STAYCATION (The New Normal?)

The Covid pandemic has limited us all over the past 18 months or so. Overseas motorbiking trips are not viable (at the time of writing). We can only live in hope for years to come….

Advanced Riding Techniques from Reg Local

Advanced Riding Techniques As Taught by John Gregory alias Reg Local John very kindly joined us as one of our speakers in a Zoom Social in March this year. His background is quite interesting, and…

A Kind of Lockdown Summer – Riding the 4 UK Nations

It was always going to be a bit tricky, 12 months down the line and Covid-19 is still lurking. The 7th Cavalry have come over the ridge, firing vaccination shots in all directions. So as…

The Use of Dash Cams Abroad

The Use of Vehicle Recording Cameras Abroad – What you need to know about driving in Europe The use of vehicle mounted cameras has become very affordable and for the most part reasonably simple to…

Tailgating Trialling

Highways England is trialling the use of new cameras to clamp down on tailgating, an offence they claim is a factor in around one in eight casualties on England’s motorways and major A roads. The…

South West 500 tour – 29th September to 1st October 2021

Introduction A slice of late summer awaits as we gather at Burford. Departing westward to Land’s End and then turning east to Paignton with overnight stops at Minehead and Hayle, close to St. Ives. This…

When to ride or not to ride

We all know that feeling when things are not quite right, i.e. we all have good and bad days at work. There are lots of reasons why that might be the case on or at…

BMW Club Oxford Motorcycle Riders Meetup – Launch Report

On Thursday March 12th, 2020, we had our first Oxford Motorcycle Riders Meetup Ride – ‘The Charlbury Cruise’ hosted by James O’Shea. We met up at the Mill View Garden Centre in Wheatley near Oxford….

Skittles Challenge 2018 Western Section v Oxford. The Old Royal Ship, Luckington, Wiltshire, SN14 6PA

Dear Members, The Oxford Section is planning to once again “dominate” the friendly skittles challenge against the Western Section at the Old Royal Ship skittles alley that we enjoyed last year starting at 12.30. With…

Slow Riding Course – Stoke on Trent

The BMW Club Oxford Section Bike Skills Academy course took place on SATURDAY APRIL 22ND 2017 at the Stoke FC ground. The course was run by Craig Jones and Kevin Bryan of Bryans BMW Rider…