rallyrecap


Rally bike show draws a crowd By Tom Gifford, Bike Judging Chair


The bike show at the 43rd annual BMW MOA Inter- national Rally was a special gathering of MOA friends. The show was exhilarating this year, with many participants entering won- derful bikes. We combined bike groups and added some first and second runnersup. I do wish to give a special thanks to the Bike Show staff: Jim & DeeDee Reese, Gary Wasserman, Marie Huxtable, Harland Gray, Chuck Weythman, Jack Chesmak, Fai Petro, Alice Tomko, Gouy Rodrigue, and Gayle Day. A special thank you goes out to Sue Rihn, Vince Barkhoff, Donna Schet- tine, and Paul Ruffell for their help as well as a thanks to the MOA for supporting the Bike Show.


Bike Show winners:


Best BMW Single Marty Graves, 1997 F 650 Best Pre-1979 Airheads Pierre Lavi, 1977 R 100 RS Best Post-1979 Airheads Paul Lange, 1983 F 80 RS Best 1100/1150/1200 Kerry Polk, 2010 R 1200 RT Best K Bike Bruce Buxton, 1985 K 100 RS Best GS John Lang, 2015 R 1200 GS Best Custom Doug Wilson, 1965 R 60/2


Best Café Tom Love, 1981 R 100 CS Best Side Car Trike Bruce Piper, 1998 R 1200 C Best Custom Paint Pete Homan, 1978 R 80/7 Best in Show Bob Alexander, 1990 K1 Best Classic Tai West, 1964 R 50/2 Grand Touring Award Bob Alexander, 1990 K1


Signs at the Rally


THANK YOU TO A GROUP OF VOLUN- teers working together to help make navi- gating the MetraPark easier for all. Both the sign production team, under


the direction of Martin Hobbs, and the sign placement team, directed by Jim Ster- ling, worked tirelessly to print and place rally signage. Special thanks go the Sign Production


team members of Valley BMW Riders and Sign Placement team members Edward and Aiyne Robinson, James Row, Nor- mand and Denise Francoeur, Boris Boro- vsky, Neil Tickner, Rodney Choate, Randy Bork, Duncan Reid, Louise Bendix, Wil- son Hopkins, Gord Linfield, Tom Soltys, Scott A. Moseman, Gerald Hill and Donna Schettine.


102 BMW OWNERS NEWS October 2015


Chartered Club Camping By Rick Koscher, Chartered Club Camping Chair


AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE CHARTERED CLUB CAMPING AREA STAKED OUT ON THE grounds of the MetraPark gave clubs a reserved location for members to set up camp. Twenty-four Chartered Clubs requested and were provided an on-site location where the club members could camp as groups, regardless of their arrival time, enjoy the rally experi- ence and share the camaraderie of their fellow club members. To help make the planning and preparation run smoothly, Mike Williams and Ron


Hampton arrived at the MetraPark early to prepare the camping areas for each club. Addi- tionally, Art Laschober and Mike Tolar then were able to assist chartered club members as they arrived to find their designated camping spot and answer questions. Chartered Clubs are an important


component of the MOA membership. Providing their members with reserved camping at the BMW MOA Internationally Rally is one more ben- efit made possible by volunteers who work to make the rally experience even more enjoyable for all.


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