18th and 19th of February 2012
Held at The Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6QN
A much bigger stand than last year, so loads more bikes and space to stop, look and chat about them.
Contact Pete Churchill
pete.churchill3@btinternet.com
Sunday 26th February 2012
09.00hrs start
Full English breakfast served from 9 am
Entry and tables free of charge to TR3OC members.
Great excuse to buy or sell parts and meet up with club members
Cogenhoe Village hall, Brayfield Rd, Cogenhoe.
Contact Dominic Kramer on 01604 750547
The club will once again be having a stand at the April Stafford show, the theme for this year will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Hurricane X-75. So we need some Hurricanes!
Anyone interested in displaying their X-75 on the club stand should contact John Young (see details on the right of this page).
Please note that Beezumph news is now on the Beezumph 21 page!
A link to the new Beezumph 21 Facebook page is now on the Beezumph 21 page, you need to be “on” Facebook to open it.
On Monday 7th May 2012 at the National Motorcycle Museum, the TR3OC will be holding a reunion of the range of Specials built by L.P.Williams.
The club is looking for owners of the following models :
Slippery Sam Replicas
Legends
Renegades
Buccaneers
There will be a special commemorative plaque for each bike attending, as well as the usual rally awards.
Guest of honour will be Les Williams.
This event however is not just limited to owners of the above bikes and other club members are encouraged to come along.
Enquiries regarding this unique event should be made in the first instance to :
alant15@hotmail.co.uk. or
Tel: 07896 430461
Following the notice in the last issue of Triple Echo of the
L.P. Williams Specials Reunion,
a good number of owners have contacted Alan Thompson, and it’s looking like it could be the largest number of “Les Williams specials” gathered together for some time.
The meeting is free to all comers and a discount will be on offer for entry to the museum, where the restaurant will be open for hot and cold refreshments.
Following on from the announcement regarding the NVT Challenge in the last Triple Echo, further details available.
Ride One :
The NVT Rambler on the Nordcapp to Gibraltar run will be leaving Nordcapp on Saturday 16th June 2012. During the period 16th – 21st June, it will be making its way south through Norway, Finland and Sweden.
On the morning of Friday 22nd June it will arrive in the north of Denmark and over the next three days will make it’s way to Spain at it’s northern border with France near to San Sebastian.
From there and over the following three days, the bike will make its way across Spain, arriving (hopefully) in Gibraltar some time on Wednesday 27th June 2012.
Ride Two :
On Thursday 21st June, the JOG-LE NVT Easy Rider will leave Blackpool Tower and over the next five days make its way to the Eiffel Tower, Paris, arriving there sometime on Monday 25th June.
Overnight Stays :
Although the overnight stops have not yet been finalised, on the night of Saturday 23rd June, both bikes will be staying at the same overnight stop, somewhere in the Pas- de- Calais region of France. This is only a short hop across the Channel and so it’s an ideal opportunity for other club members who are not actually riding the machines, to join in with the event and at the same time have a weekend away in France.
A little about the bikes :
The JOG-LE NVT Easy rider probably needs no introduction. This is the 1970’s 50cc moped that earlier this year completed the Moped Madness Run. The story of this ride can be found on the club website under “Features”
The 125cc NVT Rambler is a 1978 bike. It has a top speed of 60mph, does 45mpg and has a 1.2 gallon petrol tank, giving a range of about 60 miles/100 kms. It will be a long ride from Norway to Gibraltar!
Remember, the management of NVT back in the mid seventies felt that the T160 should be killed off and the future of the British bike industry be placed on the shoulders of these two “fine” machines ……. Now’s your chance for “pay back” by thrashing these bikes to within an inch of their lives!
The Charities :
As in the Moped Run, these rides are being undertaken to raise money for charities, although we are also trying to raise a little money for the club as well. 10% of everything raised will go towards the club, the remainder split equally between the following charities :
1. TT Riders Association (www.ttra.co.uk)
2. Riders for Health (www.riders.org)
You can find out more about each of these charities by visiting the website
To find out more or to offer to take part
Simply drop an e-mail to treasurer@tr3oc.co.uk or phone 01785 715700.
Although we already have many club members signed up to take part in this, there are still places available on both rides. All it will cost is the travel to the start of your ride and back home again from end of you ride, plus any overnight accommodation. Both bikes and all fuel/maintenance costs for the rides are being supplied to the club at no cost.