Riding in a group

A very useful article from Alan Mossman on how to ride safely in a group. This is a skill we can all benefit from improving!

Sargent Seats for the GSA

Sargent Seats – The Best of the Best? The Sargent seat has been around for some time now, but is it a worthwhile upgrade for your BMW Motorcycle? Here are some thoughts from some Sargent…

Pit Stops – AV8 Restaurant

AV8 Restaurant, Cotswold Airport, Kemble Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6BA The original home of the Red Arrows (one on static display in the front of the terrace) is a fantastic stop off on the edge of…

BMW Club Overseas Trips from 2005 to 2009

by Geoff Clough The tale of how the overseas trips in the 21st Century came about is dealt with in a separate article which can be found on our website here. What follows comprises the…

A Few Mods to my GS650 Sertao

The ‘Sertao’ is the last of the line of the BMW 650GS singles Author Ken Smale I’ve had this bike for a few years now and decided to make a few changes. The large Givi boxes…

Meet the Member – Wendy Ottaway

In the Winter 2019 Journal, we met John Ottaway. Now it is time to meet Wendy Ottaway, who was, for a couple of years, Social Secretary of the BMW Oxford Club. How did you first…

Bike Lift!

  K1600 “Easyrizer” Big Blue Professional Lift “I’m really getting too old for this” Sound familiar, the joys of motorcycle maintenance and cleaning, kneeling and grovelling on the floor was fast becoming past its enjoyment…

Meet The Member – Tim Bolderson

Author Tim Bolderson Name and where you live Hi. My name is Tim Bolderston and I live in Caversham, which is the bit of Reading that is north of the Thames. What is/was your day…

Insights into Advanced Motorcycling – Andy Slater

IN PURSUIT OF PROGRESS ‘The faster I go the more progress I’ll make.’ Observers and Instructors are alway banging on about ‘Making Progress’ but what does that mean? Isn’t it just another way of saying…

Shell GO+ Revisited: Carbon Offsetting and COVID-19?

Hopefully we will be nearing the end of the latest COVID-19 lockdown restrictions soon and some motorcycling will be possible again, just in time for the better weather! The COVID-19 pandemic is reckoned to be…