Long Hello
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 7:12 pm
Hello to everyone on the forum. I thought I’d better introduce myself having just joined.
It’s strange that I am here as I never ever thought I would ever own a BMW.
Long story short, I’ve been riding motorcycle since I was 21 and always owned a motorcycle. Over the last 10 years I’ve ridden only Harley Davidson, And when I retired in 2016 I bought a new Street Glide for the purpose of touring Scotland and the rest of the country. Unfortunately this Harley Davidson had the Milwaukee eight engine which has some technical issues. Which meant riding two up which is what I do most of the time with my wife had an element of risk which to me was not acceptable. Harley Davidson, were very good and tried to rectify the problem and even replace the motorcycle with a new like-for-like bike which unfortunately also had the problem. As a result I decided my best option was to look at another manufacturer and buy a bike from them which was capable of touring. The obvious choice was BMW and as a result I found myself in a dealership in Manchester looking at all the lovely shiny new bikes. I spotted a new fully loaded R1200 RTLE and despite being told about the new 1250 engine I decided I would stick with the tried and tested 1200. The RT of course is nothing like a Harley Davidson and 10 years of riding Harley Davidson is very hard to get out of your system, but the BMW is definitely growing on me. My only real gripe is the amount of plastic on the bike which is so easy to get marked I’ve had the paint work protected which helps, but it’s still easy to get a little chip, which coming from Harley’s drives me crazy. On the plus side it handles like a dream stops when you ask it to without having to give prior notice two weeks in advance has fantastic fuel economy and goes like......quick. I love the pannier system which is so easy to put on and take off and have the colour coded top box which is a doddle to remove when not in use. Unfortunately like everybody else our plans of holidays seem to have gone awry in the current climate. My Wife and myself were hoping to have gotten away at least twice this year and use the bike touring around North and mid Wales, but for now my only riding is the 20 miles to and from my part time job with the NHS.
As you can see the long story short turned into..... well a long story..... so having said that I will sign off and hope everyone stays safe. I’m quite sure once this is over we will all be out there on our machines once again
Regards RD.
It’s strange that I am here as I never ever thought I would ever own a BMW.
Long story short, I’ve been riding motorcycle since I was 21 and always owned a motorcycle. Over the last 10 years I’ve ridden only Harley Davidson, And when I retired in 2016 I bought a new Street Glide for the purpose of touring Scotland and the rest of the country. Unfortunately this Harley Davidson had the Milwaukee eight engine which has some technical issues. Which meant riding two up which is what I do most of the time with my wife had an element of risk which to me was not acceptable. Harley Davidson, were very good and tried to rectify the problem and even replace the motorcycle with a new like-for-like bike which unfortunately also had the problem. As a result I decided my best option was to look at another manufacturer and buy a bike from them which was capable of touring. The obvious choice was BMW and as a result I found myself in a dealership in Manchester looking at all the lovely shiny new bikes. I spotted a new fully loaded R1200 RTLE and despite being told about the new 1250 engine I decided I would stick with the tried and tested 1200. The RT of course is nothing like a Harley Davidson and 10 years of riding Harley Davidson is very hard to get out of your system, but the BMW is definitely growing on me. My only real gripe is the amount of plastic on the bike which is so easy to get marked I’ve had the paint work protected which helps, but it’s still easy to get a little chip, which coming from Harley’s drives me crazy. On the plus side it handles like a dream stops when you ask it to without having to give prior notice two weeks in advance has fantastic fuel economy and goes like......quick. I love the pannier system which is so easy to put on and take off and have the colour coded top box which is a doddle to remove when not in use. Unfortunately like everybody else our plans of holidays seem to have gone awry in the current climate. My Wife and myself were hoping to have gotten away at least twice this year and use the bike touring around North and mid Wales, but for now my only riding is the 20 miles to and from my part time job with the NHS.
As you can see the long story short turned into..... well a long story..... so having said that I will sign off and hope everyone stays safe. I’m quite sure once this is over we will all be out there on our machines once again
Regards RD.
