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MOA News
Monday, April 20, 2020 (47 Comments - view/add) MOA announces new dates for National Rally » Wes Fitzer, President of the BMW Motorcycle Owners of America, and Ted Moyer, the MOA's Executive Director, today announce...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Take a moment and update your Anonymous information » The Anonymous Book is ... well, let's have Chad Warner tell us about it. Now that you know a little more about...
Saturday, June 6, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) 200 Miles Before Breakfast: Chuck Brewer and Todd Cox, the Wheelnerds » 200 Miles Before Breakfast is a podcast by, for and about the members of the BMW Motorcycle Owners of America. Every epi...
Thursday, May 28, 2020 (7 Comments - view/add) 2020 Board of Directors election results » The Board of Directors announced the newest members of the board, as determined by votes cast by MOA members throughout Ap...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) BMW MOA Members Save up to 55% During Lenovo Memorial Day Sale » Celebrate Memorial Day with friends, family and a new Lenovo PC! Take advantage of historical savings on legendary devices...
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Foundation News
Sunday, March 15, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Improving your riding skills through a Paul B scholarship » Photos by Suzanne O’Neal, Alamo BMW We’ve all heard the old saying, "There’s no such thing as a free lunch." Right?...
Monday, January 27, 2020 (22 Comments - view/add) Completely Vintage R 100 RS Up for Grabs » CONGRATULATIONS Fritz Spokas, YOu WON! The 1977 BMW R 100 RS. Built by BMW....
Wednesday, July 10, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) MOA Foundation Launches SafeMiles Endowment » The BMW MOA Foundation launched an aggressive fundraising campaign at the 2019 Scoot Boot ’n Boogie with a goal of creatin...
Monday, June 3, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Use Amazon Smile and support the Foundation this Father's Day » Father's Day (June 16) is a great time to help the fathers in your life farkle his bike, spruce up a bit or even read...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 (21 Comments - view/add) The Completely Vintage R60/2 » Norman McLeod, YOu WOn! The BMW MOA Foundation is back with another unique find for the the...
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Rally News
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) 2019 Rally website ready to go! » Head on over to the new website for the 2019 MOA Rally in Lebanon, Tenn., where you can find the most up-to-date informati...
Monday, March 18, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Ice cream social (for charity!) at the Rally in Lebanon » You’re invited to an Ice Cream Social and Open House This year’s Karol Patzer MOA Children’s Charity, EmpowerMe, invi...
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) BMW Motorrad demo truck coming to the Rally » BMW Motorrad USA will roll into Des Moines, Iowa with its distinctive demo truck and motorcycle apparel display for the B...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) The Rally Pub Crawl » The ever popular Rally Pub Crawl is back! Des Moines has some awesome local breweries and we're organizing a bus tour to t...
Sunday, April 1, 2018 (2 Comments - view/add) Rally Registration Silliness » It may be silly, but certainly not foolish, to register for the Rally now. Register for the BMW MOA International Rally du...
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Product News
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Outfitting an F 850 GS » In October 2018 I got an email notice from my local BMW dealer, Big Twin of Boise, Idaho, that they had received a couple...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 (15 Comments - view/add) Giant Loop releases first moto-tent » Adventure-proof packing systems innovator Giant Loop has introduced the world’s first seat-top tent for motorcycles, the E...
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Touratech releases R 1250 GS products » Seattle, WA- (April 3, 2019) The BMW R1250GS has a more powerful motor and upgraded electronics package makin...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Motonation announces Trilobite Rally Jacket » The Rally jacket is a technical touring jacket with classic style. The three-layer construction makes this jacket an all-s...
Sunday, September 30, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Edelweiss: The Best of Europe » TROP D’ACCIDENTS. RALENTIR. (Many accidents! Slow down!) The yellow warning sign for motorcyclists screamed “fun ahe...
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Featured Columnists
Monday, May 4, 2020 (11 Comments - view/add) Jack the Riepe: A ride through New Jersey - 43 years ago » It was 1977, the year I learned to fish for trout. I’d always thought trout fishing was for jerks and no one was more sur...
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Features
Thursday, July 30, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) Riding the Smoky Mountain Twisted Tour » "Why did you request a GS?" he yelled at me over the phone. "Because we’re doing an off-road tour and that’s what I w...
Thursday, July 2, 2020 (6 Comments - view/add) The adventures of COVID-19 » COVID-19 has disrupted the population and the economy and has unfortunately snatched a few good souls. While a resolution...
Monday, May 11, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) How I became a motorcyclist » When I was 10, my Uncle Mark gave me a ride on his Honda Gold Wing and then for Christmas bought me a subscription to...
Monday, May 11, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) Parenting in the Valley of Death: A father and son adventure » "Oof! Aauuhh! Whoof!" Drew let out his full lexicon of grunts and hollers, which, at 11 years old, were funny if not...
Thursday, January 16, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) A trip back in time: The 2013 Fireflight Rendezvous » It was the first real trip I’d taken on my 1973 R75/5. I’d become fascinated with classic motorcycles over the years, gazi...
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Bike Tests & Reviews
Thursday, July 30, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) BMW’s S 1000 XR: A MotoGP bike for the masses » Inside a nondescript industrial building south of Los Angeles, the custodian of the gaggle of new press bikes stored there...
Thursday, May 28, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Putting the F 850 GS to the test over 11 days » Photos by Ely Woody My first review of the F 850 GS came courtesy the BMW press-launch and was featured in the Janua...
Saturday, April 18, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) BMW’s new F 900 R and XR: A minivan for Millennials is actually a sleeper for Gen X » Once upon a time, Dodge released an ugly but incredibly practical passenger vehicle onto an unsuspecting suburban populati...
Sunday, December 15, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) When the HP2 came to America » The first double overhead cam boxer engine was awaited most anxiously by US race teams, like BMWs of San Jose and Atlanta....
Friday, August 2, 2019 (5 Comments - view/add) The BMW S 1000 RR, A Decade Later » Photos by Kevin Wing The S 1000 RR is a dramatically different object de machina to its different stakeholders. To...
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Chartered Club News
Saturday, February 29, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) It's time to start thinking about rally season! » After 47 years, the 49er Rally just keeps getting better. Enjoy the gathering while you enroll in GS Clinics for men or wo...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) We Built It and They Came to the Iowa Rally » October in Central Iowa means two things, Octoberfest in the Amana Colonies and the nomination of the next Pure Stodge Tou...
Sunday, April 21, 2019 (3 Comments - view/add) 40th Anniversary Rally to celebrate legacy of R 65 LS, R 80 GS » The 40th Anniversary celebration of the R 65 LS and R 80 GS from 18-22 September 2019 in Harleysville, Penn., will be the...
Sunday, November 4, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) 2018 Green Mountain Rally » There we were, in the upper reaches of Vermont’s National Forest, home of gap country, where the chain of green mountains...
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