Cheeky English Ride Out

As it was a lovely day today, me and Bernie had a little tour of the Wirral, Parkgate and West Kirby. Not much social distancing going on, the beach was rammed with families at West Kirby, oh and the ice cream shop was open 😄 Come on Wales, let's get the lock down lifted soon so we can all get out. 😞

Police are looking for Andy Swarb

End of Lockdown Maybe ?

I'm getting the feeling that the government are going to ease some of the lockdown next week and let us go out a bit more. Perhaps we should fuel up and polish our nuts ready for a Thursday pensioners ride out 😁

Very entertaining video from youtube - i've been throwing some shapes since watching this...

There are loads of great videos on Chaz Morks youtube channel to while away a few hours during lockdown.

Hello all,just to let you know Barry Turner at the scooter warehouse will be open tomorrow Saturday 2nd May,hours 9.30 to midday,Barry has set up border tables for safe distance and wipes and gloves are also provided if required,keep safe Bernie

Southend 79

One for Bernie - Rallies with mud flaps about 3 yards wide...

All or Nothing Musical

Youtube screening of All or Nothing musical tonight (Friday April 24th) at 7pm. All they are asking for is a donation to NHS Heroes.

Mod Rally - Isle of Wight - Late 1980s

Youtube video found by Dave and Judy, who are obviously fully utilizing all their extra spare time due to lockdown...

Slowly Slowly Catchy Monkey

Made good progress on the GP engine build last week and got all the main bearings in and the crank, really enjoyed it so far.

Chester Scooter Club Egg Run 2012

Video and pictures from our Egg Run in 2012 - some serious bling on Row's (or should that be Rosie's) GP

IOM Scooter Rally 2020 - Cancelled

From NWBA facebook page:

Isle of Man Scooter Rally Event's Page - IOM Scooter Rally 26-28 June 2020

2 hrs

We are very sorry to have to announce the cancellation of the Isle Of Man Scooter Rally 2020 due to the lethal Covid 19 virus.

Although this was looking the likely outcome, the Manx authorities made the decision yesterday to close the Villa Marina theatre until at least September.

We are hoping and already making plans to host the rally next year if everything falls into place. An update on this will follow soon.

We thank everyone for supporting the rally in such large numbers and hope to see you at this rally in the future.

The most important thing at this time is that everybody comes through this situation safely and we all get back to normal living.

The IOM Steam Packet are offering refunds but you might find at this busy time for them an email is a better method. Always quote your reference number however you contact them.

Thanks again and best wishes

Barry Turner.

Gene Chandler - Check Yourself

A few Chester Scooter Club members in the accompanying photos - does anyone know where and when the photos were taken ?

Chester Scooter Club Egg Run 2006

We may not have an Egg Run to look forward to this Sunday, but we can still marvel at the fresh faced youngsters on the 2006 Egg Run.

Wrexham SC Rideout 2007

A cracking photo of 11 scooters from Chester SC on the Wrexham SC rideout 2007.

Can you name all of the owners ?

A second photo that may help.

Testing I can still blog,,blast from the past with that video,,,

Centurions Rally 2004

How many current Chester SC members can you spot ?

Tip - some are in camouflage(ish)

BSRA Whitby and Tenby National Rallies cancelled

News has just filtered through that the Easter Rally at Whitby and the Tenby rally have been cancelled due to the corona virus pandemic.

This is the latest in a lengthening list of events to be cancelled, including the ones listed below.

NWBA events
Chester SC Egg Run - 5th April
Mancot Road Runners Egg Run - 10th April
Queens Park SC Ride Out Day - 24th May
Muttleys weekender - 29th/30th May

Non NWBA events
Ginger's Egg Run - 28th March
March of the Mods, Chester Live Rooms - 28th March
DMC Open day - 29th March
Mid Cheshire Scooter Rally - 1st/2nd May
Leek Jesters - 17th May

NWBA Appeal

Below is from the NWBA Facebook page  -  Steve is looking for one person per club to organize donations, drop offs etc. Do we have any willing volunteers from Chester SC ?

Support Appeal for our local areas.

In light of the current situation in which we are all in, in these uncertain times.

As a lot of events are getting cancelled, which supported great causes.

The NWBA Alliance would like to put forward the idea of supporting the local community and elderly people or anybody who may not be able to manage in these hard times.

We would like ask all the NWBA Alliance clubs and members their thoughts on a idea of donations of toilet rolls, food or anything that maybe able to help the people within our alliance area.

We would need to sort out a location for a drop off point, and how we would go about the distribution of the donations.

How we going about letting the local community know.

Any ideas are good ideas, so please comment with any thoughts.

If as the Alliance we are able to support our area, it would be a good thing for the local communities.

It may help to keep the positive feelings within our clubs going, in this uncertain times.

Thanks you all for your support.

