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October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 3 pleased to say the reverse is now happening having now received some new reports and images once again, so thanks to those persons the show can continue, and do let us keep it that way which is much appreciated! We welcome any type of BMW related stories including Airhead material. I am writing my piece this early part of September and tomorrow we are away to our Dartmoor Rally and Bike Show weekend at Tavistock in Devon where some of you stayed on the same campsite for the National AGM this year. Usually we have been lucky with the weather being kind to us if rather chilly by Hello Readers, helpers for putting together a great show evenings and earlier dark nights [great starry Good to know from the positive comments enjoyed by all. sky though on a clear night while we sit and in this month’s content, the National rally at In this month’s issue you will find a first stare and sip our various evening beverages] Framlingham turned out to be a successful report and photos of the Classic Bike Show but not too optimistic on numbers attending weekend both in superb weather and held at the rally, by Ashley Boal, VCR given the threat of more rain and wind on attendees, some who booked at the last Secretary. Further news and pictures of the its way crossing the Atlantic on Friday. It will minute when they saw the forecast was going event to come in the November publication. be good to get away all the same and better to be favourable - no doubt. My husband Phil A couple of weeks ago I was starting to here than a trip to the Caribbean right now! rated the food and real ale highly, particularly get a little panicky about not having enough Found in the archives, two separate the latter which pleasingly for him did not run articles to enable Bruce and myself to publish pages of interest this month, from the July out until Sunday evening… I suppose that the next month’s Journal. I know there are and August 1992 issues. Anyone reading made up for his disappointment at missing certain times of a year when content can run the Sidecar News if you happened to be the out on purchasing some raffle tickets for the low due to the majority of member’s who are occupant of the sidecar in the photo image, prize draw on Saturday evening, which were enjoying their trips away and attending club would be nice to hear of your experience… obviously in high demand…I say no more! rallies etc rather than be stuck indoors typing Happy Biking! Very well done to all the rally organisers and editorials for our magazine. However, I am Debbie

4 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 Well, another month has slipped by, but at least the weather has picked up a bit as I tap away on my keyboard, let’s hope we can all get some dry and sunny miles in. The Framlingham weekend was a storming success in terms of weather, accommodation, food and all round enjoyment. The entertainment in the form of a rejuvenated Elvis got the dance floor heaving on Saturday evening and the quiz on Sunday got everyone thinking. Where on earth did Dik get some of those questions from? The resurrection of a vintage and classic show was well received and there were some really trick machinery on display. Old friendships were eagerly of any official information I have posed is that concerning the use of speed camera renewed and many new ones made although the question to the BMF to see what they detection equipment, which is banned and possibly telling your two sons we are going can find out on the subject and what if any carries a hefty penalty if you are caught away for a camping W/E and then putting consultation they have been involved in. using such equipment. Garmin and probably them in orange waistcoats as marshals on It certainly was not brought up at the last other navigation devices got around this their arrival was pushing it a bit. Never-the- briefing I attended on issues that would have initially by changing the designation as less I have to thank them for their “voluntary” a potential or direct impact on motorcycling. “safety points” but that too is covered in the efforts and I hope it didn’t put you off BMW On a more positive note about 20 months latest amendments so you are required to club life. The only possible disappointment is ago I became a little concerned that there disable this function on your system when that more members didn’t join us and share appeared to be quite a lot of confusion on in specified countries. As a result of what I a great social W/E. To all the organisers, the legal requirements for riding or driving did find out and could not clarify I asked the front of house helpers and quiet back room in the different counties within the European BMF if they could look into this via FEMA workers who have put in a lot of time and Union, so much for common policy. I could and see if they could get all the national effort “Well done, it was an event to be truly not get definitive answers from the RAC, AA delegates every to clarify their countries proud of” and you can rest on your laurels or Dept for Transport on which all agreed. legal requirements and the results have just for a little while at least. The campers even For example Halfords still sell intoximeters on been published in the latest edition of Rider got to pack dry tents for the journey home on the basis that it is a legal requirement to carry magazine. I hope they will allow us to print Monday morning, what more could anyone these in France. The French government did his information in our Journal. ask for? make such a move to do this but in fact it The next National Committee meeting is There has been a fair bit of publicity was never enshrined in law, similarly they scheduled for the 14th October so ask your about the subject of allowing Learner drivers also started down the road of insisting that section representative what is on the agenda on to the motorways with an official driving all motorcyclist had to wear approved Hi-viz. and make sure they can take forward any instructor as part of their pre test training but Whilst it is law that you must carry a Hi-viz views you or the section in particular have on I haven’t seen anything specifically referring jacket for yourself and pillion in the event of a the various matters to be discussed and then to motorcyclists. There is of course a big breakdown you do not have to wear it when they can subsequently brief you on what took difference between a dual controlled car riding. There are many other examples but place and any decisions made. with an instructor and solo motorcycles with I will refrain from boring you all to death. That’s it for this time folks, enjoy the a following instructor who has no means of One very important piece of legislation autumn and take care out there on the roads. direct safety intervention. In the absence common to many of the European States Ian

October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 5 Please send all submissions for Novembers Torque Reaction to Paul Torque Reaction Nadin (details on page 3) before the 5th of October please.

Driverless cars. A computer lacks that prediction and Notice of Vehicle Arrival. anticipation that prevents accidents in the As a reply to David Tymm’s excellent real world. How many times has that save I have spoken with the DVLA, and the travelogue, here are my comments about your life, even though your reaction time requirement for a NOVA is now the ‘norm’. electric driverless vehicles, to which of was poor? The discrimination and decision You can apply on line, but that requires a course you have waited with bated breath: making needed to achieve a real-time HMRC on line account. Business and Self Firstly, the machine that for most passes simulation is far beyond any Von-Newman Employed Members will have this as a ‘computer’ is that ancient stored-program machine based on silicon - or valves for that This is for all registration applications, digital concept from the late 1940s. Artificial matter. even if the BMW in question has been here intelligence, we are told is ‘just around the An equivalent resolution of/ discrimination since 1937. It is to do with VAT Fraud, as corner we have been peeking around so of the human eye/brain will be needed, with in, if a vehicle has been reconstructed from often, one is getting dizzy - also hover cars, the ability to conceptualise in a way that basically ‘new’ components, but it is claimed free electricity, hotels on the moon... even drunk drivers manage to get home to be an old vehicle. The latest attempts at ‘driverless’ cars are with. Re-designing all roads, junctions This I have been told, (not by the DVLA) now being withdrawn as the wishful designers and cities for robotic vehicles would be the was because a certain owners club of a well find it is much more difficult than they most likely way to satisfy the driverless fad, known Italian manufacturer has lot of odd originally hoped. Just a few vague sensors removing all human drivers and pedestrians bits, engines, etc. but no chassis or body. to keep in on a track when things are going from exposure and encapsulating them in These were being re manufactured in South good is not going to cut it in all situations, and protective cocoons. This might even work America, shipped here, and the old parts keeping a human from nodding off, to take in cities and designated areas, the vehicles fitted. Hey Presto a ‘new’ old barn finds @ over when things are too much for the poor coming to a stop as they leave, making a £xxxxxxx. It was ‘rumbled’ because there little robot, has been shown as unrealistic. human take over fully after that. was ‘flood’ of barn find vehicles. The legal implications of machine decision You could have a completely robotised No VAT is due if the BMW is more the 10 making is only just being realised. Who is world outside your door, where no year sold - all this does it put it on the system responsible: the hardware man, the software unsupervised humans are permitted. and you may come to me for assistance, if man, the owner, the insurance company? Everything could be marked and tagged. the need be. [email protected] Electricity has to be made and stored beeping its beacons and chirping at each Robert Freeman. DVLA for when needed, or massive generation other electrically, passengers staring at their Representative, The BMW Club. available on-demand: it isn’t free. The UK entertainment’ pads as they are trundled is soon to experience substantial rota-cuts around. Perhaps there would be no need to Framlingham 2017 in electricity because the reserve capacity travel at all, as ‘real-virtuality’ wearables are has been reduced to the point where a small already for sale, we could all live sealed off Just a few lines to thank the guys & girls outage will produce grid shutdown. in a completely fake world, of more than 125 who organized the National Rally. Rebecca Much vaunted ‘renewables’ are a lovely million impoverished people here in the UK & myself could not believe our luck to get a green fad that looks good at election time, is in less than a century from now. room overlooking the castle & the town at the incredibly expensive, crippling manufacturing With younger people preferring safe risks front of the college! with gigantic bills the competitors abroad do in theme parks, compared to our generation, We visited the town on Saturday (just a not have to pay. Once subsides come off, who live in the real world, perhaps it won’t be short walk away) on market day and bought wind farms rust away (see America). Add long before they can be persuaded to give up a few items at the local shops. Later that day to that vehicles charging up day and night, the freedom to travel at all. I just don’t think the swimming pool on site was open which increasing demand as capacity continues to that would be a place worth living, do you? was lovely and warm (Rebecca hates cold decline might, you would have thought, been Martin Macrae. Western Section. pools). To end the day we had a super meal realised by the people who are supposed to be thinking and planning ahead. With the breakup of the grid and intermittent supply, more consumers will go over to charging with their own diesel generators. Approximations, mimics, simulations and facsimiles of intelligent machines have been around for decades, and appear to manage in simple, limited, easily defined controlled environments. Outside in the real world they show their inability to cope with the unexpected. If you look at what their ‘sensors’ are seeing it is a broad assurance that all is well, rather than the human ability to monitor the most minute changes and predict. Something motorcyclists have developed to a sixth sense. 6 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 on site then on to the evening entertainment Curry India where we ate on Sunday evening. which was “Elvis”. I’d heard that Framlingham was the setting Sunday started with a classic bike show, for some of the scenes from a popular TV then on to sports day on the field behind sitcom The Detectorists but I can’t say that I college. We then watched a film in the recognised anything. I guess one field looks cinema, followed by a visit to Framlingham pretty much like any other to a townie like me! Castle. The only disappointment was the Saturday was ride out day and, having swimming pool was not open on the Sunday come on the R60/6, I opted to join the afternoon. other classic bike riders while my American I do hope there’s going to be another Rally friend took the GS on the Suffolk Villages there in 2021! run. A pub stop for lunch and then a visit to Maurice and Rebecca Geeves. Andy Tiernan’s workshop and “showroom” East Anglia Section. in Framlingham were among the many highlights, as were the raffle, auction and the Great National Elvis night. Sunday was even hotter and my R60/6 Despite having owned a BMW (R60/6 since sparkled in the sunshine as it waited to be you’re wondering) since the late 1970’s and judged as part of the Classic Bike Show. being a member of the Club (originally the Nobody was more surprised that me when London Section, now the Midland Section), it won first prize in the post ‘69 category. this was my first ever attendance at the Congratulations to all of the other winners National Rally. And what a time to decide too. The Skool Sports Day and Skills Tests to attend. From the moment my American were great fun. How interesting that so friend and I (I loaned Michael my 2004 R1200 many men were so adept at removing the GS) set out from London to the Rally, taking mannequin’s bra blindfolded - clearly a sign in a brief visit to Cambridge (anyone know of a mis-spent youth! where you can safely park a bike somewhere Michael and I missed the quiz (we ate at central?) the sun beat down on us. the curry house instead) but got back in time Registration was efficient and the camping to have a few more beers and chat for the area was just a minute’s ride away. We got last time at the rally to our new friends. The there around 3:30 pm. on Friday afternoon ride back to London was hot but otherwise and I was a bit surprised to find so many uneventful. people already there, especially as the event As my first National Rally this will take opened from 2:00 pm. Nevertheless, we still some beating. Congratulations and credit to had plenty of spots to choose from to erect the East Anglia Section for hosting the event. our tents, aided by the occasional bottle of For those who weren’t able to make it, you cider! missed a real treat, so please make the effort Tents up it was time to meet the neighbours to attend next year’s. (a lovely family from the Midlands) and to Richard Garner. Midland Section. explore the grounds, restaurant and bar. Dinner was 3-courses (too much for a skinny guy like me) and spent with Oxford Section members Colin and Jan Godfrey with whom I have met up again since the Rally. The delightful town centre was a short walk from the college and offered a few pubs and restaurants, including the excellent

