After being a pillion for many thousands of miles I finally passed my Mod 1 and 2 class A last year age 58. I then shipped a Honda CB500X with my partners Triumph 800XC to New Zealand. We arrived 30th November and spent 4 months and for me 7000 miles (Clive did 12,000) travelling the North and South islands. I am currently riding a Kawasaki Z250SL and have also bought a DR350 and done a couple of easy green lanes. So much to do so little time! I am looking forward to gaining more experience and meeting up with club members. The photo is South Island on the way to Mount Cook.
This coming Monday evening Enzo Vincenzo Denti will lead us on a spirited ride through Nidderdale. Sadly for us the White Bear in Masham is fully booked with diners so we intend to stop in Ripon market place and feast on fish & chips from Drakes a few yards away.
The meeting place is at ASDA lorry park 7.00pm for a swift set off at the latest 7.30pm or sooner if all riders are present.
Six riders only as per the new normal.Please contact Enzo on 07551 405996.
If we have an overflow of demand another evening ride can be organised. Please contact Barry on 07847786608.
Due to the HAB member demand a double header August Saturday and Sunday Ride Out has been devised. Pete McNulty has planned and is leading the Saturday Run and Barry Ring will lead the Sunday doppleganger to cover extra demand for the ride.
Saturday is nearly full as members have contacted Pete directly 07812 105028 to book a space. There are spaces available on Sunday but limited to six of course so get in touch with Barry as soon as you can on 07847 786608.
Both days meet in Ripley at 9.30am to leave at 9.45am full tanks and empty bladders.
The first section of the ride is an A-road romp north wards to Northallerton and our morning coffee stop at The Joiners Shop, Ingleby CrossDL6 3ND at the edge of the North York Moors National Park.
After coffee, a little more A-road to Stokesley but then eastwards on unclassified across the NYMNP for our well earned lunch stop at Ravenscar Tearooms YO130LU (A fuel stop is available before we reach Ravenscar).
Onwards after lunch back across the park to Thornton-le Dale-Helmsley-Ampleforth- Coxwold for an afternoon break at The Rumah Home Tearooms YO61 4AD.
On a quick route past Boroughbridge, through Minskip, Farnham and Scotton back to Ripley to finish and an ice cream if you have not had your fill yet! It’s a cracking ride out 165 miles in total. Make sure you are tanked up to start or top up at the fuel stop.
Contact Pete for Saturday 07812 105028 or Barry for Sunday 07847 786608.
‘The Glorious Hartside Summit’ Chris Armstrong will lead the ride on Wednesday, 5th August.
Meet at Route 59 Cafe, BD236AF from 09.15 for a 09.30 departure. Martin Pettitt is the tail end Charlie. Be prepared, this is a good long ride of 183 miles with a fuel stop of course. Enjoy!
The first stop is for coffee at Kilnsey Park(BD23 5PS). We then head for Brough and the sublime B6276 to Middleton-In-Teasdale for lunch at the Tees’pot Cafe(DL12 0QB) which I have booked us into.
After lunch we ride another “belter” of a road the B6277 to Alston and then the A686 to Hartside Summit where we stop to enjoy the views, weather permitting.
Because it’s a long day I have put in a short stretch of the M6 South to Tebay at J38 but made up for this by going on the A685 and B6257 to Ingmire Hall and the A683 to Kirkby Lonsdale where we will have a short stop and then head back on the A65/A59 to our finishing point the Route 59 Cafe. HMG and IAM guidelines limit us to six . Please telephone me on 07960 116166 if you wish to join the ride.
Short notice, I know, but just in case anyone is available and up for it I’m doing a recce for Sunday’s Ride Out to tomorrow. The meeting point is Pannal at the BP Filling Station next to ATS on the Leeds Road setting off at 9.30am prompt. To see the details of the ride have a look at the post on the HAB website.
Especially for HAB members unable to make it on to last Sunday’s ride out a re-run is planned for this coming Sunday 26th July. 6 places available as per the new norm. Please text Barry 07847 786608 to book.
