New Member from South Chicagoland Suburbs

Hello everyone,
I joined the MOA so I could meet some more riders with similar interests. I lot of my friends with bikes are more of the "around town" variety riders... which is still fun for me, but I like going on long trips, and camping on my GS. I consider my bike to be my main vehicle. I only drive my 4runner when there is snow, and ice on the ground, or in really bad storms. I try to commute on my bike rain or shine as many days out of the year as my area's weather will allow. I have other bikes too, but BMW has, and always will have my heart. Along side of camping, and touring, I like to fix/restore vintage bikes. I'm building a custom cafe racer at the moment, and in a couple weeks I will take ownership, and start restoring an R75/5. I work as an auto mechanic currently for Volkswagen, but I was also a BMW, and Audi tech... ( can't stay away from the german stuff). LOL. So that's me, I look forward to meeting some great people, and hopefully find some people around my area to connect with for some rides in the future.

Ride safe all,
~Kyle

Welcome to the forum!
Wrenching and camping are popular topics here, you have come to the right place.
Gary

Welcome to the forums and the club Kyle. Based on your interests, you are definitely in the right place. We have a lot of strong members from Illinois, just a little south of ya there, around Champaign Urbana. The first meeting of the original 5 members of the MOA took place in Chicago back in '72... so there's that.

Best advice, open up your Anonymous book and make a few calls in your local area and get connected, engaged, and plugged in to your local charter club. The website is also a very effective tool for finding out what we are all about.

Thanks for being a member, hope to see you soon at one of our events or at our international rally in Des Moines next year.

Omega Man said:

Welcome to the forum!
Wrenching and camping are popular topics here, you have come to the right place.
Gary

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Thank you for the welcome!

rangerreece said:

Welcome to the forums and the club Kyle. Based on your interests, you are definitely in the right place. We have a lot of strong members from Illinois, just a little south of ya there, around Champaign Urbana. The first meeting of the original 5 members of the MOA took place in Chicago back in '72... so there's that.

Best advice, open up your Anonymous book and make a few calls in your local area and get connected, engaged, and plugged in to your local charter club. The website is also a very effective tool for finding out what we are all about.

Thanks for being a member, hope to see you soon at one of our events or at our international rally in Des Moines next year.

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Thank you for the welcome, and the advice. I can't wait for the rally next year, and I lucked out that it's close to Illinois. I'll definitely reach out to the chicago club!

Cheers