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The BMW Club JOURNAL £2.00 July 2005 2 BMW Club Journal • July 2005 HONORARY EDITORIAL TEAM The Journal Please send all letters to Paul Nadin, Mutual Aid to Owen Vaughan, features to July 2005 Dave Bertram. All other correspondence or queries should be sent to the Editor. The Official BMW Club EDITOR: CHRIS FLEMING, 58 Janes Lane, Bur- within the UK and gess Hill, West Sussex. RH15 0QR. Tel/Fax: Republic of Ireland 01444 245367. e-mail: [email protected] Affiliated to BMW Club Europa e.V SECTION NEWS & ‘COMPASS’: Please send to the Editor at present. www.bmwclub.org.uk FEATURES EDITOR : DAVE BERTRAM “Kimber- General Enquiries: 0800 0854045 ley”, 4 Southcrest, West Hunsbury, Northamp- ton, NN4 9UD. Tel/fax 01604 479749. e-mail: FREEPOST THE BMW CLUB [email protected] The BMW Club is the Trading name of The B.M.W. Motorcycle Club Ltd Registered in England, Registration TORQUE REACTION: PAUL NADIN, 49, Berk- number 4261129 whose Registered Office: Charter Court, shire Drive, Congleton, Cheshire. CW12 1SB. Midland Road, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP2 5GE e-mail: [email protected] MUTUAL AID & SMALL BUSINESS ADS: OWEN All Rights Reserved VAUGHAN, 16 South Meadows, Pembroke, Pembs. SA71 4EW. Tel 01646 683188. e-mail: For problems regarding distribution of the Jour- [email protected] nal please first contact your Section Secretary. DIARY OF EVENTS: GORDON CATCHPOLE, Should there still be a problem then contact the Avenida de las Especias 58, Pinar de membership secretary. Their details are listed on Campoverde, 03190 Pilar de la Horadada, page 9. Alicante, Spain. Tel/fax: (0034) 966762893. e- mail: [email protected] COMMERCIAL DISPLAY ADS: ROB PEARCE, 16 Forestfield, Horsham, RH13 6DZ.Tel/fax 01403 754912, [email protected] CONTENTS TECHNICAL OFFICER: MIKE FISHWICK, Regulars Sirgon, 24250 Daglan, France. e-mail: Editorial Freewheeling .......................... 4 [email protected] 25 Years of the BMW GS..................... 6 100,000 MILE AWARDS: BOB HARRISON, 251 National & Section Officers.................... 8 Preston Road, Coppull. PR7 5DS. Tel: 01257 Presidents Platform.............................. 7 793209 e-mail:[email protected] Diary Of Events................................. 41 Around the Compass........................... 45 Other Events...................................... 46 German Jottings.................................. 47 Caption Competition............................. 64 Where We Meet................................... 65 Social Secretaries................................. 66 DISCLAIMER Section News....................................... 66 The BMW Club Journal accepts for publication articles and letters written in good faith; however, the views expressed Mutual Aid / Small Business Ads.............. 76 in articles and letters which are published are not necessarily those of the editor of the Journal or those of Features the BMW Club or its officers or members. A Father And Son Reunion..................... 18 The information, including advice and suggested modifications published in the The BMW Club Journal has The AGM (2005) Photos......................... 36 not been approved, tested or otherwise checked by The Spike & The Mechanics ........................ 39 BMW Club Journal or the BMW Club. Before acting on Making The Change : R1150RT .............. 49 information, advice or suggested modifications published in The BMW Club Journal you should always obtain technical Our VP’s viewpoint .............................. 50 advice, and if appropriate have a professional motor-cycle The HP2 Enduro revealed ..................... 51 engineer carry out the work for you. Biking and Camping Tips ...................... 53 The BMW Club Journal and the BMW Club cannot accept Boxer Headlamp Wiring ........................ 58 liability for any loss, damage or claims occurring as a result of any modifications or work or other action carried Book and Product Reviews ................... 60 out on the advice or based on the suggestions given in any article or letter published in The BMW Club Journal and (save for death or personal injury arising from The BMW Club Journal’s negligence) all such liability is hereby excluded. This months cover photo : A heavy bomber - The BMW Club Journal is published for and on behalf of I will leave it to you to decide which one is the B.M.W. Motorcycle Club Ltd. which! My apologies to whoever sent this picture in - I’ve lost your details... BMW Club Journal • July 2005 3 Lock2-Lock Scheme Has a New Partner The Motorcycle Action Group is the latest Editorial organisation to officially endorse the Lock-2-Lock national security scheme. It takes less than 20 Freewheeling seconds for a bike to be loaded into the back of a van. Lock-2-Lock has one important objective - to beat motorcycle thieves by uniting motorcyclists and allowing them to work together. The scheme AM SLOWLY getting