Please find attached from Mike Fourie.

HAB N-C D 2018

This month’s mid- week ride will be on Wednesday 15th November and, by popular request, will be to the best fish and chip shop in Filey (where those of a certain age can get a Pensioner’s Special lunch).

We should meet in Wetherby at the North Street Deli at 9.45 for a 10.00 departure. The route will take us out towards York, York ring road and the A116 east. Coffee stop will be at Fridaythorpe then mainly B roads to Filey. The return ride will start on the A170 towards Pickering but head off on nice country roads for the majority of the ride to finish at St John’s retail park Knaresborough. If there is public demand we might even stop for ice cream or tea in Easingwold. Dave Haywood, who was originally leading the ride, is unfortunately unable to do so, so John Blanchfield will lead instead.

IMPORTANT – Change of date for the November mid-week ride out

Please note that I’m having to change the date for November’s ride out. This will be on Wednesday 15th November (i.e. not the normal second Weds of the month). I hope this won’t inconvenience anyone wishing to go.

I plan to do a variant on the popular ‘Fish & Chips’ ride to Filey starting in Wetherby. More details nearer the time.

Thanks

David Haywood

Roy Beniston has contacted the club to invite members to contact him if they might be interested in touring Ireland next year in May / June 2018.

Roy writes: –

I will be going again in May/June 2018 having experienced a fantastic Whole of Ireland tour in May of this year.

The tour will be conducted through “Wild Irish Motorcycle Tours” on a twin centre basis with trips radiating out shamrock fashion with three to four days at each hotel.  The tours would cover the spectacular coast-line of the west coast of Ireland, including the “Ring of Kerry”  and the “Ring of Beara” plus other lesser known routes.

Likely cost including 3/4 star hotels B&B will be approx €105 per day for Guided Tours or €85 per day for Self-Guided [Guided versus Self Guided will depend on numbers] – minimum six people required for a full Guided Tour.

Anyone interested to please contact me via e-mail using roy.beniston@icloud.com or mobile 07539 690274 for further details.

If interested, I have made a short video of the trip I took in May of this year, which I would be happy to show at one of our meetings to give people some idea of the scenery etc.  [can’t guarantee the weather!]

Wild Irish would do all the arrangements and the tour would be fully insured through them. 

Please get in touch with Roy if the idea appeals.

Sincerely,

Doug Masterton

Chair, Harrogate Advanced Bikes

This event is being arranged by Colin Appleyard Ltd on Friday 15th December from 6 p.m. at their motorcycle branch premises in Keighley. Keith will be up on stage with stories from his championship winning season where he kept us all on the edge of our seats until the very last race. He’ll also be joined by the team’s Superstock rider Brad Jones who finished 3rd in the Championship and is certainly one to watch in the future.

Barry Ring has booked four places (one for himself I presume) and is offering to fill his car, offering places to any friends from the Harrogate area who might wish to go along with him. It is also possible to book tickets directly with Appleyards at www.colinappleyard.com/motorcycles

If you are interested in going with Barry, please email him at barry.ring@which.net

Sincerely,

Doug Masterton

Chair, Harrogate Advanced Bikes

I am delighted to inform you that, thanks to the efforts of Bob Hill, we have secured a speaker for our club meeting on Monday 13^th November. We shall be joined by one of our former members, Graeme Rimer who is both a historian and a biker.

His illustrated talk is called The Motor Machine Gun Service in the Great War. The title might seem misleading, but the ‘Motor’ bit actually means ‘Motor Cycle’, and Graeme’s talk discusses the formation and something of the deployment in British military service of motorcycle combinations mounted with Vickers machine guns.

His presentation will comprise some 50 images, starting from the late 19th century with the development by Hiram Maxim of the first fully-automatic machine gun, which developed into the Vickers Gun by 1912. The factor which sparked Graeme’s original interest was that among the first specially-designed motor cycle combinations which saw active service in WWI were those built by the Scott company at Shipley (actually Saltaire). His presentation includes quite a few photos of them which few people have seen, but they went down very well when Graeme spoke recently to Scott Owners’ Club and then the NE Section of the VMCC.

