Second Place male
Pete Noftz #86999
2015 MOA Mileage Contest male winner Don Watson.
First Place male Don Watson #116921
Last year was a high mileage year for me with most of my miles being one-day scoots through South Dakota, Iowa or Missouri, and winning the MOA Mileage Contest came as a surprise. I am a member of the Big Sioux Riders and the IBA and ride a 2012 R 1200 RT. Trips last year included a ride to Arkansas
to visit friends and riding the twisties there as well as a ride with with Clyde Millie and Mike Luse on a trip to Deadwood, S.D. The next day Clyde and I arrived in Billings, Mont., for the BMW MOA Rally. In August my rear tire blew out while
riding on I-90, and I’d like to thank BMW of Sturgis, S.D., for staying open late to mount a new tire so I could get back on the road home. Then in September I made an IBA round trip from Sioux City, Iowa, to Billings, Mont., and was surprised when IBA notified me that I was the oldest rider to complete the BunBurner Gold. I don’t ride with a GPS, smart phone or map and in September missed a turn in Denver, Colo., during rush hour. Eventually a sign said I was near Estes Park, but I had no idea how to get back to my route, so I just kept riding. Thanks to BMW Motorcycles of Iowa
City, Iowa, and to Jared Cheney and Brent Pladsen for their meticulous work on my bike, to my family for supporting my adven- tures, and to my Lord Jesus Christ for a safe and exciting riding season.
When I started rid- ing in the mid-1960s while in college, I soon realized that motorcycling was much more fun and adventuresome than being in a car, and riding 1,000 miles from Barrington, Ill., to Tallahassee, Fla., on a 250cc bike was an excellent two days. Working in Los Angeles and able to
ride year-round, I got tired of my bikes wearing out, and in 1985 I rode a BMW K 100. Seven years and 140,000 miles later on that K, I was convinced. Now retired and living Sequim, Wash.,
I’m lucky enough to have four BMWs and a lovely wife riding pillion on all of our trips. This year we took the RT east to visit favor- ite places, from Jackie Too’s in Ogunquit, Maine, to the Cabot Trail and Baddeck on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. In September we rode the GSA to St.
Augustine, Fla., rode to Paris, Texas, visited El Sanctuario in Chimayo, N.M., rode old US 66, and coming back, stopped in Kern- ville, Calif., to see friends. All my bikes got turns going on other, shorter trips: from a week down through eastern Oregon and California, to Tahoe, the Oregon coast, eastern Washington and my frequent and therapeutic 300-mile day ride around the Olympic Mountains. All in all, it was another great riding sea-
son, and I hope to see many of you on the road in 2016.
Third Place male Rick Snyder #51341
Retiring in 2008 after 29 years as a correc- tions officer at Camp Hill State Prison in Camp Hill, Penn., and from my military service in 2003, I have plenty of time to ride. Not wanting to retire completely, I work
part-time at Hermy’s BMW in Port Clinton, Penn., along with MOA member,
long-distance rider and BMW salesman Bob Lilley. Feel free to stop by and see us on your next ride through Pennsylvania. I’d like to thank the staff and technicians at Hermy’s who keep my bikes working and in good order. I probably ride by myself 85 percent of
the time aboard three BMWs, including a 1995 R 1100 GS (Big and Ugly), a ‘96 K 1100 RS and a ‘79 R 100 RT/RS. The GS is my rally and long trip bike, and I enjoy compet- ing in long-distance riding events and six- month grand tours, always attending the BMW MOA International rally. I have been riding 1,000 mile days for 30
years now and probably have 130 under my belt riding everywhere, including all the United States in any kind of weather aboard BMWs since 1990. My current mileage total is 813,000 miles, and my goal is to reach the million mile level.
Average male Jan Moolenschot #171805
I’m surprised I was chosen as the Average Male rider as most of my riding is a 110-mile round trip to work. To make the commute enjoyable, I take scenic roads, avoid the Interstate and like to complete at least one week-long ride each year. In 2015, I rode the entire length of the
Blue Ridge Parkway and the Cherohala Skyway, staying at different motorcycle- only campgrounds along the way. My desti- nation on that trip was the very enjoyable Daniel Boone Rally in Boone, N.C. I purchased my first BMW, a ‘93 K 1100
LT, in 2008, bought a ‘99 Funduro in 2010 and replaced the ’93 LT with an ‘07 LT to provide a more comfortable ride for my fiancé. This summer we are planning to ride to North Carolina for the Daniel Boone rally, which will be her first trip of this length. She herself has caught the rally bug; we have attended the Finger Lakes Rally together every year since 2013. Longtime friend, Mac-PAC rider and
MOA member Clyde Jacobs encouraged me to join these organizations, and since then I have joined the Long Level Beemers of Camden, N.Y., and last September I was ride coordinator for our first weekend rally, the Tug Hill Turn Out. I believe that “riding allows me to meet long lost friends, whom I have never met.”
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