the hang of this editorship is simplicity itself. By attaching an L2L sticker to business and everyone involved in the their bikes, motorcyclists can help to drastically preparation and printing of the Journal has been I reduce motorcycle theft. The L2L sticker displayed extremely patient with me during my learning curve on a motorcycle authorises another Lock-2-Lock and probationary period. Last month, for example, member to lock his or her bike security chain to we survived a near-catastrophic system crash that particular bike’s security chain. It is that simple. that wiped out all of our commercial ads on Rob Only the locks are locked together, therefore any Pearce’s PC, yours truly failing to understand the of the bikes can be removed from the “chain” of difference between RGB and CMYK colour printing bikes when the owner desires. (don’t ask - my head hurts!) and Our President experimenting with His digital camera. MAG’s Director of Public Affairs, Trevor Baird welcomed the scheme, “as having a long term However, The Management did allow Rob & I to go importance in the fight against motorcycle theft.” to the - rather damp! - BMF Rally on the Saturday MAG will be working to help promote the scheme so that I could have the opportunity to put some in various ways. MAG supports the L2L scheme “faces to names” of many of our regular as a welcome deterrent against the continuing advertisers. It came as no real surprise to learn problem of motorcycle and scooter theft. The L2L that they are as enthusiastic about motorcycling scheme cleverly embraces the motorcycling as we are and to realise that they enjoyed the community’s spirit of self-help. MAG supports the opportunity to meet their potential customers as L2L scheme as part of its on-going commitment to well. They all spoke highly of the Club – and of the anti-theft campaigning. Journal! – and while we may be regarded as being the “pipe-and-slippers brigade” in some quarters, The Lock-2-Lock team believe “the scheme is a we are also seen as being perceptive and fantastic opportunity for the motorcycle industry discriminating purchasers in others. In other and we look forward to seeing further growth words, we know what we want and don’t mess over the coming months and years and we look about when it comes to getting it! forward to working with MAG in the fight against bike theft.” Articles and Photos needed More information about the scheme can be found I know it’s the time of year when you would rather by visiting www.lock2lock.co.uk be out and about on your bike rather than composing literary masterpieces or capturing That Perfect Moment on film or digital, but we are running Insurance low on articles for future issues, especially those of technical nature and “how-to” varieties. Please Andy Stork (Yorkshire Section) sent this in : If you keep them coming in – but if you want the originals are in the market for insurance renewal then check returned it would be VERY helpful if you can this one out : enclose an SAE as well. Roadster, If sending photos by eMail, as both Dave & I are Tel 08456021200, broadbanded (!) our PCs can cope with large files. [email protected] or www.bikequote.com With regard to photos, the greater their resolution and number of pixels they have the better, as the I’ve jut saved £47 for the same cover as last year. images can then have a wider range of pre-printing No connection just well pleased to save a bit o adjustments applied if need be. I’m learning all the brass. time - but my head still hurts ! 4 BMW Club Journal • July 2005 New Model Sales Success .... ..... the Approved Used Bike scheme .... It’s official - BMW Motorrad is the fastest growing BMW Motorrad UK’s entire dealer network has motorcycle brand in the UK according to sales outperformed new registration targets for the first performance figures released at the end of April. financial quarter - a tough objective in a static This significant achievement makes BMW the fifth market. The company’s sales figures (1225 new largest motorcycle brand in 2005, ahead of rival registrations) are up by 34% to the end of March manufacturers including Kawasaki and Harley- whereas the overall market figure is down by 7%. Davidson. Despite overall market conditions This performance has helped place BMW as the remaining static, BMW’s sales are up 42 per cent fifth largest motorcycle brand in the UK. An upturn year on year and the company’s market share has in sales of new BMWs has also led to improved grown by 1.6 percentage points in this period - a availability of used stock, making the time right to figure unmatched by any other motorcycle re-launch BMW’s Approved Used Bikes (AUB) manufacturer in the UK. Such success ensures scheme. This programme is designed to offer true BMW Motorrad has not only achieved the largest benefits to customers who buy into the BMW brand. percentage growth increase, but also the largest rise in terms of sheer volume to date in 2005.