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Welcome to the BMW Riders of Mississippi.

So you found us! For more info contact us at: info@bmwridersofmississippi.org

 

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Club make-up

We, the members of the BMW Riders of Mississippi, associate ourselves for the purpose of fellowship and promoting the enjoyment of BMW motorcycles. This organizations serves as a gathering place for people interested in all aspects of BMW motorcycling: on and off-road, racing, touring, commuting, performance, trails, bike shows and related issues of long distance riding, motorcycle safety programs, and others which are legitimately related to BMW motorcycles of the sport of motorcycling.

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MEETING Time and Location

The April photo shoot will be at the Biloxi Lighthouse with the lunch meeting at the Blind Tiger that is just across the street at 265 Beach Blvd Biloxi, MS 39530.

April 13, 11:30

Important Notice:   Club Pictures Biloxi Lighthouse

  •  The March meeting will/may include a photo shoot .

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February Ride Reports

Ride Reports and tall tales:

It seems that February was another slow riding month.

  • Bobby Brooks and Bryant Herring took a little ride to Alabama.
  • David Pell took a trip to Tampa FL to visit his sister and then took “alligator alley” to Miami. Back to Tampa and then home. VERY NICE RIDE David!!
  • Steve Road over 100 miles on the dirt forest roads in Homochitto Forest

January Ride Reports

Ride Reports and tall tales:

  • Steve drove to Ashville, NC for a small break from reality. They visited Biltmore and the many other things there are to do. The Blue Ridge parkway was closed in areas and their visit to Little Switzerland was some what lonely. Good times none the less.
  • Steve also wanted to share info on the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research reserve in Grand Bay, SW Mississippi. It is 18,000 acres of pine savannas salt marshes,bays and bayous. It has walking tails and is a very interesting place to visit.
  • Bobby the mile eater road up to MO to his dealer for service then road NE Arkansas then Louisiana, Texas and back home.
  • Alan and Laurissa made a few lunch runs.
  • Dan also made some RTE rides.
  • Ian wanted to give a shout out to Klim for making warranty repairs on his high mileage jacket. Good info to know.

 

December Ride Reports

  • Looking for a new dealer or service person?
  • New Orleans dealer: Moto Julia – 504-595-6776 recommended by John Wheeler
  • Jefferson LA ( New Orleans) an independent Service location. Chuck House Motor Sports-504 846-4880 recommended by Jeff hood and yes he works on BMW.
  • Alan and Laurissa did not make a moto trip this month but they did make several RTE with a few members. The rides to these are normally very good. They also took one Sunday afternoon to make a great ride making a 140 mile loop.

Now a service is due.   

  • Bobby, the dirty dog, took another ride to North Arkansas, Missouri and Kentucky.        
  • For the complete stories and more, with photos read it on the web page.
  • And we need pictures of all the things you WITH THE BIKE IN THE PHOTO PLEASE.

November Ride Reports

BB November 2023 rides

Bobby Brooks        November 2023 rides
I have been neglecting sending ride reports so i thought i would send a short one to encourage others.
Most of us like to share our ride experiences with others although we don’t care to take time to write it all down.
I will offer the latest one which was a short 4 day ride into North Arkansas with a little of Missouri and Tennessee .
The trip started on the 16th with Bryant and I heading into Arkansas late morning spending the rest of the day cruising some interesting roads ending the first day in Malvern Ar.
The 17th found us riding around Eureka Springs on the Pig Trail and so many other great roads ending in Springfield Mo.
I had the 18th planned for Missouri and Kentucky …. but after several comments from Bryant about how great the previous days roads were we decided to retrace a portion of the previous days route ( yes those roads were that exhilarating ) ending the day in Paragould Ar.
The 19th had us aiming to cross the Ms river to ride NW Tenn ….. but as we were preparing to leave i noticed steel showing in Bryant’s rear tire and as you can guess our plans Changed. After a lot of phone time we carefully made our way to Jackson TN. to U Haul being as there were no motorcycle tire stores open until Tuesday and this is Sunday.
We managed to load Bryant’s bike into a truck and parted ways, him headed to Alabama and me back to Greenville, with no other mishaps and a few good roads for me.
Ihe itch is still with me so I will be leaving Tuesday the 4th of Dec.for a ride to the Mississippi gulf coast returning on Wednesday. Anyone interested is welcome to join for all or part and if there is a RTE or Just coffee planned let me know i’m still planning roads.
Hope to see you on the road
Bobby

