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BMWROK Meets Monday, October 10th Click for Directions
Our monthly meeting will be held on Monday, October 10th. The meeting is one week later than normal. You can join us at Barley's Taproom and Pizzeria. It is located at 128 West Broadway in Maryville, TN 37801. The meeting will be held in the upstairs dinning room and there is an elevator available. Servers will be available at 5 PM for dinner orders with the meeting at 7 PM. As usual . . . current and future members are always welcome at our open monthly meetings!
BMW Riders of the Mid-South Rally - September 30 to October 2nd
Come and join fellow BMW Riders from the western side of the state as they hold their annual Rams rally at Parkers Crossroads Campground. The rally features wonderful door prizes and lots of activities. For full information: http://www.bmwrams.com/the-rams-rally
Knoxville Ride for Kids - Sunday, October 9th
Ride for Kids at the Honda Yamaha Dealer at 5820 Clinton Hwy. Ride starts at noon. Our club historically has helped with parking of all the bikes coming in for the ride. Geoffrey Greene is the lead volunteer for this and needs to know who can come help ----be there at 9 a.m.! Contact Geoffrey at gigreene@aol.com
Sevier County Club Ride - Saturday, October 8th Click to enlarge
Ride the backroads of Sevier County with Geoffery Greene. This ride will be on all paved roads and is approximately 120 miles. Leaving from the McDonalds at the northeast side of exit 407 of I-40 at 8:30 AM. Please arrive with bikes filled with fuel and yourself empty! Full details are in the September meeting minutes.
Journey to the End of the WorldFollow member Michael Ruppert's South American "Journey to the End of the World" atwww.expedition65.com
Best Dam Ride of the Year! Click to read story
Read the adventures that 12 ROK riders had as they try to pass as many dams as possible in in one day! Story and photos by Ron Donahue
Group Riding 101
Great Tips for Group Ride Leaders and Participants by Ron Donahue
Click here to go to group riding tips  We all know Nancy is not average!!
B&W Motorcycle Owners of America (MOA) announced their mileage contest winners for 2015 in the April BMW Owners News (ON) magazine. Our club secretary was named the "Average Female BMW Rider"! The MOA adds all mileages reported by females, divides that number by the number of riders reporting and Nancy's 7,356 miles was closest to that average number! Here is Nancy's story.
I am surprised & honored that my first months on a BMW landed me the “Average Female Rider” designation. Unlike many of you who have been riding for years, my motorcycling adventure only began in 2010 after spending the previous 2 years following my husband Bill & other members of the BMW Riders of Knoxville in a “support vehicle”. I finally said, I think I can do this! So when I took my first MSF course at the age of 59, I had never even started a motorcycle! Being vertically challenged, I couldn’t find a BMW that was low enough where I felt comfortable and could be flat footed. To start riding, we located a Suzuki GZ 250 and after putting 1000 miles on it, I told my husband I needed more power! My next bike was a 2012 Red Honda Shadow on which I put over 22,300 miles. In May 2015 when my husband was having the 600 mile service done on his K1600GT, we came across a 2009 factory lowered F800ST which has been a perfect fit for me. The handling is so responsive; curves that used to be intimidating, I now take with ease. My usual riding partner is my husband Bill and sometimes other members of our local BMW Club. I first rode two up with Bill when we were in college. But then marriage, jobs & children put motorcycling on the back burner until Bill rekindled his desire to ride after we moved to the Great Smoky Mountains. We haven’t limited our riding to the great roads in East Tennessee, having been to 23 states with help from the destination rallies of the MOA, Get-a-Way weekends and other events. We prefer to take the long, scenic way there and back. In fact, 4600 miles of my 7,356 total was acquired going to the rally in Billings this past July. My friends can’t believe I go on a two week “vacation” riding a motorcycle several thousand miles taking a small duffle bag packed with just a few clothes! We are fortunate to live in an area where we can usually ride twelve months out of the year. For 2016, we already have local rides planned, made reservations for Get-a-Way Weekends as well as a number of rallies. I’m looking forward to putting many more miles on my BMW, exploring new destinations and meeting great friends along the way! Nancy Van Voorhis #178600 Kodak, Tennessee 2016 Good Saturday Ride
Spring has sprung and so has many of the shocks on the bikes that went exploring during Easter Weekend! Get all the details on who, what, and where in Ron Donahue's latest ride report. Click here to read the ride report |
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