WELCOME
You are visiting the West Coast British
Motorcycle Owners Club (BMOC) web site. Feel free to
browse the calendar for upcoming events, read technical
articles or plan to attend one of our regular club
meetings.
Monthly meetings are held the SECOND
THURSDAY of every month, 7.30pm at the BURNABY RUGBY CLUB,
Kensington Ave, Burnaby (click above or see meeting page
for maps)
MEETINGS
The General Meetings have returned to the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club - please join us, 2nd Thurs each month 7.30pm
Sunday Breakfast get-togethers have reconvened at JIM's CAFE on 6th St in New Westminster - 8.00am Sunday Mornings.
Members will receive an email announcement beforehand
NEWS & COMING EVENTS
Ride-n-Tune - Sun, Apr 2nd, 2023
(located at Nigel Spaxmans, Details will be emailed to members)
LYNDEN Swapmeet - Sat, April 22, 2023
Classic Bike Swapmeet - April 30, 2023
(Abbotsford Exhibition Park AG-REC Building, 32470 Haida Drive )
Swapmeet
BMOC 2023 CALENDARS
are now available. $10.00 ea or plus $5 for postage, contact Jo Li
ELECTION - EXEC FOR 2022/2023
Joe LI - president
Nigel Spaxman - vp
Robert Smith - secretary
Mia Davidson - treasurer
Review Committee: Todd Copan, Jim Underhill, Derek Dorrenstyn, Lionel King, Nigel Whittaker (Okanagen)
GOOD VIBRATIONS NEWSLETTER
Click links below for BMOC Newsletters by GVeditor George Fenning - contact [email protected]
MARCH 2023 GOOD VIBRATIONS
DECEMBER 2022 GOOD VIBRATIONS
SEPTEMBER 2022 GOOD VIBRATIONS
AUGUST 2022 GOOD VIBRATIONS
MAY 2022 GOOD VIBRATIONS
FEBRUARY 2022 GOOD VIBRATIONS
CALENDAR
TO BE UPDATED
MEMBERSHIP FORM
For new members & renewals, please download this form, print it out, fill in your details then send to the Treasurer by email or mail. Payment can be made by Interact payment or by cheque. Membership is $25.00 per year from April 1 to March 31
Membership Form
SAD NEWS
Sad to report the passing of one of BMOC's lengendary and only LIFE MEMEBER Al "Smokey" Greaves on Jan 5th. 2022, from a stroke.
Al was a fixture in the BMOC from the earliest days - known for his wicked sense of humor and his innovative fabrication abilities. At the end of the club meetings he would usually provide one or two jokes, which were always well received.
He wrote numerous "Smokey's Corner" articles for the Good Vibrations Newsletter in the early nineties. These stories would recount his early days of motorcycling around Vancouver and New Westminster. - He was a member of the Royal City Rockets Motorcycle Club until it became inactive. He drove the Harley-side hack delivery/wrecker for Deeley's for a time with many a close call.
Copies of Smokey's Corner articles are posted here
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BE SAFE - WEAR MASKS, SOCIAL DISTANCE, WASH HANDS
Members will be kept up to
date by Email as usual.
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Here is your
elected BMOC 2021-2022 Board of Directors and Officials
PRESIDENT: Geof May
SECRETARY: Robert Smith
TREASURER : Ian Bardsley
VICE PRESIDENT: Daryl Brown
REVIEW COMMITTEE :
Todd Copan, Mya Davidson,
Eric Hutton, Jo Li, Nigel Whittaker
OKANAGEN CHAPTER CHAIRMAN: John McKenzie
PAST PRESIDENT: Nigel Spaxman
NEWSLETTER EDITOR: George Fenning
WEBMASTER: Jim Bush
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2016
VMS SHOW - CTV Interview with BMOC Member Lyle Whitter
and his Ariel Square 4 here
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BMOC's GV PAST - In
recognition of our 30th Anniversary year, we are posting a
selection of past newsletter trivia, humour, articles,
ride reports etc. Check out our illusive writer Carphead's
Column and cartoons from past member Karen Stephenson. CLICK HERE
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BMOC - the
Beginnings....

RARE PHOTO sent from Author Bill Snelling
(click on above thumbnail for a large version)- "Aurora to
Ariel - the Motorcycling Life of J. Graham Oates", taken
1932 British Motorcycle Club. It was confirmed that this
is Fraser Street, close to British Cycles - Could that be
old Carphead and his buddy Elbow Greifs at the back?
Here is a
link to another picture from 1932
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