Canterbury BMWOR

Believe it or not but the BMW GS model has been in production for 30 years now so maybe we should celebrate it….

How about a 10 day ride from Bluff to Cape Reinga whereby at least 50% of the trip is done off road, and at least 50% of the nights are spent outdoors, in true adventure style.

Perhaps we can get each Area Rep to sort out a route through their respective districts, riders can come and go as they please.

Let me know what you think?????

February Rides consist of:

20^th Saturday & option of 21^st Sunday.

v      Tarbabies & Gravel Surfers:

v      Meet BMWOR top of the south members for lunch at “The Store”, Kekerengu.

v      GS riders come back through Molesworth, others via Blenheim, Wairau Valley, St Arnaud return route.

v      Option:  Rendezvous at Hanmer Springs for dinner and stay the night.  Alternatively, tarbabies come back through Inland Scenic Route.

v      Those wanting a shorter ride could split from the group ride and return via the Leader Valley/inland scenic route.

v      Depart Nor Wester Cafe Amberley, 9.00am.

28th Sunday

v      Brunch: Café De La Gare, Rangiora.

v      Meet at cafe @10.30 am.

v      Directions; Coming from Christchurch take 2^nd off ramp and drive along Lineside Road (railway will be on your left) ride into town and when you get to the Mobil petrol station turn right and about 400m on the left hand side is the Café. (The old Railway Station)

We should all be supporting this as you never know, see details in letter

St John Ambulance

Garry Williams, the editor of the BMWOR Newsletter is doing a feature on the Twizel Rally in the March edition.

If you have any good photos and/or stories about your experience at the rally then please forward both to Garry no later than Friday February 19th.

His e-mail is editor@bmwor.org.nz

The photos from the Annual Rally in Twizel are now up on our Flickr site.

To access  them follow the link under Media on the right hand side.

If you are going to be down South in February you may like to tag along with the Otago/Southland Members on their “Lap-up a Latte with Lazy” ride on Sunday, February 7th.  Details attached.

bmwflyerRide-ins

If anyone is wondering what happened to Pommie Jim, the mechanic from Canterbury Rides, he is now working for himself servicing BMW bikes from home.

You can call him on 021 302-172 or e-mail him at bms_2009@windowslive.com

For those of you who did not have enough excitement during the Annual Rally in Twizel, then this might tempt your taste buds.

TEKAPO TAMER is a two and a half day trail ride utilising up to 400 square kilometres of land between Lake Pukaki and Lake Tekapo, including the Army Tekapo training area plus adjoining private farms. The ride will be based at the Tekapo Army Camp and will involve a variety of marked trails up to 40km in length plus guided groups for the longer trails which are not marked.

The event starts on Friday 29th of January to Sunday 31st and is held at the Tekepo Army Camp.  Food, fuel and accommodation are all available at the Army Base.

I have been in contact with them to see if the site is suitable for the large 1200s and their comment is:

Your bike would probably get around over 80% of the tracks with no problem at all. There is one track that has some swampy bits on it so you will want to avoid that. The tracks will all be dry so the tyres will not be a problem. The only issue will be the lack of manoererability of such a large bike. However, I have been on adventure rides where the bikes are like yours and the tracks are much less rideable than those at Tekapo.

My recommendation is you should come and ride at Tekapo Tamer.

You can read more about it HERE and download the entry form below.

TekapoTamer2010_EntryForm

If you are interested in going please post your comment to this blog.  I’m keen if there are a few other takers.  Of course it’s a GS event only.

Attached is the full year calendar for the club, how does Warren and Lex manage to be so organised but full credit to them.

I will add the items to the calendar in due course but you can download a copy below.

Canterbury BMWOR Proposed Runs 2010

BMW’s first Superbike is coming to Christchurch on Monday, January 11th.  You can view it at Jeff Gray BMW from 1800 to 2000 and it will also be in attendance at the New Zealand Superbike Championship at Ruapuna from January 16 – 17.

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