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George Siede of Webster Groves, Missouri, was the lucky winner of the BMW R 75/5 given away at the 40th Falling Leaf Rally in Potosi, Missouri. Photo by Marilyn Roberts.


an anvil. That’s when we first met Gay Wilkinson. Gay resurrected “ringing the anvil,” a practice harkened back to olden times. It seems a hollowed out anvil filled with gunpowder was placed upside down on top of a base anvil and then blasted off. The top anvil then went several hundred feet in the air, and the resultant boom would signal some event or celebration for the community. Once we had Gay shoot off an anvil at our rally, everyone was hooked, and it became our signature event. We start and end the Saturday awards ceremony with the anvil. This year, Gay did a three anvil blast to end the ceremony with three booms, not the usual one. We always inform the operators at the local emer- gency center prior to the anvil shoot, as there are routinely a number of calls reporting the explosion hitting the 911 switchboard. We have many memories of the 40th


anniversary rally, but the highlight had to be the drawing for the 1973 R 75/5 toaster tank motorcycle. The Gateway Riders acquired the bike and then turned it over to


Dave Leligdon, our Technical Director, for rehab. We got significant help from Dave Clark’s Forever Endeavor Cycles, Gateway BMW, Flying Tiger Cycles, and F&M Motorcycle Refinishing. Over the course of several months, the bike was returned to its former glory, a proud symbol of BMW motorcycling at its finest. When the win- ning ticket was drawn, the new proud owner, George Seide from Webster Groves, Missouri, was sitting near the front. It took several long seconds for George to fully comprehend that his name had just been drawn, but reality did sink in, and George stepped forward as shock morphed into a huge grin on his face. Where the rally goes from here is excit-


ing to contemplate. There is now a forty- year history and tradition that fuels momentum for the future. The rally will stay true to its roots: a Fall, camping-ori- ented BMW motorcycle rally located in one of the best riding areas in the Midwest. Be sure to attend number 41, October 7-9, 2016!


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