Heinrich replaces Robb as head of BMW Motorrad Design Studio

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01/30/2012

Munich. Edgar Heinrich (53) will be taking over the BMW Group's BMW Motorrad Design Studio as of July 1st 2012. He succeeds David Robb. After completing his university degree in design, Edgar Heinrich started his career as a motorcycle designer with BMW back in 1986.

Veteranen Club Looking for RS Info

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12/04/2011
Herborn, Germany

The BMW Veteranen-Club Deutschland e.V. is looking to gather photos, information, history and stories about the famed BMW type 253 rennsport machines. The 60th anniversary of the type 253 RS54 machines, from 1954, is rapidly approaching, and the Veteranen-Club is undertaking a project to put together detailed information about these fascinating but relatively obscure purpose built motorcycles. If you can help, they would like to hear from you.

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.

Whitehorse Press to Reprint Bill Stermer's "BMW R100RS"

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08/31/2011


"BMW R100RS" by Bill Stermer, a timeless book in the Whitehorse Press Collector Series is
back in print by popular demand!

Bonhams Oxford Auction in Conjunction with the VMCC Banbury Run

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06/18/2011 - 06/19/2011
Oxford, UK

Renowned auction house Bonhams plans to hold an auction of Pioneer, Vintage and Collectors' Motorcycles & Related Spares and Memorabilia in association with the VMCC Banbury Run.

Quail Motorcycle Gathering Review in Sports Car Digest

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06/10/2011

It's not often that the car people give we motorcyclists a lot of room in their media, but that's not the case with the four long pages that Sports Car Digest has given author and photographer William Edgar. His extensive piece reviewing this year's Quail Lodge Motorcycle Gathering, titled Bike Day Bliss, covers every aspect of the event in detail.

Photo © William Edgar

VBMWMO at the SF Bay Motorcycle Show

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11/19/2010 - 11/21/2010
San Mateo Exhibition Center

As Fall fades into Winter, one thing that motorcyclists in many parts of the US do is attend one of the series of International Motorcycle Shows. Usually these are not venues for the vintage-minded, as visitors will be treated to seeing all of the very newest hardware out there.

New BMW Model Information on our Website!

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10/26/2010

We have just introduced another feature to our website. It's called BMW Models, and consists of a small area on the left sidebar, just below all of the buttons, and above the featured photo from our Member Photo Galleries.

The Gray Ghost: An Airhead Restoration Blog

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07/30/2010

VBMWMO Member Brook Reams (#7701) has been very busy. Busy rebuilding and restoring his 1975 R75/6 into a cafe racer, and busy writing a blog about the work, including tons of photos. If you're even daydreaming about doing an Airhead restoration, you should read through his experiences.

Issue 2/2010 of the BMW ICC Newsletter Available

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07/09/2010

The 2nd quarter (Spring) newsletter from the International Council of BMW Clubs (BMW ICC) is now available. Clicking on this link to the Council News 2/2010 will download the english PDF directly to your computer.

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