October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 7 Stewart Lowthian plenty more similar examples. None of this is National Road Rally 2017 a problem if you read the details in advance but trying to make a route up as you go along would be a serious challenge. The benefit, of course, of having controls outside town centres is that you’re not stuck in urban traffic for half of the day. Planning my route was an iterative process. I’d try a route through controls in parts of the country I knew only to find that it fell five miles short of the distance I was aiming for. Eventually I had 300 miles ending at Sherburn-in-Elmet, the nearest Final Control to home. I then added an extra 100 mile loop so, if time permitted, a Silver award was possible. I didn’t consider Gold to be feasible at this stage. Having now a theoretical route it was time to sort out exactly where each control was, and for that I used every bit of technology I could muster. In principle I like to plan routes with traditional paper maps then use a GPS to sort out the details but some of the descriptions of where the controls were located were a little approximate so each of them was found, as precisely as possible, by searching Google Maps, which I find far easier than the arcane features of Garmin’s BaseCamp. What BaseCamp can do very well however is accept co-ordinates copied from Google Maps and pasted into the properties of a waypoint. A couple of mornings staring at the monitors and I had all the controls I needed located and saved in BaseCamp. Constructing a route from one to the next was straightforward, as was sending it to the Zumo, which reckoned my Silver route was 392 miles long and would take me exactly nine hours. This was a little puzzling as BaseCamp estimated that I needed more like 12 hours. I suspect that the difference is that BaseCamp allows me Was it Robert Freeman’s article on a rally in that all of them involved more miles than I to set very conservative average speeds for times gone by that prompted me to quote a thought so my first plan was to play safe and different road types whereas the Zumo has card number online to enter? Probably not, go for the Bronze award. That involved 300 it’s own unchangeable ideas. although the article made good reading. More miles in 20 hours less mandatory rest breaks, The day didn’t start too badly. The likely it was an email from Rachel Crossley, which seemed believable for someone who previous few days had been conspicuous for the BMF’s membership secretary, with a was well and truly out of practice. The list of the amount of rain that fell. Great for Gillian’s link to the National Rally website that had controls only comes through the post two courgette patch but not for motorcycling. me thinking. In recent years circumstances weeks before the event, which doesn’t leave Saturday was brighter and, when I set off, have limited my riding. The occasional day long for planning a route, and an enquiry on improving. A set of failed temporary traffic out is no substitute for serious mileage. the Forum told me that the controls changed lights just south of the Warrington control Gillian is no longer enthusiastic about the every year so knowing where last year’s were where I started required a detour down the opportunities for travel that motorcycling wouldn’t help. When the final documentation M6 to avoid going through them a second offers,and supporting her after a ruptured arrived it was time to start staring at maps to time then it was Congleton via Macclesfield, Achilles tendon, a deep-vein thrombosis and see what was realistic. Ashbourne, Burton-on-Trent and Kegworth. a cataract operation, all in the space of six My route planning started off with the Most of this is country that I know well. Finding months, has left me riding on my own on the control matrix, which lists the distances my way round Burton-on-Trent has taken me rare occasions that I could roll the motorcycle between controls, and effectively, the order many years to accomplish but it’s half-way out of it’s shed. The inevitable consequence in which they can be visited. A separate between home and National Committee of this is I can’t remember when I last rode document lists where the controls officially meetings so I’ve been past the Burton control more than 150 miles in a day. The rally are, and, in the small print, where they actually many times in the last few years. All this time offered the chance to redress the balance so are. The Congleton control, for example was the sun was reminding himself of what we I went for it. actually in Rushton Spencer, which is six expect of him so it was shirt off at Burton I downloaded the regulations and realised miles outside Congleton itself. There were then jacket liner out at Kegworth. I’d been 8 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 pessimistic when I chose my riding gear: I could find somewhere for the night as an to keep hunger at bay. I’m not normally a the Belstaff suit is old and doesn’t breathe early finish isn’t allowed) or continue via fan of McDonalds food but this was cooked but it is warm and waterproof. The Santiago, Bury, Accrington, Skipton and Harrogate for to order by a pleasant and friendly lady and hanging up at home, would have been a little the Silver. I put my jacket liner back in and perfectly acceptable. On the other hand, in more comfortable but I wasn’t going to add headed off over the Woodhead Pass for Bury, many unfamiliar parts of the world Gillian and 100 miles by going back to change. back on familiar ground. I wanted to cross I have been very pleased to visit them for the The Kegworth control was at the service Woodhead as early as possible as every time only civilised loo in town and a recognisable area near to the M1 junction 23A. I’ve been I go that way I find some combination of rain, coffee so I refuse to criticise them for selling there many times. Leaving it for the Syston wind and cold. This time it was a combination food I don’t often eat. control made it clear that I’d been lazy in of mist and drizzle which had me following a After Accrington it was the Skipton control planning my route. My notes say “Follow large people-carrier at a very sensible speed and yet again I was left feeling that I was A6 from Kegworth through Loughborough for most of the way into Hyde where, for ease dependent on technology rather than being to junction with A46 (Birstall services has of navigation, I picked up the M60 rather than sure where I was. Once I’d reached it the KFC). Left (East) onto A46 First exit on next taking my chances with Saturday night traffic. Harrogate control was only a few miles along roundabout (A46 and A607 on top of each I reached Bury at about 9:30 p.m., as the the same A-road. I watched the sky lightening other), leave A46 onto A607 signed Melton. last vestige of light left the sky. I had 100 as dawn broke over some of England’s finest Third exit on first roundabout is Fosse Way.” miles to do and well over eight hours to do countryside. The Harrogate control was in a The problem with this is that the A6 is quite it. That’s pushbike territory so, after a very layby opposite a closed-down pub. It was easy some way from Kegworth services. The welcome coffee and pasty I commented on enough to find with a GPS that knew where Zumo took me down one junction of the M1 finding somewhere to get my head down for a the pub was but without the technology I’d before putting me on the A6 somewhere near few hours, having already saved the location have been dependent on seeing the solitary the centre of Loughborough. Back where I of the local Travelodge. The splendid people orange A4 sheet announcing its presence. knew where I was I headed for the outskirts running the Bury control (Focus Motorcycle I was at the Harrogate control at about of Leicester and the Syston control. Training who can be found at https://www. 05:00. The final control at Sherburn-in- Although in principle I was riding to a focusridertraining.co.uk/) had organised a Elmet is about 30 miles away and I can’t timetable the strange reality was that I lost all rest area which I was very welcome to take arrive there before 06:00. I potter along in track of time. The Syston control was a pub advantage of. It wasn’t palatial but so what. It no hurry at all. In Harrogate itself I stop to serving food so I went in to enquire about felt like someone has asked themselves how buy an over-priced tankful of petrol, my third a coffee and a sandwich. The solitary lady they could help, reached a conclusion and during the rally. I’m in no urgent need of it behind the bar was taking so long to serve the got on with it. I set my telephone to pester but it takes up a few minutes and means other two customers present that I decided me at 03:00, looked at the next day’s weather that I’ll get home without another fuel stop. that I was better off carrying on. Essentially forecast and curled up on a settee to doze. My route through Harrogate to Sherburn I’d decided to eat because I thought that I Had I been over-tired I would have slept like a involved both major and minor roads and, ought to rather than because I was hungry log. As it was I woke every hour. In truth there trickling along one through a small town or thirsty. Seeing me returning from the pub was no reason why I shouldn’t have been (don’t ask me which one) the words of a song so quickly a lady on the control desk asked riding except for the prohibition on arriving at from long ago came to mind. A hoarding if food was no longer served and offered me a final control too early. for a funeral director’s business brought to a coffee. This seemed to sum up the people Inevitably I woke before my telephone mind some classic lines from Lindisfarne:- staffing the controls: friendly and helpful. I wailed at me. A coffee and a pee and I was Could a copper catch a crooked coffin-maker, stopped to eat and drink two controls later off again. Bury to Accrington isn’t as far as could a copper comprehend, at the Station Cafe at Langrick, reached via the rally organisers think so I was there very that a crooked coffin-maker’s just an undertaker the Grantham control, which has been a quickly. The control was next to a 24-hour that undertakes to be your friend. control every year for a long time now. £4 for McDonalds so I munched a cheeseburger Continuing on my way, carefully watching a sausage bap and a mug of coffee was a perfectly reasonable price for a snack served by a lady who wanted to see me happy. After Langrick it was Horncastle, Gainsborough and Barnsley. By this time I was absolutely convinced of the need for a proper map somewhere in my line of sight. The Garmin had taken me to Langrick via the route I intended to use but it seemed to have taken a long time and there’s a limit to how many waypoints I can remember. Bypassing Barnsley to reach the control between there and Penistone was interminable. Again, I took the route I’d planned (an urban ring road where perhaps I should have risked the town centre) but in both cases what I wanted was reassurance that I wasn’t heading into the middle of nowhere. The Barnsley control was where I had a choice of route. I could either head directly to Sherburn for a Bronze award (assuming October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 9 the distance to go on the Garmin and the about 03:45 springs to mind) are entitled to shape. Secondly: I need a simple method of time on the GS’s clock, I stopped in a layby a resounding vote of thanks. The gentleman looking at a real paper map while I’m waiting to waste ten minutes. A chap on a Suzuki at the Warrington control who explained the at traffic lights or in a lay-by. Comparing the Bergman pulled in beside me to make sure detail of signing in at each control to a newbie trip logs produced by the Garmin with the that nothing was wrong with me. I explained (me). The people at the Bury control who’d route I planned showed that I was always why I was waiting and his suggestion was to organised a rest area so the likes of me who where I intended to be but it didn’t always feel go to the final control and have a yawn and a were out of practice at long-distance riding like it. The map pocket of a tank bag is what stretch before signing in. He’d done the event could get our heads down for a few hours I used to use and that’s what I need again. many times and was, if I remember correctly, before continuing. The contribution of these A long time ago, when I was Editor, I was about to receive a special gold. To the final individuals needs emphasising as without given a Wunderlich Elephant bag to try out. control we went. them there’s no rally. My conclusions, in the October 2012 Journal, The end of the rally was an emotional A few statistics. I’d typed out detailed notes included the observation that it had the best experience. Why it was is an interesting about where I was going and how I would get map pocket I’d ever used so I’ve ordered question. When I presented my card to the there (Kegworth to Syston excepted) but I the harness to fit it to my current GS. I could lady at the final control, having first checked had the Garmin guide me all the way round. have modified the harness for the previous that I hadn’t arrived too early, which would It told me that from starting at the Warrington bike to sort of fit but, after a morning’s involve an immediate disqualification, I didn’t control to returning home I’d ridden 476 experimenting, decided to do it properly. It’s know that it was her email, on a subject miles with an average speed of 37 mph and not something that will be frequently used but that I can’t be bothered to look up, that had a moving average of 43 mph. That includes it will see the light of day when I’m navigating prompted me to put my backside in the 80-odd miles from my final control to home unfamiliar territory. saddle in the first place. Perhaps I was over- where I sat at somewhere around 70 mph for emotional because I was tired, or maybe it most of the way. Comparing the Garmin’s trip was because I’d set myself a challenge and logs with my original route it looked like my succeeded. Certainly when she asked how only deviation from my planned route was I was my description of fatigue involved a to avoid the failed set of temporary traffic needlessly coarse vernacular. A coffee and lights on the A50 which I’d encountered on a few minutes to compose myself and I was my way to my starting point. I’d used Google at last fit for civilised conversation. Once Maps to locate the controls I wanted to pass Rachel (the lady mentioned in my opening through then copied their locations into paragraph) and I had realised who each Garmin’s BaseCamp routing program to plan other was we introduced ourselves. It was my route. I’m not sure how well I would have good to put a friendly face to someone who done if I’d navigated using only paper maps I’d spoken with a few times and exchanged although an entrant I spoke briefly with at the emails with. final control had done just that to achieve, if I The final ride home was dull: I could have remember correctly, a special gold. used the map to find a cross-country route Chatting with my friend Paul, whose R80/7 home but I’d worn the same underpants was on the front cover some years ago, on under my waterproof but non-breathable the Monday after the event he commented Belstaff trousers for too many hours so I told on being saddle-sore. Rather to my surprise I the Garmin to take me home the quickest wasn’t at any time. My Belstaffs, chosen over way. The M62 at that time of a Sunday a BMW Santiago because I was expecting morning is, apart from the driver of an Audi a cool weekend, have quilted liners which A3 who was frantic to overtake someone, a give a modicum of padding where the rider dull and uneventful place but it got me home meets the saddle. I’d also done something to a shower, a change of clothes, breakfast explicitly forbidden in the owner’s handbook and several hours asleep in my favourite and set the rider’s seat on the high setting at armchair. the front and the low setting at the back. This I’ve a recollection of Rachel asking me if gives a level seating area at the expense of I was going to write about the rally for The a few millimetres of legroom. Crushed nuts Journal. Her advice was to bath and sleep might be a good ice-cream topping but they before doing so. Her advice was entirely don’t enhance the enjoyment of riding a sensible: I started typing this on the Sunday motorcycle. Surprisingly for someone of my evening and it’s taken me over a fortnight to height the riding position wasn’t cramped: finish it off. My immediate recollections were I’ve been looking at lowered footrests but it typed when I was both tired and relaxed looks like I don’t need them. after an unfashionable number of glasses of My conclusions: Firstly I wish that I’d gone Pinot Noir. The more lucid and considered for Gold. I dozed for the best part of five hours conclusions came later. at the Bury control because if I’d carried on A few observations: I enjoyed riding the I’d have been five hours early at my final event. Without an awful lot of volunteers control, which would have disqualified me who weren’t riding there would have been on the spot. If I’d been seriously tired I’d no event to ride. All those who sat patiently have slept well. As I said earlier, I’m out of waiting at silly hours of the morning in the practice as far as distance is concerned but cold and damp (the Accrington control at it clearly wouldn’t take a lot to get back into 10 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 11 Super Reliable K75’sBruce Lepley

As I pulled into the garage on my way home about removing both, leading to a rounded from work the other day, the solid £800 26 Allen bolt which required drilling out, so the miles a day (everyday) old hack started gearbox had to come off again...ugh… making some odd clanking clunking sound, Once off we found the issue the metal from somewhere around the back of the fins inside the alternator cup had sheared engine. So with the other K75 in sick bay, off, we’re guessing due to the rubber for the foreseeable future (some kind of buffers being incredibly worn. Yet another misfire and a spark plug looking like it’s order and a few days waiting on the Posty. been hammered to death). I had to strip the hack quick and find its problem. We got the bike all back together, With its clutch being a bit strange of started, no clunking (yippee!) however late we decided that was the best place to the clutch wouldn’t release. I couldn’t face start. So 20 or so nuts, bolts and screws taking the gearbox back off a third time, later, we had the gearbox off and gave it so started checking from the clutch lever, a check over, including the clutch push which was well gunked up and not moving rod, everything there seemed to be fine. very freely (cleaned and well-greased). Looking at the clutch itself, it was clear to Then into the thrust bearing, where we see the friction plate and the diaphragm found the issue. This 1988 K75 had its spring plate were fairly worn as it was all original thrust bearing, which appeared to a bit loose. Great we thought, problem be missing a small shim off the pushrod solved and ordered a new spring, friction end, making the rod slide down inside the plate and bolts, deciding the rest of the bearing instead of resting on the front of clutch housing plates were in pretty much it. Thankfully my 1995 K75 had the newer unmarked condition. style thrust bearing and was an easy swap, These all arrived a couple of days later and the bike was hastily slotted back fixing the clutch release issue. together to a point where we could start it. Hopefully, I’ll get started on the other The clutch still didn’t feel quite right, and it 1995 K75 and bring it back to life soon. still had its odd clanking / clunking sound. However if anyone is looking for one, I’d With the bike still partly stripped it was be willing to accept reasonable offers, and clear the sound was coming from either the save me some parts costing and garage starter motor or the alternator, so we set time. 12 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 13 Modifications Anything perceived as enhancing performance or increasing the risk of theft, such as modifications, can have an effect on your premium. 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Attendees. Apologies for absence were received from Cliff Cakebread (South East Section rep), Cath Broughton (Midland Section rep), Ashley Boal (Vintage Register secretary) and Robert Bensley (Sporting Register secretary). Administration and Finance. Steve Foreman has resigned and been replaced by Cath Broughton as Midland Section representative and Director. The minutes of the previous meeting were accepted after amendments. Following from a discussion at the previous meeting Charlie Hall proposed that a bi-monthly Journal be considered, having asked whether the current content and presentation were what the membership wanted. In this context a survey of members was discussed. Ways of doing this by email to minimise costs are to be investigated. It is hoped that the majority of members will be sent their AGM booklet by email to save printing costs. The National Officers reports were presented and discussed. Jim Lepley (Treasurer) told the meeting that the Club’s cash holding is within £700 of the same time as last year although there was a pending invoice for £12,000 for a track day and the cost of the 2017 AGM had not yet been calculated. Debbie Sampson (Editor) said that she was considering changes to The Sections pages of The Journal and was concerned by the shortage of material available to fill the pages. Jim Bettley (Social Secretary) told the meeting that he was hopeful that he had found an accessible and affordable venue for future AGMs. To give the meeting the flexibility it needs to respond quickly to events the interpretation of our MAA was discussed and a working practice agreed. This will be proposed as a change to one MAA clause at the 2018 AGM. An inventory of our exhibition equipment will be made. Those with such equipment were asked to advise Stewart Lowthian of what they held. Advertising the Club in commercial publications was discussed with no clear conclusion. This will be revisited at the next meeting. Social. Our attendance at national and local shows was discussed. A detailed report of the Touratech Travel Event was presented by the Western Section who had represented the Club. The cost of attending shows to publicise the Club and it’s benefits to members was discussed. It was agreed that all future events would be costed in advance and agreed by the National Committee prior to incurring the cost of attending. It was agreed that we would continue to attend the same major national events (Peterborough, Kelso, Stafford and the NEC) but that less expensive options recommended by Jim Lepley would be used. BCEF Affiliation The first face-to-face meeting of BCEF, an umbrella body for Clubs permitted to use BMW’s trademarked name in their own name, is to take place in September and our President Ian Dobie and BCEF delegate Peter Dunn have been invited to attend. As Ian is unavailable for the meeting he asked Vice-President Alan Orme to attend in his place. It was agreed that we should attend the meeting. Date of next meeting - The 14th October 2017.

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Framlingham NationalAshley Boal, VCRRally Secretary

1st place K series Shaun Mulligan K100LT & Hedingham

The vintage and classic register were R25, Rogers R75/5 and my R80ST also on 2nd Pace - Paul Round Krauser MKM 1000 superbly represented at this years National display. It was decided with Robert having K Series: rally, due to the hard work and organizational the greatest knowledge of Pre ‘69 bikes he 1st Place - Shaun Mulligan K100LT Outfit skills of East Anglia member Hugh Thompson would judge that class. The Post ‘69 class 2nd Place - David White K75 RT & his wife Heather. Between them they and ‘K’ series, Roger and myself would do Well done to all who took part, your bikes organized for a classic friendly ride out to between us. On top of that there was the really are a credit to each and every one of take place on the Saturday. Followed by the public vote for best in show. Which surprised you. classic bike show on the Sunday. With both us all at just how many came along and had Thanks to Robert & Roger for judging. events generating a lot of interest from the a vote. In total there were 70 votes, with just Also to Dik Langan and, our president, Ian club members present. 4 votes between 1st and 2nd place! Dobie for presenting the awards. Of course The Saturday ride was, excellently, led by The results were as follows: special thanks must go to Hugh & Heather Mike Davies on his beautiful ‘Toaster Tank’ Best in Show - Mike Davies R75/5 for arranging it all. R75/5. In total 15 bikes, not all classics, went Runner up - Carl Berry R80GS HPN Going forward I hope we can build on on the ride. The ride took in 80 miles, on Pre ‘69: the success of this years event for the 2018 twisty back roads, of the stunning countryside 1st Place - Kenneth Buchanan R69S National Rally, wherever it ends up being surrounding the Framlingham area. A stop 2nd Place - Richard Maycock R60/2 held? for lunch was made half way round in a Post ‘69: All photos kindly supplied by Roger quaint little village pub. To conclude the ride, 1st Place - Richard Garner R60/6 Newark. Mike arranged for a visit to a well known classic bike dealer Andy Tiernan, who’s ‘Aladdin’s cave’ is situated in the village of Framlingham. There were certainly some rare, unusual & desirable bikes in there. Well worth a visit if you ever get the opportunity! On Sunday all of Hugh & Heathers weeks of preparation, hard work & worrying finally paid off. With the Classic Bike show taking place in the car park at the front of the main college building. Prior to the event it had been arranged for myself, Robert Freeman & Roger Newark to be the judges. What a job we had on our hands! There were 15 R75.5 Mike Davies Best in Show bikes eligible for judging, along with Robert’s 16 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 K series 2nd Place David White

2nd place K series K75 RT David White

R75.5 Mike Davies Best in Show

Carl Berry Runner up Best in Show R80GS HPN

Runner up Best in Show Carl Berry

Cliff Batley’s R100RS Motorsport

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Post 69 1st Place Richard Garner Post 69 2nd place Paul Round Krauser MKM 1000

18 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 October 2017 Post 69 1stThe place BMW Richard Club Journal Garner R60-6 19 Pre 69 2nd Place Richard Maycock R60-2

20 Pre 69 1st Theplace BMW Kenneth Club JournalBuchanan R69S October 2017 R25 Robert Freeman

October 2017 TheR75.5 BMW Mike Club Davies Journal Best in Show 21 East Anglia Section Easter 2017 Trip to BrugesAmanda Langan

Good Friday Chunnel queueing

Although I have recently begun riding again after a few emails were exchanged between rode together to the holding area with our on my faithful CB250N I was very happy to those 2016 attendees who were up for it, we fingers crossed that it wouldn’t be as busy as settle into my familiar pillion position on Dik’s booked the Hotel Monsieur Ernest in Bruges. last year. Our luck was in and we didn’t have R1150RT for the East Anglia Section’s,now I was looking forward to the possibility to wait as long this time. established, Easter trip to Belgium this April. of warmer weather this year last Easter, in I was busy trying out my fledgling Dik bought replacement seats for his bike March, was chilly and quite wet. This year marketing skills and extoled the virtues of last year and my pillion seat is miles more we had some warm sunshine, tempered the Club to another couple on a BMW that comfy than the previous one was. My coccyx by some chilly wind, but at least we only I spotted as we were waiting to load who thanks me greatly as it means that long had a sprinkling or two of rain, no lengthy hailed from Eastbourne. There were a good journeys are now far more comfortable, and downpours, so it better overall this year. number of bikes in our carriage so as well as therefore more enjoyable. I get to watch the Four of the 8 couples making this year’s being able to carry on catching up with each world go by, wave at other bikers and listen trip decided to make an extended break other we had a chance to have a natter with to music through our Autocom. I have no out of it and travelled to Bruges on the day fellow bikers too. There were two other BMW pride and will happily rock out at traffic lights before Good Friday. Dik and I were aware riders from London amongst the throng, who (yeah really, just ask our fellow tourers who that some of the others were booked on the will testify to this and our manic? waving at same train time as us on Good Friday but other bikes) but fortunately for Dik the Vox we didn’t get around to arranging to meet up operation of our intercom means that I can’t ‘cos life got mad busy in the run up to Easter. actually sing along ‘cos the music cuts out if I So imagine my delight when soon after do. My Rock Choir practise has to wait till I’m we joined a lengthy queue at the Chunnel on 4 wheels again. Starbucks I spotted what I thought was a Having sampled the delights of Ypres and familiar face walking by. Sure enough Paul, the Hotel Albion for Easter 2016 we were Helen, Martin and Caroline, Martin’s girlfriend unable to secure a repeat booking for this who we’d not met before, were sat supping year. The hotel is so popular at Easter that a cuppa together. Kisses, introductions all for a group you have to book more than a round, chair shuffling and clobber disrobing / year in advance. stashing ensued and we started catching up, So instead of Ypres Cliff suggested that after more than a year apart. we visit Bruges for the 2017 Easter trip and, When time came to head to the train we 22 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 Paul, Helen and bikes on Good Friday Chunnel crossing were on an RNineT and a R1200GS, heading we did manage to pool enough functioning to Amsterdam for the Easter weekend. brain cells between us to work out how to set After a smooth crossing the 6 of us set up a WhatsApp group for everyone on the off with Dik’s TomTom guiding the way. trip, which proved incredibly useful with the Martin doesn’t use a satnav and Paul’s BMW herding cats challenge over the rest of the Garmin wouldn’t even recognise Belgium, weekend! never mind a specific town, which left us We had a tour booked for 12:30 at De all mystified until he remembered that he’d Halve Maan (Half Moon) brewery so we split had to update it and it may, therefore, have up and did our own thing till then. Some of defaulted to just the UK map. Oops. the group were still recovering from the night So Dik’s R1150RT, Martin’s K1300GT before but 14 of us made it to the tour, where and Paul’s R1200RT Iconic, with appropriate we were guided round the small town centre pillions safely aboard, set off in convoy to brewery by a very engaging tour guide. head for a lunch stop in Verne that we’d Making our way round the building caused experienced as a group on the way home one or two challenging moments as some of from Ypres last year. Our preferred eatery “Pour” technique the stairs were so steep that the advice was was unfortunately closed but we found to descend backwards but we all managed somewhere just as good on the pretty square I tried a bottle of Strawberry beer, which to make it round without any sore heads. At and, after causing a bit of chaos with all our was really delicious, but as an effective one point the girls all ended up sitting in a bike clobber in the busy restaurant, we made teetotaller the 3.6% alcohol content was a line listening to the tour guide, but we had a enough space to be able to sit out in the bit too much for my migraine prone head, so, ringer in our midst! sun ready to eat and drink (responsibly, of lightweight that I am, I quit after one bottle course). and guzzled water instead to sooth my sore head. Sometime later (!) after a flurry of texts we managed to corral all 16 of us (herding cats will be a synch after this weekend) to meet up in the Burg square where we found a restaurant with a second floor that was free. It meant we could pull enough tables together to seat us all in a long line. Spot the ringer in our midst

