Please join us for our monthly meeting, come early have a drink and something to eat.

Venue: Oakdale Club / Klub | Conference and Function Venue 80a Bloemhof Rd.

Please Note Meeting starts 19H00 [Level 3 protocol applies!]

Guest speaker Dean Wegerle from NSRI 

Have a chat to fellow members, catch up and discuss rides.

Overnight rides still to come … Sutherland; Transkei and Arniston

There will be another Lucky Draw R250.00 voucher. Also see minutes of last meeting.

BMW Motorrad Club Cape … Monthly meeting Minutes 25th May 2021

Sea Rescue is a charity staffed by volunteers who are on call, day and night throughout the year.  We have rescue bases along the coast and on inland dams. Our goal is to prevent drowning through education, through preventative measures and through rescue.  Year after year we update and improve on our skills and techniques and we continuously investigate new technologies.

OUR MISSION:

Our mission is to be the most admired and trusted rescue organisation in South Africa, inspiring volunteers to join and stay, ensuring that funders are proud to be associated with us and building national pride.

We visit schools around the country teaching children about water safety, what to do in an emergency and how to do bystander CPR. We have built an online training academy for our crew and extended this platform to include free courses for the public as well. Other preventative measures include emergency signage, Pink Rescue Buoys for emergency flotation, rescue swimmers, lifeguards and active patrols during peak seasons.

Our charity is funded through a broad support base where most of our donors are private individuals who
donate an average of R50 a month.

There are many exciting projects in progress in the Information Technology (IT) space, all with massive impacts in terms of our service delivery to stations. Sea Rescue has committed to Microsoft Dynamics CRM and NAV as the foundation for our IT business systems. We have extended this into improving our procurement system and in 2018/19, we will integrate the two so that financial and customer data flow seamlessly between them.

BMWMCC … GPS/NAVIGATION WORKSHOP 4th JULY 2021

GPS navigation skills.

The BMW Motorrad Club Cape training team is presenting an across GPS training workshop where riders will be introduced to basic navigation and GPS skills across a variety of devices and systems.  The training session will consist of a theory and practical session.

Riders are encouraged to bring their own GPS units and laptops along to get the most value out of the session.
Topics that will be covered include basic navigation skills / planning routes / transferring planned routes
to the GPS unit and activating reading and using coordinates, tracks and saved routes / BMW TFT screen functionality

BMW Navigator V and VI / practical session etc.
DATE: 4 July 2021 TIME: 08:00 – 13:00 VENUE: Oakdale Club

COSTS:

R300.00 pp (Club members) Get your members discount code, log into the community section on the club website, see “Training” … join the group. Use the voucher code when checking out! Included in course fee: coffee/tea and muffins

R375.00 pp (non Club members)
Included in course fee: coffee/tea and muffins

Sunday lunch  R95.00 pp. This will be for your own account. Please pre-book!! You and your family are welcome to join.

Booking essential with Oakdale club. https://www.oakdaleclub.co.za/ 

Contact Zenda: [email protected] / 021 9191168.

MINIMUM BOOKINGS: 18 PAX.
BOOKINGS CLOSING: 30 JUNE 2021 (open to all brands and friends of club members)
Contact me on 082 8991169 or [email protected] for any further details and/or your booking.
Join us to increase your navigational skills and to learn all the functionality that your GPS device has to offer.

Topics that will be covered, basic navigation skills / planning routes / transferring planned routes
to the GPS unit and activating reading and using coordinates, tracks and saved routes / BMW TFT screen functionality.

This is not restricted to BMW integrated navigation systems, please feel free to invite friends or fellow riders who may have other makes of bikes and or navigation devices. While this may not cover all possible makes of GPS it will give very good bases and platform to work from when going onto other navigation systems. TFT screen are becoming the new normal and these will be covered in this training session.

BMWMCC … breakfast ride Ruck and Maul Restaurant

On Saturday July 3rd, the @Stormers host the visiting @Britsh and Irish Lions rugby team in the opening match of their tour.

To get into the swing of things, and to join in the spirit of this rare event, we have decided to bring a rugby twist into our breakfast ride of the next morning, July 4…

We will depart from @Just Bike Tyre in Brackenfell, where @Marie Naude and her team celebrates the 4th birthday of their business on July 1.  https://goo.gl/maps/uoCbu2HQXMcU6Aaw5  

From there we take a scenic route through the beautiful Boland, with our 112km route taking us past a variety of scenery. As our destination draws closer, we will come down the breath-taking Helshoogte pass towards Stellenbosch, the beautiful breeding ground of so many legendary rugby Springboks.

A short distance out of town, back towards Paarl, we will turn left onto Kromme Rhee road, where our destination for breakfast is the @Ruck and Maul Restaurant. This fine establishment has a rugby theme, with a fascinating collection of rugby memorabilia such as player jerseys, blazers, etc.

But best of all, we have an amazing guest speaker…

@Theuns Stofberg, former @Springboks rugby captain that played against the British Lions in all four tests of the 1980 tour, will come and share some of his recollections and stories from his playing days with us!

Do not miss this opportunity for a once in a lifetime breakfast ride experience!

Book your free Ticket and keep an eye on the club Whats App group.

Join the group, add +27 83 329 3920 to your contacts and send a request to join the group.

