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AUGUST 2013
Yankee Beemers, Inc. www.yankeebeemers.orgMailing Address: PO Box 2151, Fitchburg, MA, 01420
2010 Officers:President: Robert Blethen 508-400-9283 [email protected] Pres: Bill Cusack 508-883-2638 [email protected]: Victor Cruz 978-219-4920 [email protected]: Jim Sanders 978-342-9670 [email protected]: John Shields 860-646-5177 [email protected] 48 Trebbe Dr., Manchester, CT 06040Webmaster: Ken Springhetti 978-764-3527 [email protected] Store: Leslie Whithall 7617-964-6423 [email protected]: Dana Lewis 508-892-9910 [email protected] Add. Changes: Jim Sanders, PO Box 2151, Fitchburg, MA, 01420 Executive Board: Richard Gibbons 617-445-6816 [email protected] Ken Springhetti 978-764-3527 [email protected] Gary Nelson 508-339-3768 [email protected] Jackson 401-624-9298 [email protected] Waegemann 617-335-2385 [email protected]
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COVER PHOTO TOP: Carl Saccoccio and Ardys Kellerman on 6/24/12 at the YB roving breakfast meeting.BOTTOM PHOTO: Craig Cleasby, Bill Kenney, Carl Saccoccio on their Alaska trip.
PHOTO BELOW: John Gilmore, Paul Targonsky and Ned Phelps getting out of the rain in WV. by J. Gilmore
July Meeting First things first. The Secretary wishes to thank Bruce Ferguson for stepping in to manage the June meeting notes. (Bruce, I hope you’re always on hand to step up.)Fifty-two (52) souls and 38 machines ambled into the waterfront Fairview Inn in Marshfield for the July 28 roving breakfast. Rain rode pillion for most, but by the end of the meeting, zipped up clouds kept their wet inside. The smell of the sea was in the air, carried forth on a plate of low-hanging fog like a waiter serving oysters on the half. Little did the YB faithful realize this would be the last Sunday morning eats of the summer. The food was nourishment for the gods. Fruit filled a cut-away watermelon. Nobody left unsatisfied, judging by the amount of plate licking. What’s more, the club dodged a $345 bullet. More on this later.President Bob Blethen stated that there will be no roving breakfast meeting in August, given all the scheduled events. By the time you read this, the Damn Yankees Rally will have passed. Now in its second year, the Lime Rockz “rally on the racetrack,” the only one of its kind, will hold sway August 16-18 in western Connecticut. Camping sites are on a hill overlooking the serpentine track. Great facilities in a countryside setting. If you go, try to visit Kent Falls on route 7. Prez Blethen rattled off the dates of the remaining events, mentioning Larz Anderson’s Sept. 8 European Motorcycle Day, Boxer Shorts at Snow Farm, Williamsburg, MA, Sept. 13-15, and Whackey Hat, Sept. 20-22, in Eastford, CT. Details can be found at www.yankeebeemers.org. Larz Anderson Auto Museum is located in Brookline, MA. The museum features about 25 annual "lawn" events from May to October with things like Miata Day, Corvette Day and Bicycle Day. August 11 is BMW Day. Says the website: "At BMW Day, come witness the history and evolution of the respectable BMW. Any vehicle from the Bavarian carmaker’s long and storied past is welcome at this increasingly popular show. From classic 2002′s to modern M-cars, all manner of Bimmers [sic] will fill up the lawn providing the sights and sounds of German engineering.”Secretary Victor Cruz stood up to plug Boxer Shorts at Snow Farm, Sept. 13-15, the club's only non-camping, weekend where "everything is provided" including linens, excellent gourmet meals and a picnic lunch. Spouses are encouraged, and there's no obligation to show up on a motorcycle. A glassblowing demo will be performed if the number of
Secretary’s Reportby Bruce Ferguson
attendees can support it. To see a video of the property, visit http://www.snowfarm.org.
Ken Richmond, President of the Ocean State BMW Riders club, stood up to speak briefly about "Gathering of the Clams" rally at Camp Fuller in Wakefield, RI, Sept. 13-15. Lobster will be served. More info can be found at http://www.oceanstatebmwriders.com.
Betsy, who manages the Fairview Inn, was kind enough to not hold the club accountable to its contract for 75 breakfasts. She felt a little responsible for the lack of sunshine, so she let it go. At $15 each head, the difference saved the club $345.
