Name and where you live My name is James O’Shea and I have lived in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire since 1984. I joined the BMW Club, Oxford Section in March 2019 What is/was your day…

Author Ian Dobie Despite Covid, the resultant lack of full on motorcycling and related social activity the essential background work of managing the club’s affairs continues. We are, as you will understand as far as…

Author Carl Flint   BMW have recently announced the availability of their M Endurance Chain. Built in conjunction with Italian chain maker Regina, this new chain might be the answer to the maiden’s prayer, no…

  Essentials of Group Riding Author Dave Tomlinson We hope you’ve enjoyed one or two recent club ride outs and thought it might be useful if we put together an easy list covering group riding……..

Diver Dave Water Repel is a spray on water repellent coating, mainly sold for applying to fishing waders, jackets, gloves and hats. It’s relatively cheap, compared to the more well-known commercial wash in or spray…

By Andy Lawson When I bought my R1200GSA back last year, it came with the BMW Adventure panniers and top box. A good, solid set of aluminium luggage, but the top box is quite small….

Lubricating stiff locks. At this time of year it’s not unusual for the locks on our motorcycles to stiffen up and become awkward to turn. The problem can arise in the key ignition/ steering lock,…

Visited by BMW Club Oxford Section during Ypres Trip Author David Shanks The Menin Gate is one of the many memorials to the fallen that have no graves, situated in the Belgium town of Ieper…

By Tim Bolderston. If you’re going away on your BMW, you will probably be using BMW panniers and possibly a top-box. All fairly obvious, but what goes in the panniers?  BMW sell matching inner bags or…

Punctures are very good at spoiling your motorcycle trip – they are no fun: I have yet to meet a Motorcyclist who looks forward to trying to repair one! The best advice is to ‘be…