 

 

  • David Seal had a business trip in Dallas so he decided to add some pleasure to it so he rode his bike. David had a great time riding for several days in Arkansas before making it to Dallas.
  • Dan likes to rub things in so he gave us more tales of his trip to East TN and then expected us to feel sorry for him because he wore out a set of tires!
  • Once again Bobby likes to impress us all with his trip reports. Bobby and his brother in law, Bryant, hit the road headed to North Carolina, South Carolina, VA, TN, then North GA. This included the Blue Ridge Parkway. Bobby stated that he had forgotten how great North GA was. He said that he did make a mistake though. On this trip he did not have dedicated destinations and that in the future he will go back to planning out his trip instead of just winging it. Then to make it worse he said he has another good trip to North AR for November.
  • Ian also had an epic 2 month trip up the east coast into Canada and the Cabot Trail. This was part of a 4 corner tour that gives you 2 years to complete the entire ride. He did have a mechanical issue when the drive shaft on his almost 135,000 mile bike needed a little care.
  • Not to be out done John took his wife and Mother in Law to Morocco. OK he did not ride his bike but he substituted a camel!! He told us of the exotic places they went and things they did.
  • Alan and Laurissa did not make a moto trip this month but they did make a trip with their son and grandson to West Va. Here they rode the famous Hatfield and Mccoy ATV off road trail system. They spent 5 days riding their dirt bikes and RZR’s on the hundreds of miles of trails through the very challenging coal country mountains. A fantastic time.      
  • For the complete stories and more, with photos read it on the web page.
  • And we need pictures of all the things you WITH THE BIKE IN THE PHOTO PLEASE.

October Ride Reports

Steve started by talking about the weekend he spent at Barber Motor sports. Then Tommy, David Pell, Alan and Laurissa all jumped in talking about how good it was. Demo rides from about 7 manufacturers, stunt rides, flea market, flat track racing, vintage and side car racing, the museum and more.

Tommy told of the many RTEs he has made on his new ZERO.

Bobby Brooks, Mr. Mile Maker, made a 4 day ride to nowhere. He headed NE with no real destination but made NE Tenn,and NC. Rode all the good places we love going to.

Alan and Laurissa took a 12 day, 2,900 mile ride to PA and took some really, really good roads. Then on to Johnstown, PA where Flight 93 crashed on 9-11-2001, then to Amish country, Gettysburg National Park, and then on to visit a friend in Spring Mill, PA before heading home. Lots of things to see and do.

Cindy has a new bike and christened it by riding from Baton Rouge, LA to Fairfax VA to visit her sister. Day 1 and 2 she rode with Alan and Laurissa and then split with them and headed to VA. She did it right by camping on the way home. Good job Cindy!

For the complete stories and more, with photos read it on the web page.

And we need pictures of all the things you do. WITH THE BIKE IN THE PHOTO PLEASE.

September Ride Reports

It has been very hot and not many have ventured out, not even Bobby. However, a few did and here is their story.

  • John Wheeler is becoming a traveler and is planning a trip to Morocco.
  • Alan, Tommy, Laurissa Jack and Dan have made several uneventful RTEs the past month. Don’t ask about The Big Store in Ebeneezer. A new one that is worth the trip is Williams Good Ole Days Buffet in Mendenhall.
  • Alan and Laurissa rode to Belzoni to the Sky Lake board walk to visit a cypress swamp. According to Walt Grayson, a reporter on the channel 12 news, the state’s largest Cypress tree lives. Let’s just say it was not worth the trip.
  • For the complete stories and more, with photos read it on the web page.
  • And we need pictures of all the things you WITH THE BIKE IN THE PHOTO PLEASE.

August Ride Reports

 

 

It has been very hot and not many have ventured out, not even Bobby. However, a few did and here is their story.

John Wheeler made a 5 hour ride with a few friends, They headed north through Canton on back roads like Yellow Bluff Road to Lexington and Eden. They then looped back to Livingston for dinner before heading home.

Steve and a friend rode the Poplarville area.

Alan, Tommy, Laurissa and Dan have made several uneventful RTEs the past month.

Big news from Tommy as he unveiled his Zero adventure electric bike. It is very similar in size and weight as a GS 1200. Quiet as a Mouse.

Not to be outdone we have Steve with his “new” 1966 BMW R/ 27. It has a solid 18 HP and is putting lots of smiles on Steve’s face.

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Meetings (Minutes, etc)

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