Those of you who attended the July breakfast most likely rode pass a fairly rare 1996 R1100 RS (red) for sale on route 139 (pictured here). I stopped to take a closer look. The bike has 34,358 miles on the clock, cable clutch and choke. One sidecase is scratched. Black smudges pelt the gas tank. Asking price of $6,000 is a bit steep, in the Secretary’s view. That’s what happens when the bike is red, since red is the fastest color. (Tel. 617-212-6699)
Safe riding.
As usual the summer is blazing by so fast you got to grab it with both hands, on the bars, before it’s gone again. Already it’s just past Heath by the time you read this and Lime Rockz should be coming up soon and streaking by so don’t miss out on that one. Deadline for registration is August 10th and you can sign up at http://www.kenspring.com/ybnormal/events.html# or use the registration in this issue. Jack Phelps and I can be reached via info on the flyer in this issue and will help with any issues. Oh, and the toybox with all it’s goodies will be there again this year.
For the first time I can remember there are two motorcycles running perfectly well at the same time waiting in my garage and both are available for a ride at short notice. They are both my favorites with one so very good for traveling all loaded up and racking up miles and the other just perfect for blasting around my local riding areas, like in the vicinity of the Vanilla Bean. For the first time in a while I’m not lusting for something better, more focused, more whatever and just enjoying exactly what I got and it feels good and I’m riding more as a result.
Perhaps you don’t believe the large majority of environmental scientists firmly behind the concept of “global warming” but if their predictions are true people will be riding motorcycles in a very different environment in the near future. With higher temperatures comes more energy and with more energy comes more and greater storms. According to the EPA, heavy precipitation events will likely become more frequent. Heavy downpours that currently occur about once every 20 years are projected to occur about every four to 15 years by 2100, depending on location.” “Southern areas, especially in the West, are projected to become drier,” while in the northern areas of the US climate is projected to become wetter, especially in the winter and spring.” I see a rosy future for ABS, combined weather-radar/GPS, windscreens, Aerostich, improved wet traction, easy care finishes, better rain gear, gloves and boots and well, why not, electric motorcycles zipping through the rain...
We’re trying to find someone interested in being the “Calendar” person for the club and the usual suspects are either too busy or unavailable for one reason or another so I’m tossing it out to you...we need someone/you to perform the function of a repository for events, club and otherwise, who would, to great acclaim, organize and check them for accuracy, assemble them and disseminate all that good info to the newsletter, the
Editor’s Briefs by John Shields
forum, the website and anyone else who wants it. Your heroic activities would mostly occur from January to June and would not involve a lot of time. We’ll pay you double what they’re paying me, plus that warm fuzzy feeling you’ll feel for a job well done. This month’s calendar is sort of a preview of what it could be -- a better and more inclusive, accurate event reference for our members.
Heath, I’m predicting, was different this year because we lost the New England Moto Guzzi club and the organizer who caused the rift with them in the first place. But I’m betting it was a great back to basics rally with the germs of new ideas for rides and events at the fairgrounds sprouting and maybe a rekindling of the fondness for the traditional events. Heath is what really convinced me join the Yankee Beemers, for I found the combination of country fairgrounds, a friendly greeting at registration and good conversation throughout the weekend to be the impetus...not to mention some great riding and more of it than most clubs...to send the check. Hope you enjoyed this years version.
Well I'm back after a month hiatus from my column and am attempting to put something together for August. The attendance for the Pemi rally was a bit down, only 50 campers. It poured most of the week, your president loaded his bike in a trailer for the rally. I arrived around 9:00 pm, pulled into a parking spot and blew up the air mattress. It is nice to have an enclosed trailer, with all of the comforts of home. Of course I slept next to the Futura, a man and his horse can't be separated. The next morning it was still a bit damp, and I went out to breakfast with a few YBS to Sticks, a local breakfast spot.My accommodations for the weekend.
After hanging around and shooting the bull for awhile, it must be time for a ride. Ken Springhetti, Kurt Schmucki and I headed off to Woodstock, NH. We stopped at the Woodstock Inn and Brewery for lunch, although I no longer partake of the spirits I am still fascinated with the process of making beer.
Quite some time ago on a trip to Sydney, Australia, at most every pub that we went to, the beer was made on the premises, and it couldn't have been any fresher. What a novel idea I thought at the time, I should have jumped on that trend back then. Hindsight always being 20/20.
