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I had a friend the other day ask me how I could take a brand new bike and trash it by riding in the woods...sand pit...mud... and the other day snow. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh what fun it is. I have been riding this thing on every piece of dirt I can find. mind you I am not very good at it yet. The first thing you need to learn is the DIVE-TUCK-ROLL maneuver. I, with much practice, have perfected this most difficult maneuver. I have made several modifications to the bike and added a camera. I do have some video from the dirt track that MAX BMW has out back. Fred
Yankee
Beemers European Motorcycle Day 10/13/02
Despite inclement weather at least a dozen riders from the club made the
trip to Boston for the Yankee Beemers European Motorcycle Day at the Larz
Anderson Transportation Museum.
BMW had their new R1200CL on display and Ducati showcased their new
999. As always a tremendous variety of European bikes were on display, and
in many cases the mounts ridden by attendees were as interesting as those
entered for display.
GNBMW
Riders Fall Foliage Ride
Several of our members rode to Rangeley after the October club meeting in
order to join the GNBMW Riders for their Fall Foliage Ride. Chuck Schultz
led a group via route 4 but with several back road detours. Despite early
concerns the weather was great although the temperature dropped as we got
closer to our destination. Bob Collin with Sharon on pillion and
Howard Feller joined Chuck Schultz, Bob Griffin and Mike Cocks at the
campground. About a dozen riders from Northern Maine attended, and after a
frosty start the campers met Steve Garrett & Jan Iserbyt at the
Peoples Choice Restaurant for breakfast.
Our thanks go to the GNBMW Riders for inviting us to join them, and for their gracious hospitality.
Mike Cocks
By Howard J. Feller
Reprinted with permission from BMW Owners News, October 2002. HERE
March
of Dimes Ride September 22nd,
2002
Paul Emerson, John Tubb, Jim Salisbury, Bob Griffin, Mike
Kearney, Steve Garrett and Mike Cocks participated in the 2002 March of
Dimes Ride. Six police riders escorted a diverse group on a circuitous
route from the Hannaford parking lot at exit 10 to Winslow Park in
Freeport.
Although I do not have an accurate head count an estimated fifty
riders took part and almost eight thousand dollars were raised.
Special thanks to Steve Garrett and Jim Salisbury, Steve marked the
route, organized the club’s participation and assisted with the raffle,
while Jim followed the riders in his Jeep with trailer in tow, ready to
act as a recovery or breakdown vehicle.
On Sunday September 8th Jim Salisbury, the ride leader, Dave Stone, Steve Garrett, Dave Eskelund and Bob Griffin rode to Helen’s Restaurant in Machias. The group met Bill Parker for breakfast at Denny's in Brunswick then headed north over some beautiful backcountry roads. The return trip was via the Airline and 95. Bob Griffin probably had the longest ride logging around five hundred miles.
John
Tubb’s project bike.
The bike is a 1976 R75/6 that I pulled out of a barn in March, were it has
been sitting since 1993!
The bike had most recently been used as a sawhorse and had not been
started since the owner had kids, wife didn't like it:( Several months
later and a lot of help from the members the old bike is back on the road.
This is my first BMW although I have a lot of experience with
Japanese bikes from my collage days.
I mainly followed the manual, and got some great advise.
I've got about 800 miles on it as of May and use it as a daily
rider to and from work.
I plan to do a few things this winter including painting the
fairing to match the blue and replace the front rotor.
There is always something to putter on:)
