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May 19th Come on out to Woody's place on May 19th for a non-competitive introduction to trials. Trials riding is a great way to improve your balance and riding technique It is no coincidence that all of the great off-road riders were once trials champs too! http://bma1.ca/intro-to-trials.php

Flyer attached here.

Happy New Year to members and friends of the BMA. The club's AGM has been scheduled for Sunday Feb 10th. Location will be same as last year at the Pierces Corners Community Center. Patrick Beaule' will be speaking (in person!) about his experiences at the Dakar Rally this month! Stay tuned...

A reminder to everyone of our club's Fall ride this coming Sunday at Highlands Golf Course in Calabogie. Riders meeting 10am. The Golf Course will be open for food and beverages. If friendly competition is more to your liking, Woody's Cycles is hosting the Colin Snider Memorial 4-hr on Sunday...

The Boogie pre-registration page and flyer are posted up at the Ontario trail ride Series section of the OFTR website here: http://www.oftr.ca/events.php?id=12371 As noted there, pre-registration will take place until August 29th. BMA members (with 4 or more recorded volunteer hours) who are...

Glen Cooper is organizing a backroads street tour around Perth, suitable for small displacement dualsport bikes or anything street legal. See his comments. Hi All, I am putting together a street ride that is about 240 kms. round trip from Perth. I hope to invite anyone in the club that has a...

Trails are now open in the Limerick Forest. As always, please follow the club's code of conduct when riding there. http://www.limerickforest.ca/en/newsandevents.asp

A note from Larry Murray on a great off-road vacation opportunity for BMA members this spring. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi All I have been asked by some BMA members about the Nevada 200 Trail Ride. This is a "by...

From CVMG Ottawa.... ----- Forwarded Message ----- The Lanark Fall Trial is held on the Makin Farm, west of Hopetown. The trial will start at 11.30 on September 25th and is open to all levels and both vintage and newer trials bikes. It is a fun event, with self scoring. There will be easy...

We have added a new album for this at our BMA photo gallery, linked from the website main page. We just need to fill it now! Please send your worthiest contributions to clac911@gmail.com and hopefully we can build up a nice collection from this year’s great event. Thanks again to trail boss...

Hello Everyone - Reminder! Sunday August 21st Location: Woody's Cycles Fun for the whole family. Woody always puts on a great event. Riding in the morning and contests in the afternoon. Trophies for the most gifted in 3 divisions: 1/ Youth under 12 years old 2/ Novice (less than 4 years...

Plans are under way for the CVMG Lanark spring trials. Anyone looking to help out with the event and/or setup is very welcome to come out. Please advise via PM. As mentioned there will be a couple work sessions before the event, on the Saturday and sometime in the preceeding weeks (TBD). We'll...

All, With the Boogie out of the way for 2010, the next BMA event on the calendar is Jim's October 3rd Chilli run, new to the schedule this year. Should be a lot of fun. His event flyer can be found here: http://www.wheelsport.ca/events/Hare%20 ... 0FLYER.pdf A few pics from there last year...

We've had to move around a couple of October dates to minimize conflict with other regional events. The Collin Snider Memorial harescramble most significantly has now been moved to Oct 17th. Otherwise events are running business as usual. http://bytown-motorcycle-assoc.ca/BMA%20Schedule.pdf

All, Most of us by now have heard the sad news of the passing of Steve this past Sunday after suffering a heart attack while trail riding. It is still difficult to reconcile all this, but I know his friendship, sense of humour, unbridled enthusiasm and dedication to the sport will be greatly...