New Member Introductions » Delight. Then shame. Then delight....

Good morning chaps.
Finally found this replacement forum! I was a long time lurker on the old one. Much help and advice was gleaned. A few names spotted from previous life on K13S and UK GS’er sites. Just the nice ones thankfully.

I’m a Brit living in leafy Connecticut (don’t ask) and purchased a new 2018 RS (white/gray/red) in December last year (the delight) to add to my manic/brilliant S1000R and provide pillion duty for the Bread Knife. Delighted. Love it. Sadly over the next five months I only manage a meager 600 miles. Pathetic. I know. THE SHAME. Terrible weather and work travel are to blame. The S1R has done even less. The weather has now changed, first service done and I’m finally out and about regularly on both bikes..THE DELIGHT.

Love the RS. So calm. So competent. So easy. Brilliant bike. I’m not a big fettler - just added a small Givi topcase (hideous I know but SWMBO feels more secure) and some (always decisive) red rim stripes. Will try to add a HID bulb to the dipped headlight this weekend and I’M DONE.

That’s it for now.
Take care
TB

Welcome. Enjoy the bike(s).

We all have different Life - Work - Family - Bike balances.

Many of us don’t ride through winter, because we don’t have to.

When I did work away a lot over many years the bike didn’t do many miles, but my logic said that I Had To Have A Bike so that I could jump on and ride whenever the opportunity arose.

You can’t just Jump On if there isn’t a bike sitting waiting for you.

Luckily, I now have many more opportunities.

Even if your were a little fettler, we would accept you. However, if you were riding a grey or black model...…..that would have been be just …. too much... for us to accept any level of fettling.