Biking for Charity

In less than 2 months a team of motorcycle riders, including lickle me ;-) will ride from the UK, down to France, all around the border and back again covering over 3600 miles in less than seven days to raise funds for St John Ambulance.

We are a volunteer organisation of over 20 members who help other charities raise money to carry out their good work. Since September 2008 One Way Round has attended almost 20 public collection days, motorbike events and various training days.

 

 

We are currently in the progress of organising a charity dinner at the end of 2009 where we hope to have some of the biggest riders in the UK attend.

 

We need your help.

If you can donate a product, service, advertisement or funds it will help us so much.

 

 

St John Ambulance helps not only motorcyclists throughout the UK at race events such as the TT and BSB, but also attends hundreds of public events all over the UK every year to help those who need their help.

 

We are trying to give them back just a little bit of what they give us.

 

Please take five minutes out of your busy schedule to look at our web site www.onewayround.com.

 

If you can donate, please visit the JustGiving site where we can obtain a further 28% on top of any donation via GiftAid.

 

Kindest regards
The One Way Round team

Thompson Suzuki rises again

I've been frequenting the IOMTT Forum since the beginning of the year, having "lively" discussions with bikers and racers alike regarding TTXGP at this years TT road racing event on the Isle of Man.

While talking on there about a friends Thompson Suzuki T20 I was contacted by another classics lover. 2 years ago, at the TT's Centenary Celebrations, Australian racing legend Barry Smith, Multiple TT winner and twice World Champion, paraded the Harrogate bike he first took there 40 years ago.

Barry Smith, on No. 88 in the 1967 TT and No 83 reunited for the Parade of Champions at the Centenary TT

The original Thompson, 1980, photo taken by Shirley, daughter of the late Harry Thompson of Spa Motorcycles, Harrogate.

The "super 6" classic racer today belongs to Mick Oliver (sat on bike in photo above), who still parades the bike and was the very fella who contacted me, interested to know which Thompson Suzuki my friend Lou had .. turns out to be one in the picture above!!

I love it when things like this happen.

If you're going to the Barry Sheene Classic Road Race Festival at Olivers Mount Road Circuit May 23/24, Mick will be parading the Thompson. The pic above is him at Cadwell in 2008.

April 19th marks the opening of the Olivers Road Race Season with the Ian Watson Spring Cup. Friend Dave Clarke is racing up against Guy Martin, Ryan Farquhar, the Dunlop boys, Chris Palmer and many others. Ian Lougher is entering 125, 250, 600 & R1!!.. busy day, see you there.

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