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Greater Cincinnati BMW ClubGCBMWC

GCBMWC e-letter — gnyktas@cinci.rr.comAugust, 2007August Breakfast Ride

Next Meeting:

Saturday August 11 @ 7:00 PM

Warsaw, Ky

Check the club website & email for

directions

GCBMWC 8/1/2007Albert Einstein Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

The August 5th breakfast ride will meet at Pearls in Fairfield. Meet at

9:00 — ride at 10:00

Progressive Dinner August 12th

Chris Berry is the coordinator for the Progressive Dinner to be on Sunday, August 12th. This will start around 10 AM for breakfast and end about 6:00PM with dessert.

Breakfast – at Gail Deatherage’s home in Warsaw Ky. We will have the monthly meeting there the evening before with inside space and camping available for those who want to stay overnight.

Hors d’oeuvres - at Joe & Chris Berry’s Salad & Entrée – Tom & Joannie Ray-

buck’s Dessert – Neil & Jackie Jones The weather forecast continues to be

sunny with a high of 78 degrees.

John BorgmanGeorge Nyktas & Mary TholkingMike LaBarKen FrancoisTom & Cheryl RitterHenry & Mary PierceAllen LeachGeorge BeckerJohn FischerNeil & Jackie JonesMerrill & Diane GlosTom CollinsLarry Lovejoy & Gail DeatherageRalph & Terri ToddGail & Bob UlrichJeff LemkuhlRobert MundayJoe & Chris BerryBill & Nancy BerryJim & Deana SmithJohn WhartonTim HagforsEric & Robin PuleoJohn SiresJack & Arlene BashamTom & Joni RaybuckEd EismannLael & Heather ForesterChris & Anne LongGreg & Kathy CullersAllan & Debbie SmithWalt & Judy MillsRobert UtzGary & Sue FranklinSteve & Karen ThoernerAlan DisherJohn CampbellCharles CarterMichael HenegarKarl PerryJames Chris KatzerTia RobertsonDale & Mary ReckmanBill & Sheila WrightKen Norris

Important information for John Fischer:http://www.speedtrap.org/speedtraps/stetlist.asp

Greater Cincinnati BMW Club Meeting Minutes Date: July 7, 2007Location: Miami Cycle Works

Officers Present: John Fischer, Vice-President; Tom Ritter, Treasurer; George Nyktas, Secretary

Next meeting: August 11, 2007 @ 7:00 PM, Gail Detherage’s home in WarsawI. Minutes of Prior Meeting

The meeting began at 7:20. George Nyktas read the minutes of the prior meeting. A correction was noted to the donation for theMOA. It was reported as being approved at $250 and it should have been $200. Alan Smith moved the minutes be accepted as cor-rected. The motion was seconded by To Ritter and was passed.

II. Treasurer’s Report

Tom Ritter presented the Treasurer’s report. The balance in the checking account at the last meeting was $2,596. $22 in split the pot was added at the last meeting. There were $450 in disbursements consisting of $200 to the MOA Charity & $250 to the USO. The checking balance is therefore $2,168 as of the meeting tonight. There are presently 45 paid memberships. A copy of the report is available for any member who would like to review it by contacting Tom Ritter.

Debbie Smith moved the report be accepted as read. The motion was seconded by Ken Norris and was passed.

The club members requested that the roster of paid members be published in the next newsletter.

III. Old Business

Club Business Cards: This issue is tabled pending the location of a suitable image of the club logo to use. Mary & Henry Pierce will attempt to convert a sewing machine file to PC use.

New Business2007 meeting schedule through November:

V. New Members Dale Reckman was voted into the club. Woody Benson was also in atten-dance but has not yet applied for membership.

Announcements

VII. Adjournment at 7:50 PM

Date Location/Hosted By

August11 & 12 Gail Detherage & the Progressive Dinner

September No meeting – club rally

October 13 Merrill & Diane Glos

November 10 Tom & Joannie Raybuck

GCBMWC 8/1/2007

I meant to send this yesterday but there's still time.All this week on the Food Network they are replay-ing Alton Brown's "Feasting on Asphalt 1" at 8:00pm as a prelude to "Feasting on Asphalt 2" which starts next week. It is our kind of show, a group of guys riding cross-country on BMW's searching for Mom&Pop local food.What more is there?

