GoldWings North West

Goldwing Light Parade Hotels filling fast

The organisers of the Blackpool Illuminations Goldwing Light Parade report that hotels are filling fast. The main event Hotel the Warwick is almost full, with adjacent hotels all receiving enquiries and bookings. Full details of all the event  hotels can be found on the Goldwing Light Parade accommodation page. Its going to be a great weekend.

Media reports on Bikers tribute ride to Wootton Bassett.

The media has posted numerous video reports on the bikers tribute ride through Wootton Bassett in support of the people of the Wiltshire town who come out to pay their respects to the fallen heroes of Afghanistan. Its great to see positive news regarding motorcyclist.  Approximately 15,000 bikers registered for the ride and donated a minimum of £5.00 each to the charity “Afghan Heroes” you can guarantee the total at the continues………

Incredible rear view motorcycle helmet

I came across this incredible rear view motorcycle helmet whilst trawling through various web sites, don’t know if you have seen it before. The idea is such a simple one based on clever periscope technology with fancy 21st century shaping of the mirrors. Think about it, as soon as you put a helmet on your head you reduce your peripheral vision and spacial awareness of things around you, about the worst thing you can do on a

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Fleetwood Tram Sunday on Track for 2011

Fleetwood Tram Sunday, the ever popular transport festival which takes place every summer in the town of Fleetwood has been cancelled for this year. Organisers took the decision due to major tram works in the town centre and a general lack of funds. Fleetwood Chamber of Trade promise the event will return even bigger and better. For the full Fleetwood Weekly News story read “Bigger Tram festival on track for 2011″.

March Meeting Moved

Please note that our scheduled March meeting will now take place one week earlier on the 21st March. This is due to a couple of events that members want to attend and take part in, Dont forget!  We will also have the Ultraseal installation guy at this meeting, so those who want to add maximum protection to their tyres can do so on the day. Remember he will also supply Ultraseal to car, caravan, trailer and motorhome tyres, so not just your Goldwing.

GoldWing News 2012

Member Stuart Ormerod has placed a very interesting article entitled “Kumamoto – Birthplace of the 2012 model Goldwing” on his personal Goldwing Blog commenting on the future of the new 2012 Honda Goldwing and Honda’s new production plant at Kumamoto Japan.

Trikes and the Chairman’s Curse………

Those of you who went on the Sunday Dinner Dales run last year may remember a little incident where our then Chairman, Bob, had a small incident with Dave Bayliss’s trike…For those of you who weren’t there, Bob had hitched a lift on the back of Dave’s trike down to where the rest of us were waiting. Things were going well until the dismount, when Bob lost his footing and suddenly disappeared from view. This was bad enough, but continues………

Lesley Halley Award

At the recent AGM, as your outgoing chairman, I proposed that our club should have an award of some description that could be presented by the organising committee to a member or couple who had, during the previous year, contributed more than, become involved with, or generally driven the club forward in a positive manner, above and beyond what could be expected, and asked for your approval and a suitable title for the award. continues………

Snow makes Train Trip

Once again the snow came down and turned the Keighley Worth Valley Rail Trip into a winter wonderland. It wasn’t all that bad to be honest, with most people managing to get to Ingrow West Station from all directions in time for the 11:00 train. It was quite amusing how many Sat Nav systems took drivers the short route over the moors with no consideration for the weather conditions. Maybe Garmin could do something about continues………

Federation Website updated

Now that I have stepped down as Chairman of Goldwings North West I intend spend time promoting and updating the Federation of UK Goldwing Clubs website. My plan is to use the Federation site to keep affiliated clubs up to date with events and happenings via the posts section. Anything that is newsworthy from any affiliated club will be posted there for all members to see and comment on.

Dover Dunkirk Prices

From Graham Coleman -The latest pricing for Dover Dunkirk Ferries may be of interest to trike owners, We are travelling with a bike and a trike to France. I contacted Norfolk Line as their web site was down and not able to book on line. I tried to book the trike as a motorcycle and side car, I was told that if any axles are in line (unless a Trailer) then the vehicle is classed as a 3 wheel car. He then explained that he had just passed his bike continues………

Anniversary Big Success

The recent anniversary dinner dance at the Leyland Hotel was hailed a major success, although under a cloud of sorrow, the many people who attended said this was the best Christmas / anniversary party ever, and that is a tall order as we have had lots of good parties in the past. Lesley certainly played a blinder when she found this venue. I’m sure it will be difficult to go elsewhere for next years event. The number of members continues………