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Hello from Chicago
Hey everyone,

I just signed up and wanted to introduce myself. I'm Mike and currently in Chicago. I've been into motorcycling for the past few years, but this year I rented a BMW GS1200 in Mexico and Colorado and finally saw the light of how amazing adventure motorcycles are to ride.

I bleed wanderlust. It all started when I was in the Navy, where I visited 14 countries in three years. Then, after I finished my enlistment, I lived in Thailand for two years to fight muay thai. Then when I did my master's in journalism, I visited Pakistan and did a summer in Prague. Overall, I've visited 25 countries, but I want to see more of course. And not in that superficial way where I can take a selfie and get likes on social media, I want to understand a culture and make a few friends along the way.

I made the goal to begin to save up for a RTW trip and set out in five years. I ride a 2009 Vulcan right now, but want to save up for a Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro, the bike just speaks to me. I want to take some off-road lessons as well, maybe even hostile environment training. With the pandemic and working from home the norm, I decided to move back in with my parents to save the money for my trip. So yeah, it's what I'm focused on doing at the moment.

Nice to meet you all and I hope I can give back to the community as much as I learn. Hope to see you out on the road or even a HU meet up.
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