Nice to speak to you...

..A mate of ours' daughter, as a late teenager was England's Volley Ball Captain - around the time of the 2012 Olympics. Soon after England were invited to a big competition in South Amercia - Rio I think, as it was combined with a beach volleyball competition at the same ...

Long time no speak but must say I do enjoy all the updates and read from afar

On the funding issue have you thought / looked into a U Tube Channel ? I follow a few and it seems once you get to decent numbers of followers etc there is some money to be made.

Looking at what u post on here in theory ...

Apparently not :
Federation of European Motorcyclists Assoc.

Airbags for motorcyclists are not mandatory in Spain.
In recent weeks, several media outlets have reported that Spain’s DGT (traffic authority) plans to make motorcycle airbags mandatory by 2026 and that similar measures are already in ...

Cheers - had seen the bit about new riders having to have them so I suppose we'll have to wait and see what comes up.

Planning to go to Lisbon June 2026 with a load of Harleys - come across this : https://euroweeklynews.com/2025/07/28/spain-to-make-airbag-vests-a-must-for-motorcyclists-on-open-roads-by-2026/

Trip just got a bit more expensive - and same for pillions ?

Can anyone shed some light on it ?

ta v ...

Cheers, but I've managed to sort it out now.

Next bit is packing and weather watching..

ta

Due to the missus not being in the best of health I've got a spare ticket for the ABR Festival. It's a basic 3 day early bird ticket - so covers entry and camping but no trail passes

Eary bird were the cheap ones u could get 11 months ago so owes me £110 - new tickets were - last week - £170 odd ...

After trying shed loads ended up with jacket / trousers from Scott. https://www.scott-sports.com/gb/en/product/scott-ergonomic-pro-dp-rain-pant?article=2337490001005

Spoke to them at ABR last year and got sizes sorted out. Brill products - fits mint and u wont anything else

Only fault I could find ...

Just returned from a few days in Normandy on the Harley.

Went Portsmouth / Caen ( Ouistreham ) overnight and same on the way back - U land in France @ 6.15am. Ferry's very clean and they are carefull in strapping the bike down. Had cabin on the way home - decent enough as we had a 5 hour ride back ...

Aye, that was us - first big ride of the season. Went up to the Classic Motor Hub near Cirencester for a bit of a bike meet and then back via Lidney / Chepstow. Was knobblin first thing but managed to get back in time to give the bike a good wash and get all the salt off - before dark. Just under ...

Harley Dealership gone from 8th March...

Hi everyone, we wanted to update you as to the status of our Harley-Davidson dealership.
You may have already seen that M&P is under new ownership. Due to this change and our planned relocation, Swansea Harley-Davidson® will unfortunately close its doors on ...

Some might of seen this but it's quite the topic down here :

M&P Direct Acquired by ex-Superbike and Grand Prix Motorcycle Racer Peter Graves, backed by an Investment Group.
M&P Direct, one of the UK’s leading motorcycle dealerships and eCommerce businesses, proudly announces its acquisition by a ...

Cheers Bigyin - we've had some interesting chats over the years !

and on the Shakey topic - had a first read but got the impression that Shakeys team won about 4 - 0 and MSV etc had a right hammering. Compensation will be the next thing and it looks like MSV etc better have deep pockets as they ...

On the Shakey format I think the following applies - and currently don't know the answer - and it's my thoughts

1.0 There's no differance in the safety facilities provided @ circuits whatever the bike event ( i.e BSB / Club Meeting / TD's ). If there was ( say air bag fencing ) it would never stand ...

Cheers All
Looks like the circuit will be running their own bike TD's in 2025 which I had suspected for a while. In conversations we had been offered a few days but doing the sums it made it financially unworkable so knocked it on the head.
Too late to get in anywhere else now so will look forward ...

As per announcement :

Alas the Chequered Flag is out on our time at Pembrey Circuit and Phil Bevan Trackdays will not be holding any Trackday events for the 2025 season.
We have been hosting Events @ Pembrey for over 23 years - making us one of the longest established Trackday companies in the UK ...

Guilty on all three accounts - but luckly never been pulled. Mind u red hot on number plates down West Wales - £100 a pop.

Cheers All - will start getting quotes and see what figures the come up with

ta
Alan

Hi All

Putting together a bit of a bucket list / road trip for next year in the USA on Harley's with Eagle Rider. Doing Salt Lake City / Denvor and everywhere in between with an idea of Pikes Peak Hill Climb to round it off. Need a bit of advice on a cuple of things. Had anyone done Pikes Peak ...

Massive Congratulations ! Up few levels from a few years ago - when pit boarding for Bevan and waiting for him to come round.. but the same ish in principal ! - but didn't feel the need to throw up...