BMW Club of Great Britain Archives

[montmil]

Veteran BMW aficionados are likely aware of the existence of England's BMW Club, however not all may be aware of the on-line availability of the club's newsletters.  

From 1951's first issue through 2001 -51 issues so far scanned in .pdf form with possibly more to come- the newsletters of The Official BMW Club within the UK and Ireland are a treasure trove of the BMW club's activities and the mark's history. http://www.bmw-club.org.uk/~archives/index.htm

The early years are classic typewriter/mimeograph efforts. Production quality continually improved with better typesetting and B/W photos. In the 1980's, stronger graphic design and layout combined with full-color imagery was added, resulting in an elegant type-club magazine.

The newsletters are linked from Phil Hawksley's massive website so spend some time there, too. http://www.bmbikes.co.uk/

Take a break away from your daily chores and check out an issue or two. Very enjoyable reading.

Monte

[Barry]

It's a good resource Monte. I downloaded almost every PDF file from 1978 onwards a couple of years back - it took me an age !  

It's interesting to read a period report on the R45/R65 in the Aug 1978 edition  written by a guy obviously used to the mainstream models and he was impressed :-

"Although only 5cm shorter than it's big brothers and not much lighter it handled like a bicycle ... I was truly astounded at the controllability at very low (walking) speeds."

Finding the info you might want can be a bit of a problem although there is an index you can download. A few years back I posted a reference to the editions (April 82 and Feb 91) which contain some of the best info I've ever seen on our forks.

http://www.bmwr65.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1219341510/6#6

BTW if anyone finds that the PDF files don't don't display correctly it can be resolved by using an older version of Adobe acrobat. If I remember there is some reference to this problem on the club site.

[luxlogs]

Jan 82 has a Killer R65LS pic