In the Wind 1 Saturday Morning Breakfast Rides Red Rocks Grill & TNT Country Kitchen Downtown Morrison Every Saturday at 8:30 a.m. (rain, shine, or snow), members meet for breakfast at Red Rocks Grill in Morrison. If weather permits, we ride afterwards. Most rides are spontaneous, with destinations determined that morning. Come with ride suggestions! In The Wind MOA #66 AMA #2772 RA #327 December 2015 BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado IN THIS ISSUE President’s Letter ...............................2 Holiday Party ....................................3 Graveyard Ride Photos.....................4 GS Trophy Team..............................5 Robot Motorcycle Rider ...................6 New Members | Socials....................7 CO Gives Day & New Year Ride.....8 2015 Mileage Contest......................9 2016 Mileage Contest Form ..........10 2015 Officers and Board................ 11 No Monthly Meeting for December Attention Members! The initial distribution for the 2016 BMWMCC Ride Book will take place New Year’s Day at Rockyard Brewery. To receive your copy, YOU MUST HAVE RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP for 2016. We will be printing our current membership checklist the night of New Year’s eve. Your membership in the BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado expires December 31, 2015. Annual dues are still just $25.00 for a single rider and $35.00 for a couple. Renew your membership here! or you can print out the renewal form and mail to BMWMCC, P.O. Box 742, Morrison CO 80465. Questions? Email [email protected]. Member benefits include: • Annual Ride Book • Monthly In the Wind e-newsletter • Monthly club dinner meetings • Email announcements of upcoming rides & events • Monthly social activities • Weekly breakfast and pick up rides.
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Rides
Red Rocks Grill &TNT Country KitchenDowntown Morrison
Every Saturday at 8:30 a.m. (rain, shine, or snow), members meet for breakfast at Red Rocks Grill in Morrison. If weather permits, we ride afterwards. Most rides are spontaneous, with destinations determined that morning. Come with ride suggestions!
In The WindMOA #66AMA #2772RA #327
December 2015
BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado
IN THIS ISSUE
President’s Letter...............................2Holiday Party....................................3Graveyard Ride Photos.....................4GS Trophy Team..............................5Robot Motorcycle Rider...................6New Members | Socials....................7CO Gives Day & New Year Ride.....82015 Mileage Contest......................92016 Mileage Contest Form ..........102015 Officers and Board................ 11
No Monthly Meeting for December
Attention Members!
The initial distribution for the 2016 BMWMCC Ride Book will take place New Year’s Day at Rockyard Brewery. To receive your copy, YOU MUST HAVE RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP for 2016. We will be printing our current membership checklist the night of New Year’s eve. Your membership in the BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado expires December 31, 2015. Annual dues are still just $25.00 for a single rider and $35.00 for a couple. Renewyour membership here! or you can print out the renewal form and mail to BMWMCC, P.O. Box 742, Morrison CO 80465. Questions? Email [email protected].
Member benefits include: • Annual Ride Book• Monthly In the Wind e-newsletter• Monthly club dinner meetings• Email announcements of upcoming rides & events• Monthly social activities• Weekly breakfast and pick up rides.
P r e s i d e n t ’ s L e t t e rWho Are We – What Are We
I’m getting close to the end of my term as President and I thought I might reflect for a moment on what and who we are. We are 340 members strong, but why? Why have we lasted for well over 40 years? What makes it work? What attracts new members to our club?
As with all clubs, it starts with shared interests. We tend to just take these for granted but our particular club has made the most of shared interests for quite a long time. They are the glue that holds any successful club together and BMWMCC should never lose sight of what ours are and the value of protecting those interests.
To begin with, we choose to be brand specific. It allows us to be familiar with each other’s bikes and to swap information about them. We have an implied preference for well-designed machines that almost begs us to become better riders. We take the riding part seriously. We create a culture where wearing all the safety gear is the norm and not the exception. We prefer riding with friends over solo riding. We practice avoiding straight interstate rides and instead, seek out skill-demanding twisty mountain roads. For us, riding is not just an excuse to drop in on bar after bar. Instead, we prefer miles in the hundreds on challenging lonely roads with all the beautiful scenery and history they provide. All of these preferences comprise our shared interests and it all becomes fodder for conversations.
But what if we didn’t have the opportunity to sit and have those conversations? Here’s where this club shines. We have a long-standing practice of meeting for breakfast every Saturday morning, 52 weeks a year, always at the same place and time. These informal breakfasts are not only open to members, but also to prospective members wanting a taste of our club. We have monthly dinner meetings, which are slightly more formal, where we make club announcements and then feature guest speakers. We have club social events, which are completely informal dinner gatherings. These are all opportunities to get to know each other better, to laugh, to talk about our experiences and to tell lies about what great riders we are. We publish very high quality monthly newsletters and annual Ride Books which list our planned club rides and keep members informed.