In fairness Cliff’s hair is longer than some of us girls, so we let him stay! The tour then headed up to the roof where there was a splendid view of Bruges, from a different perspective to the usual one from the Belfort tower on the Markt square. The height gave one or two of the group cause to take a couple of deep breaths especially when Good Friday lunch stop in Verne our guide hopped up onto the surrounding railings and happily regaled us with details of It was a delicious and enjoyable start to Good Friday group meal - what we could see in our 360º view. our Easter break and with the double act of cats successfully herded Paul and Martin reunited there were laughs aplenty right from the get go. The waiter, who had come from Spain After lunch we made good progress to the to help run this lovely restaurant, was very pretty location in Bruges of Hotel Monsieur friendly and quite tolerant as the alcohol Ernest and, with care, managed to just started to flow even more freely. I’m sure squeeze the wider bikes past the closed car other restaurant patrons were relieved that park barrier and found our allocated garage we were upstairs on a floor all of our own as parking behind the earlier arrivals. the volume rose somewhat as the evening The hotel has an interesting staircase progressed. One of our number, I’ll spare which curves its way through the main her blushes by anonymising this tale, took entrance that is a “duck or grouse” hazard quite a shine to the waiter causing much No fear of heights! for the less vertically challenged which in our amusement, even to her husband, when she group meant Neville had to be very careful.. kissed him (the waiter that is), more than As with all good brewery tours there was Me and Julie were fine and never gave it a once. an inclusive beer tasting at the end. As we thought! It was a fun evening with delicious food but were lining up at the bar to collect our free After check-in and a quick change the 6 of at the 9am breakfast call on Easter Saturday sample Martin spotted a jesters hat on us headed to a local bar and sampled some there was more than one (very) sore head. display, it’s the symbol for the brewery and beers, it would have been rude not to. Not all Strong stuff this Belgian beer, never mind the their Brugse Zot beer. His quip that I would beer pouring was entirely successful. wine that flowed at dinner too. That aside look quite good in that jesters hat was noted October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 23 and after a delicious lunch in the brewery effort in! felt longer than that. brasserie Dik and I headed back to the Sunday morning’s 9am breakfast call On the way out to Damme Martin took brewery shop where I bought one of said was a busy one from a planning point of Caroline off piste. hats, complete with bells, for a giggle. view. Having holidayed in Holland and I have a habit of buying hats in Bruges, Belgium at various times over the past having been on a weekend break with friends few years and having seen lots of bicycles some years previously when it was so cold I around I announced that I had a “bucket list” treated myself to a knitted pixie style fleece hankering to ride a tandem. Dik was game lined hat that has 3 tassels on it that I love. for a try so I asked if any of the rest of the As well as the jesters hat I treated myself to group would like to join us. WhatsApp came a cap that is known as a bakers’ boy (think of in useful again to get hold of those of us who the evocative Hovis advert of years gone by were having a lie in and the delightful hotel with the delivery boy pushing his bike up that concierge Nicklaas, who spoke such good steep hill wearing his bakers’ boy cap) from English that most of us thought he was a a hat shop a couple of doors down from the native Brit (turned out his parents listened brewery which is run by a lovely chap who, to BBC radio when he was a kid), offered to Martin and Caroline – off piste of course, spoke excellent English. Dik had ring the cycle shop to arrange for us to hire 6 already bought himself a flat cap before we tandems. Herding cats via WhatsApp and a Fortunately Caroline is an experienced joined the tour and I couldn’t resist so we bit of gentle persuasion later 12 out of the 16 horsewoman and despite Martin nearly went back after the tour was over. The eagle of us headed off to a small street down the tipping them down the bank she coped fine eyed amongst you might spot more of my side of the Belfry off the Markt to pay for and with this minor detour. fledgling marketing skills - I’m wearing my collect 6 tandems. Sharron proved that we girlies can multi BMW hoodie underneath my jacket. Dean and Sarah set off to Ghent for the task on the continent every bit as well as at day, unfortunately by car as Captain’s (Dean home. Kirk) GS had refused to play ball on Easter Thursday and they’d had to drive rather than ride over. Paul and Helen decided that as this was a motorbike weekend they’d spend Sunday on 2 engine powered wheels rather than human powered ones and went off to Knoke on the coast before heading to Midleburg in Holland. Helen used to live in the region so it was something of a nostalgia trip for her. As for the push bikers, after much hilarity and photograph taking we finally headed off for Damme, a village some 250 miles away along the pretty canal path. Rocking the Bakers Boy look Hey we had a fisherman amongst our number and the distance from the Markt to More shopping followed for Dik and I that Damme (and back) was a bit like the fish that afternoon as there is a requirement for me to got away, it got longer and longer with each buy a souvenir tea towel for my best friend re-telling of the tale. According to Google it’s Sue from wherever we visit in the world. Dik officially 4.5 miles from the Markt to Damme, did me proud and found a tea towel with a but with all the wobbly steering that was Multi tasking Bruges style selection of Belgian beers on it, which should going on from the chaps in the front seats it appeal to Sue’s husband John too. The group split up after the brewery tour with Steve, Julie, Kieron and Sharron braving the queues to go out on a river trip and most others having a long, lazy lunch. There were no group dinner plans for Saturday night, Dik and I were lucky enough to be able to join Steve, Julie, Kieron and Sharron to eat at the delightful Gruuthuse Hof. It’s a small, intimate, restaurant that takes some effort to get to eat at as they don’t take internet bookings #old school and one has to ring asap after 11am on the desired morning in a scrap that’s a little like trying to get an on-the-day appointment at a GP surgery back home. The food was delicious and well worth the work involved in securing the booking – thanks Steve for putting the 24 The BMW Club Journal Can thee ride tandem? October 2017 Once we reached Damme and successfully negotiated a tricky right turn over a bridge into the town itself we were all in need of a hot drink ‘cos it was chillier than we’d been hoping, despite working up a head of steam with all the cycling on just 3, in most cases dodgy, gears.

Outbound pilots A well-earned lunch break to fight the light, fidgety, steering too much, otherwise a virtual tank slapper ensued. you get hot milk and separate chocolate buttons so you can decide how much cocoa to load into your drink) we headed back to the hotel to get ready for the final full group meal out, before most of us headed home again on Easter Monday. Hot drinks in Damme Dik and I got down to the hotel bar before everyone else and I wore my jesters hat to Thankfully we did have a bit of sunshine raise a smile as we started to gather. whilst we warmed up and we ladies took full advantage. Girls bike too Again I’ll spare her blushes but she of the waiter kissing episode on Friday night all but steered her and her hubby into the canal. If it wasn’t for a handily placed tree that got in the way we might have been fishing them out of the chilly water. After a good attempt at steering we gratefully relinquished our front seats and put the chaps back in charge. Steve had given me his Go Pro and armed with a brilliant extending selfie stick I managed to take some photos - this is just one of many shots I Sunshine in Damme managed to take. Me playing the Bruges Zot We had a wander round the town before we set off back to Bruges. Dik proved how I kept my hat on for the short walk to the useful our wee gorilla (tri)pod is by capturing restaurant but soon took it off as it was hot a photo of us all standing on the bridge. and the bells ringing hacked me off after a while too! All in all a fun filled weekend was had by us all. We’re booked into the Hotel Albion in Ypres for Easter 2018 so please make a note in your diary and come and join us next year. Who knows what the heck we’ll get up All in a line to next time! Oh and you know that back seat view I Back in Bruges we had a well-deserved mentioned? Here’s Val’s view two up tandem lunch and a saddle sore, butt resting, break. style.

8 of us decided to brave further saddle Pooh sticks anyone? sores and set off after lunch to cycle the entire circular route around Bruges town. It As the chaps had piloted us on the way was great fun and we spotted Cliff and Jenny to Damme. on a river trip, as well as stopping to help A decision was taken that the girls really out some folks who were broken down on a ought to have a go at this tandem steering tandem. As Martin said we never leave malarkey and we gave it a go on the way a fellow biker stranded. He and Dik did their back. It was much more difficult than I had best to help fix the damaged chain. imagined and I had to channel all my DSA After a welcome, restorative and warming test motorbike lessons from 2007 so as not house special hot chocolate (the type where October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 25 A view from the back seat

What a difference a day makes - well a weekend actually. Friday, Jean and I set off for the National Rally at Framlingham and got a whole 13 miles under our belt before we hit the first of the seemingly never ending lines of queuing traffic on the M3. Then the M25. Then the A12. Our 200-mile journey took 7 hours and I reckon I was filtering for half of it – no kidding. But was it worth it? It certainly was! The sun shone as bike after bike rolled in to Framlingham College. Despite some last minute (and quite serious) personal traumas to deal with, the East Anglia team pulled together and produced a rally to be proud of. out on gate-duty as they left. On Sunday The food was excellent, plentiful and with lots the team offered a driving challenge with a with some areas not yet settled but I remain of choice, the bar had at least 4 local ales difference. A skills test for teams of two in cautiously positive on this. on offer resulting in a near constant queue a golf buggy with the driver blindfolded. As On another topic, were you aware that our and the entertainment was varied and run you can imagine it gave us plenty of laughs current Journal Editor, Debbie Sampson, is throughout the whole weekend. as the passenger shouted directions or, in considering standing down next year? This The star of the show for me had to be one case, pointing and saying ‘over there, is a key role within the Club, especially as Robert Bensley and his auction. He was over there’ and not understanding why the The Journal is seen by many as their primary always engaging, sometimes hilarious and driver didn’t seem to be able to follow her way of keeping up to date with the Club and had a knack of being able to squeeze that directions. It was a great idea and again well what it is up to. The National Committee will extra £5 out of bidders whilst giving us all run – typical of the great weekend. have to consider outsourcing if no volunteer some of the more obscure motorcycle facts And why did a weekend make such a comes forward, which brings with it costs as he has picked up over the years. His hard difference? Our run back on Monday took well as some inevitable loss of control over work generated several hundred pounds for less than 4 hours with not a single queue of style and content. If you feel you might like the local air ambulance. I would like to say stationary traffic to deal with! A great way to give this a go, please contact Debbie; her thanks to Robert for his efforts and thanks to to finish our trip so thanks again to the East details are in the Journal. all of the Club members who so generously Anglia Section for hosting such a splendid As this summer comes to a long and lazy donated some superb lots for the auction. event. end the Club can look back on a busy and Later that evening we had an Elvis On other matters social, there is not too vibrant social scene which has had literally impersonator who, quite rightly, did not take much to report. Section events continue to hundreds of events on offer, and they are far himself too seriously. His energy and the be strong and I still have my fingers crossed from over yet as a quick look in the Journal or well-known songs had many up on their feet a section may yet come forward with an offer on the website will confirm. and dancing even though, to quote him, he to host the summer national in 2018. Perhaps I hope you continue to enjoy the Club and was ‘…the 12th best Elvis impersonator in the success at Framlingham may prompt all it has to offer, both on and off the bike. Framlingham.’ Great fun! some to give further thought to stepping up Jim Bettley The Saturday ride-outs were extremely to the plate. National Social Secretary popular and I always enjoy watching all the Dialogue with the venue for next year’s bikes roll out in a line – even if I was helping AGM is now in to the fine print discussions