Date: Sunday 04 July 2021
Time: 08h00 for 08h30 departure
Departure point: https://goo.gl/maps/uoCbu2HQXMcU6Aaw5
For enquiries: Ride leader: Wouter de Vos
Mobile / Whatsapp: 084 503 6115
E-mail: [email protected]

RESTAURANT

We are situated within the scenic Nooitgedacht Estate, inside the Ultimate Rugby Experience – the largest collection of rugby memorabilia in South Africa. Our restaurant provides a warm and welcoming ambiance.
Hearty meals can be enjoyed by sports lovers of all ages.
Have a drink at the bar while you watch the game with your friends.
Enjoy an authentic wood – fired pizza in the indoor seating area or tuck into a flame –
grilled burger on the patio. Just a stone’s throw away from Stellenbosch, our child and pet friendly sports restaurant, hosts a variety of weekly events for you to enjoy!

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Join us for this mid winter all tar breakfast ride through the beautiful mountainous parts of the western cape to the small wine growing community of Rawsonville in the Breede River Valley along the eastern flanks of the Du Toits Kloof mountains. Our route will take us along some of the most scenic areas that the Western Cape has to offer and our destination is one we have not visited before. It has recently been upgraded and offers a wide selection on the main menu as well as a selection of breakfasts specially for us. Details of the venue can be found here:-  Stalle | Facebook

Breakfast and drinks for your own account – all bikes and visitors welcome.

We will meet at Engen Plattekloof Village at 08h15 for a 08h30 departure. The ride is weather permitting. Please book your free ticket so that we can ensure covid-19 protocols are complied with.

The BMW Motorrad Club Cape invites you to join us for an unforgettable ride to the beautiful Transkei Wild Coast.

Non Club members, and riders riding motorcycles that are not BMW’s are welcome to join us! The “Club” has visited the Transkei on many occasions over many years but never have we specially arranged a ride that will suit beginners and is very passenger friendly.

The Tour has been specifically planned in such a way that the distances on dirt are limited and that the distance between hotels is easily manageable. Add to this 3 “rest” days that will allow for lots of “relaxing” time on the Wild Coast. We have chosen hotels that will really allow the participants to enjoy what the Wild Coast has to offer. Be sure to bring your cameras and remember that the early birds will get the best “sunrise” photographs.

Dates: 13th to 22nd August 2021 (Friday to the following Sunday)

The itinerary is as follows :

Day 1) Leave Cape Town via the Garden Route to Storms River for our first night.

Day 2) After breakfast we will depart for Cintsa in the Eastern Cape where our Lodge awaits us. It will have been 2 long days riding for us to get here so we will be spoilt in 4 star luxury. Cocktails and snacks will await our arrival in the late afternoon. Cintsa is included as part of the Transkei Wild Coast but in my mind the Wild Coast starts at the Kei River.

Day 3) After a fantastic nights sleep and breakfast fit for a king, we will mount our steeds and and enter the real Transkei. Our first taste of dirt riding will be today. Our destination for the next 2 nights is one of the Wild Coast Icons. Here we will enjoy Cocktails with the waves lapping against the bar.

Day 4) Rest day. Go horse riding, cross the river in a little rowing boat… but don’t pay the ferry man till he gets you to the other side. Rent your own little canoe or just chill, it’s up to you.

Day 5) We depart on dirt to one of the lesser known Hotels on the Wild coast. The sunrises at the river mouth are breathtaking. Have your cameras ready.

Day 6) Rest day. Take a long walk along the beach, row one of the canoes up river or just relax and get ready for our afternoon boat cruise up the river.

Day 7) After a late-ish breakfast we depart the Hotel on dirt and head for our next Hotel.

Day 8) So you packed some walking shoes? Today, being our last “rest” day, I am sending you all on an educational walk/boat trip to learn a bit about the Xhosa custom. The real reason is to walk off some of the extra weight you have put on from all the fantastic food we have enjoyed. The “experience” takes about 2 hours and is well worth it.

Day 9) We say our goodbyes to the Wild Coast and start heading for home via the Pont at Kei mouth.

Day 10) Arrive home in the late afternoon with just enough time to wash our bikes.

Note the following please :

Accommodation is booked on a dinner, bed & breakfast basis. Some Hotels are booked dinner, bed, breakfast & lunch. It also includes 1 river cruise. We only have 15 rooms available so numbers are limited.

Bookings close on the 2nd June 2021. 50% Deposit to be paid by 2nd June. The remaining 50% to be paid 14 days before departure. Full refund will be paid should the trip be cancelled. No refunds will be paid in the event of you cancelling your booking unless you are able to replace yourself.

Non members are subject to a “surcharge” of R500 per person. However if you join the Club (R265.00 annually)(all types of motorcycles welcome) the surcharge fall’s away.

Cost and further details:

Please contact Geoff Russell 0828078130 or email [email protected]

Please join us on an all-tar breakfast ride to … Freedom301 based in Paarl.

Meet at BMW Donford Stellenbosch: 08H00 for 08H30 departure. Ride briefing 08H20.

This is a “Weather permitting ride”… If Raining … we don’t ride!

Please keep an eye on the club Whatsapp group for last minute updates!

Join the group, add +27 83 329 3920 to your contacts and send a request to join the group.

The route will be:

Members, friends and non-members welcome

All makes of bikes welcome.

BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET!
RIDE LEADER Andy Froggatt, BREAKFAST FOR YOUR OWN COST

WELCOME TO FREEDOM 301, PAARL