BMW Club Oxford – RIDE Together

In each Newsletter we publish great photos sent in, by our members, from their travels on 2 wheels.

Ian has been a member for many years and lives in Sonning Common near Reading, Ian has worked in computer software development for nearly 40 years. For the last decade or so he was working…

By Andy Lawson   Back last summer, on my way home after a wonderful weekend staying in Ludlow and riding around mid-Wales, I managed to pick up what looked like a metal clip or staple…

By Bill Shaw, member of MOA I recently read several online editorials about how motorcycles produce significantly more greenhouse hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide than cars do. One article in particular, replete with supporting…

It was ‘first Tuesday’ so our regular Pub Social at the Dashwood Arms took place, but using Zoom facilitated by ‘Meetup’.  This week’s film ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ was a dramatization of an event in 1952…

By James O’Shea   Freedom!  – BMW Oxford Meetup rides again . . . . . . . . It was never going to be easy . . . the club calendar was published for…

My first ride on a motorcycle was when I was eight years old. My father had purchased a Yamaha YDS7 to commute to his new job in Weston-super-Mare from Bristol. We lived in a house…

By Steve Moxey There comes a time in life when the idea of ‘downsizing’ comes into view, perhaps it is driven by the kids leaving home, or a change of job, or perhaps retirement. The…

A Review of Outdoor Cafés By Catherine Moxey In these times of Sars-cov-19, motorcycling is an excellent way of getting out and about with friends, being out in the open air and naturally at a…

  The Pub is no longer open on Tuesdays so we have switched to the second Wednesday each month from now onwards. I was advised today that due to a water leak, The Vine is…