May 2021 Latest News
Just a quick update on forthcoming events. We have decided to arrange ride as a tribute to Andy Wood, as suggested by some members, and we will meet at the Alma , 10-30 am on Friday 21st May. We will ride to Shotley for a spot of lunch. Clearly we will be observing all the rules,and expect you all to do so. The funeral will take place at Colchester Crematorium on Thursday 13th, and for those wishing to ride behind the hearse, it will be leaving 12, Cedar Avenue ,Brightlingsea at 2-00pm . All being well, we hope to resume our club nights at the Alma in June,and we will let you know the arrangements nearer the time. Gordon
May 2021 Update
We are hoping that the relaxing of the rules will allow us to go ahead with our first club night of the year on June 2nd. The Alma has put in a lot of work and lets hope we can give them our support for the rest of the year. As before ,we shall need an idea of numbers. We just need to be sure that the restrictions will be lifted as scheduled for later this month. If that is the case ,then contact us if you are taking part. Sorry if this seems a bit involved but we want to do things correctly. It has also been mentioned to me that not everyone is connected to the internet, so if you have any friends who you think might be in that situation, just make sure you keep them up to date with what we are up to. Keep the newsworthy items coming into Colin for distribution. Its been very interesting to see what you have been up to! Apart from the frosts, it has been good biklng weather. Lets hope it continues. We are looking forward to seeing you all before too long. Gordon
April Update 2, 2021
You should have all had an e mail from Colin regarding the club night. After considering all the implications for ourselves and The Alma we have reluctantly decided to postpone the club night until June. This is not something we wanted to do, but after contacting the BMF for advice, together with info from other bike and car clubs, we decided that it was for the best. My local car club has arranged our first potential lunchtime meet on June 24th.Bernie said that the Yamaha club even thought that six going for a ride together wasnt right. Interstingly I couldnt find any advice on the parent club website. The BMF also said that the insurance was subject to covid compliance. We dont want anyone to get into trouble. Were we all to turn up at the Alma by car then the chances are no one would bat an eyelid. However turning up on bikes would be a bit of a give away, and we all know that motorcycles arent welcomed by everybody! There are enough irresponsible and noisy bikers around to keep that going, even if we are not part of it. So lets hope things relax a bit more over the next few weeks so we can have a get together in June. In the mean time , keep sending in your stories and pictures to Colin, and rest assured we are doing all we can to get back to normal activities, as soon as possible. Gordon
April 2021 update
We hope to resume our club nights starting on May 5th, subject to the relaxing of the rules on April 26th. The Alma will be pleased to see us but we will need to know the numbers attending so they can comply with the rule of six for the catering outside. Please contact us if you will be attending. The rides will also have to comply with the rule of six, so if you want to arrange a ride before hand with some mates, that would be best. For those of you without mates, I will try and organise a route for groups of six,and again please let us know if you want to join me or a n other on that. Please be aware the rules may change at any time. Keep an eye on the website for the latest information. I have fuelled up my bike in anticipation! Gordon
March 2021 Update
Just to keep you all up to speed with what may be possible before too long. The latest BMF advice is to stay at home except for essential travel. You may have seen that the BMF and several other biker groups have got together to present a united front to lobby government on our behalf. We must keep that going because we could easily get marginalised by all this driverless vehicle legislation for example. With drivers not seeing us coming, just imagine a driverless vehicle coming for you! We are keeping in touch with the Alma, and if the situation with the pandemic improves as anticipated we may be able to arrange similar events to those we managed in July and August 2020. It obviously depends on the government guidelines, and we must stick to the rules. There are plenty of bikers about who are not, without us joining in! Take care and keep those bikes ready to go. Gordon