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When I do the bobber conversion I feel this is what it needs. It will make the rear wheel assembly look a little less "lost".
Well that was easy... ordered it
$410 USD delivered?You mean like this one from Wunderlich I have on my Classic?
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I think the shipping I got was ~$21, so it was ~$417. Great quality of the unit. It carries my camping gear very easily.$410 USD delivered?
That being said.I wanted the old school boxer with spoke wheels with a reverse and add the sidecar.It has new technology but has the looks of the older BMWs of the past.Price Aside, what R18 did you want, did you buy that one and why?
Hopefully everyone bought the bike they wanted but sometimes in life "it's the one that got away"that we remember and pine for.
And it happens...Price Aside, what R18 did you want, did you buy that one and why?
Hopefully everyone bought the bike they wanted but sometimes in life "it's the one that got away"that we remember and pine for.
Something like that.... Listen wunderlich is essentially the insane asylum of BMW accessories, everything is perfect and shipped and comes with bolts and instructions... but a windshield deflector is $300 to be fair, that windshield deflector has lasted me 20 years. The paint and fit and everything on all things wunderlich is perfect.$410 USD delivered?
That's good to know. I have my eye on their lowered pegs.Something like that.... Listen wunderlich is essentially the insane asylum of BMW accessories, everything is perfect and shipped and comes with bolts and instructions... but a windshield deflector is $300 to be fair, that windshield deflector has lasted me 20 years. The paint and fit and everything on all things wunderlich is perfect.
Any regrets trading in your gw and what trim was it? Upside to owning the tc vs the gw and vise Versa?TC. Once I saw it in person my life's mission was to own one. Had to sacrifice my 2018 Goldwing to get it. As of yet I have not seen another TC on the roads of northeast Ohio which I like. Being a little different is why I purchased the TC and not a Harley.
What a great description, yet I keep throwing my credit card at them! High quality stuff though.Something like that.... Listen wunderlich is essentially the insane asylum of BMW accessories, everything is perfect and shipped and comes with bolts and instructions... but a windshield deflector is $300 to be fair, that windshield deflector has lasted me 20 years. The paint and fit and everything on all things wunderlich is perfect.
Mr. Efficiency, A clear and lucid post on what is so essentially appealing about the R 18Classic. I do not ride in the rain and June is the rain in my area which gives the highest annual rainfall. I can not wait - the forecast from tomorrow plus two days is for good weather. It feels like I am 6 years old and it is Christmas Eve...I am gonna tell you a story. When I was a kid my stepdad had parents (like many do). On their back porch were 2 R60s... as a young enduro racer I was hypnotized... black, sleek, mysterious... rumors abounded their cycles were all designed by German wonder weapon designers. They were really cool.
In Ohio in those days you could get a motorcycle license at 15. I had an enduro bike I could use and my parents were fine with the idea. I came home from the test and one of them was assembled in the driveway. It honestly was the coolest bike in human history. Earles' forks, clean, super.
The years went by and I went on to become a GS rider and I've owned every iteration of the GS, including the R80 and R100 Paris Dakar. I've ridden all over... ridden here, ridden there.
I heard rumors for years that BMW was going to build motorcycles again. Not spaceships, but motorcycles. Let Down After Let Down... The R12c... perhaps the most hideous motorcycle with no obvious use ever... The R9T (sorry R9T owners) Its not a GS, Its not retro, its just, well, an R9T .
Then Covid.... finally, the first edition R18 arrived. I realized there was no way I could ride it... but I took one for a 200 mile test ride and the seating position just worked. But I would never want a windshield on the bike and I would never want more than the great cloth messenger bags on the bike... I didnt even want a pillion (I pray for the day the rectangular luggage rack is made) To put anything on the bike should be a felony. Not to mention I'm not too crazy about the idea of riding a slammed cruiser cross country no matter how many goodies are on it.
But they had to have my money. The First Edition is everything a bike should be and nothing that shouldn't. It is a real get in touch moment with motorcycling's heritage. Yes, I have had nothing but problems with it but I do love the bike. It is about what motorcycles WERE, not what they ARE yet they managed to slip ABS and ASC in Go naked, get back in touch, find out you don't need all that stuff.