Excellent post. I appreciate it. I am looking for critiques both ways and this really helped. Interestingly the R18 slow speed handling challenges is evident to me, however I assumed it was because I am a new rider and simply not proficient. I have no comparison at 65+. So that is...
Thanks. Sounds about right. Nah, I just meant im getting older and I don’t have time to be switching bikes “just to check it out” when I have something I like now.
Thank for the help!
I am 57. Learned to ride at 55. Only bike has been an R18 first edition
Love it and thinking of upgrading to 2025 roctane
I keep getting advice to get a Harley - road king, Electra glide…I like touring with a cruiser look (hence the Roctane)
Anyone who has ridden both R18 and HD - what’s the...
This will be an epic for me - Florida to Cape Cod/I95 in the height of summer. See the folks on the Cape for a few days then back to FL...I'll be lucky if my body doesnt have the catastropic failure! Been living in the Northeast last few years and concur - spring/summer/fall it offers the...
Thanks! Yeah I know it’s gonna be brutal on me…oddly I never worry about that :) just the bike! I have flexibility and grew up in the NE so yeah gotta avoid the tri-state chunk of 95!
So planning a 2600 mile August 24 road trip from Daytona FL (me) to Boston (family) and back. 10 days. August for this ride isn't my timing...family event. Any thoughts on how a 2021 R18 1st Edition will hold up with 10 days of 300-400 miles each in blistering heat and humidity - mainly...
Ha. Road 300 miles last 2 days in New England...heated grips cooked my palms while the wind numbed the rest of my hand....I don't give a crap what they look like. BMW sells some that look good - but like every OEM part it cost like 1000% more than an after market