This is more an excuse to share some cracking video links with you.

Website link to road Safety Scotland, but works on any rural road. Click on the link or copy into your browser.

https://livefastdieold.scot/breathtaking-roads/group-ride/

Or the website for all these videos: motorcycle minds.org

And of course just a reminder for this coming Sunday’s Ride Out needing numbers to book a lunch table. Quite a few already committed but if you are coming and haven’t done already so please send ride leader Richard 07767384938 or Barry 07847786608 a text or email barrya.ring@gmail.com to confirm.

See you Sunday at Ripley car park 9.00 for 9.30 set off.

Barry

For our July Sunday ride out our Treasurer Richard Stembrowicz is leading us on a trip through the County of East Riding.

Meeting at Ripley car park for a change, 9.00am for a chat and briefing, setting off at 9.30 with hopefully a full fuel tank. Richard has sorted a a super route with a mix of unclassified, A and B roads, including dual carriageway, skirting around York to lead us to Sewerby on the North Sands near Bridlington.

Stopping off for a morning break at the very popular with bikers Seaways Cafe near Fridaythorpe (YO25 9RX), recently receiving an excellent write-up in Motorcycle News.

After a bacon sandwich or a splendid slice of cake we take the B1251 to Sledmere, then B1253 all the way to Bridlington and finally to the award winning Ship Inn at Sewerby (YO15 1EW) for lunch. Plenty of parking available, lively atmosphere, live music from 2.00pm, excellent service, great food and lovely sea view from the garden.

After an optional hearty lunch Richard is keeping it simple with an A road route all the way back to Ripley for a, by now, traditional ice cream.

Mileage outwards: 77, return 69 with a fuel stop just after lunch.

The Ship Inn is a busy place and they have suggested we book a table. If you are going on this ride out please contact Richard or myself as soon as you can to give us an idea of numbers.

Please text Richard 07767384938 or Barry 07847786608 or email barry.ring@gmail.com

July’s Monday evening ride will be lead by our esteemed chairman John Blanchfield. Meeting as usual at the Asda lorry park in Harrogate, 7.00pm for a chat, leaving promptly at 7.30pm. We are heading to the Railway Inn, Cavendish Street, Skipton, the hostelery run by new associate Angus Crabtree, very fortunate for us! Traveling for plenty of interest via Greenhow, Appletreewick and Embsay with a return journey straight over Blubberhouses.

Once again the weather is looking good. Make the most of the one of these long summer evenings.

See you there.

The July Wednesday ride will start from the North Street Deli in Wetherby – meet from 9am for a 9.30 start.
Our destination this month is the Jenny Wren Inn on the banks of the River Trent in Susworth, Lincolnshire.

From Wetherby we’ll head to Thorp Arch, Boston Spa and on into Tadcaster then the A162 south before turning off through Sherburn and on to South Milford for a coffee stop.
Coffee stop: The T Post Café, South Milford.

From South Milford, along back lanes before turning left on to the A63 for about a mile then right at Monk Fryston, crossing the A19 near Chapel Haddlesey and on to Temple Hirst and Long Hedge.
A645 towards Goole, picking up the A161 at the M62 junction to skirt around the south of the town, through Swinefleet and on to Crowle before crossing the M180.
Continuing on the A161 south before turning due north through Gainsborough to pick up the minor road on the east bank of the River Trent.

Lunch stop: The Jenny Wren Inn, Susworth.

After lunch we continue north following the river before turning north on the A1077 then the A15 to cross the Humber Bridge.
After the bridge, we’ll take the A63 then turning right through South Cave on the A1034, continuing north through Sancton then west to bypass Market Weighton and on to the A614 through Spalding Moor, Bubwith and North Duffield before turning left to the A19 for about half a mile.
The route continues, skirting the north of Selby and on to the B1223 to Cawood and Ulleskelf before taking a right on the A162 to Tadcaster.
From Tadcaster we’ll take the A659 through Boston Spa and on to the junction with the A1, taking the A168 Wetherby turn off.

Route finishes at the lay-by shortly after turning on to the A168.
Mileage: 144 miles
David Haywood will lead with TEC to be appointed on the day.

See you there.

David

Two tickets are available for the Triumph Factory Tour on Sunday. The tour is fully booked up for our time slot, two HAB members have had to drop out and their tickets are available at face value £18 each. If you wanted to come along and missed out on tickets for the tour you can get hold of one by contacting either:

Ian Mason ian499mason@btinternet.com or Clive Gray clive@c.gray.f9.co.uk

For full details of the trip please have a look at yesterday’s post or log on to the HAB website

All the best

Barry

Next weekend we are set for a visit to the Triumph factory at Hinckley in Leicestershire LE1o 3BZ.

Our Factory Tour for 1.30pm is fully booked, so if you haven’t already arranged a place, please do come along for the ride as the Visitor Experience is very interesting in it’s own right and you never know a cancellation for the Factory Tour may come up.

A recce has been done with a mixture of roads, initially motorway, but then cross country on tracks you may be unfamiliar with. We are very fortunate to have so many resources to call upon these days, even paper maps! Andrew Pratt shared a gpx route file which I have used for the first part of the journey, combined with another route file from Ride magazine tagged on for the latter section. The route takes us through the lovely Chatsworth Estate, plenty of picture postcard villages and great roads along our journey.

