The View from the Top

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…

No more chainlube-too good to be true?

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

  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……..

BMW Club Zoom ‘AGM’ Report

https://youtu.be/C69_Hq-rpXI Geoff Clough led a really good Zoom ‘AGM’ on November 17th. Not officially an AGM as such but the officers’ reports were presented and there was a good discussion with the audience of 25…

BMW OXFORD ZOOM SOCIAL

  Join us for our BMW Club Zoom Siocial tonight at 7.30pm This replaces our usual Annual General Meeting You can hear from Committee members on what we have been doing over the past year;…

Oxford Meetup Rides December 2020

Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Cirencester Loop to The Boat Inn, Thrupp Hosted by James O’Shea We are hoping to reintroduce our bi-weekly “meet up” rides, depending on Government and COMO advice. Our rides comply with…

Exhaust Flap Update

Editor Bob Mack Why are we interested in this subject? The sticking exhaust flap, particularly on twins seems to have been with us since they were first introduced on some of the range. There’s some…

Buying a new System 7 helmet during lockdown

OR  “an everyday tale of navigating HM Gov guidance without falling through the trapdoor of popular misconception”. Could it be true?  Bahnstormer’s email claimed it wanted to give me £100 to trade-in my ageing C3…

BMW Launches the R1250RT with TFT Navigation

BMW has just launched the new BMW R1250RT, following on from the latest R1250GS/GSA updates. The new R1250RT has some interesting new features: in particular the adapting LED headlights (also announced for the latest R1250GS)…

Does ‘Diver Dave’ Repel?

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…