Goldwing2500
New member
Greeting to My Fellow BMW Owners! After 44 years of riding Japanese and American bikes, I finally pulled the trigger on the one bike that I've always wanted, the BMW GS 1200 GS Adventure. Flying out next week to take delivery of a 2012 model and will ride it back from Northern Virginia back home to the Atlanta Georgia area. Looking forward to interacting with all the GS folks on this website and learning as much about this beast as possible.
Some background on me. I am retired Army as of 23 years ago as an Airborne Infantryman, and just retired from my police motor officer job at Georgia Tech a year and a half ago where I ran traffic in downtown Atlanta with the Metro Atlanta Traffic Enforcement Team. My bike of choice most of the 10 years there was the BMW GS 650 and although we had Harleys at the Department, folks would always as me why didn't I ride the Harleys. My response was simple, "Crackheads don't run in straight lines". Member of the GWRRA and Iron Butt Association and average 20,000 miles a year. Did Alaska in 2012 and Belize this past February. Will do the IBA UCC in June of 2018 and currently own a 2002 GL1800 Goldwing with 190,000 on it of which I've put 154,000 on it over the last 9 years and a 1993 Harley FLHTP with 46,000 miles on it that started throwing oil last month on the return ride from the Dragon and stopped running. It's out the door so if you have anybody that can fix it, it's yours for $5,000 American.
Immediate objective at the moment is to get the bike back home safely and start learning BMW speak and to hook up with other GS owners who can school me on keeping my bike in the best condition as possible. Looking forward to your responses and attending BMW events whenever and wherever I can fit it in my schedule. I have a feeling this is gonna be a totally different world.
Some background on me. I am retired Army as of 23 years ago as an Airborne Infantryman, and just retired from my police motor officer job at Georgia Tech a year and a half ago where I ran traffic in downtown Atlanta with the Metro Atlanta Traffic Enforcement Team. My bike of choice most of the 10 years there was the BMW GS 650 and although we had Harleys at the Department, folks would always as me why didn't I ride the Harleys. My response was simple, "Crackheads don't run in straight lines". Member of the GWRRA and Iron Butt Association and average 20,000 miles a year. Did Alaska in 2012 and Belize this past February. Will do the IBA UCC in June of 2018 and currently own a 2002 GL1800 Goldwing with 190,000 on it of which I've put 154,000 on it over the last 9 years and a 1993 Harley FLHTP with 46,000 miles on it that started throwing oil last month on the return ride from the Dragon and stopped running. It's out the door so if you have anybody that can fix it, it's yours for $5,000 American.
Immediate objective at the moment is to get the bike back home safely and start learning BMW speak and to hook up with other GS owners who can school me on keeping my bike in the best condition as possible. Looking forward to your responses and attending BMW events whenever and wherever I can fit it in my schedule. I have a feeling this is gonna be a totally different world.
