37th Annual Mayday Madness

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05/26/2013
Stratham Hill Fairgrounds, Stratham, NH

Classic Bike Show & Swap Meet, Sunday, May 26th, 2013
Stratham Hill Fairgrounds, Rt. 33, Stratham, NH

VBMWMO Board Shakeup

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01/27/2013

The last several weeks have been difficult for the club. President and Editor of Classic BMW Motorräder, the club's magazine, Jeff Yost, has had to resign his positions due to his health. As you may have read in his column in the Summer 2012 issue, he has been diagnosed with Hepatitis C, which he was infected with as a result of a blood transfusion he had in 1974.

A Gift to VBMWMO iPad Users from BMW Motorcycle Magazine

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12/10/2012

Sandy Cohen, editor of BMW Motorcycle Magazine, has made a generous offer to 10 VBMWMO members who use an iPad. She says:

Happy Holidays to all our friends in the riding community!

BMW and VBMWMO Member Win Awards at Pebble Beach

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08/20/2012
Pebble Beach, Monterey, California



Famous BMWs took 1-2 at the Pebble Beach Concours this year. BMW AG continued a streak of wins with the unique R7 prototype, beautifully restored by a team of star restoration experts assembled for the project. Last year, as we reported, the R7 won a prestigious award at the Amelia Island Concours. You can read BMW's press release here.

In addition, VBMWMO founder and member #2, Jeff Dean, came second with his beautifully and painstakingly restored 1954 R68. The restoration, carried out by renowned restorer Tim Stafford of San Diego, has been seen at the Quail Lodge Motorcycle Gathering and is absolutely stunning.

R90S.com joins VBMWMO

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09/23/2011

Today we announce the merger of Andrew Macpherson's website, R90S.com, which focuses specifically on the BMW R90S model, into the Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners club's more general website. By combining forces, we hope to increase awareness of this special model and provide a single place to find information about all vintage BMW motorcycles.

BMW Recognizes Classic BMW Motorräder Magazine

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04/13/2011

BMW AG has recognized the VBMWMO's new magazine, Classic BMW Motorräder, on their website! Follow this link to see BMW's enthusiastic write up.

Classic BMW Motorräder Magazine Launches

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03/25/2011
Troy, OH

The Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners, Inc. (VBMWMO) is pleased to announce today the release of the first issue of a new, vibrant quarterly magazine entitled the Classic BMW Motorräder. It promises to infuse its members’ passions with all things BMW, Pre-War, Post-War and Classics, while encompassing all BMW motorcycles twenty-five years and older. The Classic BMW Motorräder will contain new and exciting informative articles from several new authors from all over the world.

Alongside the VBMWMO’s current website (http://www.vintagebmw.org), a new website dedicated to Classic BMW Motorräder is online at http://www.classicbmwmotorraeder.org.

VBMWMO Present at 4th Quail Motorcycle Gathering

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05/14/2011
The Quail Lodge, Carmel, CA

UPDATE: There's an article in today's LA Times about the Quail Lodge Motorcycle Gathering. Remember, the VBMWMO will be there on Saturday!

3 Year Club Membership Deal Extended

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12/29/2010 - 03/31/2011

The Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners club is pleased to announce the extension of a popular 3 year membership promotion. Instead of ending on December 31st, the offer, which adds a free copy of the Special Edition BMW Group Classic Live! magazine to any 3 year membership purchase, will continue through March 31st, 2011.

VintageBMW.org will be down at times this weekend

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11/05/2010 - 11/07/2010

Update (Sunday, 11/7, 1:00pm PST): Everything is up and working. Thanks everyone for your patience.

Update (Sunday, 11/7, 8:00am PST): the website and forum are back up, but the store is not yet functional. We hope to have this corrected soon.

The club's website will be up and down intermittently starting tomorrow and possibly stretching through until Sunday. You should expect there to be at least one long stretch where it will be unavailable. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

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