Catalog Challenge

Late last week our company rolled out a new catalog that's the largest we ever had.  For those of you familiar with Grainger, ours is slightly larger but weighs less because we used recycled paper.  Monday and Tuesday I took the car so I could haul more catalogs to freely disperse.  Today though, the weather was too nice to be in the cage.

With a little planning I managed to get six of them on the Beemer, although I think I can get a maximum of 10 on board.  I can bungee a case of 6 on the seat behind me and then put 2 in each side case.  Of course it can't rain with this setup so we'll see how many more days I can do this.  The plan is to hand present the new catalog to the largest accounts.  All others will get one with their next order, hopefully prompting their next order.

I know that many of you are planning to come to Oregon for the BMW Rally in July.  I commend you for your packing ingenuity.  Bringing as much as you can stuffed into every nook and cranny can be a challenge.

As I rode past Portland State University this afternoon I looked over at  the motorcycle parking area as I usually do.  I thought this white beauty was a Beemer cafe racer so I went around the block to check it out.

It's a Honda but I'm not sure what model.  It's either a replica bike or one that's restored. The "toaster tank" reminds me of the Honda 50 I use to ride.

I like the shape of the handle bars.  This bike was really clean!

Once a month I go to the Portland VA Hospital.  There are always a lot of bikes lined along this wall on the ground floor of the parking structure.  I parked between two beautiful Harleys today.  As a matter of fact, vets apparently like Harleys because there are usually a lot of them there.

I had to throw in a parking structure photo, it was too tempting.  The way the light filtered in and put those guys into silhouette and the gleam off the front wheels was too much to resist.