Prez Sezby Bob Blethen
After lunch we took the west end of the Kangamangus Highway over towards VT, making me wish that I had loaded the GS in the trailer instead of the Futura, as the roads were a bit rough, the longer
suspension travel of the GS would have soaked up more of the bumps. As it is I spent quite a bit of time barely in the saddle to absorb the rough road with my legs and not my back. Kurt had the perfect weapon for the back road bombing, his LC-4 640 KTM, while Ken was astride his trusty Airhead RT. After a couple of hours of strafing the back roads of north central NH, it was time to return to Pemi. Kurt had to go back for grilling duties. He and Craig Cleaseby, Moe Lazaro and Roy Bertalato were putting on a steak dinner for 50 folks at the campground.
An excellent dinner was served; Rib eye steaks from the grill, baked potatoes, green beans, baked beans, rolls and butter, with BJ's baked cookies for dessert. A fine end to the day, another Pemi in the books. Thanks to all of the volunteers for your hard work.
The RA Rally and our first roving breakfast of the year happened to fall on the same weekend in June. Sunday the 23rd found the Yankee Beemers
at the Quaker Tavern in Uxbridge, MA. I traveled about 6 miles to breakfast (ha, ha, ha). We were hosted by Nancy, who had hosted us for many years at the Colonial in Bellingham. She and her staff were well prepared for our arrival. A fresh hot breakfast buffet awaited us. The meeting came to order with about 70 in attendance. Bob Pipes rolled in from Asheville, NC to give us the RA Rally report.
Some YB's traveled to Oregon to the Moa rally, also a few YB west members attended. July's roving breakfast will be in the books by the time you read this, we are returning to the Fairview Inn in Brant Rock. The preparations for the Damn Yankees Rally are still going on behind
the scenes. The dates for our signature event are August,1st,2nd,3rd and 4th , Thursdays early arrivals will be charged and extra $5.00 for the nights camping. The long term weather forecast is looking good for the DYR, sunny days and cool nights. Come on out for some great riding and camaraderie and of course Rock the Silo on Sat. nite, the church ladies pies and ice cream and all that you have enjoyed in the past at the DYR.
In the events category There will be no roving breakfast in August, the calender is too crowded.
There have been a few complaints about the print quality of the hard copy of the boxer shorts, this is a small motorcycle club, we don't have the resources to give you Life Magazine in your mailbox every month. If you want great photo quality read the online version.
That's enough for this month, see you at Heath. Bob
The road book has a long and glorious history in the annals of literature, starting perhaps with “The Odyssey” (assuming you’re willing to consider the sea as a road). One of the newest entrants in the genre is “The Longest Road: Overland in Search of America, From Key West to the Arctic Ocean” by Philip Caputo (Holt). Mr. Caputo is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of “A Rumor of War,” a memoir of the Vietnam War. His new book chronicles his trip in an Airstream trailer from one corner of North America to the other.
Recently, Mr. Caputo traveled to Missouri to compare notes with one of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time, William Least Heat-Moon, the author of “Blue Highways” and “PrairyErth (A Deep Map).” His latest book is “Here, There, Elsewhere: Stories From the Road” (Little, Brown), a collection of short essays plucked from 30-plus years of travel. They had a wide-ranging conversation, condensed and edited here, covering their many years of travel.
Be a Traveler, Not a Touristsub by Victor Cruz
HEAT-MOON: American topography is so incredibly diverse. If you’re traveling by auto, the windshield becomes a kind of movie. And we’re going to go out on the road, and we’re going to meet people who don’t think the way we do. And listen to someone who doesn’t think the way we do, we may learn something that could be useful, as well as something downright interesting.
CAPUTO: Yeah, I think one of the things I got out of this particular journey was running into people who will change your perspective, who will change the way you looked at things. And sometimes I think not just for the moment either, but permanently. And I think you’re right, that the country is big enough and varied enough, not only in its geographical landscape but its social landscape, that if I do travel to northwest Washington from southeast Georgia, or vice versa, I’m not going to run into somebody who thinks exactly the way I do and sees the world the same as I do. I think one of the things that happens on the road is that you leave behind a lot of your own inhibitions, your own baggage. And if you let yourself, you become more open to these encounters and these experiences, and you can really learn something. And you have to be open I think, too, to the serendipitous moments.
CAPUTO: What do you think the difference is between a tourist and a traveler?
HEAT-MOON: I think the higher category is the traveler, in that the traveler makes a deeper penetration into the landscape and into people’s lives. The traveler probably is moving a bit slower, and many times on foot rather than with wheels. Wheels can turn a traveler into a tourist very quickly.But that said, get in your car and drive diagonally across the Great Plains as you did in “The Longest Road.” I think it’s penetration of the land, and that begins by going more slowly, by listening, and by getting out from behind the windshield and looking and doing.
