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From: darryl@ISM780.UUCP
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Subject: Re: BMW Motorcycle Owners
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Date: Sun, 19-May-85 06:31:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 19 06:31:00 1985
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I am a member, and I wait eagerly for the magazine each month.  It
straddles the edge between club newsletter and professional magazine.
There are frequent misspellings and grammar isn't always perfect,
but it's printed on high quality glossy paper and sent out with a
dust wrapper around it.  There are many standard features, of which
the best (I feel) is the pages of letters.  If you are a rally person,
they have a map each month showing where all of the chartered clubs'
rallyes will be; in a separate column they list other rallyes that they
know about.  A message from the president apppears only infrequently.
There is a prodeuct evaluation column, and a tech tip column.  Another
regular feature is sort of human interest/rallye goings-on humor
column -- last year there was a best rallye lie contest with several
different catagories of competition.  There is always a healthy want-ads
section, with subheadings of
    BMW Motorcyles For Sale
    Sidecars and Rigs
    Brand X Motorcycles
    BMW Parts
    Other
    Wanted
    Trade

Finally, there are general interest stories and features.  The May issue
has an article on a guy that put an R75/5 motor into his BD-5 homebuilt
airplane, an article on humorous road signs, "From IFMA to The World Series
-or- Unterpfaffenhoffen to San Diego's Oktoberfest", a discussion about
drinking and riding, part two of a three part article on a US tour, and
more.  70 pages in all.

I would say that the only thing better than getting the BMWMOA mag is
getting the "Anonymous" book.  It is the size of a thick paperback
novel and contains a listing of phone numbers for most every city
in the US and Canada (as well as some places in Europe and Australia)
which you can call if you have an emergency.  Special codes indicate
how far the member is willing to go to help a stranded motorcyclist.
Mine is in there under Sepulveda, Ca.  I've never had to use it, but
when you need it, there's nothing like it.

	    --Darryl Richman, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp.
	    ...!cca!ima!ism780!darryl
	    The views expressed above are my opinions only.