I will post this on the clubs pages, but if you all could just comment on the NWBA Alliance Facebook page, so we have all the comments together.

Bad News

Due to the increase in the numbers of people forecast to contract the Corona virus the uk government has requested people not to meet up in Bars, Pubs etc. Because of this it's been decided to suspend our Tuesday night club meets until further notice. So tonights meeting is cancelled.
Tracey Griffiths has been in touch with the Countess Hospital,who advised us not to bring our usual Easter eggs on April 5th as planned, so our event is cancelled.
It is possible that we can organise our "club only" rideouts on Thursdays, or even on a weekend, providing we meet up avoiding pubs and cafes, bring your own butties ! Meanwhile keep in touch by posting in the "comments " box at the bottom of each post on this Blog Site.

Finally, we wish the Landlords and staff at the Grosvenor Arms all the best for a swift, healthy return to normal as fast as possible. Dave.

Dave on the Mystery Ride

Just looking through the images of today's mystery ride and thought this was a good one of Dave.
Courtesy of KRC Scooterpics.Photography.

NWBA Mystery Run - Sun 15th March

Hi Everyone welcome to the first NWBA mystery Run of 2020.

With just over a week to go, I hope everyone will be able to join us on the run.

Just a couple of thing to beware of we will be covering about a 120 miles round trip, so make sure you set off with a full tank of fuel, for anyone that hasn’t fuelled up there is a petrol station just down the road, we will be pass some petrol stations but not many so just bear this is mind.

The ride is not a race, but the idea is to ride the route at a speed that suits you, and to enjoy the roads and riding your scooters, please beware that some of roads do have average speed cameras on them, so watch your speed.

We will be stopping for fuel, and to regroup, at a mid point.

This is a signing on event, so remember to sign on, please enter the milage as follows your milage to the Old motorbike store plus 120miles, and then home, IE for example if you have come from Chester, it would be 12 miles plus 120 miles plus 12 miles. Total 144 miles.

A route and map will be provided to you at the start point.
Please follow the route provided to you, you will also be able to open the route on google maps.

Hopefully everyone will enjoy the ride and will be the first of many.
Thanks for your support

Cancelled - Chester Scooter Club Egg Run Sunday 5th April

THIS EVENT IS NOW CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS . MARCH 17th 2020.

Burton Brewers Custom Show and Parts Fair

Meet at Clubbies from 08:45, for a 9am departure.

Lambretta Club Wales Scooters Only Rally

2020 Events/Rallies

NWBA Events
March 15th NWBA Mystery Run
April 5th Chester SC Egg Run
April 10th Mancot Road Runners Egg Run
May 24th Queens Park SC Ride out and Fun day
May 29th to 31st Muttleys SC Ruthin weekender
June 21st Cloud 9 SC Storm the fort
July 4th to 5th Liverpool SC Weekender / Rideout
July 26th Cloud 9 SC Rideout / fun day
August 23rd Lost Boys SC Rideout/ fun day
August 30th Northwich Omega SC Rideout/ fun day
September 6th Dabbers SC Rideout/ fun day
September 27th NWBA Chester River
October 18th Mutleys SC NCAR Rhubarb and Custard Rideout

BSRA National Rallies
Easter 10th April-14th April: Whitby
Mayday 8th-10th May: Welsh National Tenby
Spring Bank 22nd-25th May: Kelso
June 26th-28th: Big 7
24th-26th July: South West Scooter Clubs – brand new rally in Weymouth
August Bank Holiday 28th-31st August: Isle of Wight
25th-28th September: Woolacombe
23rd-24th October: Southport

LCGB Events
Event 1 - 7th March Modrapheniacs SC Rally, Sandford
Event 2 - 11th April BSRA Whitby Rally
Event 3/4/5 - 2nd May North Coast 500 (3 Day Event, Fri/Sat/Sun)
Event 6 - 9th May BSRA Tenby Rally
Event 7 - 16th May Doncaster Hunters SC Rally
Event 8 - 23rd May BSRA Kelso Rally
Event 9 - 30th May Endurance Event - Daventry
Event 10 - 6th June Euro Lambretta Belgium
Event 11 - 20th June Mike Karslake Memorial Ride - Devon
Event 12 - 27th June BSRA Big 7 Rally
Event 13 - 4th July Flying 8 Balls SC Rally
Event 14 - 11th July Scunthorpe Silhouettes SC Rally
Event 15 - 18th July LCGB Arundel Rally
Event 16 - 25th July BSRA Weymouth Rally
Event 17 - 1st August York SC Rally
Event 18 - 8th August LC Wales Rally, Conwy
Event 19 - 15th August LCGB Kendal Rally
Event 20 - 22nd August - Essex Lambretta Club Rally – Southend on Sea
Event 21 - 29th August BSRA Isle of Wight Rally
Event 22 - 5th September LCGB Market Rasen
Event 23 - 26th September BSRA Woolacombe Rally
Event 24 - 24th October BSRA Southport Rally

NWBA Mystery Run - 15th March

Carole Nash Show Pictures - 11/01/2020

Here's some pics from yesterday, sorry they are all a bit on the dark side. I found the show interesting from a wider angle than just scooters, as there was also some great engineering stalls for tools and equipment.

