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the club


4 Owners News Contributors 8 Headlight The wind of change, by Bill Wiegand


10 President’s Column Season’s Greetings, by Chuck Manley 12 Shiny Side Up Me, my bike or them, by Ron Davis 14 Picture This Favorite Photos 16 Rider to Rider Letters from the membership


Member tested/ product news


20 Arai CT-Z helmet, Optimate 4 CAN bus compatible battery charger, Olympia Moto Sports Switchback 2 Mesh Tech jacket, Olympia Moto Sports Blaze Safety Vest, British Motorcycle Gear Zodiac II.


32 Touratech Adventuro MOD helmet by Schuberth, Wunderlich Classic handlebar bag, SW Motech TraX panniers, MachineartMoto Mudsling for R 1200 R and RS, Bates Footwear Marauder riding boots, a new BMW Motorrad dealership comes to Peoria, Arizona, American International Motorcycle Expo, Call for candidates for BMW MOA Board of Directors, Thank you 7,552 times, GS Trophy Challenge final qualifier, BMW MOA headquarters moves to Greer, South Carolina.


tech


50 Keep ‘em Flying A kickstarter and a blocked fuel line, by Matthew Parkhouse


54 Tech Tips Some tech tips for all of us, by George Mangicaro


119 Advertiser Index 120 Talelight


December 2015 BMW OWNERS NEWS 3


events 114 When and Where Places to go, Things to see


discovery


58 Why I put myself through all of this, by Dimitrios Tournas 60 Long Distance Style Southern comfort on two wheels, by Deb Gasque


66 Teach’s Tricks Building a “Symphony of Skills”, by Chris “Teach” McNeil


skills 98 Foundation News Congratulations Gary! by Ted Moyer


100 Ask a Pro Riding downhill made easy, by Lee Parks


102 Motosafe Dealing with Left land sitters and more, by Tom Pemberton


lifestyle


106 Jack the Riepe Winter snows and parked motorcycles, by Jack Riepe


108 High Mileage Another rider reaches 1.7 million miles, by Eric Peterson


110 Flashback Looking back at our MOA history 112 Mileage Slaves Time to get cold, by David Cwi


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