Motorcycling Tips

A simple device to help lift a Motorcycle on to its Centre Stand. Author Bob Mack, Inventor Graham Chapple It’s generally assumed that it’s the larger motorcycles that are difficult to heave on to their…

Meetup: where we are . . . .

  Background Towards the end of 2019, conversations were taking place in the club about increasing the frequency of weekday rideouts. A well-established program existed for weekend and extended trips but there was enthusiasm expressed…

Zoom Social and Film Club Night on Tue 16th June 2020

Hosted by Geoff Clough and James O’Shea This was originally set up as a quiz to take place last Tuesday 9th June, but was postponed to next week. The format has been changed to allow…

Cardigan Trip October 2019

Originally posted 2019-03-28 14:27:12.

Gilks Cafe, Kineton

Meet Up Ride Out 23rd September – Gilks Café – Dave Tomlinson This is one of our regular two-weekly rideout to ensure post-covid cobwebs are kept firmly at bay! Today we rode through the charming…

Advanced Riding – Andy Slater

Andy Slater – Chairman, Thames Vales Advanced Motorcyclists Andy Slater has very kindly agreed to allow us to print some extracts from the Insights into Advanced Motorcycling booklets he has written over time. These have…

Austria Trip June 2019

Originally posted 2019-03-20 09:56:50.

Meet the Member – Dave Shanks from Bicester

What is/was your day job? I retired in 2003 after working in Transport/Warehousing. I had five jobs in all, never unemployed. How long have you been riding? I started riding in 1954, but had a…

Trip to the Waldblick Hotel in the Black Forest

Finally after two years of postponements the trip to the Waldblick hotel in the Black Forest was on. Although 17 people were heading for the hotel everyone had their own itinerary. Some were leaving the…

A View From The Outside

A View from the Outside – Summer 2022             Just in case you overlooked the change in title, you may recall that back in the Spring edition I said that it might be my last…