Finally, we take pride in our events. We put on the longest running BMW rally in the country. Our guests tell us it is the “must do” rally of the west. It draws hundreds of riders from nearly every state and province on North America. We promote our state further by putting on rides unique to our area such as the mountain-road-based Iron Butt Classic 1000, the 100,000 Foot Ride, and the Pass Bagger, which we hope to take national in the near future.
I really just wanted to remind everyone about what holds our Club together. We have set a really high bar and it takes a fair amount of effort to keep it all working. Truthfully, we have way more services and much higher quality services than would normally come from a club of our size. Our volunteers get the credit for that. The job for the rest of us is to be sure to support them while we enjoy the benefits of their work. It’s the least we can do. Better yet, have you asked yourself lately, “Isn’t it my time to step up and do my share?” Believe me when I say that your efforts will be appreciated!
Thank you all for giving me the opportunity to do my part. I have enjoyed it. As for now, I’m going to do a little more riding and a little less planning.
Ride safe my friends,Jeff
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Hol iday PartyLet’s celebrate the holidays together!
Holiday Dinner & Gift ExchangeFriday, December 11th
RSVP by Sunday, December 6th - Pay Online Here! Rio Grande Restaurant
9535 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree
Dinner is $20.00 per person. BMWMCC is paying for dessert, tax & gratuity and facility fee.
Main Course - Smothered Burrito Bar: black beans, rice, guacamole, jack cheddar, ranchero sautéed chicken, green chile, sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, flour tortillas & braised pork. Dessert - Sopapilla Bar: Tortilla dough lightly fried and puffy with cinnamon & sugar served with honey & chocolate or strawberry sauce. Cash Bar: Legendary Rio Grande margaritas!
Gift Exchange (Optional)The gift exchange will take place after dinner. To
participate, please bring a wrapped gift ($15 value), one gift per person. We will have everyone draw a number to determine the order of the gift exchange. The person who draws the number “1” opens the first gift of their choice from the gift pile. Before the second person opens his or
her gift choice, they can choose a gift from the gift pile or snatch the first person’s opened gift. And, so on...
MotoAmerica is pleased to announce the release of the provisional 2016 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Championship schedule with seven of the nine anticipated events secured. www.motoamerica.com
April 8-10: Circuit of The Americas - Austin, TexasApril 15-17: Road Atlanta - Braselton, GeorgiaMay 13-15: Virginia International Raceway - Alton, VirginiaJune 3-5: Road America - Elkhart Lake, WisconsinJune 10-12: Barber Motorsports Park - Birmingham, AlabamaJuly: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca - Monterey, California (TBC)September 9-11: New Jersey Motorsports Park - Millville, New Jersey
Left Photo:Member, Dimitrios Tournas featured in the BMW MOA Magazine, competing for the BMW GS Trophy
Motobot is an autonomous robot built to ride motorcycles similar to how a human rider would, right down to turning the throttle. The initial model that debuted at this Tokyo Motor Show still has some catching up to do before it reaches human capabilities, though. For now, it moves along at slow speeds and needs “training wheel” wings to protect it from toppling over. Check out the video online.
Colorado GivesDecember 8thColorado Gives Day is an annual statewide movement to celebrate and increase philanthropy in Colorado through online giving. For the sixth year, Community First Foundation and FirstBank are partnering to present Colorado Gives Day in 2015. Donations are accepted through www.ColoradoGives.org.
About ColoradoGives.orgColoradoGives.org is a year-round, online giving website featuring more than 1,800 Colorado nonprofit organizations. Made possible by Community First Foundation since 2007, ColoradoGives.org encourages charitable giving by providing comprehensive, objective and up-to-date information about Colorado nonprofits and an easy way to support them online. Community First Foundation’s tax ID is 51-0157964. All of the charities on ColoradoGives.org are recognized by the Internal Revenue Service and the Secretary of State and are in good standing. Donations are tax deductible as charitable contributions to the full extent permitted by law.
New Year Day Ride to Rockyard BreweryFirst ride of the year! Join us at 11:00 AM at the Rockyard American Grill & Brewing Company located in Castle Rock.
Begin the New Year with this popular annual ride to the Rockyard Brewery Restaurant located west of I-25 and south of the outlet stores at exit 183. Riders from the BMWMCC, Pikes Peak BMW Riders and Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Riders Club converge on the brewery rain or shine. See you there!
Renew your membership and receive the 2016 BMWMCC Ride Book!
BMWMCC Mileage Contest Ends December 31st!Please email your Contest Mileage Form to [email protected] by January 16th to be included in the Mileage Contest. You can also hand-off your completed form to any Officer or mail to BMWMCC, PO Box 742, Morrison, CO 80465-5742.
This contest is open to all brands of motorcycles. Top female and male riders will be recognized for having out-ridden everyone else in the Club! Results will be published in the BMWMCC In The Wind newsletter, so you will have bragging rights. Photos welcomed!
The 2016 Mileage Contest Form can be found on page 10 of this newsletter.
