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I went for a ride on my C 400 GT two days ago, doing this (counter-clockwise) loop from the Albany, NY, area: Here are a couple of short chunks of that ride (30FPS, 4K). NY Rt. 22, Columbia County (NY) Rt. 21, Harlemville Rd. (13 minutes): Columbia County (NY) Routes 28B & 32 (5 minutes):

I went for a ride two days ago, going a little farther south than I usually ride in that direction, and then going in a pretty random manner west and north, trying out some roads I'd never been on (clockwise): In case anyone will be in the region, and so may be interested in some...

For most of this (Sept. 5, 2026) morning, I was unable to access the forum. Attempting to refresh the WHAT'S NEW page (https://www.bmw-scooters.com/whats-new/) on either my desktop Firefox browser or my phone's Safari browser, eventually I get this message: (By the way, I just stay logged on...

For anyone interested, I did a 0-60 test on my '23 C 400 GT recently: This was near the very end of a six-hour (including an hour for lunch) goofing-off day, so the bike was certainly fully warmed up. By the way, I did prior tests on this scooter -- 10.3, 9.0, 9.5, 9.4, respectively (and one...

I know this is a remote possibility, but on the off-chance that anyone else is interested in this stuff, I just finished replacing my suction-cup mounting system for my GoPro with an all-metal system. I have been using this Panavise-based system on my C 400 GTs ('22 and then '23) for four years...

I went for a ride yesterday, going southwest of Albany, NY, on my C 400 GT scooter (counter-clockwise): I had lunch in Delhi (NY) -- that's the partially obscured name, at the westernmost point in the map -- at the Blue Bee Cafe (www.facebook.com/bluebeecafeNY), which is a very nice place, if...

I went for a ride with a friend yesterday. I led the way on my hooligan C 400 GT (as opposed to my Royal Enfield Meteor 350), followed by him on his RE 411 Himilayan. Here's where we went (clockwise), but he had to call it a day early because some family issues arose -- hence the highway stint...

I went for a goofing-off ride on my C 400 GT yesterday (Wednesday), almost entirely back roads, until I was almost home again. Due east into MA, and then a good bit south (into CT a bit), then back west into NY again, and then assorted roads back north: Here are four of my "highlight reels,"...

I've mostly been riding my other 350, i.e., my Royal Enfield Meteor 350, thus far this season, checking out some major hardware changes made to it over the winter. But yesterday, in between life's other appointments, I managed to get a nice ride in on the C 400 GT. I went from my home in NY...

If anyone's interested in BMW's C 400 GT competition in Europe and Asia (alas, not in North America), you might want to watch the first seven minutes of Scooteria's latest review: (Scooteria is a vlogger out of Berlin, who also vlogs as Marc Stones in English, and I subscribe to both...

A few days ago, I replaced the battery on my '23 C 400 GT. Some Battery Background Info: 1) I took delivery of the new bike in Oct. 2023. 2) In June 2024, with about 3,400 miles on it, I had a flat rear tire, coming home to NY from NC. The bike was picked up by Max BMW, Milford, CT, in their...

The weather was record-setting scorching for the northeast part of the country for this (or actually any) time of the year, so, on a rare no-rain-and-life-didn't-get-in-the-way free day, I headed north to the six-million-acre Adirondack Park region. It was a mere 93° - 98°F during my ride, so I...

I went for a ride yesterday, going southeast: And here are two (contiguous) chunks of that ride, near the very bottom of that loop. 1) Not hitting a bobcat (c. 11:06), on the way from CT to NY (4K, 14 minutes): 2) Continuing along, in NY (for the second of three times) (4K, 12 minutes):

A couple of rare nice days earlier this week, that were also free of doctor appointments, etc., so I took advantage of them. Monday, north in NY, then over to VT, then southeast, then back west: Near the start of the ride, going north in NY (16 minutes, 4K): Tuesday, staying in NY...

I happened to order this 150-piece assortment of "Flexible Rubber Plugs" the other day: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4K9N4QQ It turns out that the 18mm plugs (which are interspersed with the 16mm ones, in the case they come in) ... ... fit snugly in the recesses in the brackets that the four...

I did my first ride of the season yesterday afternoon (aside from a short dr. appt. ride the day before). Potential early-evening rain was heading in from northwest NY, so I went southeast (clockwise): And here's a chunk of that ride, on one of my favorite roads crossing into MA (10 minutes...

For those interested -- looking around at still-made maxi scooters, and, if in North America, willing to wait -- there's a pretty thorough review of the features, along with a short ride test, by Scooteria: IMO, that's the sort of scooter BMW should be making, instead of: 1) dropping the...

Here's a short ride I took yesterday on the C 400 GT: And here's a brief chunk of the ride, in the lower right of the map, i.e., going north from Stockbridge, MA (1440p, 8 min.):

Went for a ride yesterday, south of Albany (on the east side of the Hudson River), on my C 400 GT: Here are two chunks of that ride, down in the loop area. Going east in Columbia County (1440p, 15 min.): Riding from the Taconic State Park (NY) area to the Bash Bish Falls State Park (MA)...

After a weeklong out-of-town vacation, I went for a ride on the C 400 GT today, north to the Adirondack Park region: Here's a chunk near the top of that (clockwise) loop (1440p, 23 min.): In another three or four weeks, the leaves should all be turning, at which point I'll have to return...