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Email | [email protected] Call | 0800 65 62 64 aon.co.nz 2 Contents 3 New Members SEND EDITORIAL COPY TO: 5 President’s Podium [email protected] 6 Riding Code 8 Events Calendar ALL OTHER CORRESPONDENCE TO: 9 Area Reports The Secretary 11 1937 BMW R2 BMWMC of NZ 12 BMW Clutch Woes PO Box 109-245 14 All Things Have A Beginning Newmarket 15 Best South African Road Trip Pt.2 Auckland 1149 New Zealand 17 Taranaki Rally Update 19 Members Photos PRESIDENT 24 Marketplace Garry Williams 03 312 8204 or 027 242 7799 [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT Grant Aislabie New Members 021 989 303 or 09 529 0229 We hope you’ll take part in many of your local and national events. [email protected] Your Area Rep will be pleased to introduce you to other members SECRETARY in your area. Our monthly newsletter is an open forum for all David Ross members. If you fancy having a story (and photos) published 027 645 8236 about your ride, the rebuild of your bike, a book you might have read or a movie you have seen lately, or just want to get [email protected] something off your chest about how the club is going, then get TREASURER in touch with the Editor no later than the 15th day of the month Robin Wood preceding publication. We welcome your contribution. 021 724 859 [email protected] Grant MCMILLAN - AUCKLAND Bruce MORRISON - WELLINGTON MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Graeme SUTHERLAND - Chris Souness WAIKATO 021 494 952 Bruce STUART - AUCKLAND [email protected] MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE Dale Grover 03 546 9771 or 027 297 1759 [email protected] BMWMC GEAR Ian Sowden [email protected] EDITOR Dave Oldershaw Please Note: Any material intended for publication in the Cover: Tibsy playing Golf 029 200 3679 newsletter should reach the Editor no later than the 15th day of the month preceding publication. The newsletter is an open forum for all members. 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Find us online: starinsure.co.nz Give us a call on: 0800 250 600 4 President’sPresidents Podium Podium President’sGarry Podium Williams November 2018 Wow, my last podium as your club’s President this term and the last newsletter for 2018. I’m not entirely sure how the year has gone by so quickly, maybe it’s an age thing, but it’s been a pretty full on year! I’ve been out on the bike a bit too, the recent South Island RAG Rally being one of the highlights in the last month or so. Our Canterbury Area Rep, Julie, pulled a masterstroke in securing the Top10 Holiday Park in Geraldine a s the venue. The 30 or so members, including Richard and Janine from Auckland, had a huge amount of fun. Aside from great riding, there were lots of laughs over the weekend and a bit of silliness from time to time as well. Just like it should be! Just last weekend, my good friend Chris and I hosted a couple of guys I went to welding school with in I wantWellington to and commend two of their friends you looking all for an for adventure restraint between Hanmer shown Springs during and Waiau onthe a four lock-down day South Island in relation to tour. Suffice to say we were happy to accommodate and, with the help of local landowners, arranged a route across the Amuri gettingSaddle loosely out following an about one undertaken on on the a Yamaha bike. Safari I recallcertainly doing back inhope 2009. Despite you’re impressive making rainfall figures up the for it now. I’m veryThursday pleased prior we had to no worriessay crossingI’ve been the Hanmer out River, on enjoyed the a sublime HP2 ride every over Birch day Topping since and Balcadine, the reveled country moved to in the great conditions over the Lowry Hills and had a hilarious time navigating Random Spur Road, the last couple of Alertkilomet Levelers in ankle 2. deep mud. Our northern brethren turned left at Cheviot heading for an overnight stay in Kaikoura while Chris and I headed home via Cathedral Cliffs, the Blythe Valley and Motunau Beach, just because we could. It was a wicked day, awesome company, and lots of good laughs. Pretty much all of this was organised over a week or two through social media and various photos and commentary subsequently posted on our club Facebook page amongst others. It’s one of the benefits of platforms like Facebook, in my Covid-19view an invaluable is contained, way of keeping in touch but with there’s people you otherwisestill a wouldn't risk seeof oncommunity a regular basis, and enablingtransmission others to with a num- hear about real-time events and gatherings you might otherwise miss. berOn theof other active hand, Facebookcases can still be annoying in train. and confusing Area given Reps that there have are few been restrictions advised on what groups that or pages the fundamental people can set up and what they call themselves. I’ve been fielding a number of calls from members around some confusion principleswith a group c alled the “BMW Club Riders NZ”,is operating and what relationship under it has with during the club. Alert Level 2 are about reducing the possibilityBMW Riders NZ of is a pagemembers that has been setgetting up by one ofsick, our members. making As I understand sure it,we there can was a track time back whenand OSH trace for anyone issues became such that operating and organising a ride for the BMWOR Auckland Branch became quite onerous. The local thatAuckland actually Branch riders does decided get that asick, means and by which that they could we ride all (and understand communicate) on a morethis casual is not basis woulda return to “nor- include a webpage/face book page for those riders who attended the rides under the title Auckland BMW Riders. Although mal”.predominantly owners of BMWs and members of BMWOR, all makes were encouraged. For reasons unbeknown, this then morphed into BMW Riders NZ. Like I said, if a person wants to start a social network inspired club or page, there’s nothing stopping them from doing so and naming it whatever they want. There is a plethora of BMW related pages and groups on Facebook, just as you’ll find many Currently,Harley and Triumph social brand interest gatherings groups and o ther are riding-type restricted interest groups to (distance, groups adventure, of touring,up to etc.) 10, out there. if following public There are two clubs in New Zealand currently authorised by BMW to provide a home for owners post purchase and others healthembracing guidance’ the brand. One of thesebut is this the BMW is Car to Club, be the reviewed other one is us. on the 25th May. We have asked Area To be clear, our club Facebook page is BMW Motorcycle Club - New Zealand. The distinction is that, as the only current official RepsBMW Motorcycleto factor Club inthis New Zealandin to through any ourrides relationship they with are BMW Motorradorganising NZ and BMW until Clubs restrictions International, we are relaxed enjoy the benefits of BMW’s Corporate Identity and we’re able to use the BMW roundel and other copy-write collateral in any of further.our settings. In the spirit of co-operation between New Zealand’s two official BMW clubs, I’m delighted that the President of the BMW Car Club has reached out to organise a joint car/bike weekend based in Turangi for the last weekend of March 2019. We’ve been talking about such events for some time; it’s great we can now ma ke it happen. More detail will be out about that soon. PeopleIt’s been a with really good underlying year in the main, Imedical have enjoyed this conditions, past term as President especially immensely and if thank not all memberswell-controlled, of the and current Board for the way in which each has undertaken their responsibilities and particular tasks over the year.