The talk begins with a 5-minute modern animation which helps to explain the working and construction of the Vickers Gun, to assist understanding of the weapon which is really the subject of the talk, focussing on motorcycles, all illustrated by slides. The photograph on this page shows a Scott ‘Gun Carrier’ – one of Alfred Angas Scott’s special machine gun outfits.

We are very grateful to Graeme for being willing to come along at short notice to add to our programme. I hope as many members as possible will attend for what promises to be a very interesting, different and enjoyable evening. It is not the first time that Graeme has contributed to our club programme. Some years ago, when he was then employed in a senior position at the Leeds Royal Armouries, Graeme arranged a very interesting special visit to the museum for club members which I know was vividly remembered by all those who attended.

Sincerely,

Doug Masterton

Chair, Harrogate Advanced Bikes

I regret to inform you that our speaker scheduled for our club evening in November is no longer able to come along due to personal reasons. We were to welcome Mike Coward, proud owner of two Ducatis which he rides in Spain on track days. I hope that it may be possible for him to come along and speak to us on a future occasion.

This does leave us with a gap in our programme. Our meeting will go ahead whatever, and we are scratching our heads to see if we can find a suitable speaker or activity to put on that evening. If anyone has any firm suggestions or leads, please do let me or any member of the committee know. I hope to see as many of you as possible, nevertheless, as it is always good to meet up socially and talk about bikes.

Our Christmas meeting will be held on Monday 11th December at Bilton Cricket Club and scheduled to start at 7:30 pm. It will be our now well established Christmas Quiz. Please see if you can bring someone along with you and help make up a team. You can offer any guests the assurance that the questions will not all be about bikes and road safety, but will comprise a range of  memory and task activities designed to inform and amuse. We will have our usual supper.

I look forward to seeing you on both occasions.

Sincerely,

Doug Masterrton,
Chair, Harrogate Advanced Bikes

Sorry I made a mistake. The date of this event is Saturday 3rd February 2018.

My apologies.

Doug Masterton

The club will be holding its now long-established event on Saturday 3rd February 2018. The Not-Christmas-Dinner will take place at The Old Spring Well, Otley Road, Harrogate HG3 2AP at 7:30pm for 8:00pm.

Mike Fourie has kindly agreed to organise our annual dinner once again and those wishing to come along should send their names to Mike at mike.fourie38@gmail.com

Remember that partners are more than welcome and it would be good to have a splendid turn out, once again, for what is a most enjoyable evening.

The cost is £25:00 per person and payment should be made to the club, either by cheque (made out to Harrogate Advanced Bikes) and given to Andy Pratt our treasurer, or preferably, transferred by BACS directly to the club account – Lloyds Bank, Sort Code 30-93-91, Account Number 01807888 together with your name as a reference.

With best wishes

Doug Masterton – Chair, Harrogate Advanced Bikes

HAB Weekday Ride Out – Wednesday 11th October

October’s weekday ride out will start at the Café 59 on the A59 east of the Bolton Abbey roundabout. Meet from 9.00 for a 9.30am start.

The route will take us west on the A59 before turning right to Malham, eventually picking up the B6479 at Langcliffe. 

B6479 to Ribblehead then B6255 to Hawes and a coffee stop

Coffee stop: Wensleydale Creamery, Hawes

From Hawes we’ll head up Wensleydale before turning right on the B6259 then sharp right again to the B6270 into Swaledale.

Lunch stop: Farmers Arms, Muker

After lunch we’ll continue east following the river Swale, through Reeth then turning right on the minor road back to Wensleydale at Aysgarth Falls.

Left on the A684 towards Leyburn but turning right shortly afterwards to pick up the B6160 back to Wharfedale and the conclusion of the route at the Abbey Tearooms situated shortly before the A59 roundabout.

Length is about 120 miles.

David Haywood will lead the ride.

All members welcome! Look forward to seeing you there.

David.