{"id":12390,"date":"2026-05-04T13:17:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/?p=12390"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:19:40","slug":"john-lunas-unique-r-ninet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/john-lunas-unique-r-ninet\/","title":{"rendered":"John Luna&#8217;s unique R nineT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12390\" class=\"elementor elementor-12390\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb45617 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bb45617\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24de742d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24de742d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Longtime Jacksonville resident John Luna is the Service Manager at BMW Motorcycles of Jacksonville (Florida). After many miles and many versions of his previous 2015 BMW R nineT, he decided to move forward with a newer, low-mileage 2016 R nineT and pursue his vision for transforming the new bike into one of the most unique builds and certainly the most unique in the Jacksonville area, complete with custom BMW M Sport Sakhir Orange paint and R1200R powder coated wheels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John gets a lot of attention around town with his R nineT. John commutes to the dealership almost daily on the bike and has put in some serious miles traveling, including a trip to the Barber Museum and Motorsports Park in Leeds, Alabama, last year. Some of the aftermarket items installed on the bike by John himself include an AC Schnitzer belly pan and custom, hand-molded carbon windshield. John&#8217;s latest activity with the R nineT was a recent track day at Jennings GP motorcycle racetrack located in Jennings, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><div id=\"metaslider-id-12399\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-109-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-12399 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default-base\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"John Luna&#039;s R nineT\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"700\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_12399\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_12399\">\n            <ul aria-live='off' class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-12400 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-05-04 13:17:37\" data-filename=\"luna-1-scaled-700x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/luna-1-scaled-700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-12399 slide-12400 msDefaultImage lazyload\" title=\"luna-1\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/luna-1-scaled-700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-12399 slide-12400 msDefaultImage lazyload\" title=\"luna-1\" \/><\/noscript><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; 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width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-12405 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-05-04 13:17:38\" data-filename=\"luna-3-scaled-700x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/luna-3-scaled-700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-12399 slide-12405 msDefaultImage lazyload\" title=\"luna-3\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/luna-3-scaled-700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-12399 slide-12405 msDefaultImage lazyload\" title=\"luna-3\" \/><\/noscript><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-12406 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-05-04 13:17:38\" data-filename=\"luna-2-scaled-700x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/luna-2-scaled-700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-12399 slide-12406 msDefaultImage lazyload\" title=\"luna-2\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/luna-2-scaled-700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-12399 slide-12406 msDefaultImage lazyload\" title=\"luna-2\" \/><\/noscript><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>David Pittman 5\/1\/2026 is a Parts Advisor at BMW Motorcycles of Jacksonville.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mods done by John<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Painted in BMW Sakhir orange, an M Sport color<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R 1200 R wheels, powder-coated in super chrome plus; saved 12 pounds over spoked wheels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AC Schnitzer belly pan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunlop Mutant tires<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sargent seat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wild @ Heart clutch and brake levers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rapid Bike EVO Piggyback ECU tuner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Competition Werkes muffler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carbon parts\u2014front belt cover, engine covers, data link cover, license plate holder, custom-molded windshield<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Polished intake covers and air intake grill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anti-Gravity battery saved three pounds of weight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kemimoto bar-end mirrors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SW-Motech side bag carriers with Legends bags<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Luna&#8217;s R nineT shows off his vision for a unique build, one that is at home on the street and on the track as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":12410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-findyourcrossroads"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12390"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12409,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12390\/revisions\/12409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}