/news en editor@bmwmoa.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T17:19:00-06:00 /news//racing_stories/third_edition_of_canadian_gs_challenge_a_success /news//racing_stories/third_edition_of_canadian_gs_challenge_a_success Third Edition of Canadian GS Challenge a Success (PHOTOS: Joe Stather and Nancy Hamel)   The third edition of the Canadian GS Challenge took place last September 18, 19 and 20, organized by Marc Fontaine in collaboration with Charles Gref jr, Moto Internationale and BMW Motorrad Canada.… Racing Stories 2009-11-03T16:19:00-06:00 /news//racing_stories/world_xtreme_enduro_championship_is_announced /news//racing_stories/world_xtreme_enduro_championship_is_announced After a meeting of the world's top five Extreme Enduro race promoters about the present and future of the Hard-enduro race scene, an announcement has been made that will see a new World Xtreme Enduro Championship series begin in 2011. Extreme Enduro is best described as 'man and machine against incredibly difficult terrain and against the time-clock'. The sport is relatively new compared to traditional Enduro and Motocross disciplines; however, its popularity is increasing worldwide with the formation of races like the Indoor World Cup championship and the US Endurocross Series. Establishing a new World Xtreme Enduro Championship series is… Racing Stories 2009-11-02T18:42:01-06:00 /news//general_interest/anonymous_book_updates /news//general_interest/anonymous_book_updates Here at the BMW MOA Headquarters we're assembling and editing the new version of the Anonymous Book. If you have changes for the 2010 Edition, please send them our way as soon as possible.  Send them to anonymous@bmwmoa.org Also, we want to update our Campground Listings. If you'd like to recommend a Campground you have enjoyed, please send us the details. We need the name, location, phone number, Web address if possible, and any other details you wish to share. These can also be sent to anonymous@bmwmoa.org. Thanks… General Interest 2009-11-02T13:25:00-06:00 /news//ride_stories/welcome_to_siberia /news//ride_stories/welcome_to_siberia A Siberian Adventure Western Siberia is not a name or a place that conjures up visions of a great vacation spot. It may invoke instead words like "gulag" and "Stalin." So when my friend Werner Wachter of Edelweiss Tours invited me to join him on a motorcycle trip in Siberia, I was unsure of exactly what I was getting myself into.             Siberia is a huge area, and we traveled to the Altay Mountains nestled among Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan, four time zones east of Moscow. Werner and I have ridden bikes together in faraway places like western China, Israel… Ride Stories 2009-10-27T14:11:01-06:00 /news//ride_stories/yosemite_national_adventure_riding_series_ride /news//ride_stories/yosemite_national_adventure_riding_series_ride Yosemite National Adventure Riding Series Ride, May 2-3 2009 NARS is an AMA sanctioned and BMW sponsored Dual Sport Adventure By Helli Kornton, with Will Guyan #56198, November 2009 BMW Owners News This year's ride was indeed a different one, not quite what anyone would have expected First held in 2008, it has become an annual affair in early May. It is organized and conducted by Family Off-Road Adventures based in Stockton, CA, an outfit run by Lawrence Borgens.             The start and end of each day's ride is a place called Buck Meadows, about 10… Ride Stories 2009-10-26T16:27:00-06:00 /news//general_interest/the_doug_morrison_museum /news//general_interest/the_doug_morrison_museum Doug Morrison #39541 was recently awarded the Dr. Gerhard Knochlein Award. The prize was founded in memory of Prof. Dr. Gerhard Knöchlein, the Founder President of the BMW Veteranen-Club Deutschland e.V. With this award, BMW Classic, formerly Mobile Tradition has honored Doug who has notably rendered outstanding services to the promotion and perpetuation of the history of the BMW brand and has kept his historic BMW motorcycles in perfect condition and has made them accessible to the public. This award is presented to BMW umbrella club members. The BMW MOA nominated Doug for this award which was voted on by… General Interest 2009-10-11T12:59:00-06:00 /news//ride_stories/swamp_scooters_are_calling /news//ride_stories/swamp_scooters_are_calling Sure, 2009 is quickly coming to a close and much of the country is cooling down.  There are still rallies to be had!  Check the online BMW MOA Clubs Rally Calendar. Here is a great event in November -- the 9th Annual Cajun Swamp Scooter Rally.   It's sponsored by BMW MOA Club #253,  the Swamp Scooters of Lafayette, LA Come pass a good time and laisser les bons temps rouler at Bayou Wilderness RV Resort (www.bwrvr.com) November 13 - 15th, 2009.  Your pre-entry of $35.00 gets you Friday and Saturday night primitive tent camping under beautiful, old oak… Ride Stories 2009-10-09T14:40:00-06:00 /news//general_interest/2009_rally_recap_first_impressions /news//general_interest/2009_rally_recap_first_impressions 2009 Rally: First Impressions By Kate Wood,  age 19,  BMW MOA #151882 From the October 2009 BMW Owners News We left home in Boone, NC, my father and I, for my first motorcycle rally. I was in a bad mood because of an altercation involving the rain suit that he had bought me, but was now nowhere to be found. He was driving his big blue R1150RT.  The F650CS that I had just learned to ride was in the shop (that's another story) so I was perched behind him, hurling silent curses and insults… General Interest 2009-10-08T16:38:00-06:00 /news//general_interest/2009_rally_recap_the_gs_challenge_muddy_but_mucho_fun /news//general_interest/2009_rally_recap_the_gs_challenge_muddy_but_mucho_fun The GS Challenge - muddy, but mucho fun! By Ian Schmeisser, GS Event & Challenge Chair From the October 2009 BMW Owners News   Building on the GS Trials that got its start last year in Wyoming, the Appalachian Fairground's motocross track made it a no brainer that we'd repeat this event. Sponsoring the event were BMW Motorrad and BMW Performance Center. Through their support, our event took a major step up in 2009.   The event ran over a two-day period, with day one for rider training and day… General Interest 2009-10-08T16:22:01-06:00 /news//ride_stories/route_66_revisited /news//ride_stories/route_66_revisited Remembering Route 66 -- Repeating our 1962 adventure   In June of 1962, my Penn State University roommate, Tom Bryan, and I drove his 1961Chevy all the way from our hometown in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to southern California. He was entering the US Air Force and needed to report to George Air Force Base in Victorville, CA later that summer.             I was just along for the adventure. As you probably know, very little of the interstate highway system had been completed at that time, so we drove mostly on two-lane roads. We decided to follow Route 66 for… Ride Stories 2009-09-24T15:54:00-06:00