CAPUTO: I think a tourist is usually someone who is on a time budget. A tourist is out to see sights, usually which have been enumerated for him in a guidebook. I think there’s a deeper degree of curiosity in a traveler.
HEAT-MOON: Destinations have a key element of defining travelers and tourists, so that tourists to — let’s pick Arizona — those tourists are likely to head for the Grand Canyon, whereas a traveler in Arizona might light out for Willcox. Why somebody would want to visit Willcox, I don’t know, other than to see what’s there. Ask questions: Who was Willcox? What kind of place is it? A tidy little place, by the way.
Two-Lane AppealCAPUTO: What do you learn on these secondary roads, these back roads — and all that you don’t learn and can’t learn on major highways, especially interstates or four-lane superhighways?
HEAT-MOON: The first one that pops into my mind is, “Two-lane America is the real America.” That’s not true — the interstates are as real as anything else and can, at moments, seem more real than a two-lane. So that’s not the answer. It’s true, though, that a two-lane experience will allow travelers to slow down more. To stop along an interstate in most places is illegal. Rarely so along a two-lane highway, so that greater slowness we were speaking of earlier — one of the differences between travelers and tourists — makes it easier to enter a place, to enter a life along two-lane America.
In two-lane America, there’s often an approachableness in the people who live there, people not yet terrified of a stranger popping into town. Here comes a stranger who hasn’t heard the story about how he or she killed a coyote. Aha, fresh meat, fresh ears. And so they’re ready to talk. On an interstate I’ve never found that — first of all the places where those conversations happen generally aren’t there. You need the laundromat, a quiet 5:30 tavern, a street corner where you might meet somebody. I think of the encounters in “Blue Highways” — several happened when I would stand on a street corner in a village and just wait until someone came up and said, “Who the devil are you?” On interstates that just doesn’t happen — unless it’s the highway patrol.Copyright 2014 The New York Times. All rights reserved.
Is This BMW the Ultimate Maxiscooter? by Stuart F. Brown Stuart lives in Dobbs Ferry, NY and spent 12 years writing about aeronautical engineering, military technology, space and transportation, for Scientific American magazine. He also spent 10 years writing for Fortune, about “manmade world” subjects including engineering, product design, and manufacturing technology. He finished at Bard in 1977, which puts his age at about 58. Here he applies his award-winning journalist credentials to reviewing BMW’s C 600 scooter.Of all the head-of-the-class vehicles one might expect from the wizards at BMW’s research and development works, a high-performance scooter would probably be well down the list. If it made the list at all.Since its founding 90 years ago, BMW’s motorcycle division has been best known for building long-distance machines of renowned durability; more recently, it dabbled in cruisers and introduced a line of track-ready supersport bikes of nearly 200 horsepower.But someone in Munich apparently saw a market for a big scooter — at 550 pounds and up, the term maxiscooter is apt — in Europe, where hordes of riders navigate the serpentine streets of cities laid out in the Middle Ages. The result is a pair of linebacker-scale machines that depart sharply from their forebears: the agile C 600 Sport and its touring-oriented sibling, the C 650 GT.Though BMW’s maxiscooters have been on sale in Germany for a year, they are only now available in the United States, so relatively few motorcyclists know how deftly engineered and fun to ride they are.The scooters are powered by 650 cc liquid-cooled 2-cylinder engines that produce a stout 60 horsepower. While most scooters use much smaller engines and gather speed rather casually, the BMWs deliver brisk acceleration and a top speed of 109 m.p.h., the maker says.Not your buzzy little conveyance for delivering take-out food, in other words.Heaping such praise on a scooter might not come easy for riders accustomed to full-scale motorcycles that place the gas tank between the knees and roll on wheels that are typically 17 inches in diameter.With 15-inch wheels, the C 600 that I tested split the difference between conventional motorcycles and the small city scooters whose wheels are
