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Coully

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BMW owners club
« on: January 31, 2019, 09:36:27 am »
joined up last month,anyone else a member?
the monthly magazine seems good ... and the meet ups ,... well at least there's one in Inverurie (only 12 miles from me (ish) ), going to try and get on one of the weekends time permitting and to me that'll be justification of joining for a year.
deals wise, there's nae many for up this neck of the woods but hey ho.
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Re: BMW owners club
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2019, 09:45:42 am »
I've been a member since 2007 and have attended quite a few of their overseas trips.
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Re: BMW owners club
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2019, 10:16:35 am »
I used to be a member in the 80’s and early 90’s but I got fed up going on runs where the pace was slow enough to be, in my opinion, dangerous  On one of the final runs I went on I was actually overtaken by a little old lady driving a 1300 Escort. I though “I didn’t buy a 1000cc motorcycle for this”!

I hope it’s improved since then.
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Re: BMW owners club
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2019, 10:47:13 am »
Eeek,  that's a little worrying. I'll need to get myself along to the monthly meet and see what's what.
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Re: BMW owners club
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2019, 12:45:42 pm »
Did not know there were that many of us up here to have a meet? Can you PM me details. Bike been in garage for a few weeks now. But cant wait o get back out.
Did see some one this morning setting off from Boddam on bike as I passed the junction. Minus bloody 6 degress. Not for me im afraid.
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Re: BMW owners club
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2019, 01:48:31 pm »
Ask Steve Parry about his banning, I got myself on a warning for asking a question. The admins, John King and Bill Smithson are, I feel getting too old and starchy to attract younger members. The forum through traffic is getting less and less and the forum shows signs of dying, only my personal opinion of course.
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Re: BMW owners club
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2019, 04:48:34 pm »
it looks like a lot of older folk, true enough.... says me being 36.
Thats my only worry/query...
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Re: BMW owners club
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2019, 11:00:31 pm »
Back in the days I used to be chairman of the London section of the BMW Club.

Eventually when most of us fast riders had graduated to VFR750s I decided to leave the Club. As well as VFR750s a group of us had discovered the Nürburgring and eventually the Nürburgring Riders Club was formed, but that is another story.

My last BMW at that time was a K75s. When I got the VFR I vowed never to get a BMW again and look at me now!

At that time there was a lot of bickering going on in the Club with a few troublemakers causing lots of bother. Somehow it seems to happen sooner or later in most clubs and it can be a bit of a pain. When I came back to BMW with the K1200S I did join the BMW Club again and didn't bother to renew after a year. There was very little there to interest me and the bickering was still going on full time.



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Re: BMW owners club
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2019, 11:20:24 pm »
Yer banned! Again!!

Regards, the scratchy head admin bod  8)
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Re: BMW owners club
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2019, 08:52:26 am »
Starchy not scratchy  ???
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Re: BMW owners club
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2019, 10:33:51 am »
I always found starchy to very scratchy... ;D
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Re: BMW owners club
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2019, 10:39:07 am »
Quote from: Phmode on February 01, 2019, 10:33:51 am
I always found starchy to very scratchy... ;D
You've been doing it wrong  ;)
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Re: BMW owners club
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2019, 10:47:08 am »
Try telling that to my old drill instructor  8)
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« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2019, 10:55:21 am »
You had to be instructed on how to use a drill :o  ;D ;D
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Re: BMW owners club
« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2019, 01:31:44 pm »
I joined for a year but the magazine content was enough to put me off. Bone dry, with 80% ancient BMWs.
At that point, 5 years ago, it seemed to offer much less than I can get here. And Brian's subscriptions are infinitely better value than £32/year.

It could just be I don't really have much interest in other BMW models (other than the odd loan bike amusement).

By the way, at 36 years young, you may be assumed to be the waiter at the coffee stop. ::)

Maybe the club has come round a bit since then. Please let us know!
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