Dear Members,

As well as Christmas being on the near horizon, it becomes time to pay your subscriptions on the 1st January! If you were an associate in 2022 who has passed their test, your subs become due on 1st January 2023. If you remain an associate into 2023, lucky you, your subs won’t be due until the year following the one in which you pass your test!

For accounting purposes, it would be easier for your Treasurer and Auditor if all members make their payments in January rather than this month. It saves a tiresome calculation for adjustments between the accounting years.

The subs remain at £15 and the easiest way to pay is by BACS. Our account is at Lloyd’s Bank, Harrogate, is named Harrogate Advanced Bikes, the sort code is 30-93-91 and the account number is 01807888.

It is also my duty to tell you that members are required to remain in the IAM, so that your subs to them will need to be paid as they become due.

It only remains for me to wish you all a very happy Christmas and safe riding.

Best wishes,

Richard Stembrowicz

Treasurer

Just a reminder that tomorrow night is this month’s meeting at Bilton cricket club.

7.15 pm for 7.30pm start. This meeting will be a social meeting with a chance to catch up with other members. as usual Bilton will be providing a buffet. Could I ask that members try to bring £2 in change for the buffet contribution.

Thanks

Paul

Dear Members.

For a long time now we have enjoyed the hospitality of Bilton Cricket club at a very reasonable cost to the group with a magnificent Buffet thrown in. While these costs have remained low the group has been able to finance these in full from annual subs and income from the IAM.

I’m sure you can appreciate that costs are going up everywhere, Bilton is not immune to this and are increasing the costs for both room hire and the Buffet. 

As a result, we can no longer 100% fund this from group funds so reluctantly we are proposing a £2 contribution from members towards the Monday evening meetings which will also include the food. We still feel this is excellent value and as a group we would find it difficult to find a suitable meeting place that offers food and a room within this cost.

Also, many of the speakers in the past have given their time freely and without expenses, however, most are now wanting some expenses for fuel, etc.

I hope you find this acceptable but I’m happy to discuss it with anyone who has concerns.

Kind Regards

Paul Dresser

Chairman.

This Monday’s meeting will be a workshop on cornering with the assistance of Martin Petitt.

We hope this is an informative and interactive presentation with plenty of opportunity for discussion.

As usual, Bilton will provide their excellent buffet and there will be plenty of time for a natter.

Look forward to seeing you.

Paul

Dear Members,

We have recently updated our email servers to provide a more robust system.

This is a test email, if you are a member who has struggled to receive emails in the past could you please send a message to secretary@harrogateadvancedbikes.co.uk to confirm this has been received?

Thanks

Paul.

I only got back into motorcycling again in October 2019 after something like a 33 year gap. I passed my test back in Feb 1981 (age 17 yrs) and rode bike for approx. 5 years but moved away for work and needed a car for the commute – hence the gap.  So, in Oct 2019, having had the urge to get another motorcycle, I bought a BMW F800 which I kept for a year, then upgraded to the current R1250R. My other hobbies included flying light aircraft which I do from Sherburn Airfield. 

I’m looking forward to improving my riding skills with Harrogate Advanced Bikes.

Due to availability at Bilton CC and the Easter break we have changed the date of the 2022 AGM to Wednesday 27th April.

Arrive at 7.15 for a 7.30pm start.

If anyone would like to put forward a nomination, would like to join the committee or have any business they would like to discuss please let us know at secretary@harrogateadvancedbikes.co.uk

Paul

The March meeting is this coming Monday the 14th at Bilton cricket club, starting 7.30.

Our guest speaker is current member Dr Richard Davidson who will be talking about his experiences as a on-scene Doctor at the IOM TT.

Unfortunately I have come down with Covid (all OK), put our Secretary, Pete McNulty has agreed to step in to host the evening.

Paul

Please see email below from York Advanced Bikes which is self explanatory.

I, along with a few others are planning to ride over and will be meeting at the |Costa at Pannal, Harrogate at 8am on Saturday. If you wish to come please let me know.

Please don’t feel like you’re missing out if you can’t make it, Bob also has arranged similar talks from examiners local to our area and who covers tests for our group. These will be publicised through the group.

You are receiving this email as an invitation to join us on the 5th March 09.00 to listen to one of our local examiners Chris Hood from Hull.

The intention for this meeting is to find out what he is actually looking for on the test and give us as observers an idea what we need to concentrate on.

Later in the year we will by inviting Dick Mcreedie from the north east to also give us his ideas on what he would like to see on test.

Please feel free to bring along any observers you may feel will benefit from these gatherings.

The meetings will be held at Squires Sherburn-in-Elmet and should last an hour.

There will be time at the end to ask any questions you may wish to have answered.

Paul Dresser, Chairman

Just a reminder that this month’s meeting is tomorrow evening with a speaker from White Knights Blood Bikers.

Looking forward to seeing you.

Paul.