Welcome to the Four Winds BMW Riders club, founded in the early 60's by a small group of BMW enthusiasts in western PA. The first Four Winds Rally was held in 1967. We host the longest consecutively running BMW rally in the country, predating the existence of any national BMW club. We're located in the Pittsburgh metro area and enjoy excellent riding here and in Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland.
View of downtown Pittsburgh’s three rivers from Mount Washington.
© 2013 Ron Janoski
When: 12 Noon to 3:00 (Board meets at 11:00)
Where: Sunny Jim's Tavern, 255 Camp Horne Road, Pittsburgh,15202 Phone: (412)-761-6700 Google Map
Lunch can be ordered from the menu and will be in the large back room. Members and Non-members are invited to join us for our monthly meeting. Dave's excellent notes from the January meeting are here under Newsletters file.
Check out the Banquet Photos HERE. The 46 guests at our annual winter February banquet feasted on huge, locally sourced stuffed pork chops, stuffed chicken breasts and fish (hopefully NOT locally sourced from the golf course pond). Many lucky winners received gift card door prizes and board member changes for the year were introduced. A big thank you to outgoing President, Ed Tatters and Vice President, Beth Ann Brady for their years of dedication. Ed is transitioning back to Treasurer and our new President is Doug Himes, with Doug Sallman serving as Vice President. The other Board team members remain the same.
Thanks to Josh Nolten, co-owner of Kissell Motorsports, who arrived home from vacation in the middle of the night and ventured a snowy 3 hours one-way to do an interesting presentation and Q&A as our keynote speaker. They're offering a full schedule of customer-focused and club-supporting events again this year.
Vince Gianetti's son, Anthony, a local attorney with Swarts, Culleton & Ferris, also emphasised the importance of proper insurance coverage for motorcyclists. See the other news article for important details and a link to the handout.
Anthony Gianetti, Vince's son, is a Pennsylvania attorney with Swarts, Culleton & Ferris, on a mission to educate motorcyclists about the importance of proper insurance coverage for due to the inherently higher chance of injury. He was our guest speaker at a recent meeting.
The main points are buying a high level of Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist coverage, and then choosing STACKING on all of your policies for BOTH motorcycles AND autos, as they can multiply each other (even when on different policies). View or print his Handout HERE where he mentions specific companies, in their experience, who are easier or harder to deal with. Full torte automatically applies to all motorcycle policies, therefore is not an additional choice or cost. Please share copies of this handout with friends.
03/15 South East BDR (Backcountry Discovery Route) film premier
TBD Spring Open House
05/30 - 05/31 Beta Demo Days
07/24 - 07/27 Soggy Bottom Motofest
08/18 - 08/20 Four Winds Rally, New Bethlehem, PA
08/28 - 08/31 RA Rally - Athens, Ohio
09/11 - 09/14 PA Moto Guzzi Rally
10/10 - 10/12 Kettle Creek Ride
12/20 Chili Cook-Off
INVEST IN YOU A new partnership between the BMW MOA Foundation and CHAMPIONS RIDING SCHOOL provides BMW MOA members the opportunity to train online to improve their riding skills for FREE! A special discount on the popular online training course, CHAMPION HABITS: THE CORE CURRICULUM, reduces the standard $99.95 fee to only $39.95 for MOA members. And, a guaranteed rebate from the MOA Foundation upon completion of the program allows BMW MOA members to gain online learning and improve riding skills at NO COST! Not to mention a possible disount on your insurance.
https://www.bmwmoa.org/news/640018/ChampU-Online-Learning-Free-for-BMW-MOA-Members.htm
ChampU is a complete video-based, online digital curriculum that mirrors the 2-Day ChampSchool and shares the same goal: make you an awesome motorcycle rider. The in-person 2-Day ChampSchool is a ton of fun, but it’s expensive ($3,000) and only available at a limited number of locations.
ChampU solves both of those problems by making Champions Habits (the techniques, approaches, skills, and the mindsets of the best riders in the world) available to any rider, at any location at an affordable price. World-class riding instruction is just a click away.
Nationwide "When and Where" lists to plan your adventures for the year and try keep up with which events might be re-scheduled.
https://www.bmwmoa.org/events/event_list.asp
https://bmwra.org/upcoming-events/