We are to meet up from 9.00am at ATS Pannal, Leeds Road HG3 1EP, near the Mercedes garage and fill up next door at the BP fuel station for departure at 9.30am.
First stop is to be decided, and then on to the familiar and very pleasant Bedlam Grange Farm YO62 7TD for lunch, finishing the ride at Boroughbridge Morrisons prior to coming back home!
Barry Ring is your ride leader with a volunteer tail ender. The route is 126 miles. Fill up at the BP station at the meeting point and there should be no need for a top up. A GPX route file is available. Email barrya.ringatgmail.com
Sorry, due to current IAM covid-19 rules don’t just turn up on the day as usual-please book a space by texting Barry on 07847 786608.
I had a short spell with a moped while a student in London many years ago and reaching my 50s revisited the freedom of 2 wheels, passing my test 3 years ago. My current bike is a Triumph Tiger 800 although I’m rather a “fair-weather biker” managing only 3/4K miles each year.
I’m currently a consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia in Bradford and provide roadside pre-hospital emergency care support to the TT and Southern 100 motorcycle races on the Isle of Man.
I’m keen to enhance my motorcycling skills and to explore some of the Yorkshire Dales with the Ride Outs
Having just retired I’m looking forward to spending far more hours on the bike than I’ve been able to over the past 40 years. I started riding in 1980 when I passed my test on a single cylinder Honda RS250. Over the following two years both I and the bike survived one or two relatively minor accidents before graduating onto a Honda CB750 which, together with the subsequent Triumph Trophy and Honda Blackbird, carried us on many summer trips throughout Europe. As the Blackbird is now 20 years old I thought it was time for a reliable back up so, late last year, acquired a ubiquitous BMW R1250GS with which I now look forward to riding whilst going through the Skills for Life training. I trained for, but sadly failed, my Advanced Test with Cleveland Advanced Bikes about 25 years ago so I’m now looking forward to correcting my record.
Here is a picture of me and my bike from this last weekend. I road out to Hawes and back seen as we had some good weather.
I have had my full licence for 2 years now but only been riding on a regular basis for the last 12 months since I moved back to Harrogate from London.
I am fairly competent on the bike but and keen to build confidence at higher speeds and progress my skills to the next level. I hope to eventually do longer trips / adventures which this will help with.
No, this is not an account of my walk in the wilderness but my need to make contact with members that I haven’t been in contact with for a long time now.
I have to confess to having become somewhat insular and reclusive, mirroring current restrictions on travel and meeting and I don’t like it. I’m beginning to feel a little better now with limited meeting of the family and being able to travel as far as I like. I expect we’ve all now been out on our bikes and what a wonderful feeling of freedom that gives to help shake off the blues. Despite all this lockdown business I’m delighted to say that we have had a good number of new Associates join us recently and Bob Hill is very busy meeting and greeting them and hopefully will be able to get them all off training with an Observer quickly. If you come across a face you don’t recognise at a ride out or meeting please introduce yourself to them, make them feel welcome and let them know we’re a friendly bunch. Other Associates’ training has resumed and some tests have been booked.
The Committee have been unable to meet but with the use of electronic communications we have been able to keep things going pretty well. Ride outs have resumed but unfortunately with some restrictions. As a responsible official organisation it is important that we abide by these rules and remain ambassadors for bikers. The IAM quickly interpret Government guidance and send us updates on how this translates to our activity. I appreciate that restricting ride numbers to 6 can be frustrating but this is only a temporary situation and I feel sure this will be increased soon so long as the Covid situation continues to improve. Additionally members can always make their own arrangements for rides outside HAB to supplement Club rides. Please feel free to let us know how you are getting on, any news of your rides or new bike changes; anything vaguely interesting on the biking front.
We’d like to know what you’re up to.Email any stories to our Secretary Paul Dresser at pjd0568@gmail.comI hope that you and your families are all well and stay well and that we can all be back meeting and riding together soon.Stay safe.
