Contests

Ladies and gentlemen,
As I am writing this for the April newsletter, my wife and I are still in AZ. That may be relevant to you for a couple of reasons:

1) The start date of our annual mileage contest is April 1st, 2025 and I will not be home in MT at that time;

2) I have yet to receive my MOA magazine which should have the beginning mileage contest forms from MOA in it (mail forwarded to AZ from MT rarely comes in a timely fashion)

3) My spread sheet for the mileage contest is safely stored on my home desktop, thus my ability to update it will have to wait for me to get home.

What all of this means is that this is the official notice of the beginning date of our Montana BMW Riders Mileage contest. Our rules for participating are simple:
1. You must be a paid-up member of the Montana BMW Riders to participate.
2. Any brand of motorcycle is eligible for the contest (not exclusively BMW’s which is a national mileage contest requirement);
3. You may enter any number of owned motorcycles into the mileage contest;
4. If you buy a new motorcycle during the contest and originally signed up, you can enter the new ride when you get it;
5. All entries must include the make, model, year and beginning mileage of each motorcycle you are planning on entering;
6. All entries must be in writing. They can be mailed to me at:

102 Ironwood Place, Missoula, MT 59803

or they can be emailed to me at: beemermt@msn.com or texted to me at 406-274-3887.

7. To count for this year’s contest, all entries must be submitted on or before 4/30/25. (Given my location in AZ, and the fact that some email entries and/or snail mail entries may get lost in the dark hole of transit, please keep a copy of your entry.)
When I get home to MT, I will update this year’s mileage contest spread sheet with the names and motorcycle information as per above and will get a copy of that spread sheet to Dick French for membership-wide distributions. If, when you get a copy of that spread sheet and it does not include your name and bike info, you need to contact me by re-submitting your initial entry info as what has happened is that I did not get it for some reason.

Reasons for entering:

1) It’s the BMW trademark to ride our bikes, not just look at them; entering this contest
will help you keep track of your mileage;

2) there’s CASH involved…the overall winner gets a check from the club for $75, the one who’s overall mileage is closest to the calculated “average mileage” of all participants will receive a check for $75;

3) after excluding the overall winner and average mileage winner from the total participants, the remaining names are placed into a hat, one is drawn, and this individual becomes the “at large” winner and the recipient of a check for $50.

4) The overall winner gets his/her name engraved on the club mileage plaque which is kept on display at Big Sky BMW in Missoula. (What more could you ask for!!!??) As our group is know for adventures and as you can see from the club newsletter, there are a great many of club excursions planned, this should be a great year to get out and ride. Why not let me keep track of your mileage for you (you could win cash for riding!).

Looking forward to hearing from you beginning in April. If you have any questions, please
feel free to contact me as per instruction #6.
It is a pleasure to bring this contest to the table again this year, thanks for participating.

Larry Banister
Mileage Contest Coordinator
Montana BMW Riders