The BMW Club

The BMW Club is the official owners' club for BMW motorcycles in the UK and Ireland. It began in late 1951, when around 30 riders gathered at Wood Court near Esher in Surrey, and it now has more than 3,500 members across the British Isles, Europe and the USA.

The club is split into 15 regional sections, from Scotland and Ulster to the South West, plus a section for members overseas. Most sections meet nearly every weekend, and the calendar also takes in camping and hotel weekends, ride-outs, track days and bike shows. Members can turn up at any club event anywhere in the country.

Every member gets The Journal, a full-colour A4 magazine, each month. There are registers for GS, sidecar, sporting and vintage and classic bikes, a members' forum, workshop days, official BMW tools to hire, a club insurance scheme and discounts with dealers and other bike firms.

The club is run by volunteers and owned by its members, and it is independent of BMW, though it keeps links with the factory and with BMW clubs around the world. Membership is open to anyone 18 or over who owns, has owned or simply likes BMW motorcycles.