Carole Nash Classic Bike and Scooter Show - Sat Jan 11th+Sun Jan 12th

Hi folks, just wondering if anyone fancied going to the Carole Nash bike and scooter show over at Newark show ground. Tickets are only £10.00 to get in ( if bought off the internet). I am definitely going to go, not sure if I will go Saturday or Sunday yet, but I've got 4 seats going spare in my car if anyone fancies it. First come, first served, let me know.

Merry Xmas from everyone at Chester Scooter Club

And a reminder that there will be no club meetings on Christmas eve or new year's eve, so the next meeting will be Tuesday 7th Jan 2020.

Saturday 21st December - Northern Soul at the Naval Club

Christmas Toy Run 2019.

Many thanks to all those scooterists who attended on Sunday our 16th Toy Run ! Especial thanks to Stuart and Brad for hosting the event .Thanks also to Erika for driving all the toys to the hospital.This event was the first "Signing On " event for the NWBA scheme and seemed to go smoothly.Lots of individuals and a variety of clubs attended on a day that started well,weather wise,with 50 scooters leaving Clubbies car park for the run to the hospital.The weather turned very wet,causing a low number of scooterists returning for the hotpot food after the run. Thanks again to all involved .Dave.

Chester Scooter Club Annual Toy Run 2019

This will be the first NWBA signing on event.

NWBA Rideouts/Weekenders/Events

2019

December

14th Flintshire SC Christmas Do

15th Chester SC Toy Run 

2020

April

5th Chester SC Egg Run

10th Mancot Road Runners Egg Run.

May

24th. Queens Park SC. Ride out and Fun day

29th to 31st. Muttleys SC. Ruthin weekender

June

21st. Cloud 9 SC. Storm the fort.

July

4th to 5th. Liverpool SC. Weekender / Rideout

10th. Chester Legion SC. Weekender Chester Lakes

26th. Cloud 9 SC. Rideout / fun day

August

23st. Lost Boys SC. Rideout/ fun day

30th. Northwich Omega SC. Rideout/ fun day

September

6th. Dabbers SC. Rideout/ fun day

27th NWBA. Chester River

October

18th. Mutleys SC. NCAR Rhubarb and Custard Rideout

NWBA mystery runs are to be confirmed.

NWBA AGM - Sun 17th November

Hi All,

This years NWBA AGM meeting will be held at The Old Motorbike Cafe (CH74HR).

The meeting time is 11am on the 17th November. Please can you get there before 11am.

We are hoping this year that all the clubs within the alliance will be able to attend, as this year we are planning to put forward a lot of other business to discuss. Can I ask that all clubs have 1 main spokesman to speak on the club's behalf. This years minutes with an agenda list will be handed out. Can all clubs please come with at least 2 dates for the events that they would like to host.

If a club is unable to attend, please can you forward your apologies.

Anybody who is a Scooterist from within the alliance area, is more than welcome to attend the AGM, as the NWBA is for all scooterists not just the clubs. At the end of the meeting we will be doing open questions for all Scooterists, so that questions can be answered and any other information can be given.

Thanks to all, and look forward to seeing you.
Steve

Chester Scooter Club Toy Run 2019

2020 National Rally Dates

2020 BSRA National Scooter Rallies

• Easter 10th April-14th April: Whitby
• Mayday 8th-10th May: Welsh National Tenby *
• Spring Bank 22nd-25th May: Kelso 
• June 26th-28th: Big 7 
• 24th-26th July: South West Scooter Clubs – brand new rally in Weymouth 
• August Bank Holiday 28th-31st August: Isle of Wight
• 25th-28th September: Woolacombe 
• 23rd-24th October: Southport

* Mayday bank holiday moved from Monday 4th to Friday 8th for VE Day anniversary

Southport National Scooter Rally - 25th & 26th October

Slight change of plan, due to the poor forecast the numbers are dwindling for riding up on Saturday morning, so myself and Brian will only call in at Clubbies if you contact one of us, or leave a message on here.

NWBA Roobarb n Custard Rideout - Sun 20th Oct

No meet at Clubbies, just head straight to The Drovers Arms for 11ish

Northern Soul at The Naval Club

Club meeting ,Tuesday 24th September.

Clubbies has reopened, so we will give it a try! Meet as usual 8pm at Clubbies.

