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

NEW YEARS DAY RIDE - JAN 1, 2023

(Led by Nigel Spaxman, Details will be emailed to members)

ACE MOTO SHOW - JAN 27-29

(Registration by Dec 19th www.acemotoshow.com)

BMOC 2023 CALENDARS

are now available. $10.00 ea or plus $5 for postage, contact Jo Li

ELECTION - NEW 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]

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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