Hey there from Germany, there was a time in Dec. and Jan., when some Club-members teased me, because we had a pretty rough winter and you enjoyed a hot and dry summer (No worries Jim, I won't mention names  :-D)I think it's time to shoot back!  😀I bet you guys need your heated grips now?  😀Well, we enjoy lovely rides now - for example a weekender in the Italian Alps:with enough dirt and gravel to have fun on the GS The yellow monster belongs to a mate. He's got the 42-Litre tank from Touratech. He rides through Europe like mad! His page with good pics: http://www.transeurope.deThe last weekend I spent at the BMW Motorrad days - an incredible event. More than 30.000 people from 40 nations!Best wishes from GermanyBernd