Christmas Quiz 2021
Tag: motorcycles
VMCC Cheshire Cats 50th Whitley Road Safety Run
VMCC Cheshire Cats 50th Whitley Road Safety Run Good afternoon fellow VMCC Section officersThis year sees the 50th Anniversary of the Whitley Road Safety Run in conjunction with the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the VMCC.Although it is likely that COVID restrictions will be lifted by the time of the event we are planning for all eventualities and a slightly reduced event as there may still be an element of uncertainty.Over its 50-year history the Whitley run has been well attended by the NW region Section members as well as by…
Read More...N/W Roadrunner Project No.3
Chris Rimmer’s unusual but beautiful project I’ve always wanted a flat-tanker but never been able to afford one. The other year I saw one of those new Black Douglas Sterling flatties and realised I couldn’t afford one of those either! This led me to the only conclusion. I had to build one myself. Luckily I had a donor bike which could only ever be improved, no matter what I did, in the form of a Chinese AJS js125e. My son Harry had moved on to cars and gave me his…
Read More...Classic TT & Manx GP
There was a good turnout of Northwest members for this years Classic TT . We also met up with our colleagues from other local Sections, Blackpool, Cheshire and N/Wales, South Manchester, EastLancs and Central Lancs. Its nice to know the camaraderie is as strong between us despite the goings on at HQ. Also with us was our friend and colleague from Western Australia Geoff Coole. Geoff’s a regular visitor and makes his annual pilgrimage to the UK to see his friends and lap up the racing at the Classic TT…
Read More...Rainhill Gala 190 years since the Rocket Rainhill Trials.
North West VMCC Display at Rainhill Gala celebrating 190 years since the success of Stevenson’s Rocket at the Rainhill Trials.
Read More...Blood Bikes Fundraiser 2019
Saturday May 5th members of the VMCC North West section joined our friends at Southport Auto Centre. This is the second year the owner Chris and his staff have staged a car and bike show as a fundraiser for the Blood Bikes. This is a much-needed charity run by volunteers who ferry blood and other lifesaving deliveries to hospitals. We recently had Chris Williams at our clubhouse explaining the duties of this hard-working crew it’s a purely volunteer charity that operates on donations and this show was a credit to…
Read More...March Ride Outs
Ride outs to Rivington Barn & Fettlers Wharf Once again there was a good turnout for the ride outs to Rivington lower barn and Fettlers Wharf in March. Whilst it was wet early on for the ride out to Rivington Barn on 19th March 2019 it didn’t deter these hardy classic bike riders.Fortunately, the ride out to Fettlers Wharf on Wednesday 27th March 2019 was blessed with lovely warm weather as can be seen in the following pictures.
Read More...February 2019 ride outs
Central Lancashire Section arranged two meets during the brilliant weather in February. The first was a meet at Rivington lower barn on a nice dry day. There was a good showing of about 20 to 30 bikes. A nice natter to catch up with what everyone had been up to over the winter was accompanied by nice cup of tea and lovely cakes.The second meet was at Fettlers Wharf in Rufford, again there was a good showing on a lovely warm summer like day. There was a little confusion as…
Read More...THE GOOD SAMARITAN
Our North West Section Chairman Alex has also been helping a lady celebrating her 105th birthday. She loved it as can be seen in the VMCC March 2019 Journal. Alex’s letter regarding this is the journal’s Star Letter. Wow, that’s an achievement Alex. I don’t think any of us who knows Alex, is surprised how keen he was to help out this lady celebrate her 105th birthday. As we all know Alex is relentless in all he does. We are extremely lucky to have such a dedicated Chairman in the…
Read More...BRING & BUY SALE
The club held a bring & buy sale recently and I attended with my friend Tom, neither of us had been to a bring & buy sale at the club before and didn’t know what to expect. As we didn’t know what to do, we both brought bottles of alcohol for the sale. When we arrived, we were confronted with a large table full of all kinds of items, from jigsaw puzzles to motorcycle parts. Alex had said the theme for the bring & buy sale was tramps, but again…
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