In a sense, BMW riders are relatively rare, or well down on the percentage of bikes on the road. There is, snob factor aside, a certain amount of connection simply by virtue of having that little blue and white disk on your ride. And there's MOA, who makes a big splash of being the mother BMW owners' organization. The BMWON magazine is interesting and occasionally downright useful. MOA puts out the Anonymous Book, literally a directory of people who will, at the least, lend you a phone to call for help when your cell phone is dead or no signal. Some people will supply tenting space, or maybe a guest room. Services, as it were, range from "we have a carport" to comfy garage to a workshop. Some folks will use a flatbed trailer to bring you in, and maybe even help fix whatever ails your Beemer. But MOA is incredibly rah-rah. Thanks but no thanks. NTL I do miss that "we're all in this BMW thing" sense.
Obviously there are a lot of Yamahas on the road. But I rarely see another FJR, parked or on the road. Which, based on what I see here, means that if you have hexagonal panniers, you're part of a select group. So... is there anything vaguely like BMW MOA for FJR folk and, if so, I hope, less rah-rah?
Obviously there are a lot of Yamahas on the road. But I rarely see another FJR, parked or on the road. Which, based on what I see here, means that if you have hexagonal panniers, you're part of a select group. So... is there anything vaguely like BMW MOA for FJR folk and, if so, I hope, less rah-rah?
