believe you have to be much more careful when changing plugs so that you don't strip out the plug threads on the bottom side of the head. If I had to do it again, I probably wouldn't do it, But having done it gave me a little boost in performance and good reliability. It has been fine for 375,000 miles. Thanks for dropping by. Have a great summer, keep the rubber side down and be SAFE! Cheers, Rich

Hey Joe, Thanks for the update. I'm out of the loop and have put away the skis. Time for bicycles and motorcycles. It's been a great season at Copper, but spring has sprung and the snow is going away. Hope you had a great season and have plans for a great spring and summer. See you next winter. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

Hi Brad, Thanks for the visit. Gold digger is a great little run off the Sierra Lift. Next time you get to Copper try Colman's Retreat, a little further west of Gold Digger. Another nice run. Have a great season. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

Overall I would rate Triple Zero as the more difficult run. Triple Zero feels to be 30 percent steeper. They are probably about the same length and drop. Hope you had a great spring break. Have a good rest of the season. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

Thank you for the info! Yes I’ve had a great season, and I love your videos. I may still try triple zero next time I’m there!

@@tobymiles3365 Definitely give Triple Zero a try. The trail crews usually groom Triple Zero and Hodson's cut once a week so the bumps don't get to big. After the descent of Triple Zero, Hodson's Cut is a cruiser. Scenery isn't as good as what you get on Tucker Mountain, but it is still an eyeful at the top portion. Make a few turns for me! Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

Toby. I can do Sierra with no problem. How does Summit Stash compare? And is it a black or double ?

@@50yearoldskier Hi SV. Summit Stash is a black groomer. You will have no problem skiing it. It is a nice, scenic cruiser that lets you enjoy Tucker Mountain and Three Bears Chairlift.

Greetings Jeff, Thanks for the kind words! I look on line and see a lot of RTs that look showroom. That's nice, but mine has the patina of a bike that's been on the road, seen a lot of countries and never let me down. The engine never quit, She always got me home. Don't fret working on your Dad's bike. You will have a friend in it forever. The BMW is very simple to work on and you don't need a lot of special tools. You can almost tear down the bike with what you find under the seat in the tool box. And there are a ton of videos that will get you through almost everything. Hint: When you start the tear down, put the nuts and bolts in baggies with a note where they came from! Take pictures of the wiring. Post a picture of the bike. I'd love to see it. Thanks again for dropping by. I look forward to hearing about your experiences with the 90/6. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

@@richardryer3412 Thanks for the encouragement and tips, Rich!

In the old English language JFDI. Just F******* Do It😂

Hi Matt, Thanks for stopping by and checking out some of my A-Basin Videos. A-Basin is a special place, even more so than the Loveland setup. The Basin is historical and they work hard to maintain that vibe. You will have a blast on the Black Mountain Express. If you are a good beginner and can make a solid controlled snow plow or step turn, I bet you could even handle a trip up the Lenawee Express to take in the sights. So, go for it. You will have a great time. Let me know how you do. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!

Hey Figure, Thanks for visiting. Glad the video is of interest to you. I had a great Bluebird Day and the snow was fantastic. Hope you got to enjoy it while you were out here. Hope you get to come back to Copper soon. Take care out there and BE SAFE. Cheers, Rich.

@@richardryer3412 actually I’ve never been to copper and I’m not planning to go any time soon😂

@@Sterlingclub24 Well, Copper will be waiting for you should you ever make it out this way again. Have a great Spring!

@@richardryer3412 I just planned I’m going out to copper for winter break

@@Sterlingclub24 Hey there...I'm guessing you'll be out for the 23-24 season. Copper makes A LOT of snow, so you will be guaranteed good conditions. You will have a great time. Thanks for the visit. Have a great summer and see next winter. Cheers, Rich Be SAFE!

Hi Richard, It's always nice to find something that brings old memories back to be enjoyed once more. Glad the little sojourn down Soliloquy did that for you. When the snow is right, Soliloquy can be a real fun cruiser. Hope your end of winter is going well for you. Snow is so good here we will have an extended spring. Hope you can get out to enjoy it. Take care and be SAFE! Cheers, Rich Ryer

Greetings Pennyroll, I am so happy that my videos have been helpful for you and your 7 year old as you learn Copper Mountain. It is my favorite ski area for the last 50 years. It is especially nice to be retired and able to ski during the week and pick the bluebird days. I hope you continue to explore more and more of the terrain at Copper and keep getting better. I would also recommend a spring visit to A-Basin. A-Basin still provides a bygone vibe of what skiing was like in the 60's and 70's. I bet you guys would enjoy it. Especially a burger on the deck in the spring sunshine! Take care, enjoy the rest of the season and make a few turns for me. Cheers, Rich. Be SAFE!