Spoke & Piston July 2008

Vision & MISSION IMPORTANT Non-Club members are welcome to attend Club riding events as guests. They are, however, required to sign an indemnity form before participating. The form can be down-loaded from the website. The Club has an ocial policy regard

Vision & MISSION Spoke & Piston, March 2015 IMPORTANT Non-Club members are welcome to attend Club riding events as guests. They are, however, required to sign an indemnity form before participating. The form can be down-loaded from the website. The Club ha

Spoke & Piston | BMW Motorcycle Club | Pretoria, South Africa 2 Vision & MISSION IMPORTANT Non-Club members are welcome to attend Club riding events as guests. They are, however, required to sign an indemnity form before participating. The form can be

First at the Scene (Henri Heyns) (Adapted from an article by Jacqueline Flood in BMW Owners News August 2001) This article is offered for general information only and is no substitute for attending a certified first-aid course. M any of us have,

A pukka racing BMW (Henri Heyns) F or those readers who think that BMW bikes, and especially Boxers, are just for pussy-footing around, Bruce Meyers and his workshop staff have great news. They have developed an 86 Kw 1100 S type Boxer-engined racing bike,

Why I like my bike (Henri Heyns) P eople who test and write about bikes are usually young guys with a flair for riding and writing, knowledgeable about all those things that make a bike go, aux fait with modern day computer-age terminology and likes and d

The Cullinan Carnival (Richard Hussey) The Pretoria BMW Motorcycle Club was exhibiting and we were keen to display a full range of current models. The letters and numbers didn’t escape me – Cullinan, 1 st May – C1. A short distance from Pretoria, i

Bits and pieces from the A.G.M. (Henri Heyns) The Club held its seventh Annual General Meeting on 1 st March in a very hot club house with some sixty perspiring, yet enthusiastic members attending. Chairman’s Report Chairman Mike Hennessy re-emphasise

All is not gold that glitters… (Henri Heyns) More and more young people are turning hungry eyes to foreign shores in an attempt to escape from the supposed harsh realities of living in South Africa with its lack of employment opportunities, rampant crime

Techno speak for the not-so-technical Part 5. Diesel-engined bikes on the way? ( Questions by Henri Heyns with answers by Bruce Meyers) D iesels here, diesels there, diesels almost every- where. The tongue-in-the-cheek rhyme above is symptomatic of wha