as small as 10 inches across. The C 600 also has fat tires that make it stable at Interstate cruising speeds and gave it sufficient grip for spirited cornering.Wheel size matters when it comes to negotiating the potholes that will inevitably appear before you have time to take evasive action. The bigger a wheel is, the better its chance of coming out the far side of a big pothole; small ones can snag and send the rider flying.During a 350-mile trip on New England roads, some of them pocked with frost heaves, the BMW showed it could deal with the awful patches, aided considerably by its well-damped suspension. There’s plenty of ground clearance on both sides, so the hefty machine can be tossed into turns in a surprisingly sporty fashion.Climbing aboard, a rider steps through the scooter’s frame — rather than over it, as on a motorcycle — an action that’s easier for someone with an aging boomer’s stiff joints, for example.In addition to smaller wheel size and a step-through frame, the third defining attribute of a scooter is an automatic transmission. The continuously variable transmissions used in scooters have been evolving for decades, and the BMWs’ work seamlessly. The only scooter-specific technique required is grabbing a handful of throttle when pulling away from a dead stop, particularly when turning from a driveway or stoplight; the C.V.T. takes a moment to adjust itself and benefits from a surge of power when getting under way.Not that many scooterists will try this, but the C 600’s powertrain accelerates smoothly and decently even with a 250-pound passenger on the back. Powerful antilock brakes provide sure stops.When the sidestand is extended for parking, a brake automatically engages, a feature that will be appreciated by anyone who has witnessed a parked bike slowly roll away and fall over.Storage for all your gear is another maxiscooter attraction. Under the C 600’s seat there is more than enough room for a full-face helmet, and a clever downward-extending pouch above the rear wheel accepts a second helmet when the scooter is parked. The long footboards have both horizontal and forward-angled sections that offer varied positions for your feet.Filled with fuel, the C 600 weighs 549 pounds, more than a number of motorcycles. Thus its fuel efficiency isn’t in the ultrahigh range small
scooters can attain. During my test, fuel economy worked out to 42 m.p.g. You’ve got to pay to play.Having invested in creating maxiscooters for Europe, BMW would like to find some American takers for these hot rods with nonthreatening looks. The company’s marketing team is counting on some BMW car enthusiasts to be lured out of their four-wheelers.The BMWs go up against competitors like the Suzuki Burgman 650, Honda Silver Wing and to a lesser extent the Piaggio MP3 500 and Yamaha Majesty, which have occupied a small niche in the market for a decade. Price probably won’t be the deciding factor: the C 600’s $10,085 price tag is within a few dollars of the Honda and about $1,000 less than the Suzuki.My C 600 Sport test bike was equipped with the Highline package, a $605 option that included the heated seat and grips — features that made a huge difference in comfort and morale during a two-hour ride on a 50-degree day — and a tire pressure monitoring system.Having great road manners and the hottest engine in its class could make the C 600 a star among maxiscooters. But don’t discount the power of a BMW logo to draw new customers to a mode of transportation that grows in popularity each time the price of gasoline lurches upward.Copyright 2013 The New York Times
When BMW sold Husqvarna after a very short period of ownership, it shocked many industry observers. It turns out that BMW had made a decision to abandon any focus on off-road motorcycles as part of “realigning its BMW Motorrad business.” Most importantly, it made the following statement at the time: “The focus of the realignment will be on urban mobility and e-mobility.” Apparently, this is where BMW sees its greatest growth in market share and profits.Just two days ago, BMW issued a press release announcing that its factory support of a WSB team would end with this 2013 season. Interestingly, it used similar language in describing this move when it stated: ”BMW Motorrad is continuing its long-term strategic realignment of the brand. This strategy also affects BMW Motorrad Motorsport’s activities, which as a next step will also be restructured.”
