highmileage Congratulations high mileage riders By Jim Heberling #191926
Happy New Year! I hope everyone
had a great time with family and friends over the hol- idays and everyone has resolved to get out and ride their
BMWs more in the coming year. In my role as High Mileage Coordinator, there are three questions that I’m con- tinually asked, so I thought I’d provide the answers here:
1. Where can I find the High Mileage application? The High Mileage application
resides in .pdf form on the BMW MOA website. To get there, go to
www.bmwmoa.org and click on the CONNECT button near the top of the page. Scroll down a bit and click on 20 Million Miles+ and then click on “Download The High Mileage Award Form.” Once you’ve downloaded and printed the form, complete all three sections, including information about the motorcycles you’ve ridden to reach your new plateau, your personal information and information from your dealer. Then mail the completed form to me at the address listed at the bottom. 2. Can I email the application to you? Absolutely! To do that, simply scan
the document and save it as a .pdf and then email me the .pdf. Whether you choose to mail or email the High Mileage application, please make sure it is filled out completely and readable. 3. My BMW has more than 100,000 miles on it; do they all count toward my High Mileage recognition?
100,000 miles Don Eilenberger Ron Hanford Kevin Roark Laurie Heisey Tom Daugherty Daniel Ruffner John G. Camp Bryan Bebout Brian Dutcher Dominique Rambie Andrew Clark
Julie Smith - CoPilot
200,000 miles Ron Allen Roland Quintero Robert Knittle Daniel Maki
300,000 miles Jim Mitton Gerry Dockum Christopher Ross
The miles applicable toward your High
Mileage Award are the miles that YOU’VE ridden. So, if you’ve bought a used bike with 90,000 miles and it just turned over 100,000, only 10,000 of those are yours. If you bought a new bike with a big donut on the odome- ter and only you have ridden it, all of those miles are yours! Thanks again to all of our members par-
ticipating in our High Mileage Award pro- gram, and congratulations to Ken O’Malley for reaching his 800,000 mile plateau!
Bryan Bebout #145729 Concord, North Carolina 100,000 Miles
My favorite bike was my R 1200 C, and I was sad when it was totaled in a rear end colli- sion. Luckily, I escaped without a scratch. I replaced the C in 2009 with a 1999 RT which has carried me over 90,000 miles. While the naked C was sexy, the RT is all
business, whether it’s eating the twisties or cruising down the highway with the radio blasting. I’ve never had more fun on any bike than my RT. One of my most memorable rides
recently was when I had a few days of vaca- tion to use or lose and a brand new
76 BMW OWNERS NEWS January 2017
400,000 miles Dean Mickelson Frank Heitmuller
500,000 miles Nancee Musto
800,000 miles Ken O’Malley
passport. From my home, I rode through Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio to Buf- falo, New York, to cross the Peace Bridge into Ontario and receive my first stamp in my new passport. It was 85 degrees when I left North Carolina, and by the time I got to Buffalo that night, I had to put on the three shirts I brought along to try to stay warm. Regardless of the temperatures, it was a great ride. In 2009, I moved to Concord, North Car-
olina, and to learn my way around the area, I would ride in a random direction and then use my GPS to get home. While I get great joy in planning three to four day rides, my favorite rides are the spontaneous day- long rides where I chose a town, landmark or attraction to visit and then go. Other than that, occasionally my wife and I will simply take a ride somewhere for lunch. I’ve realized over the years that I was
meant to ride alone and typically ride from fuel stop to fuel stop with almonds or apples in my pockets and water in my cup holder. I did ride a couple of years with the Patriot Guard Riders in North Carolina, which is one of the most fulfilling opportunities a veteran with a motorcycle could ever have. If my bike is moving, I’m a happy man.
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