Another Nomad in Germany?

samkjr · 08-20-2009, 05:38 PM

Might be a new Nomad in Germany within a couple months' time.

I was just offered a job in Schweinfurt, Germany. I hae been looking to teach overseas for a couple years and just got offered a job teaching for the Dept. of Defense Dependant Schools.

Nothing is totally in concrete yet. They have mailed me the official offer package and I have an A$$ load of paper work and hoops to jump through, but unless something goes wrong, I'm in. School starts over there in only 10 days. I will obviously be missing the first few days. These next few days for me will be a whirlwind of activity. Hopefully I will get my official orders by Wednesday and get things rolling.

nomad561 · 08-20-2009, 06:36 PM

Congrats.
Sounds like a great opportunity.

psychocycle · 08-20-2009, 06:38 PM

Good Luck.

**ringadingh** · 08-20-2009, 06:40 PM

Congratulations, take the bike and show them that there more than BMW's on the planet. ;)

samkjr · 08-20-2009, 07:46 PM

I always liked the BMW K1200LT but shyed away from it since there was a lack of dealerships and services available to them in my area. Who knows how long I will be able to hold out on one once I get over there. Nomads are pretty rare in my part of VA anyway. I can't begin to wonder how many questions I will get about it in Germany. It will take abot 6-8 weeks before I actually get it once it is shipped over. By that time it will be starting to get cold and I do not carry a strong fondness for cold weather riding ( read: Sissy) Hpefully I will be able to enjoy it bofre winter hits.

macmac · 08-20-2009, 08:24 PM

The plan is to ship your USA made for bike to Germany? Will that fly? Euro bikes have another set of regs.. are wired another way and have different lighting.. and stuff...

pirate · 08-20-2009, 08:26 PM

Congrats and good luck!

AlabamaNomadRider · 08-20-2009, 08:52 PM

Congratulations. I certainly hope everything works out good for you. I retired from the Army but never got the opportunity to go to Germany. I did manage to get three one year tours of Korea. Yea.

landman · 08-20-2009, 09:58 PM

have a safe trip.

**schoeney** · 08-20-2009, 10:06 PM

Think Autobahn!

bobhamlin · 08-21-2009, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by schoeney

Think Autobahn!

I spent 2.5 years stationed in Berlin back in the day.

About 10 years ago, took the wife and daughters for 2-weeks to attend a reunion of the guys I had been stationed with.

Highlight? Got up to 137.62 mph on the Autobahn (My mental metric conversion calculator thought I had reached 140mph). That was when I fully came to appreciate the quality of a Mercedes. It hadn't started to shake yet. I was just approaching the tach's redline and, well, having the wife and daughters in the car is a bit of an inhibitor on the testosterone-injectors.

On my next-to-last day, I was driving north from the Alps toward Frankfurt. For over an hour, not one (that's ZERO!, dammit) German passed me.

Gotta love that Autobahn.

What? Oh, excuse me. Hey, good luck on the teaching job.

As far as what macmac said--You'll get a USA tag. You have to meet DoD safety inspection requirements. If your bike was good here, it'll be good there.

caddman11 · 08-21-2009, 06:57 AM

Sounds like a great opportunity---how did you find the job? How many hoops did you have to jump through. I've been teaching a long time and will qualify for retirement in April and really love Europe. It would be nice to go over and teach 5 years or so to finish out my career. Can you send me to a web site? Thanks, David

BandC · 08-21-2009, 07:20 AM

Sounds like a great opportunity! Hope it works out!

macmac · 08-21-2009, 07:50 AM

Once at least bringing in a car made for Euro, had to get a few changes to be legal in the USA.

Some items needing to be changed on cars were windshields, removing head lamp wipers , head lamps that turned with steering, then later you could have that. Some lighting and sometimes light lenses, all to meet DOT spec.

flavor · 08-21-2009, 07:57 AM

Enjoy and congratulations. Look into shipping a BMW back to the US to sell. You might make some money. I've heard some stories along those lines but that was yrs ago.

08-20-2009, 05:38 PM	#1
samkjr Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 346	Another Nomad in Germany? Might be a new Nomad in Germany within a couple months' time. I was just offered a job in Schweinfurt, Germany. I hae been looking to teach overseas for a couple years and just got offered a job teaching for the Dept. of Defense Dependant Schools. Nothing is totally in concrete yet. They have mailed me the official offer package and I have an A$$ load of paper work and hoops to jump through, but unless something goes wrong, I'm in. School starts over there in only 10 days. I will obviously be missing the first few days. These next few days for me will be a whirlwind of activity. Hopefully I will get my official orders by Wednesday and get things rolling. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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samkjr Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 346	Another Nomad in Germany? I always liked the BMW K1200LT but shyed away from it since there was a lack of dealerships and services available to them in my area. Who knows how long I will be able to hold out on one once I get over there. Nomads are pretty rare in my part of VA anyway. I can't begin to wonder how many questions I will get about it in Germany. It will take abot 6-8 weeks before I actually get it once it is shipped over. By that time it will be starting to get cold and I do not carry a strong fondness for cold weather riding ( read: Sissy) Hpefully I will be able to enjoy it bofre winter hits. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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pirate Sr. Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: North Dakota Posts: 1,865	Another Nomad in Germany? Congrats and good luck!
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AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	Another Nomad in Germany? Congratulations. I certainly hope everything works out good for you. I retired from the Army but never got the opportunity to go to Germany. I did manage to get three one year tours of Korea. Yea. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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schoeney Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NW Region Posts: 5,222	Another Nomad in Germany? Think Autobahn! __________________ VBA #659 2003 Nomad 1500 (Gone but never forgotten) 2005 Honda ST1300 - Sweet and still kickin 2006 Honda Goldwing - Best Boat in the Marina
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caddman11 Advanced Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Northwest Indiana Posts: 890	Another Nomad in Germany? Sounds like a great opportunity---how did you find the job? How many hoops did you have to jump through. I've been teaching a long time and will qualify for retirement in April and really love Europe. It would be nice to go over and teach 5 years or so to finish out my career. Can you send me to a web site? Thanks, David
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BandC Sr. Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Iron Range, Northern Minnesota Posts: 2,288	Another Nomad in Germany? Sounds like a great opportunity! Hope it works out! __________________ 2005 Blk/Silver Nomad (Sold) VBA #00671
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08-21-2009, 07:50 AM	#14
macmac Sr. Contributor Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tamworth New Hampster 06 1600 Posts: 12,484	Another Nomad in Germany? Once at least bringing in a car made for Euro, had to get a few changes to be legal in the USA. Some items needing to be changed on cars were windshields, removing head lamp wipers , head lamps that turned with steering, then later you could have that. Some lighting and sometimes light lenses, all to meet DOT spec. __________________ 06 1600 Nomad Just call me Mac molon labe come and get it
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08-21-2009, 07:57 AM	#15
flavor Sr. Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: RI Posts: 1,351	Another Nomad in Germany? Enjoy and congratulations. Look into shipping a BMW back to the US to sell. You might make some money. I've heard some stories along those lines but that was yrs ago.
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