New water-cooled R1200RT on test!

MCN has a report and photographs of 4 new water-cooled R1200RTs spied testing in the south of France, click here to see the MCN report. The new bike uses the water cooled engine seen in…

Oshkosh Air Show

Last Sunday John Broad gave an excellent talk on the Oshkosh air show in the US, which he visited last year with his cousin who lives in Boston. The Oshkosh air show is one of…

GS Launch day at Bahnstormers, Maidenhead, Saturday 2nd March 2013

John Broad and I held the fort at Bahnstormers, Maidenhead to meet all the visitors who came to view and ride the new water cooled GS.  These people either already had BMW motorcycles or are…

BMW Club Oxford Section Lunch at Sudbury House Hotel, Farringdon

Members and guests began to arrive just before mid day, ready for some gentle socialising prior to the lunch which started at 1-00pm.  Socialising is still measured by the pint in our club. There were…

BMW Boxer at Race Retro 2013, Not Watercooled but Noisey.

I have been colder but can’t actually remember when, as the brain is still numbed. The new GS watercooled sounds like this, I believe. Anyway it took my mind off the weather for a minute.

New GS meets Old GS!

The new watercooled R1200GS is now here at BMW Bahnstormer Motorrad, this photo was taken outside the Alton branch and shows the new GS on the right and the old GS on the left. The new…

The International BMW GS Easter Meeting 2013 in the Netherlands

This event is organised by the Dutch BMW GS Club ! Over the Easter weekend.  Fri 29th March 2013 Mon 1st April. 2013 The location is the outdoor centre at Kleinoever  nr Balkrug Home Balkrug…

Nigel Richardson – Ride to Bejing Donations

  Nigel Richardson is riding from London to Beijing and collecting money for the SERV OBN charity. After his excellent talk on February 10th at Uffington the section has donated £50 to the cause. If…

Rhino Rally

Hi All, I’m a new member to the club and was hoping to go to the Rhino Rally in North Wales next weekend. Is anyone else from our section going? Regards, Paul Todd

Four Long Distance Rides

At the Uffington meeting on Sunday February 10th we had an excellent talk by Nigel Richardson on four of his long distance rides: (1) The way of St James (2) North Cape (3) Morocco, high…