NWBA Rideout on Sunday 22nd September

** no planned meet at Clubbies - just make your way to the Old Stores Motorbike Cafe **

Post below is from NWBA Facebook page:

Important notice with regards next Sunday’s ride out.
Due to Chester Gay Pride on the same day. A lot of roads will be closed in Chester city centre. This means that we not be able go to down to river.
Having spoken to a lot of Scooterists this weekend, the decision has been taken to move the end of the ride to Chester Lakes. Which are hosting a charitable event. This is a classic vehicle show which is free to entry or donations if anyone would like to give. There will be refreshments available.
Below you will find a link to the start meeting point, which is The Old Motorbike Cafe, a google link for the route that we will taking. Plus a link for the Chester Lakes.
The next NWBA ride is Chester Dee Run , 22 September, normally it has had a meeting point of Mc Donald’s in Flint. This we have decided to change the start / meeting point to The Old Stores Motorbike Cafe, Pontblyddyn, Mold, Ch74HR. Hopefully this will in courage more people to ride from the start point, as over the pass few years a lot of people have just gone straight to the river. Hopefully all clubs and lone rides will be able to make it. As I would be great to see as many rides as possible.
We will be meeting at The Old Motorbike Cafe at 11.30am on the 22 September. Leaving at 12.30pm to ride to the Chester Lakes. At the cafe you will be able to get all your refreshments.
The Old Stores Motorbike Cafe
The route we will be taking, will be as follows.
Rideout route
Link for the event at Chester Lakes.
Charity Car and Bike Show
Hopefully all clubs will be able to make it, and all Scooter rides are welcome.
Many Thanks Steve

Barry Turner has put info on Facebook for next years Isle of Man scooter rally. Dates are 26th/28th June.List of hotels is up,with costs. We are looking at the "At Caledonia " where we stayed last time and also the "Kings Guest House" where we have stayed previously Scooter price is £65, and both hotels are £118 per person,for two nights,based on two people sharing .These hotels are cheapest on the list,so will book up fast ,so make your mind up if you intend to go .Judy and I will be going. Dave.

Rhyl Rally 13th & 14th September

For those riding to Rhyl on Saturday, meet at McDonald's Flint at 11am

Tonight's meeting (Tue 10th Sep)

Tonight's meeting will be at the Boathouse

Bernie & Tracey at the IOW

Nice photo of Bernie and Tracey in the Scooterlab.uk article on the IOW rideout. Click on the link below to read the article and see loads more pictures. I'm in the no camp on the bagpipe debate...

SLUK IOW

Smell the 2 Stroke 11 - Sun 1st September

Meet at Clubbies from 10:45 for an 11:00(ish) departure

Tuesday 27th August Meeting

Clubbies is still shut, so it's The Boathouse again for Tuesday's meeting.

Breeze Thru The Trees - Sun 25th Aug

Sunday 25th August - meet at Clubbies at 10:45 for an 11:00 departure to Tarvin Sands

Tonight's meeting

Clubbies is shut for refurbishment, so we are meeting at The Boathouse tonight.

Northern Soul and Motown Night at Saltney Tavern

Events for the weekend in the glorious summer weather...

Tracy is over from NI for the British Vespa Days at Llangollen - Sarah is camping on the Friday night if anyone else is going and wants to meet up, and Brian is planning on day tripping on the Saturday.

Northern Soul at The Naval Club in Connah's Quay on Saturday, with the added bonus that you're unlikely to get wet...

This weekend - 9th, 10th & 11th August

BSSO scooter racing at Three Sisters Circuit, Wigan on Sat/Sun.

Lambretta Club Wales Rally, Aberaeron

Rideout to the Bears Paw, Frodsham, Tuesday 6th August

Meet at Clubbies at 7:30 pm for a rideout to the Bears Paw in Frodsham

Salford Knights Rally on Regardless - 2nd to 4th August

Meet at Clubbies at 11:45 for a 12 midday departure, if you're riding up on Saturday

This weekend

Row's trophy winning Lambretta from a slightly damp Resurrection Rally

Leave a comment if you are going to Liverpool or Ashton and want to meet up with anyone else going.

Llandudno National Scooter Rally - July 19th to 21st

For those of us riding up on Saturday, meet at The Halfway House pub, Carmel, CH8 8QT, near the top of Dave's lane, at 10:45

Events this weekend

Test

Test

July Events

Time to get out and about:
IoM Scooter rally - 5th to 7th July
Northwich Scooter Day - 7th July
First Kick SC Morecambe Rides Again - 12th to 14th July
Chester Legion XX SC weekender - 13th & 14th July
Liverpool SC Sat night do & Sun rideout/open day - 13th & 14th July
Llandudno National Scooter rally - 19th to 21st July
Prodigy SC Resurrection Rally - 26th to 28th July
Liverpool Lost Boys SC rideout to Sefton Park - 28th July
Scooter Expo Alfreton - 28th July