Forum Hints and Tips

Overview

The BMW Club Forum is just like most forums and bulletin boards and is a great source for all sorts of useful information about BMW bikes, Club events or just to catch up with distant friends. Just like most forums you are allowed to go and read what other people have written without needing to sign up or anything. However if you cannot find what you are looking for then do not give up, instead just sign up for a "public" account and you can post a question there and you will soon find a lot of people on there willing to help.

There are areas of the Forum that are hidden from the public and you need to be a BMW Club member to access them. If you are a BMW Club member you still need to register on the Forum but then you can upgrade your account by providing your membership number and a couple of other details (just to prove you are who you say you are) and then you will be able to access the "Members only" areas.

Here's the link to the forum:

http://forum.bmw-club.org.uk

How do I sign up?

You can sign up to the forum by filling in the form at the link below, but before you go there here's some things you need to know:

The registration process is simple enough but does not give you instant access as an administrator has to approve your request to join (this is because there are a lot of spammers out there and the administrators try to weed them out at this early stage).
If you are a BMW Club member you do not have to wait for approval as you can follow the steps to upgrade your account to "Club Member" and that will also activate your account automatically, non-members just have to wait a little while for the administrator to approve their request (which doesn't take long)
Here's the link to the start of the registration process:

http://forum.bmw-club.org.uk/profile.php?mode=register

Upgrading your account

Once registered you will need to "upgrade" your account from "public" to "member" so that you can access the Members Only areas. Obviously you need to be a Club member first. To do the upgrade just go to this page and follow the instructions:

http://forum.bmw-club.org.uk/mem_act.php

You will need to know your membership number and it is very straight forward.