October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 27 The Sections

The Section Secretaries, Social Secretaries and regular meeting places. East Anglia Membership Secretary: As Above 2nd Sunday November to March, 13.00: Rixton Secretary: Dik Langan 6 Hazel Rise, Claydon, Ips- Social Secretary: Colin Ainsworth 07799 653 789 Community Hall, Manchester Rd, Rixton, War- wich, IP6 0DB 07906 584 676 or 0845 003 688 046 [email protected] rington. [email protected] See diary for dates and times: Repton Village Hall, 2nd Sunday April to October, 13.00: Knowle Membership Secretary: As Above Askew Grove, Repton, DE65 6GR. Green Village Hall, Clitheroe Road, Knowle Green, Social Secretary: Cliff Batley. 07966 015 607 east- Every Wednesday, 09.30: Hoar Park, The Craft Vil- Preston, PR3 2YQ. [email protected] lage, Nuneaton Road, Church End, CV10 0QU for 3rd Tuesday, 19.30: The Highwayman, Peel, Isle of 1st Sunday: 12.00, The Cricketers, Spring Lane, breakfast. Man. Harvey Garton 01624 625140. Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TG. 1st Sunday, 10.30: Brunch/Breakfast at Barton Ma- Oxford 1st Wednesday: 12.00, The Three Tunns, rina Tea Rooms, Barton under Needwood, Burton on Secretary: Rosemary Hicks, 15 Orchard Rise, Weathersfield Rd, Finchingfield, Essex, CM7 4NR. Trent Staffs DE13 8DZ Chesterton, Bicester, OX26 1US 01869 240 529 2nd Wednesday, 19.00: The Clock Warehouse, 2nd Sunday: 12.00 noon, The Chequers, 7 Church [email protected] London Road, Shardlow, DE72 2GL. Road, Wimbotsham. Norfolk, PE34 3QG Membership Secretary: As Above 2nd Wednesday, 19.30: The Dog, Henley Road, 3rd Sunday: 12.00, The Cross Ways Inn, Bridge Social Secretary: Dave Tomlinson, 07554 033284 Mappleborough Green, Studley, B80 7DR. Road, Scole, Diss IP21 4DP Email: [email protected] 3rd Tuesday, 12.00: The Pensioners & Layabouts, 3rd Wednesday: 12.00, The Lamb and Flag, Main 1st Tuesday, 19.00: The Dashwood Arms, Old Ox- Pillaton Garden Centre on the B5012 just East of Street, Welney, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 ford Road, Piddington HP14 3BH Penkridge, Cannock Road, 9RB. 2nd Tuesday, 19.30: The Prince of Wales in Ship- Pillaton, Staffs. ST19 5RZ 2nd and 5th Sundays: Various Café and Pub meet- pon 3rd Sunday, 10.00: Salt Box Cafe, A511 Derby ings see diary of events for details. 3rd Tuesday 18.30: The Sun Inn at Coate Swindon Road, Foston (near Hatton) Derby, DE65 5PT. Irish SN3 6AA. Secretary: Pat Munnelly 00353 86 3383499 tap- Midland 4th Wednesday 20.00: The Fox and Hounds at [email protected] Secretary: Kevan Stevenson 8 Meden Road, Man- Sunnyside, Theale, Nr Reading, RG7 4BE. 4th Membership Secretary: Brian Clarke, 21 Broadway sfield Woodhouse, NG19 8JJ 01623 479 152 mid- Thursday: 19.00 The Red Lion, Evenley, Nr Brack- Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. 086 4035758. [email protected] ley. NN13 5SH irish. [email protected] Membership Secretary: As Above 2nd Sundays 14.00 (Winter): Uffington Village Hall, Social Secretary: Pat Munnelly, Ballinasleva,Foxford, Social Secretary: Jim Beach 01908 373 327 or Oxfordshire, SN7 7RA. Co Mayo.Tel: 00353863383499. Email: tapmun@ 07415 683 120 [email protected] 1st Tuesday 19.30: The Three Kings, Saltersway, Scottish hotmail.com Secretary: Marjorie Burnett, Crawick Lea, Glasgow Threekingham, Lincs NG34 0AU, 01529 240249. 1st Tuesday 20.00: Limerick meeting Woodfield Road, Sanquahar, DG4 6BZ 01659 50091 scottish. 1st Sunday October to March 12.00: Wollaston House Hotel, Ennis Road, Limerick. Pat Mulcahy 00 [email protected] Cafe Racer, BMW Wollaston, Bedford Road, North- 353 87 2377312 Membership Secretary: As Above hampton.NN1 5SZ 2nd Sunday, 10.00 March-November: Dublin ride- Social Secretary: Judy Lepley 01592 874 592 so- 2nd Sunday 12.00-15.00: Barnsdale Gardens Tea out, meet at The Lucan Spa Hotel. Jim Sweeney 00 [email protected] Rooms, The Avenue, Exton,Oakham,Rutland, LE15 353 87 2300736 [email protected] and Sean 2nd Sunday, 12.00: Powmill Milk Bar, Rumbling 8AH O’Briain 00353 87 2680120 sean.wiseeng@gmail. Bridge, KY13 OQG. com 2nd Thursday 19.30: The Old Reindeer, Main St., 2nd Monday, 19.30: Douglas Park Motorrad, 13 2nd Sunday and 4th Sunday February - Novem- Edingley Notts, NG22 8DE. Braeview Place, East Kilbride, G74 3XH. Ron Gow. ber 11.00: Galway ride-out, meet at Sweeney (Mal- 3rd Wednesday 19.30: The Griffins Head, 28 Wilby [email protected]. dron) Forecourt, Headford Road, Galway contact: Road, Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire, NN6 0DX. 3rd Sunday, 12.30: Buccleuch Arms Hotel, High Ronan Gill [email protected] Street, Moffat DG10 9ET. 2nd Sunday: North West meeting. Pat Munnelly North East Secretary: Simon Johnston, 24 Stone Row, North 4th Sunday, 12.30: Hopeville Social Club, Harlaw 00353 86 3383499 [email protected], Mul- Broomhill, Morpeth, NE65 9UE 07702 709063 north- Road, Inverurie, AB51 4SR. len’s Spar and Filling Station, Donegal Road, Sligo [email protected] 11.30am Membership Secretary: As Above Southern Last Thursday 20.00: Dublin meeting, West County Chairman & Secretary: Godfrey Potter, 20 St. Social Secretary: Bradley Gane northeast.social@ Hotel. Jim Sweeney 00353 87 2300736 jimlucan@ James Avenue, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 2TH. 02086 bmwclubuk.net gmail.com and Sean O’Briain 00353 87 2680120 424 076 or 07932 606 349 1st Wednesday, 19.30: The Mill House, Blackfell, [email protected] [email protected] Chester Le Street, DH3 1RE - 0191 385 2631. Membership Secretary: Bob Denman, 1 Mount 3rd Wednesday, 19.30: The Shoulder of Mutton, London Pleasant Close, Lightwater, GU18 5TP 01276 Secretary: John Lynch, 166 Chaulden Lane, Hemel East Rd, Longhorsley, Morpeth, NE65 8SY. 01670 475853 [email protected] Hempstead, HP1 2BT 01442 267694/ 07860 663092 788236. Social Secretary: Erica Body 07528 873 056 so- [email protected] All run start points are printed in the Diary. Please [email protected] Membership Secretary: As Above contact the ride leader if there is any doubt. First Wednesday, 12.00: “Old Gits” Loomies Diner Social Secretary: Peter Jones 07762 205 660 or on A32 at West Meon Hut cross roads A272 & A32, 01923 270 838 [email protected] Northern Secretary: Ms Lynn Sumner, 63 Moss Lane, Ley- Hampshire. Section meets are as rideouts and are irregular. land, Preston. PR25 4XA. 01772 431 324 northern. Alt Tuesdays, 2000: The Seven Stars, Newark Please see the website and The Journal Diary for [email protected] Lane, Ripley, Surrey, GU23 6DL. meets. Membership Secretary: As Above Alt Thursdays: The Half Moon, 32 London Road, Mercia Social Secretary: Robert Harrison 01257 793 209 Petersfield, GU31 4BE, just North of Petersfield on Secretary: Colin Ainsworth. 22 Marlborough Road, [email protected] the old A3. Breaston, Derby. DE72 3DD. Tel 07799 653789. 2nd Wednesday, 13.00: Settle Market Place BD24 3rd Wednesday, 12.00: “Old Gits” Loomies Diner [email protected] 9ED. Barry Warner 01617 611 702. on A32 at West Meon Hut cross roads A272 & A32, 28 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 Hampshire. leigh, Nr. Tiverton EX16 8RG Ron Lyford 01803 391 Devauden, Chepstow. NP16 6PL. On the B4293 3rd Monday 20.00: Drusilla’s Inn, Wigbeth, Horton, 811 next to the Village Green. BH21 7JH. 01258 840297. 1st Tuesday 19.30: The Bull Inn, 152 Droitwich 1st Monday, 20.00: The Cricketers Arms, 232 Ulster Road ( A38), Fernhill Heath, Worcester, WR3 8RS. Secretary: Alan Cameron, 7 Lower Size Hill Road, Chestnut Avenue, North Stoneham, Chandlers Ford, Ric Dentith 01905 754 674 Ballyclare, Co. Antrim, BT39 9RP. Tel: 07768 SO53 3HN. 023 8062 9878. 1st Wednesday, 19.30: The Lamb Inn, Wotton 886915. Email: Road, Iron Acton, Bristol, BS37 9UZ. South East [email protected] 2nd Tuesday, 11.00: Dick Lovetts, Laurel Court, Secretary: Cliff Cakebread, Meadow Springs, Seve- Membership Secretary: Gordon MacFarlane, 2 Cribbs Causeway, Bristol. BS10 7TU. noaks Road, Otford, Kent TN14 5PA. 0797 3312983 Dorchester Park, Lisburn, Co. Antrim BT28 3DE [email protected] 07742 537927 3rd Tuesday, 19.30: The Pheasant, Heol Eglwys, Membership Secretary: John Hawker, 25 Pickering [email protected] Pen Y Fai, Bridgend, Wales CF31 4LY from April to Street, Maidstone, ME15 9RS, 01622 744665 south- Social Secretary: Mike McGrath, 30 Tullywiggan September inclusive. [email protected] Road, Cookstown, Co Tyrone, BT80 8SD. Tel: 07935 1st Saturday 11.00: Riders of Cardiff, Sloper Road, Social Secretary: Debbie Morris 0208 301 1600 694031. Email: [email protected] Cardiff. CF11 8AB [email protected] 1st Tuesday except January, July & December, 4th Wednesday March to October 11.15: Old Barn 1st/3rd Wednesdays, 20.00: The Bull, Lower Road, 20.00: Corr’s Corner Hotel, Newtownabbey, Co. Tea Rooms Ystradgynwyn, Torpantau, Merthyr Tyd- East Farleigh, nr Maidstone, ME15 0HD Antrim. fil, Mid Glamorgan CF48 2UT01685 383358 2nd Friday, 19.30: The White Hart, Lower Horse- Sunday 11.00: runs from Corr’s Corner throughout Yorkshire bridge, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 4DJ. the year Secretary: John Elvidge 2 Birstwith Grange, Birst- Last Friday, 20.00: Borders meet. Wednesday between September and May, 11.00: with, Harrogate,HG3 3AH 01423 770866 yorkshire. Last Sunday, 12.00: Lunchtime meet. See Diary for runs from Corr’s Corner [email protected] details. Tuesday between May and August, 11.00: runs Membership Secretary: As Above from Corr’s Corner Social Secretary: Piers Kurrein. 07866 622 196 South West Wednesday evenings from beginning of May to Secretary: Jim Isherwood, 01769 573258 or 07926 [email protected] end of August, 19.00: run from Corr’s Corner 069777. Email: jamesisherwood551@btinternet. 1st Sunday 12.00: TJ’s Café, Cracoe, BD23 6LB. All runs are weather dependent. com (Village centre on B6265) Membership Secretary: Phil Sampson 07850 983 Western 2nd Saturday 11.00: The Ignition Coffee Shop, 256 144 or email [email protected] Secretary: Sue Ross 7 Pintail Grove Kidderminster, Hull Road, Anlaby, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7RR Social Secretary: Don Rabson 01840 212 913 DY10 4RT. 01562 820 458 western.secretary@bm- 2nd Sunday 12.00: Cubley Hall Hotel, Mortimer [email protected] wclubuk.net Road, Penistone, S36 9DF. 2nd Tuesday 11.00: The Engine House Bistro and Membership Secretary: As Above 3rd Sunday 12.00: Howsteen Gorge Café, Loft- Cafe, Compton Park, Nr. Callington PL17 8EA. Phil Social Secretary: Denis Bradbeer 01454 775786 house, Pateley Bridge, HG3 5SF. Sampson 07850983144 [email protected] 4th Saturday 12.00: Seaways Café, Fimber Road, Last Thursday 12.00: The Fishermans Cot, Bick- 2nd Sunday, 13.30: The Hood Memorial Hall, Fridaythorpe, YO25 9RX. Around The Compass Please send Around The Compass changes to [email protected] with “Compass” as the subject 4 - 6 October. Northern Section Scottish Hotel Biking Break: 4 – 7 May 2018. Scottish Section Hotel weekend: Gretna Hall Hotel, Malin Court Hotel, Maidens, Turnberry, Ayrshire, KA26 9PB. 2 nights Gretna Green, DG74 5DY. The hotel is situated just off the M74/M6 accommodation. Sharing a double/twin room is £40 pppn B&B. Double/ and is a perfect base from which to ride glorious quiet roads in every twin room £60 per night for single occupancy B&B. £35 per person direction. Many attractions to visit in the area. Cost: £135 per person for deposit to Bob Crawley, 3 Station Road, Kelso, Scottish Borders, TD5 3 night’s dinner, bed breakfast based on 2 sharing. Single supplement 8DQ. Cheques payable to event organiser Robert Crawley please. £15 pppn. Deposit of £20 pp on booking. Full payment required 28 [email protected] days before event. To book telephone: 01461 336001 Monday to Friday 13 - 16 October. Yorkshire Section goes to Scotland: 3 nights dinner 9a.m. to 8p.m. please quote Ref: GA00008. More information on www. bed and breakfast at the Portpatrick Hotel. Please book direct with the thebmwclubscottish.com Click Calendar or contact Judy: tel.01592 hotel, 0844 499 9357, quoting ‘The BMW Club’. Let Piers know when 874592 /[email protected]. you have booked. Phone: 07866 622196 yorkshire.social@bmwclubuk. 4 - 7 May 2018. Ulster Section May Day Weekend: At the Pitlochry net Hydro Hotel, Knockard Road, Pitlochry, Perthshire, PH16 5JH (GPS 20 - 22 October. Irish Section Hotel Weekend: Leenane Hotel N5642230 W0034346). The hotel has an indoor pool, jacuzzi and , Co Galway. 2 nights B+B and 2 evening meals €130.00. Bookings/ gym. The cost for three nights dinner, bed and breakfast is £160 per enquiries: [email protected] Tel: 00 353 (0) 87 2482696. Payment person sharing – this includes staff gratuity and rally fee. All bookings can be made via online banking - ask Simon for details when booking. must be made through the Ulster Section organiser Jack Hunter before 20 - 22 October. South West Section Hippo Rally: North Devon 6 Feb 2018 – see Ulster Section website for application form and Rugby Club, Tawmeadow, Fore St, Devon EX20 2ED. ONLY £36.00 pp. provisional ferry arrangements. Contact Jack Hunter 028 90506677 for Includes camping, 2 breakfasts and 2 evening meals. Entertainment accommodation details. on Saturday night.Bar /discounted real ales. Contact Jim Isherwood on 3 - 4 July 2018. Northern Section Midweek Rhayader Camp: 2 nights 01769 573 258 mob 07926069777. Ride out on the Saturday 10.30. Tuesday & Wednesday at Wyeside Caravan and Campsite Rhayader Open to all members. See booking form in The Journal. Powys LD6 5LB [email protected] Bob Harrison 01257 17 - 19 November. Western Section Hotel Weekend: The Royal 793209 Norfolk Hotel, The Esplanade, Bognor Regis PO21 2LH. Entertainment Friday and Saturday night. Two nights dinner B&B, Double or twin 17 – 19 August 2018. Scottish Section Camping Weekend: At room, two sharing £76.00 per PERSON. Single and sea view rooms Sango Sands Oasis, Durness, IV27 4PZ. If you don’t camp there is carry a surcharge. Coach trip on the Saturday £6.00 pp. Contact Denis the Lazy Days Bunkhouse, Youth Hostel, B&B, Hotels nearby. The Bradbeer 01454 775786 [email protected] for booking section trailer and marquee will be there as a central meeting place for form. all attending. Free tea & coffee all weekend. This is a stunning location with wonderful quiet roads to ride. Contact: Billy on 07827012111 or 8 - 10 December. Scottish Section Tinsel & Turkey Weekend: email: [email protected] . More information on www. Waverley Castle Hotel, Melrose. Double/Twin Room 2 nights Dinner thebmwclubscottish.com Click Calendar Bed & Breakfast £105.00 per person or 3 nights Dinner Bed & Breakfast £115.00 per person. Single Room 2 nights Dinner Bed & Breakfast 24 - 26 August 2018. Scottish Section Ullapool in August: Broomfield £115.00 or 3 Nights Dinner Bed & Breakfast £130.00.To book phone Campsite, IV26 2UT.Broomfield Campsite is on the banks of scenic the Waverley Hotel on 01896 822244. After booking please let me Loch Broom. Camping £5pppn. No booking required for camping. An have your booking reference so that I can arrange for us to be seated area will be set aside for the club. If you don’t camp there are Hostels together for meals. Judy, Tel. No. 01592 874592 or email: social@ and plenty of hotels and B&Bs nearby. The section trailer and marquee thebmwclubscottish.com will be there as a central meeting place for all attending. Free tea & 16 December. Yorkshire Section Christmas Dinner: The Cairn Hotel, coffee all weekend.This is a superb location with wonderful quiet Harrogate, HG1 2JD. Book rooms (£42.5 pppn) direct with the hotel: roads to ride and a good walking area. Contact: Billy on 07827012111 01423 504005, quoting ‘The BMW Club’. Book dinner (£23pp) through or email: [email protected] . More information on www. Social Secretary: 07866 622196, [email protected]. thebmwclubscottish.com Click Calendar

Hi Members, Regarding the discount scheme,we have two new businesses that have joined our scheme. First a B & B in The Lake District, Keswick, Going by the name of Thornleigh ,Tel 01768,772,863. I have used this B & B and I can recommend it very highly, The B & B is run by David and Clair who are most pleasant, this is an immaculate place with stunning views of Skiddaw and surrounding hills. The second of our new businesses is a travel business that can get you discount on ferry and tunnel crossings which shall be very useful to all our members who travel onto the continent. See advert below. Both these adverts shall be on the discount page soon.

TEAM COORDIN8 – DISCOUNT FERRIES Discount on all major ferry routes and Eurotunnel. Always better than booking direct! Quote: TC8107 www.teamcoordin8.com Tel: 01904 766 787

Regards, Graham Parker, 30 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 011017

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Quote: TC8107 www.teamcoordin8.com Phone: 01904 766 787 Page managed by: Graham Parker, [email protected] Mob: 07843 211 280 Diary of Events: October & November October = November= Weekends = Red Text Diary of Events closing date is the 5th of each month These activities have been arranged as agent for and on behalf of The BMW Club. All organisers are covered by our insurance, provided the event guidelines are followed. Oakham, Rutland, LE15 8AH SECTION AGM 12;00 October TILL 3;00 Please come along and support your 1 E. Anglia Copdock Classic Bike Show. 09.30 Trinity Park Ipswich section. E. Anglia Cricketers, Fordham Heath. 12:00 noon Northern 12:30 Section AGM, Knowle Green Village Hall PR3 Mercia Breakfast / Brunch, 10am Barton Marina Tearooms, 2YQ. Hot Pot followed by AGM at 14:00. northern. Barton under Needwood, Burton on Trent, Staffs, [email protected] Lynn Sumner 01772 DE13 8DZ. 431324 Midland Wollaston Cafe Racer, BMW Wollaston, Bedford Oxford RIDE OUT: – Ian Dobie, starting at the Sun Inn, Road, Northampton, NN1 5SZ, Meeting starts 12:00 Swindon at 9.30 till 15:00, Come and have lunch and a chat S. East “Autumn Leaves” with Kevin. Depart Maidstone S. East “Shaun’s Constable Country”. Depart Thurrock Services (Petrol). 10.30am Services (Petrol). 9.30am S. West SW Section AGM Whiddon Down Village Hall 2.00 Yorkshire TJ’s Café, Cracoe, BD23 6LB 12.00 noon. pm sharp Phil Sampson 07850 983 144 2 Southern Pub Meet - The Cricketers Arms 8pm Scottish Powmill Milk Bar Lunch Meet 3 Irish Limerick Meeting, 8:00pm, Woodfield Hotel, Ennis Ulster Meet and Eat - Bushmills Garden Centre. 11am Corr’s Road, Limerick (Opposite GAA Ground). Corner or 1pm @ Garden Centre. Midland Pub Meet : The Three Kings, Saltersway, Western Monthly meeting at The Hood Memorial Hall, Threekingham, Lincs.NG34 0AU Start 7:30 Devauden NP16 6NX 13.30 Guest Speaker, lone cyclist around the world. Astrid Molyneux. Oxford Pub Social: Dashwood Arms, Piddington, HP14 3BH. Yorkshire The Yorkshire A.G.M. 11.00 at Ripley Town Hall DE5 Ulster AGM Club Meeting 8pm Corr’s Corner 3BT. Free tea & coffee on arrival and pie and peas Western Tuesday evening pub meet at the Bull Inn. 152 after. Droitwich Rd, Fernhill Heath, Worcester WR3 8RS 9 Scottish Natter nite, East Kilbride 7.30pm 19.30 10 Oxford Pub Social: - Prince of Wales, 60 Barrow Rd, Shippon, 4 E. Anglia Three Tuns, Finchingfield. 12:00 noon Abingdon, OX13 6JQ. N. East Natter Night – The Mill House, Blackfell, Chester le S. West Tuesday Brunch 11.00 Engine House, Compton Park, Street, DH3 1RE. From 7.30pm. Callington, PL17 8EA Phil Sampson 07850 983 144 S. East Club Night THE BULL, E. Farleigh, ME15 0HD. AGM. Southern Pub Meet - The Seven Stars 8pm 8pm Western Monthly meeting at Dick Lovetts, Cribb Causeway, Southern “Old Gits” Loomies Diner midday Bristol. BS10 7TU 11.00 Western Wednesday evening pub meet at The Lamb Inn, 11 Mercia Natter Night, 7pm Clock Warehouse, London Road, Wotton Rd, Iron Acton, Avon, Bristol BS37 9UZ 19.30 Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GL. 4 - 6 Northern Bob Crawley’s Biking Break, Malin Court Hotel, Mercia Natter Night, 7.30pm The Dog, Henley Road, Maidens, Turnberry, Ayrshire, KA26 9PB Bob Crawley Mappleborough Green, Studley, B80 7DR. 01573 223203 [email protected] Northern 13:00 Gathering at Settle Market Place Barry Warner 5 Southern Pub Meet - The Half Moon 8pm 01617 611702 Yorkshire Peter Brindle’s lunch meet at The Ham and Cheese, S. East Midweek Run from COOPER, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 Main Street, Scagglethorpe, Malton. YO17 8DY. 3UE. 10.30am 01944 758249 www.hamandcheeseinn.co.uk. Please let Peter know if you intend to join us by midday 12 Midland Pub Meet :The Old Reindeer, Main Street, Edingley, onTuesday, 01904 672883 petergbrindle@hotmail. Notts, NG22 8DE. Start 19:30 com 13 S. East THE WHITE HART, Lower Horsebridge, (A271), BN27 7 Mercia Ride to the Wall at the National Memorial Arboretum 4DJ. 7.30pm - details to follow. 13 - 16 Yorkshire ‘Yorkshire goes to Scotland’ 3 nights dinner bed and Midland Ride To The Wall. National Memorial Arboretum, breakfast at the Portpatrick Hotel. Please book direct Croxall Road,Airewas, Staffs DE14 7AR with the hotel, quoting ‘The BMW club’. Let Piers know when you have booked: 07866 622196 yorkshire. Western Saturday meeting at Riders of Cardiff, Sloper Road, [email protected] Cardiff. CF11 8AB 11.00 14 Yorkshire The Ignition Coffee, HU4 7RR. 12 noon. 7 - 8 Scottish Scottish AGM 15 E. Anglia The Crossways Inn, Scole. 12:00 noon 8 E. Anglia Fornham Village Hall. Starts 11am Sharp! Village Hall, London Ride out to Whitchurch, Hampshire, to kick car tyres Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 at a “posh” car dealership followed by a pub lunch. 1SW. Free tea, coffee and biscuits from 10:30am Leaving A3 BP Services at 1000 hrs. Irish Leinster Ride-out Spa Hotel (near Lucan) 10.00 am Jim Mercia Breakfast Meet, 10am Salt Box Café, A511 Derby Sweeney 087 2300736 email: [email protected]; Road, Foston (near Hatton), Derby, DE65 5PT. Sean O’Briain 087 268 0120 email: sean.wiseeng@ gmail.com; N. East End of Season Hard Arse Ride. Meet at Bowburn Services at 10am. Tim Gorman – 07718 057278 Irish Nth West Sunday Run - Patrick Munnelly 086 3383499 email [email protected] Mullen’s Spar and Filling Scottish Buccleuch Arms Hotel Lunch Meet @ 12.30 Station, Donegal Road, Sligo 11.30am Southern Southern Section AGM 10.30am Mercia Mercia Section AGM, 10.00am for tea and coffee Yorkshire How Stean Gorge Café, HG3 5SY. 12 noon. followed by free lunch time finger buffet. Repton 16 Southern Pub Meet - Drusilla’s Inn 8pm Village Hall, Askew Grove, Repton, Derbyshire, DE65 17 Mercia Pensioners & Layabouts, 11am Pillaton Garden Centre 6GR. on the B5012 just East of Penkridge, Cannock Road, Midland Barnsdale Gardens, Tea rooms, The Avenue, Exton, Pillaton, Staffs ST19 5RZ. 32 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 Northern 18:30 The Highwayman, Peel, IOM Harvey Garton 01624 625140 Oxford Pub Social: Sun Inn, Coate Water, Swindon, SN3 6AA. 18 E. Anglia Lamb and Flag, Welney. 12:00 noon Midland Pub Meet: Griffens Head, 28 Wilby Road, Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire, NN6 0DX. Start 7:30 N. East Natter Night – Shoulder of Mutton. 7:30pm onwards. Northern 10:00 Midweek Run, Devils Bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale [email protected] Mike Gibson 01229 582787 S. East Club Night THE BULL, E. Farleigh, ME15 0HD. “Photo Competition”. 8pm Southern Old Gits’ Loomies Diner midday Western Visit the famous Cotswold Motoring Museum The Old Mill, Sherborne St, Bourton-on-the-Water GL54 2BY. Bike parking at Museum entrance drive or British Legion Car Park. Lots of cafes etc for food if required. Contact Denis Bradbeer 01454 775786 or email [email protected] 19 Southern Pub Meet - The Half Moon 8pm 20 - 22 Irish Leenane Hotel Weekend (see Compass for details). 20 - 22 S. West Hippo Rally.Venue: North Tawton RFC - see website advert for details: wwwbmwclubsw.org.uk. Only £36.00 pp for 2 nights camping,including 2 breakfasts & 2 evening meals. Sat night entertainment, bar/real ales. GREAT VALUE WEEKEND! 20 - 22 Ulster Irish Section Weekend, Leenane, Co. Galway 21 Western Monthly Sat meeting at Cotswold Motorrad, Corinthian Way Cheltenham GL51 6UP New premises 11.00

