rjw
New member
Hello fellow BMW people. I'm a new BMW owner as of Nov 15 of 2013. (my birthday) My wife knew what bike I wanted, but she also knew I was not going to spend that much money on myself. I had been talking about getting a Kawasaki Concours, but I had been talking about what I REALLY wanted since 2012 when the K1600GTL came out. (We had visited it at the dealership many times.) My wife completely surprised me on my birthday last year with a brand new 2014 K1600 GTL. She called me at work and told me to be home at 5pm because we were going out for my birthday. So, I come home from work at about 5pm and I get a telephone call from this guy at the BMW dealership as soon as I walk in the door. He says he has a new bike that he just got in and it has everything I was wanting on it, including the armrests for my wife. He wants me to come down and take a look at it. I told him no, I have plans tonight for my birthday and can't make it tonight. He does his best to talk me into coming to see it tonight, even saying it was sold to someone and wouldn't be there tomorrow for me to see. (My wife was at the dealership waiting for me to show up.) So, my wife arrives home in the next 10 minutes and we leave to go out and eat. I still have no idea whats coming. I think she's driving to meet some friends at the restaurant, when she turns down the street towards the BMW dealership. She said she wanted to stop by and look at something. So, I immediately say, "Did that guy call you from the dealership? He called me too!! right before you got home, wanting me to come look at a motorcycle. She goes along with me, saying yeah, he called me too. So, I'm thinking we're going to stop by, take a look at it, and head on down to the restaurant for my birthday. We walk in the door to the showroom and there is the K1600GTL that I have been looking at, sitting facing the door, with a big ribbon on it. I was so surprised, it took me about 30 seconds after I walked in to figure out what was going on! I couldn't believe she had bought it for me. That's my story of how I came to be joining the BMWMOA.org and this forum. So far, it is hands down the BEST motorcycle I've ever ridden. I started riding when I was in kindergarten on a lawnmower mini-bike, then graduated to a 1969 Honda mini-trail 50, then Honda 70, then Yamaha 80, 125, 250, KZ1000, wait 25 years raising kids, then THE BEEMER!
Maybe I'll make it to the BMW rally this year. I'm looking forward to meeting some other BMW owners and putting a lot of miles on this Summer.
Maybe I'll make it to the BMW rally this year. I'm looking forward to meeting some other BMW owners and putting a lot of miles on this Summer.