An early start is required so that we can fit in a morning stop. The meeting point is at Wetherby Services on the A1M (LS22 5GT) at 8.30am for 8.45am prompt set off with full tank (Fuel is cheaper at nearby Morrisons in Wetherby). At about 120 miles we probably won’t need a fuel stop on the way and there are plenty of opportunities to fill up near to Triumph.

The location for our morning/brunch stop is not decided as yet. When we arrive at Triumph the Visitor Cafe will be open and we may arrive with enough time to eat, but I suggest we look around the Visitor Experience beforehand. Our factory tour, however, starts at 1.30pm, participants are gathered 15 mins before so we will not get a chance to eat again until after 3.00pm. There are lockers on site so no need to carry your kit around.

After the tour we can go home by motorway or a reverse of the route, the choice is yours. Either way we can travel as a group or just go at your own speed.

Please read the information from Eventbrite/ Triumph and lastly, don’t forget your ticket for the Factory Tour.

Any questions please get in touch barrya.ring@gmail.com or 07847 786608

This post is really for HAB members already booked on the Skills Day at Croft Circuit near Darlington on Tuesday 25th but, according to the IAM website, there are still some places available so have a look if you fancy some extra training and are free next Tuesday to give it a go. Cost is £149 for the day.

It’s an early start for us on Tuesday and for the HAB members making their own way to the circuit, you need to be there ready settled in for the briefing at 8.45am with a fuelled up bike. Fuel stop at the Toll Bar Garage 2 miles south on the A167.

I will be leading anyone you wants to come along to the circuit to arrive 8.15-8.30am maybe in time for a quick breakfast. I suggest we meet at Morrisons supermarket Harrogate Road, Ripon where fuel is available also. Best to go the direct route as we will have plenty of interesting riding during the day. Journey time is minimum 40 minutes from there (31 miles) so I suggest we leave Ripon at 7.30am prompt.

I’m sure you will have all done so, but please read the available information in your email from the IAM paying particular attention to bike condition, brakes, tyres, fluids/ chain adjustment/noise levels etc. You also need suitable leathers or good textile bike clothing. Don’t forget to print and sign your disclaimer and although not requested I will be taking my driving licence with me.

For your information I have taken out specific track day insurance as my policy with Bennetts could not be extended. IAM Surety (if your current insurer) will extend your policy for a fee. My track day insurance has cost me £100 with Bemoto.co.uk or phone 01733 907000. That was the cheapest I could find.

Food and drink is available at Croft Circuit.

Have another read of the IAM info and please get in touch with if you have any particular questions.

The weather forecast is not sunny but low chance of rain so I’m greatly looking forward to the day on Tuesday 25th.

Please let me know if you are making your own way to the circuit or meeting at Morrisons.

barrya.ring@gmail.com or text 07847 786608

All the best

Barry

Hi Hab Members

Just a reminder about this coming weekend’s ride.

Pete McNulty is leading the ride out and would like anyone coming along to get in touch as soon as you can so he can book numbers for our lunch table. For details on the ride please review the previous email or look at the post on the HAB website.

The weather forecast for Sunday is good with very low chance of rain. So treat yourself on Father’s Day to a ride out on your bike.

Contact him please by text on 07812 105028 or by email petemcnutty@gmail.com

See you at the usual meeting point Asda lorry park 9.00-9.30am set off.

Barry

Stop Press!

Roy Beniston has organised a trip to North and mid Wales for a long weekend from the 7th to 10th June. I’m going on the trip straight after the Lakes mid week ride.

Unfortunately one of the party of four has had to drop out for work reasons and a spare berth is going begging.

The weekend is a Fri-Mon one and you would have a choice to stay until Monday, although I’m back at work on Monday so traveling home on Sunday 9th.

If you fancy going get full details from Roy on 07539 690274 or roy.beniston @icloud.com

Ride Leader Pete Mcnulty.

Meet at ASDA Lorry Park at 09:00 for a prompt departure at 09:30am.

We will head West out of Harrogate on the A59 turning right to head through Hampsthwaite and Darley before heading north to Greenhow Hill Top.

From there we head west on the B6265 to Grassington then turn North and up to Arncliffe.

From Arncliffe we turn South West and head through some breathtaking scenery until we reach Settle where we turn North once again and on to our first coffee stop in Stainforth.

After coffee we continue North tracking close to the Settle to Carlise railway line until we reach Ribblehead where we’ll turn South West to High Bentham.

From there we turn South and into the Forest of Bowland until we reach our lunch stop at the Lower Buck In at Waddington.

After lunch we head North East through Bolton by Bowland and on up to Wigglesworth where we turn East through Hellifield, Airton and Winterburn.

Eventually turning South once we reach Burnsall until we reach Billy Bob’s Ice Cream Parlour where the ride will officially end. 

From there people can disperse and head home. It’s right next to the A59 so it’s a short 30 minute ride back home to Harrogate.

PLEASE NOTE: The ride out is on Father’s day so we will need to book a table at the Lower Buck Inn for lunch.

Looks like a cracking ride. Pete needs numbers for lunch so please can you let him know by Saturday 7th June if you intend to come on the ride out so that he can secure a table.

E-mail: petemcnutty@gmail.com or Text: 07812 105028