Lesson learned After reading about Sudafed in the “Flash- back” article in the March 2016 issue, I had a flashback of my own. In the early 1980's I was preparing to take a weekend trip from San Clemente, California, to Palm Springs on my new R 100 RT. My allergies were driving me crazy, so just before starting out, I took this new over the counter medicine called "non- drowsy Sudafed." About an hour into the trip, I couldn't keep my eyes open! After stopping at a small burger joint and taking a nap on one of their picnic tables, I was able to continue on to Palm Springs. Even after arriving at the hotel, it took another nap before I was able to function normally. This experience was a lesson learned about taking over-the-counter meds and the actual consequences. These days, when my allergies give me trouble on a ride, I just tough it out.
Jim Bodnar #9557 Litchfield Park, Arizona
Ignoring the K Playing off of Eric Kuritzky’s timely and well-penned letter
plant to the R-series Boxer layout. Let’s face it, the K 1200 R/S engine design was the precursor to the highly successful S 1000 RR and the various iterations it has spawned. Unlike Mr. Kuritzky, no one has to con-
vince me to remain a member of the MOA. I have benefitted greatly from my mem- bership over the years and wouldn’t think of giving up on it. However, I would grate- fully welcome some realistic editorial bal- ance between the GS crowd and those like Jack Riepe, Eric Kuritzky, myself and thousands of others enthralled with the “K,”
Steve Swanson #92277 Independence, Missouri
Holy Cow! Imagine my reaction to the May issue. Could this cover actually be an indication that the MOA is heading into a more mod- ern and dare I say "Hip" evolution? I couldn't wait to tear into it and see all the cool stuff inside. Arrrghhh... Nope, same old, same old. Another GPS
“Touring Articles
Wanted” in the May issue of BMW ON, I have been biting my tongue for months, now, presuming that sooner or later someone on your editorial staff would realize that there is an entire subculture of K-Bike owners being continuously ignored within each and every issue of the BMW ON for at least the last several years. Ironically, the last time I wrote to the
editor of Owners News on this very same topic, was pre-Bill Wiegand and the over- shadowing of anything BMW non-GS. To his credit, an exceptional article was brought forth several issues later illustrat- ing the entire lineage of the K-Bike. Unfor- tunately, it was a short-lived romance, and our publication was again back on the Adventure-bike bandwagon. As the owner of four separate K-series
motorcycles since 1986, with the latest being the very first K 1200 R registered in Kansas (a new 2006 model put into ser- vice in June of 2005 and still ridden to this day), I have a deep affinity to the breed and believe it to be a far superior power
article, a mid-life crisis book review, the conclusion (hopefully) of the forty-seven part series of getting an old bike ready for a Mexico trip and, oh no, now the second, forty-seven parts on the trip itself. Carbon fiber, okay, here we go, now
we're talkin'...dang, now we are at Day- tona Bike Week with a fashionable iron butt. Did we fail to mention iron butt “fashionista” enough times? Some of the old guys may have missed it. Missed the humor in Riepe's column; this keeps my record intact. A couple of good travel stories. What!?? No sincere story of yet another trip to Alaska or Peru? Oh, yes of course, we have the Mexico trip to relive and relive, and relive, and so on. Well, at least I have the cover. Rally, here we come, Nope, Mustang
Sally won't be there. Too many heart attacks in the audience from all the excite- ment. But Paul Thorn will. Whew, crank up the oxygen, thank goodness we can now sit still at a concert, not sweat and per- haps catch a few Z's.
With tongue firmly in cheek, Herbert Hummer #140014 Toledo, Ohio
Protecting against Zika Marven Ewen's article regarding Zika and Microcephaly misleads or clouds the issue regarding their relationship. Microcephaly has existed in Brazil and
was noted in a Noam Chomsky article in 1993 titled "The Clinton Vision." Brazillian Medical Researchers found the condition to be so prevalent that they considered the children to be a new subspecies: ["pygmies" with 40 percent the brain capacity of normal humans.] Their finding was the trauma to the fetus was caused by EXTREME MALNUTRITION. This long-standing condition conflicts
with Mr. Ewen's statement, "There has been a rash of babies born in South America with Microcephaly, and it is thought to be the result of Zika infection." There is not a sudden rash of babies born with this affliction, and Microcephaly has been occurring at least since 1993, with a known cause. If you look at the actual studies you will find that 70 percent of mothers with chil- dren having Microcephaly DID NOT have the Zika Virus. Northeast Brazil is ground zero for heavy pesticide usage. It is the home for international agribusiness. Yet, no researchers tested the mothers for pesticides in their bloodstream. One of the most obvious potential causes for fetal trauma goes completely ignored when it confronts corporate agricultural business. The U.S. is on pace to potentially have
.0002 percent chance of pregnant moth- ers having Zika. That is two ten-thou- sandths of one percent! If you expand the number to the U.S. population at large, then the chance of getting Zika is .000000003 percent (rounded up!) which is too small for me to articulate verbally. The odds get even smaller if you consider having Zika and a child with Microceph- aly. With odds like that, who needs a guide to reducing risk? Who is Marven Ewen, and does he get
paid by the pharmaceutical manufactur- ers, the medical industry, or the CDC,
which is requesting $1.9 billion taxpayer dollars to address this "epidemic?"
Peter Giarrantano #154828 Rohnert Park, California
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