20 years of Boxertrix memories
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 3:15 pm
Folks,
I've been digging through my photo archives for pictures related to the early days of Boxertrix, as we approach the 20th anniversary of it's founding by Gromit, Hermann and Nigel Speight. Feel free to add pictures of your own from your memories of Boxertrix weekends or pictures of your sporty BMW bikes.
Let me get the ball rolling with my first mandarin R1100S which started my search for Internet forums with fellow owners:
This was my first attempt at dabbling with customer stickers on that bike:
A few years later I sold that and bought another R1100S, this time from founder member Nigel, who had painted it up in the old R90S Daytona orange and silver paint scheme:
Sadly that bike was written off on the M40 when I was rear ended by a car...
Onto Boxertrix meet ups. Here are some pictures from those over the years:
This first one is at Jack's Hill Cafe in Towcester in May 2004, with Stephen Bonas, Steve W, Gromit, Gats (behind Gromit) and Alan.
Here's Gromit in January 2005 wondering who has pinched his saddle
On the same day, a fine collection of 1100S's. We were all much thinner then and a lot more pixelated.
Meeting at the waterside cafe in Benson, Oxfordshire in 2005
One of our many meetings in Hawes for our Yorkshire weekends, this one in 2005 with Julian, Steve W, Hermann, Boxered, Huw and Bikemad99
That same weekend, faces I recognise are boxered, Julian, Gromit, Hermann, PB Boxer and Steve W
at Devil's bridge...
...and Ribblehead.
Later that year in Matlock Bath, at a a favourite dining choice on these runs...
This was the biggest gathering of R1100S's we ever managed, at the brewery in Burton, organised by bikemad99 in May 2005.
Sandbar brought along his carbon fibre R1100S, and here is is discussing it with Mick Mac.
Cooling in the shade at the Le Mans circuit, on the way down to Chateau Flash in 2005. We had Yogi, Andrew S and his wife, Tom, Gats, Gromit, Alan and Steve W
A fine body of men at Chateau Flash. They are Alan, Gats, Flash, a much thinner and hairier version of me, Steve W and Gromit.
Julian at Chateau Flash with his innovative wing mirror/cup holder
Back in Burton in 2006 and Gwen handing over a cheque with money she had raised for Macmillan Cancer relief.
Skip forward to 2012 and a Welsh weekend at Llangollen organised by Mr Steve Parry. A rare sighting of an HP2S on the road.
Feel free to add some of your own to this thread.
Cheers,
Paul
I've been digging through my photo archives for pictures related to the early days of Boxertrix, as we approach the 20th anniversary of it's founding by Gromit, Hermann and Nigel Speight. Feel free to add pictures of your own from your memories of Boxertrix weekends or pictures of your sporty BMW bikes.
Let me get the ball rolling with my first mandarin R1100S which started my search for Internet forums with fellow owners:
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This was my first attempt at dabbling with customer stickers on that bike:
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A few years later I sold that and bought another R1100S, this time from founder member Nigel, who had painted it up in the old R90S Daytona orange and silver paint scheme:
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Sadly that bike was written off on the M40 when I was rear ended by a car...
Onto Boxertrix meet ups. Here are some pictures from those over the years:
This first one is at Jack's Hill Cafe in Towcester in May 2004, with Stephen Bonas, Steve W, Gromit, Gats (behind Gromit) and Alan.
- lb20 - 5.jpeg (405.53 KiB) Viewed 16341 times
Here's Gromit in January 2005 wondering who has pinched his saddle
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On the same day, a fine collection of 1100S's. We were all much thinner then and a lot more pixelated.
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Meeting at the waterside cafe in Benson, Oxfordshire in 2005
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One of our many meetings in Hawes for our Yorkshire weekends, this one in 2005 with Julian, Steve W, Hermann, Boxered, Huw and Bikemad99
- lb20 - 10.jpeg (374.19 KiB) Viewed 16341 times
That same weekend, faces I recognise are boxered, Julian, Gromit, Hermann, PB Boxer and Steve W
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at Devil's bridge...
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...and Ribblehead.
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Later that year in Matlock Bath, at a a favourite dining choice on these runs...
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This was the biggest gathering of R1100S's we ever managed, at the brewery in Burton, organised by bikemad99 in May 2005.
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Sandbar brought along his carbon fibre R1100S, and here is is discussing it with Mick Mac.
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Cooling in the shade at the Le Mans circuit, on the way down to Chateau Flash in 2005. We had Yogi, Andrew S and his wife, Tom, Gats, Gromit, Alan and Steve W
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A fine body of men at Chateau Flash. They are Alan, Gats, Flash, a much thinner and hairier version of me, Steve W and Gromit.
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Julian at Chateau Flash with his innovative wing mirror/cup holder
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Back in Burton in 2006 and Gwen handing over a cheque with money she had raised for Macmillan Cancer relief.
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Skip forward to 2012 and a Welsh weekend at Llangollen organised by Mr Steve Parry. A rare sighting of an HP2S on the road.
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Feel free to add some of your own to this thread.
Cheers,
Paul
Great turnout, great bunch of people, great hotel, great weekend 
