highmileage High Mileage Honor Roll By Jim Heberling #191926
PLEASE CONGRAT- ulate the following BMW MOA mem- bers who recently reached new mile- age levels and have had
their names added to the BMW
MOA High Mileage Honor Roll. Thank you to Mike, Michael, Sid and Chris for sharing their stories.
100,000 miles Michael Waybright Chris Marshall Mike Valentin Dale Geske Sid Welch
300,000 miles Philip Gendron
Mike Valentin, 100,000 miles,
began riding when he was five years old as a pillion on his uncle’s scooter in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His passion for riding grew, and in 2003 he bought his first BMW, an F 650 GT which was followed by an R 1200 RT and then a 2009 K 1300 GT. Valentin lists rides through the
Rockies, to Cape Bretton and to Cali- fornia as some of his favorites, but his most memorable was a ride through Montana in 2015 which included
visiting Glacier National Park where he enjoyed sights of incredible scale and beauty. “You simply can’t help feeling blessed at those times,” he said. “I’m hoping for a repeat performance this year while heading up to the Hamburg rally on my new 2016 R 1200 RT.” Michael Waybright, 100,000 miles,
bought his first motorcycle in 1977 while living in Germany. He rode the 1972 Tri- umph Bonneville 650 bike for two years. After that, he moved to a Honda 250 and then a Kawasaki 700 LTD before picking up his first BMW, a 1986 K 100 RT, which he rode until buying his current bike, a 2005 R 1200 RT. Waybright says he’s had a lot of memo-
rable rides but believes the best would be the two trips he made through the Alps when he was living in Germany in the 1980s. “The sheer beauty of the landscape and the number of motorcyclists I encoun- tered in my travels through that part of the world will always be engraved in my mem- ory,” he said. “I have longed to make a return visit and spend an extended amount of time traveling through Europe on a motorcycle.” Sid Welch, 100,000 miles, bought his
first motorcycle when he was 18 and has been riding for most of the past 42 years on various brands. His first BMW was a 2000 K 1200 LT, and he also owns a 1975 R 90/6. One of Welch’s favorite rides was in the fall of 2002 when he and his daughter
began taking fall rides. Their first ride together took them from Wise, Virginia, to Waynesville, North Carolina, along Route 209 to Bristol, Tennessee and then back to Wise. They’ve continued their tradition almost every year, and now Welch’s son joins them, riding his own bike. Chris Marshal, 100,000 miles, began rid-
ing BMWs aboard a 1995 K 75 he pur- chased in 2000. Marshall recalls many fond memories of the rallies he’s attended and the long rides he’s taken, but the one he puts on the top of his list was a ride he made with his son Kevin. With Kevin riding behind him, they
crossed nine states, singing nonstop for days on end. They went from Chicago to Front Royal, Virginia, and then down the entire length of both Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway, through Smoky Mountain National Park, and north through the Tail of the Dragon to Kentucky before heading home with one last stop at Mammoth Caves. “I can’t even begin to tell you how happy
we both were to have that memory, along with so many other rally rides to both MOA Nationals and other state club events. That wonderful bike still takes me to Deals Gap for coffee; however, now it competes for riding time with my 2014 R 1200 RT-LC,” Marshal said. “Many thanks to all the MOA people and all the state chapters who made our journeys so very special for us!”
114 BMWOWNERS NEWS
August 2016
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