Western Meander in the Forest of Dean. Autumn Colours Ride”Scenic Ride Out with Nick & Monica. Meet at Tintern Abbey Car Park 10.00am returning to Tintern for coffee. Contact Nick & Monica 01594 835917 [email protected] 21 - 23 S. East “Weymouth Beach Races” with George. (Details see Social Secretary) 22 E. Anglia The Rose Café, 10.00 London Rd, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 8TG Irish Irish Section AGM at 10.00am - Leenane Hotel - see large Ad in journal for details Oxford Skittles challenge; Western Section v Oxford. The Old Royal Ship, Luckington, Wiltshire, SN14 6PA. Dennis Bradbeer [email protected] Scottish Inverurie monthly lunch meet @ 12:30 Western Annual Skittles Match with Oxford Section. 12.00 at the Old Royal Ship Inn, Luckington, Chippenham SN14 6PA Contact Denis to book buffet of Sausage and chips at £5.00pp [email protected] 24 Southern Pub Meet - The Seven Stars 8pm 25 Oxford Pub Social: Fox & Hounds, Theale, RG7 4BE. Western Meet at the Old Barn Tea Room, Ystradgynwyn, Torpantau, CF48 2UT. FOURTH Wednesday of each month. See you there or Ride from Abergavenny Waitrose at 11.30 Denis 01454 775786 [email protected]

26 Irish Dublin Meeting. West County Hotel, Chapelizod. 8:00 PM Jim Sweeney 087 2300736 email: jimlucan@ gmail.com; Sean O’Briain 087 268 0120 email: sean. [email protected]; Oxford Pub Social: The Red Lion, Evenley, Nr Brackley, NN13 5SH. S. West Thursday Pub Meet 12.00, Fishermans Cot Bickleigh Nr. Tiverton EX16 8RG Ron Lyford 01803 391 811 27 S. East THE KINGS ARMS, Biggin Hill, BR2 6DU. 7.30pm 28 Yorkshire The Biker’s Café, Fridaythorpe, 12 noon. 29 E. Anglia 5 Miles, 12:00 noon Upware, Ely CB7 5ZR S. East Lunch - Millbrook Garden Centre, Staplehurst, TN12 9BT. Run 1pm S. West Sunday Pub Meet 12.00 noon Jamiaca Inn, Bolventor, Bodmin Moor, PL15 7TS October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 33 November at 12:00; AGM at 14:00. Scottish Powmill Milk Bar Lunch Meet 1 E. Anglia Three Tuns, Finchingfield. 12:00 noon Western 13.00 The Hood Memorial Hall, Devauden SECTION N. East Section AGM – Dun Cow , Primrose Hill, Houghton-le- AGM come along and support your Club, Buffet Spring DH4 6DY. Starts at 7:30pm prompt. included. Northern 10:00 Midweek Run, Devils Bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale Yorkshire Cubley Hall Hotel, Penistone, 12.00 noon. [email protected] Mike Gibson 01229 13 Scottish Natter nite, East Kilbride 7.30pm 582787 14 Oxford Pub Social: - Prince of Wales, 60 Barrow Rd, Shippon, S. East Club Night THE BULL, E. Farleigh, ME15 0HD. 8pm Abingdon, OX13 6JQ. Southern “Old Gits” Loomies Diner midday S. West Tuesday Brunch 11.00 Engine House, Compton Park, Western 12.00 Meet for lunch at the 3 Shires Garden Centre, Callington, PL17 8EA Phil Sampson 07850 983 144 Ledbury Road, Newent, Gloucestershire. GL18 1DL Western 11.00 Monthly meeting at Dick Lovetts, Cribb Causeway, 12.00 Contact George and June Lukins 01432 830287 Bristol. BS10 7TU 11.00 Western 19.00 Wednesday evening pub meet at The Lamb Inn, 15 E. Anglia Lamb and Flag, Welney. 12:00 noon Wotton Rd, Iron Acton, Avon, Bristol BS37 9UZ 19.30 Midland Pub Meet: Griffens Head, 28 Wilby Road, Mears Ashby, 2 Southern Pub Meet - The Half Moon 8pm Northamptonshire, NN6 0DX. Start 7:30 4 Oxford Dinner & Disco at the Oxford Belfry Hotel, Milton N. East Natter Night with quiz and raffle prizes – Shoulder of Common, Thame OX9 2JW Mutton, 7:30pm onwards. Please contact Ashley Gane Western 11.00 Saturday meeting at Riders of Cardiff, Sloper on 07960 105602 to book. Road, Cardiff. CF11 8AB 11.00 S. East Club Night THE BULL, E. Farleigh, ME15 0HD. “Rose’s 5 E. Anglia Cricketers, Fordham Heath. 12:00 noon Beetles”. 8pm Mercia Breakfast / Brunch, 10am Barton Marina Tearooms, Southern Old Gits’ Loomies Diner midday Barton under Needwood, Burton on Trent, Staffs, DE13 8DZ. 16 Southern Pub Meet - The Half Moon 8pm Midland Wollaston Cafe Racer, BMW Wollaston, Bedford Road, 17 - 19 Western Hotel Weekend at the Royal Norfolk Hotel. The Northampton, NN1 5SZ, Meeting starts 12:00 till 15:00, Esplanade, Bognor Regis, PO21 2LH, United Kingdom. Come and have lunch and a chat. Contact Denis Bradbeer 01454 775786 wester.social@ S. East “Old Crocks Rally” with Paul McEwen. Depart Godstone bmwclubuk.net Duck Pond. 9am 18 Western 11.00 Monthly Sat meeting at Cotswold Motorrad, Yorkshire TJ’s Café, Cracoe, BD23 6LB 12.00 noon. Corinthian Way Cheltenham GL51 6UP New premises 6 Southern Pub Meet - The Cricketers Arms 8pm 11.00 7 Irish Limerick Meeting, 8:00pm, Woodfield Hotel, Ennis 19 E. Anglia The Crossways Inn, Scole. 12:00 noon Road, Limerick (Opposite GAA Ground). Mercia Breakfast Meet, 10am Salt Box Café, A511 Derby Road, Midland Pub Meet : The Three Kings, Saltersway, Threekingham, Foston (near Hatton), Derby, DE65 5PT. Lincs.NG34 0AU Start 7:30 S. East “Campbell’s Capers”. Depart lay-by Oakdene Cafe, Oxford Pub Social: Dashwood Arms, Piddington, HP14 3BH. Wrotham. 10am Southern Pub Meet - The Seven Stars 8pm S. West Sunday Pub Meet 12.00 The Dolphin Hotel, Station Ulster Club Meeting 8pm Corr’s Corner Square, Bovey Tracey, Devon, TQ13 9AL Las Madge 01647 24523 Western 19.30 Tuesday evening pub meet at the Bull Inn. 152 Droitwich Rd, Fernhill Heath, Worcester WR3 8RS Scottish Buccleuch Arms Hotel Lunch Meet @ 12.30 19.30 Southern Slot Car Racing organised by Chippy 8 Mercia Natter Night, 7pm Clock Warehouse, London Road, Yorkshire How Stean Gorge Café, HG3 5SY. 12 noon. Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2GL. 20 Southern Pub Meet - Drusilla’s Inn 8pm Mercia Natter Night, 7.30pm The Dog, Henley Road, 21 Mercia Pensioners & Layabouts, 11am Pillaton Garden Centre Mappleborough Green, Studley, B80 7DR. on the B5012 just East of Penkridge, Cannock Road, Northern 13:00 Gathering at Settle Market Place Barry Warner Pillaton, Staffs ST19 5RZ. 01617 611702 Northern 18:30 The Highwayman, Peel, IOM Harvey Garton S. East Midweek Run from COOPER, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 01624 625140 3UE. 10.30am Oxford Pub Social: Sun Inn, Coate Water, Swindon, SN3 6AA. 9 Midland Pub Meet :The Old Reindeer, Main Street, Edingley, Southern Pub Meet - The Seven Stars 8pm Notts, NG22 8DE. Start 19:30 22 Oxford Pub Social: Fox & Hounds, Theale, RG7 4BE. Western 12.00 Visit to the Mechanical Music Museum at Oak 23 Oxford Pub Social: The Red Lion, Evenley, Nr Brackley, NN13 House, High Street, Northleach, Gloucestershire GL54 5SH. 3ET Booking for tour required Contact Denis Bradbeer 01454 775786 or [email protected] 24 S. East THE RED LION INN, 75 High Street, Bridge, Canterbury, CT4 5LB. 7.30pm 10 S. East THE WHITE HART, Lower Horsebridge, (A271), BN27 4DJ. 7.30pm 25 N. East End of Season Buffet – Ravensworth Arms. 7pm 11 Yorkshire The Ignition Coffee, HU4 7RR. 12 noon. onwards. 12 E. Anglia Chequers, 7 Church Road, Wimbotsham, Norfolk Yorkshire The Biker’s Café, Fridaythorpe YO25 9RX, 12 noon. PE34 3QG. 12:00 noon 26 E. Anglia Krazy Horse Café 10.00. Empire House, Lamdin Road, E. Anglia Duxford, Cambridge CB22 4QR Lark Valley Business Park, Bury Saint Edmunds IP32 6NU 01284 749645 Irish Nth West Sunday Run - Patrick Munnelly 086 3383499 email [email protected] Mullen’s Spar and Filling S. East Lunch - Tenterden Garden Centre, Tenterden, TN30 Station, Donegal Road, Sligo 11.30am 7HT. Run 1pm London Visit to the National Motorcycle Museum leaving Scottish Inverurie monthly lunch meet @ 12:30 Beaconsfield Services at 1000 hrs. 30 Irish Dublin Meeting. West County Hotel, Chapelizod. 8:00 Midland Barnsdale Gardens, Tea rooms, The Avenue, Exton, PM Jim Sweeney 087 2300736 email: jimlucan@ Oakham, Rutland, LE15 8AH 12:00 till 3:00 gmail.com; Sean O’Briain 087 268 0120 email: sean. Northern 13:00 Monthly Meeting Rixton Village Hall WA3 6JZ. [email protected]; Soup & Roll. [email protected] S. West Thursday Pub Meet 12.00, Fishermans Cot Bickleigh Lynn Sumner 01772 431324 Nr. Tiverton EX16 8RG Ron Lyford 01803 391 811 Oxford OXFORD SECTION AGM – Uffington village hall. Food Southern Pub Meet - The Half Moon 8pm 34 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 Section and Register News

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Hi all, well just for a change of scenery this is Dik Hi again. It’s hard to believe we’re in October Not sure how and why, but the following text typing this month’s news. Keiron is actually off riding already. I hope you all had a good Summer of appeared in the last Journal, inserted at the end of his bike driving Sharron round the bend but I also biking. But it’s not over yet! Our next club event the Irish Section News. Apologies to Ireland! wanted to take this opportunity to say a few words is the North West Hotel Weekend in The Leenane By the time you receive this Journal, the Section about Framlingham as well as bring you news of Hotel on the 20th -21st Oct with the AGM on Sun French weekend will have passed and was fully upcoming events. I hope you have already seen my 22nd at 10am in the dining room. Give the club 45 subscribed. The July ride-out to Beaulieu was had small piece about Fram, here in the Section news I mins of your time and come along to see what’s on a very nice sunny day through some lovely just want to reiterate how the event really could not involved in the running of your club. All ideas and countryside and not a motorway in sight. have happened if it hadn’t been for all the hard work opinions are welcome. The Club`s Cadwell Park Track day was a great by the volunteers. I am too scared to try to name In the North West, the Second Sunday ride-outs success, as it always is, and Robert once again them all as I am sure I would miss someone and the are weather permitting for Dec, Jan & Feb. We hope managed to order up some superb weather for the last thing I want to do is make anyone of you feel to back to normal after that. Our last ride-out took us event. Snetterton was even better , in fact probably unimportant – the event would not have been the north from Sligo to Ballyshannon, along the scenic the best Club Track Day yet – fully subscribed, not success it has been without your help. I mentioned route east through Belleek and on to Enniskillen a single bike “dropped” and perfect weather (except in my main piece that poor Cathy had a really nasty along the southern shore of Lough Erne. Nice for a very small amount of drizzle half way through fall, I am hoping that by the time this gets printed the last session of the day.) with the day being scenery and twisties but one or two bumps just to (almost a month from when I type it) she will be well finished off with an Indian meal in the evening. keep us alert. We enjoyed a nice lunch in Pat’s Bar on the way to recovery – all the same I am sure I The next Section Ride-out will be on Sunday on the Main Street, put the world to rights before echo your sentiments in wishing her the very best. 15th October to Whitchurch in Hampshire to look at setting off again, this time west along the north So what do we have coming up? Well, depending some cars at a “posh” dealership followed by a pub shore of the lake, passing Lusty Beg and Boa Island on timing of this Journal you may still have a chance lunch at ..? We will leave A3 Services at 1000hrs. before we all made our individual way home again. to think about the Fakenham weekend but I suspect – remember, ring me by the afternoon before if It was great to see our old friend Barry join us on his this may land on your doorstep just after that so how intending to come along. about the Copdock Show? It may sound like a little RT and we look forward to his next trip home and Please note that the Section Annual General local event but it has grown over the years such that another catch up. Meeting will be held at 1600 hrs. on Sunday 26th next year it may even be a 2-day event with on-site If there is anyone in the Galway area willing to November at The Boot Restaurant & Bar, Sarratt, camping for exhibitors. I have attended tis for a few lead ride-outs once a month, please let me know. WD3 6BL. years now but this year I will be organising it. As a We have nobody to do it at the moment but all No food is available at this time but the Abbott Ale result we may not have exactly the same facilities volunteers will be gratefully appreciated. is very good. Please watch this space in case the as previous years but we still hope to have tea, News from Jim Sweeney - Following on from our venue is changed (unlikely) but the time and date coffee, biscuits, chairs and of course some great successful run to the “ULSTER GP” last year, we, are firm. Please contact me if in any doubt. bikes on our Club stand. Please do let me know if The Leinster Section decided to have a return run Go carefully you would like to display your bike on the stand, north in August. The weather forecast was excellent there might still be a gap – we have free tickets for 8 and proved to be the case on the 11th. A group of 9 Peter Jones bikes as long as you don’t mind arriving before 9am of us met up at the Applegreen services on the M1 and leaving around 4pm. Even if manning the stand at the unearthly hour of 7.30 am. No one was late, doesn’t tickle your fancy but you still enjoy a good (sure sign they were road racing enthusiasts) so we Mercia bike show then I can honestly say you won’t find one had time to enjoy a coffee or two, even brekkie for much better than this, certainly not in our region, some. When the hungry tums were full we headed Charlie Hall reports on the run to the Ponderosa. I actually rate it better than the Peterborough (ex- up the M1 and on the way picked up Terry Carolyn Dave Morris’s run set off from Derby in overcast BMF) show. Come and find our stand in the Club at the toll bridge in Drogheda, and then as we conditions, he was leading a group comprising of Ian, Shed and say hello. And then the weekend after is passed up the Newry by-pass as if by clockwork, Max, Alan Toothill, Bob Ingram and Charlie. Once the Section AGM – Cliff is standing down as Social we collected Maurice Fitzgerald. In no time at all off the A50 it was the A518 and A51 to Nantwich. Secretary but has been grooming Keiron for the we were up past Lisburn and stopped at the Texaco The refreshment stop was at the junction of the A41/ role. Hugh and Heather are stepping down from the garage near the Dundrod circuit where we were able A49-Lynn’s café, a proper biking café resplendent VCR Rep role and I have not (at the time of typing) to buy track day passes, programmes, meet some with related decor. Good value and friendly. Try it. been notified of any volunteer to replace them. I more enthusiasts and top-up with more coffee and Once sated we were headed for Wrexham A525 believe everyone else is happy to stay on in their food for the day. Racing turned out to be absolutely and then the A539. Llangollen is beautiful and the current roles this year, but if you have put your name Horseshoe Pass a treat to ride. The Ponderosa in the hat between me typing this and you reading it amazing, despite the fact that Michael Dunlop failed café was busy (as always) but a table was found then please rest assured that you will be welcomed. to really feature (he should stick with BMW some and we tucked in. The return was much the same Even if you are not standing for a particular position were heard to say)☺ For anyone reading this that route for some, others had their own plans. Dave, please do come along, it is the best opportunity to have not been to an Irish road race, all I can say, Alan and Charlie called at Slaters Craft Village for a have a bit of a say on how the section operates – if is do so, as soon as you can, The bikes pass you brew, Lynn’s will get my vote next time. Miraculously you think there is something we could do to improve within touching distance (really true) at almost 200 we didn’t encounter any rain, missing heavy down the section then come and let us know or just come mph, In fact the lap record was broken by three pours by minutes in some cases, partially flooded along for the free tea, coffee and biscuits as long as different riders in one race alone. Average speed of roads but no rain. Lucky or what? you turn up early enough. over 134.50 mph around 7.5 miles of public roads. As this month’s edition drops through the door, Just before I close off this month I have to give you Seven high speed races with live commentary by we’ll be setting up the room at Repton Village Hall a heads up – we found out that the Lollipop diner has BBC radio NI, made for a most enjoyable day. At for yet another Section AGM. So soon these seem closed but we also received high recommendations 6.30 pm we headed home full of the joys of life. All I to come around. Where did the summer go? As for visiting the Krazy Horse workshop and café so can say is, It’s great to be a biker. usual, all posts are up for re-election. We need a we have replaced the Lollipop with the Krazy Horse The Leinster area monthly social meetings are Secretary, Social Secretary, Treasurer and Section on Sunday 26th November. I won’t be able to attend going strong, we always welcome new members, National Rep. In addition to that members for the that one as I will be closing down the Club stand at watch out for your e mails, or see details in Journal. committee are required, why not put yourself the NEC Motorcycle Live show. If you would like to Last Thursday of the month. Jim. forward to help in the running of the Section. For attend the NEC show (18th to 26th November) then I will report on the Thatch Rally and the Leenane the last 6 months, I’ve been holding the fort for don’t forget you can purchase your tickets at a very weekend next time, hopefully they will go well. both Secretary and Social Secretary, this cannot preferential rate through the Club – but be quick as Remember, It takes 37 muscles to frown, 17 to continue, the rules require separate members for we sell out quite quickly. You’ll find details of that in smile and 7 to twist the throttle!!! each role. This situation arose initially due to our the Journal. Regards. Right, I’ll sign off now, keep well and see you at Secretary retiring mid-term. I understand tea and one of these events Pat Munnelly coffee will be available as usual and a free buffet after the meeting closes. Come on all, support Dik Langan the Section and give us some input. By request, October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 35 I’ve booked the Appleby Inn again for a Section 18th to 20th. Some members having travelled up to by a combination of the Blackpool Air Show and the Christmas Lunch. This has always been a popular Haws in the Yorkshire dales on the Thursday for a Royal Lancashire Show. meet over the years, no need to pre book a place one night stop over, a total of 22 member made the John Bell from Carlisle gave a report to the or to order food you don’t enjoy. They have an trip for the week end. meeting on his August breakfast event in Penrith and extensive menu to choose from, just order as The weather could have been better but not so lamented that nobody turned up so an attendance much or little as you require. Please do let the new bad that we could not get out and about. of zero. Never the less John once again enjoyed his Social Secretary know if you intend coming along, Sunday proving to be the best day and Bill solitary ride through the Lake District. I remember just to ensure sufficient table places are allocated Rodgers led a the run out through some of the more joining John on his summer breakfast runs some to us, oh, and by the way the dates will be in the interesting Lakes passes an attempt to follow them in twenty years ago when there were consistently a two cars failed so we found our own way about with group of five or six bikes in attendance. In those Journal of course, but it’ll be 12 noon on Sunday a trip up to Tarn Hows with its most beautiful views days the Club had twice the current membership 3rd December. . It was nice to meet new members to the traveling and we were all twenty years younger and perhaps Finally for this month, you will have a new Social group Ray Heath, John & Liz Thurman along with more enthusiastic than we are now. I know some of Sec in October, please give a new committee your John & Kate Rae. Getting the group together for a those riders of twenty years ago have passed on or support, organise a run or a visit in 2018 if you can. meal proved to be very difficult as Keswick was as given up riding due to age and infirmity, that’s life. It takes little to arrange a ride out somewhere. predicted very busy but we managed it on Sunday The Section’s event in Scotland at Strathpeffer Colin Ainsworth [email protected] evening and the whole group managed to sit for a can be termed a success with thirty four participants meal in the Pack Horse Pub and all seemed to have on twenty four bikes, most of which were BMWs with phone 07799 653789 enjoyed it. The evening played out in the local pubs only two Yamahas, one Kawasaki and one Honda. as one would expect from me! Still not able to take Most of us were Northern Section with couples from Twitter – AinsworthColin @BMWClubMercia the bike as old injury still having an effect but also Mercia, Midland and Yorkshire Sections. Two chaps joined in a car Ian & Val Green also on the road from North East and Scottish completed the group. to recovery. We used three B & B’s next door to Those of us who met up on Thursday evening Midland each other on the well situated, Bank Street being at The Rob Roy Hotel, Aberfoyle, had arrived both on the edge of Keswick and easy to find but suitably drenched from the persistent torrential rain August started with a double booking, Wollaston also close to the main central market place, having which was repeated on Friday’s run to the venue. plenty of safe parking places outside the B & B’s. Saturday dawned with dreary skies but not raining. Cafe Racer’ being one and a rideout to the A nice week end with old and new friends. Next for This event doesn’t have a mass rideout but lots of Nottingham Transport Centre being the other, the me was the last of the Midweek Rideouts. For this groups doing their own thing usually with the friends rideout was led by Steve Foreman, rumour has it we all met at the Pavilion Cafe in Melton Mowbray. they arrive with and we were no exception as we they didn’t make it to the museum but stopped at a Nine of us sat down for tea and a chat, one persons set off for Croick Church. We were joined for the vintage rally instead and looked around the the old new appearance causing its own discussion. Sorry day by Scottish Section members Duncan and vehicles there instead. Those of us at Wollastons to say the item in question is still there at the time Espeth Colburn so a group of seven bikes. Not even again enjoyed the food cooked by Jan. Next along of writing, For the ride it was a ride through villages Sunday and we are off to church but this church was was the Keswick weekend, unfortunately Teresa and countryside back to the All Seasons Cafe in the scene in 1845 of a gathering of victims of the and I had to cancel this weekend away, Graham Northampton, all this with just one road closed. clearances. People forced off the land to make way Parker has sent this report, We found our way through, and had more tea and for profitable sheep. The victims took refuge from Report on Lake District Long Week end. cakes, and some having a dinner, in readiness for their destitution by sheltering in the graveyard under their ride home. Many thanks to all those that have canvas as best they could. They didn’t go into the joined us on the midweek meetings, I will be doing church for shelter, seeing that as sacre religious. them again next year. It was now time to test the I can sympathise because the persistent rain had Facebook page by announcing a Bank Holiday ride returned as we departed from the church, heading out to Wells Next The Sea. We met at Macdonalds for Shin Falls and leaping salmon. Attached picture on the A45 at Raunds with nine people on five bikes shows Robert Horridge in conversation with arriving. We set off across country heading for Duncan as we stopped to view the nearby basking Swaffham without seeing much traffic until Wells. seals. Sunday was a much better day with sunshine Here Barry and Diane Dorner took the lead straight and a visit to Eilean Donan castle. Monday and we to a bike park on the main street that Barry knew. all went our separate ways, ours being the ferry to It was a strange bank holiday with the sun shining Orkney. Sunny days in Orkney as Pam and I visited and being very hot. After locking everything on the the Scapa Flow site and museum which will be bikes it was Fish and Chips on the harbour wall. closed for all of next year for much needed repair Here we met with Phil and Angie Johnson who had and renovation so very glad we went this year. come down from Chesterfield, after this we followed Shane home with a lot of filtering and then finally home after 263 miles. I would like to remind people of the up and coming AGM this is on the 8th October at Barnsdale Gardens starts at 12:00, This will be the first of our winter meet at this venue this year. By the time you read this our year will be almost over with all the camping and hotel weekends gone, the planning now starts for next years diary. I would ask that if anyone is planning to do a rideout camping or hotel weekend please get in touch by January as the Diary goes to the printers then and into the February ‘Journal’. That’s it I will hope fully see some of you at Wollastons or Barnsdale over the winter.

