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shire2000
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I have been a member for only a few years. Not to sure I fit in with this crowd. Is it me, or has anyone else come to similar observations? Nah, probably not.
If you go by the thinking of a large number of the BMW officianado on this forum, you need to buy the most expensive helmet you can find to match the most expensive riding gear you can find. Build a complete cage around your bike to protect you in case of any possible mishap. Oh, and make sure you have every possible light available on your bike that flashes, pulses or whatever. And wear extremely bright flourescent clothing, paint any paintable surface on the bike flourescent colours and and put reflective tape on anything else.
Only then, will you be safe to ride down the driveway. If you plan to go any further you had better have the best and most up to date GPS, bluetooth cell phone, wireless intercom, satphone and any other type of communication device to help you in case you should encounter some sort of mishap.
If you decide to actually tour on your bike, you had better purchase the best tent you can buy. Check out the recent ON and see that a large percentage of the BMW rally goers all like to use the same one. See them all lined up in a nice neat row. They are such individuals with like minded thoroughness.
Even if you have never ridden before in your life, it is perfectly all right to purchase and attempt to ride the biggest and heaviest BMW ever built. Heck, it is your duty to do so. It is your Gawd given right! Especially if you take a couple of courses to learn how to ride that behemoth. Who cares about having over 30 or 40 years of experience on a bike. Just take a few courses and you are good to go.
Oh, and if you are too lazy to do a web search or look something up in a manual, it is perfectly all right to get on here and ask simple questions, get answers, then argue with people about the answers you get, just because somebody may have given you some information relating to the bike a friend of a friend rode 20 odd years ago. Or, if someone gives some simple common sense answer, discount them publicly, even though you don't know diddly squat about that person's experience, background or credentials.
Then today, I get a snail mail telling me I am late to renew my membership. Hmm, that was the first mail I got that had anything to do with renewing this year, and I am already late. Hmm, that kind of bothers me. Almost makes me think that the MOA only wants my money.
I am not one to go to big rally's. I prefer to ride solo or in very small groups. I refuse to ride with people in large groups. Don't even go on the Toy Runs anymore due to the inability of a lot of riders being able to ride without endangering everyone around them. I will go to the run, drop off my donation, have a coffee and chat with old friends and then leave.
I rode over 40,000 miles this year (not finished yet) and do not want any sort of recognition for it. I don't worry about how many miles I put on. I just get on the bike and if it gets me to where I was planning, great, if not, then that is an alternative destination.
I prefer the rode less travelled and feel that the journey is much more important than the destination. I ride a lot. I hate sitting around cleaning my bike and posing for photos or trying to look good. It would take a lot of plastic surgery to make me look good anyway.
Nope, I think the meds are working correctly. I think that maybe I just don't fit in. So, it is time for me to pass on renewing my membership. I am pretty certain that the majority out there will not miss my diatribes on here.
Please do not bother with all kinds of comments on this. Just leave it for some to read, observe and maybe digest in their own minds. I don't know if it will really serve a purpose to anyone, but if it does. So be it.
I wish you all well in all your endeavours and hope you all enjoy life to the fullest. I certainly have and will continue to do so.
If you go by the thinking of a large number of the BMW officianado on this forum, you need to buy the most expensive helmet you can find to match the most expensive riding gear you can find. Build a complete cage around your bike to protect you in case of any possible mishap. Oh, and make sure you have every possible light available on your bike that flashes, pulses or whatever. And wear extremely bright flourescent clothing, paint any paintable surface on the bike flourescent colours and and put reflective tape on anything else.
Only then, will you be safe to ride down the driveway. If you plan to go any further you had better have the best and most up to date GPS, bluetooth cell phone, wireless intercom, satphone and any other type of communication device to help you in case you should encounter some sort of mishap.
If you decide to actually tour on your bike, you had better purchase the best tent you can buy. Check out the recent ON and see that a large percentage of the BMW rally goers all like to use the same one. See them all lined up in a nice neat row. They are such individuals with like minded thoroughness.
Even if you have never ridden before in your life, it is perfectly all right to purchase and attempt to ride the biggest and heaviest BMW ever built. Heck, it is your duty to do so. It is your Gawd given right! Especially if you take a couple of courses to learn how to ride that behemoth. Who cares about having over 30 or 40 years of experience on a bike. Just take a few courses and you are good to go.
Oh, and if you are too lazy to do a web search or look something up in a manual, it is perfectly all right to get on here and ask simple questions, get answers, then argue with people about the answers you get, just because somebody may have given you some information relating to the bike a friend of a friend rode 20 odd years ago. Or, if someone gives some simple common sense answer, discount them publicly, even though you don't know diddly squat about that person's experience, background or credentials.
Then today, I get a snail mail telling me I am late to renew my membership. Hmm, that was the first mail I got that had anything to do with renewing this year, and I am already late. Hmm, that kind of bothers me. Almost makes me think that the MOA only wants my money.
I am not one to go to big rally's. I prefer to ride solo or in very small groups. I refuse to ride with people in large groups. Don't even go on the Toy Runs anymore due to the inability of a lot of riders being able to ride without endangering everyone around them. I will go to the run, drop off my donation, have a coffee and chat with old friends and then leave.
I rode over 40,000 miles this year (not finished yet) and do not want any sort of recognition for it. I don't worry about how many miles I put on. I just get on the bike and if it gets me to where I was planning, great, if not, then that is an alternative destination.
I prefer the rode less travelled and feel that the journey is much more important than the destination. I ride a lot. I hate sitting around cleaning my bike and posing for photos or trying to look good. It would take a lot of plastic surgery to make me look good anyway.
Nope, I think the meds are working correctly. I think that maybe I just don't fit in. So, it is time for me to pass on renewing my membership. I am pretty certain that the majority out there will not miss my diatribes on here.
Please do not bother with all kinds of comments on this. Just leave it for some to read, observe and maybe digest in their own minds. I don't know if it will really serve a purpose to anyone, but if it does. So be it.
I wish you all well in all your endeavours and hope you all enjoy life to the fullest. I certainly have and will continue to do so.
I ride a Goldwing, do not own a tent (although I did camp a lot for 23 years while I was in the Army), do not own a Roadcrafter or any piece of BMW attire (although I did dress like everyone else during the aforementioned 23 years), do not attend rallies, and hate riding in groups...but I have gratefully received (and offered) a lot of advice from this forum over my years of membership. However, I think I fit in nicely. Diversity and fascination are where you find them. I wish you well, as well, and hope you change your mind. 
