Thought it must be a beemer fan with the name @mymotorrad .Welcome!
Beemer fan...If you go to my YT channel, I did a few videos touching on brand tribalism. I like BMW, but I'd buy other bikes too if I was carrying a little heavier and I've owned several Kawasaki's in the past. BMW is sort of an acquired taste and a little idiosyncratic. The bike/engineering and the company.
I'll definitely have a look at the video. I get the feeling that Motorcycling can be very tribal, especially sports vs cruisers. I didn't mean to come across as tribal or derogatory towards BMW. I just know they have their own tours called Motorrad Tours where you rent a BMw and go in a tour group. I too am a BMW fan boy, I would be getting myself a s1000rr if I had the dollar..... There's so many bikes I want but at present I'm working on convincing my soon to be wife that bikes are a little bit like tools or kitchen utensils, each and every one for it's own purpose, you wouldn't try to slice a piece of cheese with a pestle and mortar now would you??!! Let's see how long she stay's married to me when the next one turns up on the driveway haha.
I used to be a lot more brand tribal and then I starting thinking about how that is used to manipulate us with sports, religion and politics not to mention marketing in general and I found it a little facile on a level considering we're smart enough to realize we're being gamed, but I guess I am getting in the weeds. I wouldn't be able to ride a S1000RR at all, too tall and old/bad back and neck. I might like a new RT, but they have gotten a lot more expensive or the R18 Classic or a Road King or FLHP. Or all of that and more. The truth is, I'll probably get a new car before a new bike. I like the hemi challengers, in plum crazy or hellraisin.
Just Subscribed to your channel liked the video on Brand Tribalism!
Thank you!
What do you ride?
Yes it is. Mine is an air/oil cooled boxer and yours is a parallel twin with a 270˚ crank, so it sounds like a vtwin. Lighter than my bike and made for non-pavement riding too. I don't ride dirt and never will anymore otherwise I'd probably have gotten a boxer GSA.
I would think cops have RTs where you are. The cops have them here, everywhere. If you're talking about the R18 on my page, yeah, I haven't seen one but once on the road. They're pretty sharp in person.Welcome, and thanks for watching my channel!
Cool looking BMW too, I'm not sure I've ever seen one of those before.
