The BMW Club of
Thailand formally sent their greetings from their AGM last night (I
reciprocated, of course). Thought you might be interested: the AGM took
place at a bikers' cafe, the beer was free, and the meeting lasted all of an
hour despite being conducted in both Thai and English (due the the
multinational nature of the members). The Committee consists of not less
than 7 and not more than 9 members, at least 2 of which must be farangi
(foreigners). There's currently a Serb (Alex), a German (Bert) and an
American (Bruce) on the Committee. They're very proud of their recognition
by BMW AG; their badge has the elephant of Thailand on the 'freehand' part.
Most of the bikes were GSs (plenty of 1200s), but there was an outstanding
K1200LT outfit.
Being led there
and then back to my hotel through Bangkok traffic in a convoy of mad GS
riders was brilliant. Wish my brakes were a bit better, though.
I'm joining their
Club outing to Laos for a few days starting on Dec 4, from where I'll leave
them and continue to Vietnam; meanwhile, the food for thought is that their
next Club outing is to Tibet, early next year