Jim Beach

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The August Knowle Green meeting was sparsely attended in spite of a warm, sunny day so lots of you must have been on holiday in even sunnier climes and hopefully enjoying yourselves. Mike Gibson’s August run report. Ah, a fine day! The Midland section had a pleasant long week Alternatively, like Stewart Lowthian, you may have The team assembled at the Bridge, and I thought end in the Lake District over the week end of August been stuck in traffic due to the congestion caused for a minute that there was going to be a large 36 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 turnout. See attached picture. But some of the to let us know what works best, we can only work race engineer and racer in the 1920’s & 30’s, BMWs belonged to a different ‘club’. Never mind, with what we are given. So please make every effort offered to buy motorcyclists a pint if they came to the riders could have joined us, but they declined to attend. This is a call out to our members who we his local pub, the Red Lion. While there are no more the offer! We went on our way to Sedbergh, passing do not see very often. We always strive to make free pints, the riders keep coming once a year on through the town by a slightly different road, to find our section as welcoming as possible, irrespective the first Sunday of August. the route towards Kirkby Stephen. Stopping off at of what you ride. We now have Ashley Boal who is A bit odd, but worked out well, to meet at the the Fat Lamb Inn (again, we did last month) for our National Vintage Register Secretary for the club Waterfront cafe, Benson as four of us rode from coffee and tea, a pleasant ‘half hour’ was spent in in our section, and he is keen to promote the VCR Bicester. What a fine collection of machines from discussion. Onwards, we rode through Kirkby S, in the club and see it grow. So whether you ride an a R 69S, R100 RS, my R80 RT, a K75 and K100, on to Brough and the moor road across the North R32 or a S1000rr, come and see us. We are here for a fine Norton Commando and of course tail ender, Pennine AONB (area of outstanding natural beauty) everyone so come and make yourselves known at Dave Shanks on his F800. The ride took a wide loop to our lunch break at Middleton-in-Teesdale. The a Natter Night or ride-out and join us. I look forward to the east taking in many places known to many meal over, we then took the B-road to Alston. Nice to meeting you. but never approached from the directions Dave had road this, but some of the corners required respect Just an advanced notice as we will be having our worked out. Nearly all back roads including rising up in the by-now ‘breezier’ conditions. Alston came and annual trip to the Ravensworth Arms for our end- to Christmas Common and back down on ‘Alpine’ went, followed by the climb up to Hartside summit. of-season buffet on Saturday 25th November from like roads and winding through delightful hamlets. (A bit of interest here where the road was taken over 7pm onwards. The ticket price is £9.00 per head and Speed had to kept low as apart from all the turns by an ambulance and police van. Oh, and the air these can be booked and paid for through Ashley and junctions there were lots of cyclists and horse ambulance further down the hillside attending an Gane as stated in the diary. Please let Ashley know riders to be polite to; and we never lost anyone incident.) Cresting the top of the pass the wind was if you have any specific dietary requirements so we using the buddy system. still slightly problematic, but not serious. Dropping can let the Ravensworth know. Please can you pay The scene at Evenley had the pub surrounded by down the other side there were more blues and twos for your tickets by Wednesday 15th November at a huge range of mostly nice vintage machinery with dashing to the scene on the Alston road. Picking up the latest as this will give me enough time to arrange the occasional modern bike scattered around. A very the A6 at Penrith we stopped for refreshment at for numbers and food with the venue. I have put a pleasant chat with a chap called Ian on the other Eamont Bridge, before tackling Shap Fell. The ride booking form on the Forum to complete and send. side of the village green who had an immaculate over Shap turned out to be wet and windy, not really I am still in desperate need of quality images from conducive to ‘progress’. Ah, well, next time! Our your excursions for our new website. Whether it is usual diversion around Kendal led us to the A591 from a ride-out group shot, rally, on the bike pic, and the final leg to Devil’s Bridge. anything club related would be much appreciated. I Pam and I, along with Dennis Rushton and Paul am trying to form a slideshow effect for the website and Heather Stewart represented the Section so I can make it as appealing to both existing at Midland Section’s event at Hope Valley in members and folk looking to join us. If you could Derbyshire in September. A well attended event in have a look through your albums and email me a lovely part of the world but only two more bikes on the email address below, that would be great. arrived in traditional style with a tent on the carrier. Please can we agree that any images sent to me is The five bikes were outnumbered five to one by cars, given as a consent to use them on our website. That vans, motor-homes and caravans. Conversing with is all for this month. Ride safely and see you soon. the occupants of the various boxes revealed quite a few bodies recovering from various operations with Bradley Gane hip replacement being very popular. K100 RS might encourage a new member. He did Bob Crawley’s Scotland midweek biking break, [email protected] point out an amusing episode when he arrived with is on the 4-6 of October. October’s AGM is on the his friends and bought a couple of pints in the pub. 8th at Knowle Green. Complimentary hot-pot lunch As he came out to the crowd he had to find his followed by the formalities at two o’clock. friend and thought ‘he has grey hair, wears glasses Oxford and is wearing a motorcycle suit’ - none of which of Bob Harrison course helped as almost everyone looked like that! To celebrate our 50th Anniversary in 2017 All thanks to Dave Hicks and Rosemary for an organising several social events. Most of these 01257 793209 excellent gentle potter around the relatively local planned events taking place in various restaurant or area and to Dave Shanks for acting as sweeper. eating establishments throughout the year. Sunday 13th August – Brackley Festival of [email protected] SNR’s: Oxford section have also introduced Motorcycling – Dave Shanks Short Notice Rides, these tend to be mid-week Some people got up far too early on the morning events with a day or more notice, which have been of the 13th August to get the stand set up at the very popular. North East Brackley Festival of Motorcycling, but then it was a Sun August 6th – Vintage Run A proper vintage ride out planned by Dave Hicks beautiful morning for a ride. Gazebo erected, flags Hello everyone. I hope you have had a great Summer to attend the Vintage Motor Cycle Club Bill Lacey and banners up, bikes parked, merchandise set out, with lots of ride-outs and fantastic trips along the memorial run gathering at the Red Lion, Evenley information for new members ready and the team of way. I have just got back from the National Rally seemed like an excellent idea on Sunday the 6th Rosemary and David Hicks, Dave Shanks, Martin at Framlingham. We had a very long and hot ride August. Legend has it that Bill, a famous Norton Skennerton and Steve Halliday ready to receive down to the rally and made a detour to Hull on the way through in the hope of securing a lovely looking K1100RS SE for yours truly. Unfortunately, that did not work out, so I am back to the drawing board on that one. Thanks to all involved from the East Anglia section for making it a great weekend at a superb venue. You even manged to get the weather right. The highlight of the rally for me was seeing a great turnout from the VCR and getting to ogle some beautiful classic Beemers in the picturesque quadrant at the front of the college and going out on the classic ride-out. It was great having a rare Krauser MKM1000 being back marker and seeing it out on the road along with some beautiful examples of Airheads along the way and then stopping off at Andy Tiernan’s shop to see some classic British bikes was a real treat. The forthcoming events to note are: Tim Gorman’s last ride of the season on Sunday 15th October, leaving Bowburn Services at 10am, and our Section AGM on Wednesday 1st November at our new 1st Wednesday of the month venue: The Mill House, Blackfell, Chester le Street, DH3 1RE. As I wrote last month, it is important to attend this one meeting in the year as it shapes what we do as a section for the next year. Your committee is keen to provide events that caters for as many tastes as possible, but if you are not there October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 37 the public and all before 09.00. Teas and coffees types of Butterflies are said to be on the ridgeway, gets home he will have been away for 6 weeks on courtesy of Martin and his kitchen on the back of we only saw a few and not sure if one wasn’t a moth his bike. Good lad, spoke great English. Also there the GS. With such superb weather the crowds duly when someone opened their wallet!!!, was Jason, Liz, Elspeth, Big Jim, Great Donald, arrived and a steady stream of visitors showed an We also had a couple of lapses of the drop off / Peter, Diane, Gérard and another who, I apologise interest in the bikes and the club. buddy system when Mo and I thought we’d been I don’t know his name. Looking forward to the next Out in the High Street some rare motorcycles left in the woods just like Snow white, well anyway time. were being given an airing running up and down a we caught up and were soon back to the site. The Ron’s August Parks Natter Night: We had a laid-out course. Going up the hill allowed the bikes to BBQ was miraculously smoking away, was it the 7 full house last Monday. This was surprising as be opened up to produce that wonderful cacophony dwarfs? no, just the Oxford BMW club. Members the weather was very dismal with torrential rain of noise that the PC world of today seems to want began bringing lots of lovely donations of food, showers. Most turned up in cars, but Alan Myles turned down in future. Certainly, the Hondas, MVs (particularly tasty cakes) adding to our BBQ feast. and Johnny Haynes braved the elements. More of and Gileras made enough fantastic sound to please Tim arrived with others who’d joined him for his a surprise was our expected guests from The BMW any real motorcyclist who needed to get the wax out ride out, although only about 10 minutes away Club, Greece, (Kontantinos, Anastasia, Bouerauis of their ears. Amusingly the first session was called managing to have a good ride of about an hour or and Tsagou) also braved the weather conditions “Wakey, Wakey Brackley” and lived up to the title. so. and travelled from their hotel in Glasgow to join The blood bikers were helping with marshalling Although we had less people at the BBQ this us for the evening. The foursome arriving on two and had a stand with a new bike on show. The main year, this may have been because of a change of bikes after travelling down to their Glasgow hotel via sponsors this year being BMW Motorrad North date and location, however, all those I spoke to Glencoe, and with rain all the way. They very kindly Oxford Garages and Northampton Wollaston meant enjoyed it, how could you not? with the sun out, red left us gifts of a BMW Riders Club Hellas pendant they had a big stand with all the latest machines for kites flying in the sky, food plentiful, and excellent and various stickers. An excellent evening was had people to sit on. They even had an electric pedal company. by all and in the most part any language barriers cycle with some really trick, high tech’ stuff built in. I’d like to thank all those who made what I believe were broken by our mutual love for motorcycling. Down in the other field could be seen was a successful event, including those who Our 2018 May Bank Holiday Hotel weekend is demonstrations of scrambling, or what today is brought over/and set up equipment, to the people now being advertised and members are already called Motocross, with bikes from the 1950s to the who did the cooking and of course the clearing up booking so if you want to join us please book now latest machines really going for it. In the nearby after the BBQ, and not to forget those who attended, to avoid disappointment. Details can be found in arena Steve Colley demonstrated just what can it wouldn’t be anything without you all. Around the Compass. be done with a modern trials bike that was almost Oxford Section Sat Nav Project and Survey Reminders: unbelievable but shows what years of skilful riding Earlier in the year we announced the start of the Scottish Section AGM Sunday 8 October at the can achieve. Oxford Section Sat Nav Project between the Oxford Rob Roy Hotel, Aberfoyle, FK8 3UX. 11.30am for With custom bikes, a range of the Millyard Section and North Oxford Garage. The aim of the coffee/tea, meeting to start 12 noon followed by a creations, club stands, a fair ground, the wall of project is to improve our collective knowledge of soup & sandwich lunch. If you require the free lunch death and many other attractions it should not be how to use our Sat Nav’s and to help members get please let Marjorie or Judy know. The reason for missed in future. the best from them. asking is to ensure we order enough food for all Our thanks to John Broad for the words, We have established a small ‘Expert User Group’ but do not order too much and waste section funds Rosemary and David Hicks, Dave Shanks, Martin of experienced Sat Nav users and James McMinn (your money). Skennerton and Steve Halliday for organising and hosted our first meeting at NOG. The meeting was 8 – 10 December: Turkey & Tinsel at Waverley supporting the event. very useful and we have a preliminary plan. Castle Hotel, Melrose. Book now to avoid Friday / Saturday / Sunday 18th 20th August I am pleased to announce that we are now disappointment. Oxford Section BBQ – Words by Wendy Ottaway ready to take the next step. We all decided that it is As always please check for latest news or We had people who’d travelled from Dartmoor, very important that we survey the Oxford Section information, if there is any, on our website www. and Western section as well as Oxford Section, membership to get some feedback on what people thebmwclubscottish.com or Scottish Section on the 23 in total over the weekend. With typical English are using their Sat Navs for and what areas they Forum or Scottish Facebook page. weather, rain wind hail and fortunately sun. find difficult. We will then aim to address these Ride safe. As then campers start to erect their tents, the problems through training, help guides, Q&A forum entertainment began, watching (or listening) to amongst other ideas. Next meeting is scheduled for Judy: tel. 01592 874592 or email: social@ the tents going up!! all various shapes and sizes early October thebmwclubscottish.com even blow up ones, not all quite going to plan, (we Future Events: October / November particularly enjoyed bijou Daves’). After a cup of tea 8th October Ride Out: Mystery Tour start 9.30am and introductions we had a go at Cornholing (an at the Sun Inn, Swindon contact Ian Dobie mail: ian. American game I believe originally played in the [email protected] Southern corn/maize fields), apparently, on google there were 22nd October Skittles Challenge: Western Just a brief news this month. Our Forge day on ‘other descriptions’ but in Geoff’s words ‘we are not Section vs Oxford. The Old Royal Ship, Luckington, 20th August was as successful as previous years. that type of club’. A good ice breaker and gave us a Wiltshire SN14 6PA contact Dennis Bradbeer mail: I was unable to attend due to a family birthday, but chance to get to know one another. [email protected] Dave sent me the following report. ‘By my count Later in the evening a short walk to the pub or 4th November 50th Anniversary Dinner & Disco: 20 members were at the forge, but I didn’t get a chip shop, luckily back before the heavens opened, Oxford Belfry Hotel, Milton Common, Thame OX9 motorcycle count. Lewis Carpenter worked solidly glad we put the spare tent up, at least we could get 2JW contact Geoff Clough mail: geclough@gmail. on behalf of his family, but has yet to finish the out of the weather and do what we all do well, talk com project. Colin and Paula were in early and produced and drink, whilst the rain and wind was howling Don’t forget to make a note of the dates from two loo roll holders. Mike and Lesley made a poker outside. Saturday started off with the sun shining the trifold calendar that you wish to attend into from 25x5 flat with an elegant C18/19 finial to the flat and bacon butties before more members joined your diaries and make sure you add in the special handle. Chippy did the cooking on Nigel’s Barbie to us for the ride out. John led them, picking up more 50th events. We will also be updating the website a very high standard, absolutely nothing wasted or riders at Thame then via Chequers to the Dashwood regularly and posting on Facebook. burnt, wonderful! Thanks to all who came and also arms at Piddington for lunch then back again all on Here’s to safe riding and some good weather. scenic routes on varied types of roads, in total 13 thanks to Richard Evans and Tor, who helped me to bikes participated. Dave Tomlinson make the workshop a little less lethal than normal Some stayed at the site, either walking to town, prior to the event. Now, a word in Erica’s shell-like, or up the ridgeway, both just a short distance away, [email protected] blacksmiths do not go about ‘banging bits of metal’ or just enjoying the peace and quiet watching the the hammer is a precise instrument. Remember; no Red kites souring above us. One bird, scraggy tail, blacksmiths, no armourers; no armourers, no clock- or check the website at bmwcluboxford.com & was very brave and landed quite close to us several makers; no clock-makers, no gear cutters; no gear https://www.facebook.com/groups/bmwoxford/. times, (we were told not to feed them as they had cutters no BMWs. On Blacksmiths does civilisation snatched food from peoples’ hands and they didn’t depend!’ Thanks Dave for once again organising want to encourage this.) this event. It is very popular with our members , but A few more campers arrived, when ride out Scottish a lot of hard work for Dave. returned we had a ‘Cornholing’ Knockout, for some I could not get to The National this year, but from of us this was over very quickly. Another evening Duncan’s August Ad hoc: A good meeting at looking at the facebook posts it looked very good. much as Friday, less wet, less windy and now The Golspie Inn today. Twelve of us there. Good The fine weather must have been a real bonus. as we all knew each other less reserved!!! The chinwag. Good food. Good ride. Robert had come Hopefully there will be a full write up elsewhere in weather was improving daily and Sunday was all the way from outside Munich to be at this lunch the journal. pretty much perfect. Some of those who had further meet so it looks like the word is spreading! OK, he This month we have our section AGM on 15th to travel headed off home before the BBQ. After a hadn’t just come for our meet but this young man on at 10.30. This is at Rake Village Hall, GU33 7JA. quick goodbye a few of us went for a walk up the his F700GS had finished school and was on his tour Come and join us, have your say, give us your ridgeway, fantastic views and it was our turn to be exploring Britain. Roger had brought him along as ideas, and enjoy a buffet lunch and a chat. Erica above the red kites and buzzards, apparently 20 Robert’s dad was a friend of a friend. Before Robert will also be taking the money and order choices for 38 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 our Christmas dinner which is being held at The him as it was to the rest of us! Half the group braved Morrisons Liskeard for the start of the 3rd Pasty Northants Golf Club on Saturday 16th December. If it and went through whilst the other half including and Cream Tea ride. Eleven planned to start the you have not received an email with all the details, Keith and I found another way round. Our return ride but due to an accident on the A30 meant that please contact Erica for more information. route included a comfort stop at one or our regular Dave C would be seriously delayed and he would That is it for now folks. Hopefully see you at the watering holes The Orchard Cafe, West Grinstead. meet at the finish. From Liskeard we set off on AGM. On a sunny but breezy Sunday the 20th eighteen the A390, at Callington we turned left on the A388 of us sat down to lunch at Lydd Airport. Ron Heath for a couple of miles, a left onto the B3257 where Gerri volunteered to lead the subsequent run through we passed through the villages of Bray Shop and the Kent countryside and calling in at Merriments Coads Green, at Congdon’s Shop we went left on 01895 446896 Garden Centre, Hurst Green for the customary the B3254. On arriving at Launceston the drop off afternoon refreshments. system had to be deployed to negotiate the town’s [email protected] multiple junctions and traffic to contend with, but on arrival at St Stephens we left the town behind when we took a left turn and still had all riders in tow, we Erica followed this country road through the picaresque villages of Egloskerry, Tresmeer, Canworthy Water 07528 873056 and Warbstow, less pretty Hallworthy then finally Camelford, then its pasty time. Thanks to Dave T [email protected] and Viv, Charles, Chris R, Andy R, and Dave and Lavinia and thanks to Phil on the sweeping for the ride, and special thanks to Sue, Nic and Dave for organising the pasties and cream teas. The pasties South East were supplied by our local pasty shop, Cornish Maids in the town. October is the start of a new “Club” year and is very Dave Cooper’s rideout, on the 16th proved the busy for us. Where has this year gone? The first normal challenge of a mixture of roads and a few run is “Shaun’s Constable Country” departing from extra miles, starting after a coffee at the Woodleigh Thurrock Services (petrol) on the 1st at 9.30am. Sixteen (known) South East members ventured Coach House in Cheriton Bishop, we headed Our AGM is being held at Club Night on the 4th. up to Framlingham to attend the National Rally. for Crediton then to Tiverton, then heading more The 8th is Kevin Goldfinches’ “Autumn Leaves” On the Saturday Andy Warwick (possibly one of east and south we ended up in the very busy with run departing Maidstone Services (petrol) at our youngest members) led a run consisting of tourists, West Bay!! After a much needed lunch 10.30am. Our popular Midweek Run from Cooper seven bikes through picturesque countryside to of cheesy chips, a visit to Helmet City for a photo is the 11th. Friday natter night at The White Hart, Gorleston-on-Sea just below Great Yarmouth for session for the Challenge. We prepared to dress Lower Horsebridge is the 13th. Our annual Photo lunch after which we had an equally scenic ride up for the journey home and Tim’s GS had a flat Competition is to take place at Club Night on the back. Two teams of valiant South Easterners - battery. After several attempts to push start it, Tim 19th with four categories – “Bike”; “Action”; “Scenic” Shaun Mulligan & Brenda Gibson – John Stewart & decided to call the recovery, the rest continued on and “Humorous”. Have a look through your photos Shelia Blissett (see picture) took part in the “Skills to Crewkerne then Chard, and onto Honiton where old and new, you may have a winner. The only Test” (consisting of a golf buggy with a blindfolded we started to separate and head homeward, a very stipulation is that your entry must have been taken driver and passenger directing whilst negotiating enjoyable day, travelling to a few places I haven’t by you. Should you like to take part but are unable to various obstacles – knowing your left and right been before, thank you Dave for great day. bring your photos along you can post (do not email) being essential) – all four made a gallant effort – them to me with your name, address and category well done! on the reverse. All pictures will be returned. George Barlow’s Weymouth Beach Races Weekend is the Debbie Morris 21st-23rd . Natter night at the King’s Arms, Biggin Hill is on the 27th. Last but not least is the lunch 0208 3011600 meet on the 29th at Millbrook Garden Centre, Staplehurst TN12 9BT. Run will depart at 1pm. It was the West Kent Vintage Motorcycle International [email protected] Rally at The Friars, Aylesford on the 6th. We had 14 bikes on display and 32 (known) members popped in and out of the marquee during the course of the South West show where tea and coffee was available all day. Over the years Bill Haller has supplied and made We have had to change the date of our Christmas BLT Rolls for those who arrive early and this year dinner at the Fisherman’s Cot at Bickleigh, to the was no different. There he was apron on, tomatoes 2nd of December, same format as last year, just a and lettuce set out, sauces at the ready, his change of date. dedicated helper Rose Warner preparing the rolls On the 3rd August Tim Pattemore lead Exmoor when there was a loud groan! He suddenly realised rideout. Perhaps my “narrow, rough and dirty roads” he had forgotten his frying pan and utensils – his put people off so only 3 of us enjoyed a very windy, face was a picture! All was not lost Rose came to sometimes wet but always interesting day. the rescue and managed to acquire the necessary Phil joined at Sourton and after a tea we enjoyed from the “Triumph Stand” for the price of a kiss and very muddy lanes to the log cabin. Ron arrived and some of her homemade cake. My thanks go to after more tea and a breakfast we rode across an Bill for his rolls, Rose for making delicious cakes, extremely windy moor to Woody Bay station. More Brenda presiding over the kettle and of course our tea and a downpour so on with the waterproofs Marquee Erection Team all put together made a – that worked, the weather then dried and we splendid day. Our luck with the weather finally ran overheated in all the gear. Through the spectacular out on Wednesday the 9th for the Midweek Run. Valley of the Rocks and down the Porlock toll road Ron Rugman bravely led nine bikes from Cooper with a stop for a photo. Back across the moor via in the sunshine heading down to The Boathouse narrow lanes to the tea room at Withypool. After a Cafe, Littlehampton Marina. Alas, we ran into rain vote we rode cross country to Winkleigh for a final Event report for Lavender Rally 2017: Over the and by the time we arrived we were very wet! tea and split up for home. Thanks both for a very years The Lavender Rally has earned its nickname Nevertheless, we were made very welcome even enjoyable day. as The Hurricane Rally because of the camp sites’ though we virtually flooded the floor where we sat On the 5th August Jim organised a Fish and chip exposed position on The Hartland Peninsula in and dripped! The journey back in torrential rain was meet at South Molton, a Saturday midday Fish North Devon. So I nearly died laughing when the an absolute nightmare with road diversions caused and Chip meet, proved successful with at least 12 weather forecast on the Thursday before said there by road works and accidents together with flooding! meeting in the Square and parking on the traffic was a hurricane on its way across the Atlantic. Never have so few got so wet! Ron Rugman was island in the middle of the square opposite the fish Hurricane Gert (or at least its remains) were due to once again up the front and led 12 bikes from and chip shop, I think most enjoyed the lunch time hit us on Friday and Saturday. Well sure enough - Godstone Duck Pond on a lovely warm and sunny special of fish and chips with choice of drinks for the Club event shelter got wrecked, and also another Sunday 13th which got hotter as we headed south £5.50, met a few different members from that end tent. It got a bit windy! Loads of people turned up to our destination the “Bike Megameet” at Popham of the section, plus the regulars, always a nice ride though.31 of us! Must be a record for current events Airfield. Ron’s route took us through some pretty up to North Devon, so don’t forget to do a another (except the Hippo - watch this space). What a great little villages, beautiful scenery and low and behold one Jim? bunch of friends you are, thanks for keeping your one road took us to a “ford”! Which was a surprise to 12th August. We meet at the usual start at senses of humour and laughing your way through. October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 39 Good to see Robin back after his enforced absence, Sharon Wood proficiently piloting her own bike. If 5JH (GPS N5642230 W0034346). The hotel has and Chris Rogers rallying again. Social Sec. Don you were to believe the weather forecast you would an indoor pool, jacuzzi and gym. The cost for three booked for 1 night but stayed for 2. Debbie popped have stayed indoors that day and, given our light nights dinner, bed and breakfast is £160 per person in with Mum but couldn’t stay. I won’t tell how many number, many obviously chose to forego a free sharing – this includes staff gratuity and rally fee. All beers Phil had! (too many as per usual Jim!) breakfast rather than brave the predicted rainfall. bookings must be made through the Ulster Section Loads of bikes joined me on the rideout on However, after a shortish run to Hillsborough, ably organiser Jack Hunter before 6 Feb 2018. See the Saturday when we ended up doing 120 miles on led by Mark, the Sales manager on a R1200 GS Ulster Section website for further details, application Cornish and Devonian lanes to include an ice cream Rallye, with salesman Nigel on a R nine T Urban form and provisional ferry arrangements. Contact in lovely Crackington Haven, coffee and cake at The G/S acting as tail, we “juked” the rain and were Jack Hunter 028 90506677 for accommodation Oasis Bistro, Bude; and finally tea and stickies at only troubled by a very light drizzle. Dismounting details. Quince Honey Farm, South Molton before returning largely dry at The Plough Inn, one of the village’s Finally: WANTED: R1200GS with knobbly tyres to site. My youngest Grandson Sam joined us for finest “aiten-houses” we were met by Charles Hurst and top box big enough to hold a pail of water. the first time on his 125 and I must thank all riders Motorcycles Dealer Principal, David White, after Contact Jack or Jill, c/o BMW Club Ulster Section. for making him welcome and being tolerant of his which we all were treated to a slap-up Ulster Fry. somewhat underpowered bike. You did very well Following the breakfast and moving a bit more Mike McGrath [email protected] Sam. Good luck with your test. The BMW Club’s slowly, we ventured outside. “It’s not raining as bad future rests in the hands of you and your mates. as it was,” declared Paul, “It’s worse!” To be sure, Some energetic types walked to Hartland Quay for it was raining steadily and looked to be on for the Western lunch but as we were all stuffed from Michelle’s and day but we followed Mark who led us to Dromore, Eric’s belly busting breakfasts not many lunches at which point the rain miraculously stopped, then By the time you read this, I hope you will all have were required. Eric moved the cattle out of one of on to Dromara, Rathfriland and Banbridge where, had a cracking time at the traditional Sorebutts the barns for us and we lit the barbeque on Friday given the still-wet roads and heavy traffic, we Rally. This is always well attended, and has become and Saturday nights for more food and beer. The chose to join the A1 dual carriageway and the M1 a firm favourite with the sections camping die hards. shelter was very welcome, thanks Eric. I can’t motorway to hightail it back to the dealership where The Ilfracombe Bike show is proving to be a remember who won the quiz, but who cares, we all we wound up our run with more refreshments (oh, popular regional gathering and the route there and had a great time. how we needed that). Thanks to those who turned back makes for a great day out. Thank you to all who helped in every way. You out for the run and our appreciation to David, Mark I can’t wait to see the Internal Fire Museum, if know who you are. I’ll only name one person and and Nigel from Charles Hurst BMW Motorrad who only out of curiosity ! The journey takes us deap into that’s my long suffering wife, Hilda. She’s an angel not only organised and took part in the event but Wales, so let’s hope the weather holds out. most of the time, and at other times I wish she was! provided the breakfast. We have a good guest speaker at Devauden in All you need is a field and some mates. Thanks for The following weekend, on Sunday 13th August, October, whose story will either inspire you or put coming. Jim the ‘Donegal Run’ started from Corr’s Corner and you to shame. Denis takes us to the Cotswolds and Tavistock fish and Chips on the 23rd , It was riders made their way to a rest stop at the eastern the famous motoring museum and “locals” Nick & threatening rain, but turned out to be a nice evening, side of the Foyle Bridge, where other riders joined Monica will unveil the Forest of Dean with a ride out the group. From there, after a short break, the group as only 5 of us turned out for a sit down fish and from Tintern. We finish off with an expected win over was brought on a guided tour of Donegal, with a chips, with nice company Pete and his wife, sorry the Oxford Section at our annual skittles match. further lunch stop at a scenic location. The route can’t remember your name! and Phil who had a 3 Pictures of the months meetings can be viewed included some of the very scenic ‘Wild Atlantic Way’. hundred miles plus trip to the National the next day, on the section web site. we all enjoyed the fish and chips, put the world to Club Meeting on Tuesday 5th September. rights, headed homeward as it was getting dark, and Professional Photographer Martyn Boyd gave a Richard Frost. 01275 472797. presentation to club members. Apart from having still before any rain, thanks to all who came along. advanced skills in photography, Martyn is also To check ‘what’s on’ look in the Journal, our a keen biker and he gave a most interesting website and the newsletter email that is sent out presentation. Yorkshire at the beginning of the month, if you don’t get the On Sunday 10th September there was a “Meet newsletter send me your email address to get it and Eat” ride out ending at the Ulster American Folk Many of you will have noticed that for most of this added to the list. Don’t forget to keep up to date with Park just a few miles north of Omagh. The indoor year the Yorkshire Facebook page has become changes as on the website, www.thebmwclubsw. exhibition at the Folk Park examines life in Ulster in increasingly out-of-date or inaccessible. We are org.uk Mark’s email is webmaster@thebmwclubsw. the 18th and 19th centuries. It reveals the reasons happy to announce that we’ve now been able to re- org.uk and my email is southwest.social@ behind the exodus and wave of emigration and build the Facebook page and you can access it as bmwclubuk.net shows how the settlers adapted to and impacted on normal if you wish to do so. The new address is “The BMW Club Yorkshire Section”. Many thanks Don Rabson 01840 212913 or 07884266340 a new and unfamiliar environment in the New World of America. According to its website, if you visit to Liz Elvidge for her hard work getting this and the park you will be invited to: “Immerse yourself the new Website going again. Liz has volunteered in the story of the brave emigrants who made the to continue on as our ‘web master’ (Should that Ulster journey across the Atlantic to America hundreds of be Web-Mistress? What’s politically correct these years ago. Wander through the thatched cottages days? Web person I expect!) And, as a result, we Jack mastered his bike test at last and log cabins and meet costumed characters are proposing at the next Yorkshire AGM on 8th of So he set off with Jill from Belfast. who will show you traditional crafts, tell you a few October that she be co-opted as an assistant on to Jill was one in a million, stories and maybe even share a bit of their good the Yorkshire committee. Full details of the AGM But when sat on the pillion, food. Board a full-scale emigrant ship to experience are to be found in last month’s news item. Please Wished that Jack didn’t go quite so fast! the conditions faced by many as they set sail for a join us there if you can and enjoy some free light One day to the Mournes they did go, new life in America. With 30 buildings and exhibits refreshments too. Their clean polished Beemer to show. to explore, masses of things for the kids to do, the You should have seen from the advertisement in Got behind a farm truck, Ulster American Folk Park is a wonderfully unique the Journal that we’ve booked another Christmas Spewing miles of cow’s muck; experience.” Dinner event at the Cairn Hotel. This time it’s on And what happened? You don’t want to know! Upcoming events: The next club meeting is the Saturday 16th December as shown in the advert. The next afternoon they were free, AGM on Tuesday 3rd October. All members are Please book soon if you’d like to join us. Rooms in The great Giant’s Causeway to see. encouraged to attend this important meeting in the the Hotel are also available and some are booking In the top box some lunch, club calendar and to contribute to the selection of more than one night to enjoy a whole weekend of And a biscuit to munch, the committee for the next 12 months. the delights Harrogate at Christmas! With a flask and two cups for their tea. On Sunday 8th October, the last “Meet and Eat” Our last Thursday lunch meeting of the year Jack said “I’ll get down on one knee …” of the Ulster Section calendar year will take place is about to be held on 5th October at The Ham & “Yes, I’ll marry you” Jill said with glee. in the Bushmills Garden Centre at 1:00pm. Bikers Cheese pub in Scagglethorpe, Malton, YO17 8DY. “No, that’s not what I mean, leave the usual starting point, Corr’s Corner Hotel, That’s just off the A64 on the right going east out of Jill, it’s for helping me lean, at 11:00am. Malton. Pre-booking with Peter is essential; see adv. When I’m scraping the corners, you’ll see!” A reminder: Looking ahead a couple of months, Please note that this last meeting is definitely not Recent Events: Hurst’s Breakfast Run, Sunday the annual Club Christmas dinner and charity anywhere near Beverley as shown in last month’s 6th August. For many years now our local dealership, Presentation will take place in the Templeton Hotel Journal. This was a double error that appeared Charles Hurst BMW Motorrad, have supported the Templepatrick on Tuesday 5th December. Mark the despite our best efforts to get the correction in Ulster Section by organising an annual ‘Breakfast date in your diaries and watch this space for further before it went to press. Many apologies if anybody Run’ for our members. So it was, on Sunday 6th details. ended up at the wrong place for our September August, that sixteen of us met at their showrooms Another reminder: Looking ahead to next year, meeting. Happily Peter Brindle has, yet again, at 9am to enjoy a chat over a cup of tea or coffee from 4th – 7th May 2018, the Ulster Section May agreed to run the Thursday lunch meetings in 2018 before setting-off at 9.30am on the run. It was great Day Weekend will take place at the Pitlochry Hydro so thanks to him for what he’s done already and to see two bikes with women pillion passengers and Hotel, Knockard Road, Pitlochry, Perthshire, PH16 about to do for the future! 40 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 Our second Portpatrick Hotel Weekend in the far Boules competition trophy ! The Fed committee south west of Scotland near Stranraer is taking place kindly agreed to prominently display the BMW Club over the second weekend of this month. At the time Sidecar Register’s NABD collection bucket, so a of writing we have a small but significant number of big thank you to them and everyone who donated. members booked in. Last year was a great event By the time you read this our own sidecar rally at with everyone enjoying the Hotel facilities, the pubs Seend nr Devizes will have been and gone – report in the fishing village and the magnificent riding out in next month’s issue of ‘The Journal’. For further in the Forest of Galloway. If you fancy joining us at sidecar related events see http://www.sidecars.org. the last minute, do give the Hotel a call as per our uk or www.sidecarland.com advertisement in the Journal and on the website. Don’t forget to write-up any sidecar stories or There’ll probably be some rooms still available. We ‘tech tips’ for ‘The Journal’ before you forget them ! hope to see you there. That’s our last special event of the year for most and as mentioned last month the Keith Thomas committee’s thoughts are already turning to events for next year. We are planning some slight changes 019467 25152 to the regular monthly meeting places and have already confirmed the regular Alpine Run on 22nd [email protected] April. Also we will be organising a second Yorkshire Boreen Run over 6th to 9th June. That’s Thurs and Friday ride outs this time. The Advert should already be appearing so you can book straight away if you Vintage Register fancy it. Don’t put the bike away just yet! There’ll be plenty Just a brief section news this month. of late season ‘windows of opportunity’ to enjoy a It was great to meet to so many of you at the ride! national rally recently. Your comments of support All the best are gratefully received and very encouraging. Well done to all who came away with a prize from the Piers Kurrein. 07866 622 196 classic bike show & thanks to everyone who took part. Special thanks to Hugh,Heather, Robert & [email protected] Roger for all their hard work. Finally thank you to everyone else who supported the VCR’s activity at www.thebmwclub.org.uk/yorkshire/ the rally. Only other thing I want to mention this for this month, is that our DVLA officer Robert Freeman is looking for a volunteer to assist him in his role. Sidecar Register Basically just a person who Robert can brief, and keep up to date on what is happening. Should We had fantastic weather throughout the whole Robert be unavailable for any reason (illness, 4 days of the Federation of Sidecar Clubs annual holidays etc), just keep the ‘wheels in motion’. For rally in Market Harborough at the end of August. further information or to volunteer yourself contact Over 100 outfits attended, from all over the UK Robert directly. His details can be found at the front and Europe. The rally was the usual well-run affair of The Journal. with plenty going on each day – Paul Ennis and I kept the BMW Club flag flying by winning the Ashley

