Membership
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How do I join?
Click here to Join
Now
Existing members can Renew here
To Join the Irish
Section click
here
You can sign up online by clicking the "Join
Now" link - you fill in a form, make an online payment using your payment
card and you are in.
You may join any time of the year but as from the 1st November 2023,
The BMW Club will utilise a fixed membership year when all members will have
an expiry date of 31st January. For those joining part of the way through a
year they will be entitled to a reduction in membership fees depending
on the month they join to ensure alignment with the fixed expiry date of 31st
January.
BMW Club membership is open to anyone aged 18 or over, who currently owns, or
who has previously owned or has an interest in BMW motorcycles.
Why should I join?
There are many reasons you should join, here are the highlights:
Social
- Most sections meet up almost every weekend and some weekdays in the month, see the calendar
- We have bigger events such as:
- camping weekends
- track days
- hotel weekends
- ride outs
- bike shows
- As a member you can join in with any BMW Club event anywhere in the country
- Get chatting with like-minded enthusiasts through our Facebook and Forum pages.
Technical
- Join our Forum and seek solutions to any question you have (some even relate to motorbikes!)
- Hire the official BMW Tools from our Tool Hire secretary
- Attend workshop days and bike shows with auto jumble
- Meet up with like-minded owners of the same model bike and discuss your improvements and gadgets.
Financial
- On top of all those other advantages you get a full A4 size colour magazine every month for a fee on par with most magazine subscriptions
- Members also get the unique opportunity to take advantage of the BMW Club Insurance scheme, click here for more details
- As a member you get discount at many dealers and other bike-related companies – the money you save on tyres or insurance alone could pay for your membership
- We always try to negotiate a group-booking deal for hotels and camp sites and will sometimes subsidise refreshments at events.
How much does it cost?
Full UK Membership currently costs £40 sterling per year for residents of the British Isles, that is The United Kingdom of Great Britain,
Northern Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Members of the Armed Forces posted abroad also count as UK residents if they have a BFPO address.
Associate membership is available to the adult partner of a full member, for an
extra £5 sterling per year (making it joint membership).
Membership for people living in the Republic of Ireland costs £46 sterling per year (+ £5 for an associate).
(Please note that if you wish to join the Irish Section and would rather pay in Euros then please contact the Irish section directly,
details can be found here and it currently costs €54
per year and €6 for an associate.)
Overseas membership currently costs £46 sterling per year (+ £5 for an associate).
(If paid online from a non-sterling account the exchange rate is set by your card issuer)
All of the above prices are for a full year of membership, if you join part way through a year then the cost of joining is discounted as shown in the table below.
Persons ceasing to be a member during the year are not entitled to a refund of subscriptions.
Please read The Memorandum & Articles of Association of The BMW Club
Just because the pro-rata discounting of the main membership fee can be a little confusing here is a little table of the fees for joining through the year. † Whilst people joining in November, December or January pay the full fee they also get the remainder of the current membership year for free and don't have to renew until the following January (getting 15, 14 or 13 months for the price of 12):
Please note that this table mainly covers the UK sections, if you wish to join the Irish section and pay in Euros then the prices are shown in the table but you should click here to contact the Irish membership secretary and pay them direct.
| Month joining | Discount | UK | Rep. of Ireland | Overseas | Irish Section | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | Joint | Solo | Joint | Solo | Joint | Solo | Joint | ||
| May '24 | 50% | £17.50 | £21.50 | £20.50 | £24.50 | £20.50 | £24.50 | €24 | €29 |
| June '24 | |||||||||
| July '24 | |||||||||
| August '24 | 75% | £8.75 | £12.75 | £10.25 | £14.25 | £10.25 | £14.25 | €12 | €17 |
| September '24 | |||||||||
| Fee changes agreed at '24 AGM apply from 1st October | |||||||||
| October '24 | 75% | £10 | £15 | £11.50 | £16.50 | £11.50 | £16.50 | €13.50 | €19.50 |
| November '24 | 0% † | £40 | £45 | £46 | £51 | £46 | £51 | €54 | €60 |
| December '24 | |||||||||
| January '25 | |||||||||
| February '25 | 25% | £30 | £35 | £34.50 | £39.50 | £34.50 | £39.50 | €40.50 | €46.50 |
| March '25 | |||||||||
| April '25 | |||||||||
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