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vikki

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Hi all

Privileged to join this club. I'm coming from a 2020 F900XR, which is a very different motorcycle. My primary purpose for a motorcycle is commuting to work; not the best application for an R18; but a combination of getting (what I think was) a very good deal, plus the sheer beauty of this motorcycle swayed me. Hoping for miles and miles of endless joy.

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Bienvenu Wikram !
San Diego is my preferred city in California.
A lot of nice bike trips possible from there.
Enjoy the discovery of your new bike 👍
 
Welcome and congratulations vikram. Nice picture, but where’s the sunshine? Seriously, I am curious and pleased to see you can park your bike outside at night in San Diego—no way we could do that here in San Francisco. The brothers here would have your bike off the street faster that a bride"s nightly hitting the floor.
 
dfinkelsteinmd said:
Welcome and congratulations vikram. Nice picture, but where’s the sunshine? Seriously, I am curious and pleased to see you can park your bike outside at night in San Diego—no way we could do that here in San Francisco. The brothers here would have your bike off the street faster that a bride"s nightly hitting the floor.
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Haha yeah I realized that as soon as I sent that post :D

Well, it depends where in San Diego. This is a very quiet suburb in the northern part of SD county - not much of anything happens around this area.
 
vikram said:
Hi all

Privileged to join this club. I'm coming from a 2020 F900XR, which is a very different motorcycle. My primary purpose for a motorcycle is commuting to work; not the best application for an R18; but a combination of getting (what I think was) a very good deal, plus the sheer beauty of this motorcycle swayed me. Hoping for miles and miles of endless joy.

Vik
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Welcome!!
 
Welcome, I spent some time in San Diego while serving in the United States Navy. Congratulations, and enjoy the R18.
 
Thank you for your service R2K. One of the reasons we love to ride is the freedom and relative safety we enjoy in America due to the sacrifices your colleagues in uniform have made. Good bless you and stay safe out there. Where did you end up after San Diego? Once I moved to California there was no way I could return to the rat’s nest that NYC has become—no offense to my friends and relatives who could not escape from the Big Apple.
 
dfinkelsteinmd said:
Thank you for your service R2K. One of the reasons we love to ride is the freedom and relative safety we enjoy in America due to the sacrifices your colleagues in uniform have made. Good bless you and stay safe out there. Where did you end up after San Diego? Once I moved to California there was no way I could return to the rat’s nest that NYC has become—no offense to my friends and relatives who could not escape from the Big Apple.
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I have moved around the country extensively over my career. I have a winter home in Florida and a small farm just east of Pittsburg, Pa. I plan to be a snow bird, during my retirement years. i Have to say you live in one of the nicest places in the country you are truly blessed. Thank you for your kind words of appreciation, it means a lot to those of us that served. Ride safe
 
vikram said:
Hi all

Privileged to join this club. I'm coming from a 2020 F900XR, which is a very different motorcycle. My primary purpose for a motorcycle is commuting to work; not the best application for an R18; but a combination of getting (what I think was) a very good deal, plus the sheer beauty of this motorcycle swayed me. Hoping for miles and miles of endless joy.

Vik
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Karibu Vikram! I commute with my R18 and its absolutely fine.
 
vikki said:
Hi all

Privileged to join this club. I'm coming from a 2020 F900XR, which is a very different motorcycle. My primary purpose for a motorcycle is commuting to work; not the best application for an R18; but a combination of getting (what I think was) a very good deal, plus the sheer beauty of this motorcycle swayed me. Hoping for miles and miles of endless joy.

Vik
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Hi from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 UK.
 
Just a heads up....the original post is from March 2021. So y'all are a bit late to the dance, lol.
 
R2K said:
Welcome, I spent some time in San Diego while serving in the United States Navy. Congratulations, and enjoy the R18.
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If you are in San Diego, can you please connect with Moto Jitsu (Greg Widmar, Fast Eddie) who has the YouTube Channe "MotoJitsu". He would love to ride the BMW R18 and do all the belts on the bike handling it like a toy. Love to see Greg Widmar do it. He mentioned he does not know anyone who owns a BMW R18 in San Diego. Please reach out to him if you can share the bike and meet him one day and make a video. That would be awesome.
 
Gerard said:
Bienvenu Wikram !
San Diego is my preferred city in California.
A lot of nice bike trips possible from there.
Enjoy the discovery of your new bike 👍
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If you are in San Diego, can you please connect with Moto Jitsu (Greg Widmar, Fast Eddie) who has the YouTube Channe "MotoJitsu". He would love to ride the BMW R18 and do all the belts on the bike handling it like a toy. Love to see Greg Widmar do it. He mentioned he does not know anyone who owns a BMW R18 in San Diego. Please reach out to him if you can share the bike and meet him one day and make a video. That would be awesome.
 
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