October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 41 at the hotel provided an excellent supper, overlooking the river, and overlooked by Godfrey of Bouillon’s castle, the man who started the crusades to the Holy Land in the middle ages - someone with a lot to answer for in the hereafter, should there turn out to be one. All in all, an interesting day. Thursday - the previous day starting out damp in places, Thursday started a bit brighter. I trundled over the bridge on the one-way system, heading out of town under the looming walls of the castle. I decided that I would use the GPS and route cards in tandem, so as to obviate a repetition of the previous day’s adventures. World of BMW 90th Anniversary The day passed fairly uneventfully, my Mike Frost bumping into Dave Foster early on, and we Trip to Garmisch Partenkirchen deciding to ride together for the day. We paid a visit to the American WWII cemetery at Mihiel to pay our respects: a point of sombre reflection on the futility of conflict and the dreadful loss of life; most of the lads buried I have been to this party, laid on by BMW for consequence, I decided to use the cards there were doubtless younger than my 27 all two-wheeled BMW owners, as a thank henceforth, with Garmin’s ‘Emma’ in my year old son. you for buying their bikes presumably, four ears as light entertainment rather than holy We continued and found the quiet times now. I don’t recall seeing a write-up in writ, so to speak, I managed to make some river crossing over the Rhine, the Garmin the Journal on it previously, so I thought you progress. celebrating by informing me, once again, might like to read my impressions. I booked that I was at the hotel! We proceeded, a trip via World of BMW; hotels booked, tagging on to the end of a tour-led group routes provided (if wanted) all meals for the final run in to the Hotel at Baden- included, plus a Saturday night party in Baden (funny, Bath-Bath doesn’t sound as the big tent onsite, I was convinced. The effective). cost wasn’t excessive, and I was glad of The hotel was comfortable, and had the company, although I had no doubts provided a special menu for the tour about my R1200RT. participants, simple fare, but very welcome This narrative was written by request after another long day in the saddle. for the Vines BMW newsletter, so some Friday -The Garmin surpassed itself, in references to individuals who were part of leading me several times up the garden the party will have to be excused! path, or rather up the Baden path, before Wednesday 3rd August 2013- As I’m exiting the city. I took advantage of a not the fastest person on two wheels, fuelling point to charge my camelbak with when riding within my comfort zone, I a litre of Evian, as the day was warming up elected to make an early start, so as to be A late lunch was taken at about 3:00 p.m. rapidly. The B500 ‘Hochalpstrasse’ turned ahead on the road. Accordingly, I rocked up in the roadhouse at Chimay, where I met the out to be, for me, the high point of the tour as at the WOBMW reception area in Folkestone first BMW fellow-traveller, Dave Foster from a ride; what a road, what views! a couple of hours prior to most, and was kindly Aberdeen. I went upon my way, with further Proceeding at my usual comfortable pace, provided with an early boarding pass by the entertainment from ‘Emma’ - announcing I was passed several times by chaps riding in girls in attendance. Declining the bacon bun, that the hotel had been reached as I crossed a considerably more spirited manner, they I boarded, staying myself instead with bread the French/Belgian border! I re-entered the were obviously enjoying the ride, but did they pudding prepared for the occasion, and was route for the day and proceeded upon my take in much of the scenery?? away sharpish at the other end. way. The last delight from the Garmin was The GPS led me a merry dance in A quiet run down to J8 of the ‘route du to direct me down a road that was gravel to Balingen; every major road seemed to be Sud’ had me quaffing cafe crème in the start, and which rapidly deteriorated into a 35 closed and torn up for resurfacing! I gave square at Cambrai by 11:00-ish. The Garmin degree slope of mud and slurry, the roadbed up in disgust and plugged the hotel address was then turned on, and the fun and games having been completely removed - interesting in, immediately following which, I met up with commenced..... going on Michelin Road Pilots - I emerged While the route cards provided were clear intact but even muddier opposite a bridge and straightforward, I decided to follow the crossing the river Meuse, shortly arriving at GPS routes provided by WOBMW initially the hotel in Bouillon without further incident. and see how I got on. Having spent several After check-in and shower, I met Julia hours visiting out of the way spots in ditches Sanders, of WOBMW who was aware of the to ‘collect’ waypoints before the route would GPS issues and offered to re-programme open up any further, the bike looking like my Garmin, when she had finished doing a participant in a ploughing match as a the same for several others. The restaurant 42 The BMW Club Journal October 2017 ,and lads in lederhosen, ensured that we Tuesday - a long day’s ride to Reims; never went thirsty! after a pleasant spin through the black forest The Bavarian entertainment arrived in hills in the company of Paul and Howard procession, proceeding to play weird and of the Vines group, we parted company at wonderful instruments: Gerardmer, Paul continuing on the ‘D’ roads, Yes, it is one instrument! One what is Howard and I going for the ‘Peage’ option, however open to conjecture..... and pleasantly surprised to reach our hotel Having opened in the traditional Bavarian without having to pay any tolls! manner, the band picked up their guitars and The Cathedral looked magnificent from proceeded to play more contemporary pop the hotel’s 11th floor bar, but the beer was the Tour-led group again, with whom I rode tunes, mainly those to which the assembled indifferent, so I dragged Ian Harrison off for to Garmisch. We stopped at a lovely spot to crowd could recognise and sing along with, a walk round the town. As he had visited stretch our legs. as the steins of ‘Hacker-Pschorr’ went down, previously, I was treated to a guided tour We were now sharing the road with many and the volume of talk and song went up... of the cathedral, a truly awesome edifice, members of the horizontally-opposed clan! Much fun was had with the competing completed about 1280, and not a crack I had elected to share hotel rooms with national groups trying to outsing or out-cheer showing anywhere, no cowboy builders A.N.Other, in order to contain costs, but each other, and the evening wound to a close around on that job then... owing to a last minute cancellation, I had so very satisfactorily, and we staggered off into We found a pleasant bar on the corner far enjoyed rooms to myself. This situation the murk, more than ‘adequately refreshed’. of our street, to which assorted group peaked at the Dorint Sporthotel, where I had a suite containing two bedrooms, en-suite and second bathroom, dining area, lounge, multiple televisions, conference suite and swimming pool - joking, of course. Having met up with fellow travellers, we proceeded to the festival site, an enjoyable 45 minute walk, although I blessed my decision to pack my favourite walking boots. We collected our VIP passes for Saturday night, and had a look around - an excellent rockabilly band were playing in ‘Rockers corner’ with a vintage Wall of Death as a backdrop, and the Ace cafe stall adjacent. My dream machine on display; the vintage Indian used on the Wall of Death for decades, and still going strong. Saturday - dawned bright and hot. I, along with quite a few others, decided that notwithstanding having booked guided rides round the Alpine passes for Saturday and Sunday, that I would have a ‘down day’ instead. I was booked on the Passo Stelvio ride, and knew from personal experience that it could easily become very crowded, and in hot weather would not be a wonderful experience. The festival site beckoned Sunday - was spent, following a further companions gravitated, as the beers went instead: visit to the festival site, putting the world down once more. A plethora of stalls were there, tuning, to rights in the company of like-minded Wednesday - the group elected to make touring, custom, you name it, advice, individuals in the Dorint beer garden; an a quick run for the ‘Tunnel sous le Manche’, aftermarket goodies for the buying, plus intention to have a couple of drinks over making very good time and crossing back several stunt sessions by Christian Pfeiffer lunch turned into a marathon session, much onto English soil by about 1:00 pm. during the day kept us all amused. The enjoyed by all concerned! A final coffee in the M25 Clackett Lane campsite adjacent to the festival site was Monday - on the road once again, and motorway services was enjoyed, all agreeing packed; riders come from all over Europe for making our way to Titisee in the black Forest - that a good time had been had, and promises this gathering, but curiously few from the UK. a hot day, with the terrain varied, mostly single to sign up for next year being tossed around. We then wended our way back to the carriageway rural roads, enjoyable riding. At Dorint, for a bit of lunch prior to preparing for Titisee, the hotel announced that all tables the evening. Most decided to use the shuttle were already booked up until after 8:30, so, bus or taxi it back to the site, as a walk back profiting from a prior visit, I wandered up the later would help clear the head, but four 45 road and booked a table overlooking the lake minute walks in one day were a bit much! at a competing establishment. I was joined The big tent was filling nicely as we arrived: by the now familiar members of our group, We were shown to our ‘VIP’ area at 8:00 who were not disappointed in the meal set pm prompt, and the lassies in dirndl-rocks before us! October 2017 The BMW Club Journal 43 Mutual Aid Mutual Aid Adverts are to enable BMW Club Members to buy or sell motorcycles or related items that they own. 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Others early K series. Complete with one set of keys. Good Panniers. Inner bags. Bagstar tank bag. Two power condition other than scratches on lids. Part numbers 11057 sockets. Friction screw ‘cruise control’. Owner’s handbook. STEIB S501 SIDECAR - £1,750,00. Purchased by my 4654 - 2300 033 DN - B and 11058 4654 - 2300 034 DN Part tool kit. Givi top box. Minimal wear and tear. Twenty father approx. 15 years ago, fitted to his 1956 Ariel Square - B. £100.00 o.n.o. Can email photographs. Phil - 07850 years with present owner. Ridden locally for pleasure. Four. Used for a number of years prior to replacing the 983144 or email - [email protected] (Cornwall). Never in rain, snow, ice, salt. Always garaged. Low original corroded body with a fibreglass replica in 2010. mileage. Last serviced September 2016. Next MOT due Includes a tonneau cover & windscreen to the correct Wanted September 2017. Good clean machine. £1,400 or sensible pattern. Some fittings are still attached to the chassis to suit offer. Can email photographs. Ken 07718 101864 or email a number of period motorcycles. Further info and photos, BMW - R65, R80 and R100 Basic, GS, RT and RS models, any condition, cash waiting, can collect. Ian 01694 723546 [email protected] (North Essex). contact: Tim Whellock – [email protected] Mobile: 07768 612065 (Somerset) (Trader). “R” Series CARBURETTORS - 22mm or 24mm or 7/8” bore. Bing, Bits & Bobs Amal, Mikuni or other make. Telephone or text Nick 07904 GARAGE CLEAR OUT - R50/2 1964: Good condition with 505496 (leave message, I will call back) (Lancashire). BMW LEATHER SUIT - Blue/grey. Excellent condition. matching engine frame number. £9,000. R100R 1992: F700GS - 2015 - BMW Vario top case and mounting Good condition, £4,000. R100R 1992: Average condition, Jacket 40” chest, goes with jumpsuit (Salopette style) bracket wanted. Mike 07950 510896 or email mike@glebe- £3,500. R100 Cafe racer 1982: Good condition, £3,500. jeans. 42” chest, 31” inside leg. Although about 30 years farm.co.uk (Warwickshire). old has had little use and is unmarked. £95 plus postage. Nick 07854 080920 (Cleveland). Bruce 02089 791555 (Surrey). R80RT - 1986 Mono - Wiring loom wanted. Jim 07761 R80RT - 1985 - Red. Owned for seven years. Only three 832507 or email [email protected] (Aberdeenshire). BREMBO BRAKE CALIPER - For R100GS and R80GS owners from new including me. Total stainless steel R80ST - Tank harness baseplate wanted for use with BMW paralevers and R80 and R65 monolevers. 26,000 miles exhaust system, Hagon rear shock, new tyres, clock and tank bag. Alternatively would consider Baglux tank harness. only. £75. BMW R80GS and R80ST side stand, £32. voltmeter. Complete with BMW tool kit. MOT August 2018. Ashley 07922 140138 or email [email protected] Both plus postage at cost. Send email for photographs. BMW panniers. Appreciating classic. £2,500. Jim 01955 (Middlesbrough). Bryan 07719 693666 or email [email protected] 661329 or 07769 838932 (Wick on the NC500 route). R100RS - If possible with low mileage and relatively clean. (Staffordshire). Would consider a R80 with a R100RS fairing fitted. Please R1100RT - 2001 ‘Y’ - Owned from new. Dark red. BMW JACKET & TROUSERS - One pair of black BMW phone any time (within reason) with details to Michael panniers, top box and heated grips. Datatool alarm. 31,130 Streetguard 3 trousers. 100% waterproof, just tech-washed 00353 862 530838 (Ireland). miles. £2,200. Malcolm 07939 004431 (Cheshire). and with Salopette style zip-on bib and braces, with zip out R1100RS - 1997 - BMW or Givi top box wanted. Derek R1150GS - 2003 - Blue/ white colour scheme. Just leg lining. Great condition. Size XL. £175 o.n.o. including 07793 424236 or email [email protected] 13,500 miles. In excellent condition commensurate with P&P UK mainland only (£480 new). 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For all enquiries please [email protected] long journey here or spend a few days riding contact Garry Webb. Tel: 01344 860580/07770 the local roads, enjoying the hills and bends. VALRÉAS PROVENCE FRANCE. Anglo-French 444794. Email [email protected] Club member. Chris: 01683 220378 see www. Les Ecureuils guesthouse, five en-suite rooms. CENTRAL LONDON BMW SPECIALISTS. guesthouse-moffat.com Large tranquil private garden, secure parking All models to date 2v, 4v, BMW Diagnostic and pool. Ideal stopover or base when touring equipment, ex dealer Tech, 30 years exp. BED AND BREAKFAST IN RURAL southern France. Contact Mike and Chantal at Servicing, repairs, insurance work. Tyres, spares ABERDEENSHIRE. Two en-suite bedrooms. www.rib84.com FROM stock. 5 star workshop - full facilities. Situated on the Castle Trail with easy access BMW authorised supplier. Bikes bought/sold - to the Highlands. Lovely quiet roads with plenty Services & Parts see Biketrader web page. 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