{"id":9038,"date":"2026-01-04T15:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/?p=9038"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:09:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:09:37","slug":"returning-the-r-18-roctane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/returning-the-r-18-roctane\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning the R 18 Roctane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NO RIDING TODAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Checked the oil\u2014it\u2019s a tad below the MAX mark on the dipstick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hauled BMW\u2019s R 18 Roctane up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mortonsbmw.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mortonsbmw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Morton\u2019s BMW<\/a> so they can pick it up. George met me there\u2014he was picking up parts\u2014with the license plate from my GS. The R 18 was a bear to get on the trailer. It\u2019s so long I had to go in at an angle. It\u2019s a really great bike (seriously, I really enjoyed riding it!), but I\u2019m glad it\u2019s gone\u2014one less temptation if anything goes wrong with the R 90\/6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"http:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_roctane-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9039 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_roctane-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9039 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_roctane-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_roctane-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_roctane-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_roctane-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wes_roctane.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><i>I greatly enjoyed the time I spent with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwmotorcycles.com\/en\/models\/heritage\/r18-roctane.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bmwmotorcycles.com\/en\/models\/heritage\/r18-roctane.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">R 18 Roctane<\/a> BMW NA loaned me from their press fleet. Of course, it counts as a modern bike, so I wouldn&#8217;t be able to ride it in 2025 and had to return it to them &#8211; reluctantly. It&#8217;s a really great bike and the side case are roomier than they look.<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hauled BMW\u2019s R 18 Roctane up to Morton\u2019s BMW so they can pick it up. The R 18 was a bear to get on the trailer. It\u2019s so long I had to go in at an angle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-riding-without-cruise-control"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9038","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}