Category: Club Life
News, topics, and the latest interesting things concerning BMW motorcycle owners and the community of orders at large.
Motorcycle Revival at Duke University
Photos by Bill Snead Perhaps there’s a little moto-cultural myopia going on that causes us to consider “motorcycle training” as something that only involves actually riding the motorcycle—learning to do it or getting better at …
New bike fever
Obsession. Rumination. Insomnia. The angst of buying a motorcycle can be sweet torture. This ordeal may arrive unbidden. You don’t have to be out looking for a bike to end up smitten by some irresistible …
BMW Delays Electric Motorcycle
Recently, BMW Blog uncovered BMW Motorrad head Markus Flasch telling a German outlet that BMW has the technology to build a 124-mile range electric motorcycle. However, the project is being pushed back until 2027 at the earliest — as BMW …
Top 10 Riding Tips for Any Time of Year
Here are the Top 10 … plus one … riding tips for any time of year! Get trained! With the Clark Luster program for groups and the Paul B. program for individuals, the MOA Foundation …
Presidents Day Ride 2024
Presidents Day Ride 2024 What better way to spend Presidents Day than to take a ride to the first monument dedicated to our first president. On a sunny and chilly Presidents Day, 17 riders did …
Film trailer released for California North BDR
Film Trailer Released for the BDR California-North Project Seattle, WA – (January 17, 2024) – The adventure motorcycling non-profit, Backcountry Discovery Routes® (BDR®), has just released the trailer for their upcoming Northern California Backcountry Discovery …
BMW unveils 2024 F 900 GS
BMW Motorrad USA introduced the 2024 BMW F 800 GS, F 900 GS and F 900 GS Adventure in late January 2024. They redesigned these F models to take on the mid-range ADV bike segment, …
Rebuilding an ’83 R 80 ST for charity
This 1983 R 80 ST is my fifth airhead rebuild/restoration project. I began doing this work back in 2009 and have published documentation on how I do the work on my website, which includes links …
Time travel
Sci-fi depictions of time travel always show people going back to the past or ahead to the future. Ironically, that’s what many human beings spend most of their lives doing without the use of any …