Model(s) covered: 2006 BMW R 1150 GS
Blame the weather; an early March dump of snow in Vancouver is near unheard of and put our regular bike testing plans on hold. Sipping coffee and walking along the beach it was easy to eye the glistening downhill slopes of Cypress Bowl and buy into a lie that so many Vancouverites have perpetuated through the years, "You can be on the beach and then skiing twenty minutes later on the North Shore Mountains." It is something we tell the "easterners" to taunt them, just like that other Vancouver boast, "You can ride all year round." That may not have been the case this year, but we're game to put both parts of Vancouver's mythos to the test... You can see where this is going can't you?
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