BMW Ends WSB by Dirck Edge
Of course, BMW has built a fine superbike in the S1000RR (the HP4 limited edition is pictured above), But is it really committed to this segment of the market long term? Large displacement sportbike sales are down in most markets, and BMW has even agreed to supply Bimota with S1000RR engines for the BB2 (pictured below). One has to wonder whether the WSB announcement could signal a shift almost as sudden as the departure of Husqvarna from BMW ownership. www.motorcycledaily.com
BMW Dealers within 200 miles of Worcester, MA
Wagner BMW Motorcycles of Worcester
700 Plantation St.,, Worcester MA 01605-2041
(508) 854-1377
BMW of Cambridge 1098 Massachusetts Ave,, Arlington MA 02476-4328
(781) 648-1300
Dunbar Euro-Sports, Inc. 1600 Main St,, Brockton MA 02301-7158
(508) 583-4380
Second Wind BMW 25 Craftsman Ln,, Merrimack NH 03054-4632
(603) 598-2697
A-J Cycle Shop 274 Route 2,, Gill MA 01354-9709
(413) 863-9543
Razee Motorcycle Center, Inc. 730 Tower Hill Rd,, North Kingstown RI 02852-6711
(401) 295-8837
MAX BMW Motorcycles 209 Lafayette Rd,, North Hampton NH 03862-2413
(603) 964-2877
MAX BMW Motorcycles 465 Federal Rd,, Brookfield CT 06804-2015
(203) 740-1270
MAX BMW Motorcycles 845 Hoosick Rd,, Brunswick NY 12180-6629
(518) 279-3040
Street Cycles, Inc. 405 US Route 1,, Falmouth ME 04105-1307
(207) 781-4763
Gold Coast Motorsports 2070 Jericho Turnpike,, New Hyde Park NY 11040-4719
(516) 352-7474
Bergen County BMW Motorcycles 124 Essex Street,, Rochelle Park NJ 07662-4308
(201) 843-6930
BMW of Manhattan 555 W 57th St,, New York NY 10019-2925
(212) 373-7863
Frank's Motorcycle Sales & Service
Rte 15 PO Box 8282,, Essex VT 05451-8282
(802) 878-3930
Cross Country BMW 875 Middlesex Ave,, Metuchen NJ 08840-2224
(732) 635-0094
2013 Yankee Beemer Club Calendar
August7 to 11 NEMG Group Rally, Russell, MA9 to 11 NE Kingdom Camp & Ride, MOV16 to 18 Lime Rockz Rally, Lakeville, CT24 Providence RI “WaterFire” full lighting, 7:33 pm
AUG. BREAKFAST MEETING CANCELLED
29 to Sept. 1 Killington Classic Motorcycle Rally, VT30 to Sept. 2 Finger Lakes RallySeptember6 to 8 Green Mountain Rally, MOVSunday 8 Larz Anderson 21st EMDSunday 8 Rice-O-Rama, Singletary R & G13 to 15 Boxer Shorts Rally, Snow Farm13 to 15 Gathering of the Clams, OSBMW RallySunday 15 30th Annual IMOC Rally, Sturbridge, MA20 to 22 Whacky Hat, Charlie Brown, Eastford, CTOctober4 to 6 Colors in the Catskills, Hunter Mtn NY6 MOA mileage contest endsSunday 13 Dummerston Pie Festival, VTSunday 20 Breakfast Mtg. Willowbrook20 to 23 CroMag, Silver Lake SP, MOVSaturday 26 Gould’s Sugar House Ride
Boxer Shorts Rally @ Snow Farm
Sept. 13-15, 2013 * Williamsburg, MA
All-‐inclusive event for non-‐campers Now in its 6th year, we choose this idyllic artist retreat nestled in the hills of western Mass for its solitude and diningNorthampton, off Hyde Hill
Road and route 9. Clean, dormitory style private rooms with linen service. Gourmet dinners Friday and Sat.,
two full breakfasts and even a picnic lunch. Fee is $150 via Paypal at www.yankeebeemers.org or mail check to Yankee Beemers, P.O. Box 151 Fitchburg, MA 01420, Re: Snow Farm. Contact: Victor Cruz | [email protected].
Roll in after 2:00 Friday. See video at www.snowfarm.org.
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Membership Form
The Yankee Beemers have been a driving force in the New England BMW motorcycle scene since 1984. We are an enthusiastic group of BMW motorcycle owners, riders and restorers comprising of members from New England to California. Our goal is to promote camaraderie among our members through year-round monthly breakfast meetings as well as through our monthly newsletter,The Boxer Shorts, and with many seasonal campouts and rides. Non-BMW riders are also welcome!.
Name: Phone: Address: Cell: Email: City: Bikes owned: State: Zip: MOA#: RA #: AMA#: Application type: New ☐ Renewal ☐ YB #: Member type: Regular ($30) ☐ Non-‐BMW Owner ($30) ☐ Associate (+$5) ☐ Additional Regular Member: Associate name: (Associate has no voting rights) Fee Schedule: A single BMW owner in a household Regular membership -‐ cost $30 Two BMW owners in a household -‐ Both are Regular members -‐ cost $35 One non-‐BMW owner in a household -‐ Associate membership -‐ cost $30 Two non-‐ BMW owners in a household -‐ Both are Associate members-‐ cost $35 Membership Expires 12/31 , You may also renew online using PayPal at www.yankeebeeers.org. Check out our forum!
Please mail this form with a check payable to:
Yankee Beemers, Inc. P.O Box 215
Fitchburg, MA 01420
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