Bill

"Berry, Bill" <bill_berry@milacron.com>

I believe the new Feasting on Asphalt 2 starts on Aug 4, Sat, at 9 pm ?.Should be interesting, as this new one takes him up beside the Mississippi River.//Jim Smith

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Aug 2-5 Ron Dee Voo IV Sidecar Rally, Weikert PA http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/sct

Aug 16-19 Dan’l Boone rally, Boone NCwww.carolinasbmwmoa.org

Curve Cowboy Reunion Osage Beach, Missouri www.curvecowboyreunion.com

Aug 31-Sep 3 Finger Lakes Rally, Wat-kins Glen, NY Info at www.fingerlakesbmw.org

Sep 7-9 Beemers in the Bluegrass Frankfort, Ky

Sep 7-9 Buckeye Beemers BS Rally, Athen, OH ericnyrop@rileycontrols.com

September 28-30 Cincinnati Club Rally—Blue Ridge Motorcycle Campground, Cruso, NC www.gcbmw.org

Hoosier Beemer Rally Muscatatuck County Park, Vernon, IN rjtatert@verizon.com

2008 July 17-20, 2008 BMW-MOA, Gillette, WY

www.bmwmoa.org

Rallys & Events

GCBMWC 8/1/2007

With the new haircut Neil kinda looks like the Saab; the granddaughters are pretty adorable though!

GCBMWC 8/1/2007

BMW will acquire the renowned motorcycle company Husqvarna Motorcycles. Dr. Herbert Diess, General Director of BMW Motorrad, and the Italian industrialist Clau-dio Castiglioni signed a contract on 19.07.2007 in Italy. The contractual agreement will come into full effect upon final approval of the EU cartel authorities. Both parties agreed that the purchase price was to remain confidential.

For BMW Motorrad the acquisition of Husqvarna Motorcycles is a logical step in en-hancing the company's activities in the field of light, sporty motorcycles, which has recently been reinforced with the new models of the BMW G 650 X series. Comment-ing on BMW's decision to acquire Husqvarna Motorcycles, Diess, General Director of BMW Motorrad, stated: "With the Husqvana models targeted at the sporty competi-tion, we will be able to extend the BMW Motorrad range to include younger groups of customers as well as the entire off-road and supermoto sector much more quickly and effectively than with our core brand alone. This transaction also provides us with di-rect access to a worldwide sales network in the off-road segment."

BMW Motorrad plans to continue operating Husqvarna Motorcycles as a separate en-terprise. All development, sales and production activities, as well as the current work-force, will remain in place at its present location in the region of Varese in northern Italy.

Just as BMW Motorrad, Husqvarna Motorcycles is steeped in tradition and one of the most renowned motorcycle companies in the world. Motorcycles were initially pro-duced in Sweden from 1903 and in Italy from 1986. Today the company is one of the leading suppliers of sporty off-road motorcycles. In the course of its history, Husqvarna Motorcycles has achieved numerous international racing victories includ-ing European and World Championship titles.

BMW Motorrad produced and sold over 100,000 motorcycles for the first time (production: 103,759 units, delivery 100,064 units) in 2006. The production program includes only large-volume motorcycles over 500 cc. BMW Motorrad is the largest European manufacturer in this segment. In 2006, BMW Motorrad achieved sales of 1,265 million euros, with pre-tax profits of 66 million euros. BMW Motorrad em-ployed an average of 2,816 staff worldwide in 2006.

Husqvarna Motorcycles is part of the Italian company MV Agusta S.p.A. and pro-duced some 12,000 motorcycles in the capacity range of 125 to 610 cc in 2006. The focus of the company's model program is on sporty off-road motorcycles which are equipped solely with single cylinder engines. Husqvarna Motorcycles employed a workforce of approximately 240 in Italy in 2006.

GCBMWC 8/1/2007

The airhead is an ideal to the mechanically inclined. Let me explain my own case:

About 5 years ago, I started thinking of "restoring a classic motorcycle". My first thoughts were very much about build-ing a Triton, the Norton Featherbead frame with a pre-unit Bonnie engine.

Bad idea.

Some research quickly revealed that such a project was bound to be far beyond my financial means. Further reflection made me recall the experience of a Triton project I was involved in, mainly as the gopher to some very clever young apprentice fitters and turners, late sixties.

It was incredibly difficult to build that Triton, only made possible through the resources of those young mens' employer, Iscor. (South African Iron and STEAL Corporation.) The required number of spacers, distance pieces, shims etc. would come as a surprise to many.

Through research, I also came to appreciate the difference between "restoration" and "rebuild".

The thought of redundant BSW and BSF screw threads in these modern times was the last nail in the coffin of the Triton idea.

Then my thoughts turned to BMW airheads. I've built up a bit of experience with a few of them over the years, (not mine except for one very bad R50/2, briefly) and I have always had a sort of respect for them.

Here was the mature tinkerer's dream, much commonality of parts, reasonable availability, metric fasteners, simple enough to be achievable, complex enough to be satisfying. Maybe just economically viable in my case, though I wish I had the money to do a good slash 2. But the older they are, the more money you need.

Today's rocketeers would have a real good laugh at a Triton. Just maybe, they would have a bit of respect for a dignified oldish airhead, maybe even for its rider who have grown up enough to realize that his "caff" days are long gone.

That's why the air-head for me.

--Danie Coetzee78R100SCenturionSouth Africa.

At right: Matt Park-house installing a new clutch in Susanna’s R100/7