Scarborough ride out – 20th Sept
9 bikes attended the run on a cloudy day that had some light showers at times, 180 miles were covered on the eventful day.
A Bridge Too Far? – Not For This Lightweight – Peter Holland’s 2,400 miles adventure on his Electra
Peter at the Norton Festival in Devon, the Electra won the best ridden Norton prize.
The bridge not too far – at Millau in France.
Peter has written a full account of his 2,400 mile adventure on the Norton Electra, please click on the ‘Our Stories’ tab at the top of the page, or on the ‘Our Stories’ header on the LHS of this page to read about Peter’s trip.
Peak District Ride Out – 17th August
4 bikes attended the run (low turn out due to members being at rallies etc). 100 miles were covered in mainly dry weather with the occassional shower. Picture taken in the Ladybower area.
Norton Festival – Devon 2014
15 branch members attended the Norton Festival in Devon over the weekend of the 1st to 3rd August, the beer tent proved popular! Two awards were made to branch members, Russ Ward received the best ridden Commando award, Peter Holland won the best ridden lightweight award (Peter rode his Electra to the event – approx. 350 miles each way).
Norton Club Nederland 40th anniversary rally – 20th to 22nd June
4 branch members made the trip to the rally in Holland, a couple of breakdowns were dealt with along the way!
Ride out – 14th June 2014
A good ride out in dry weather again, 7 bikes attended the 146 mile run, Pen-y-ghent forms a nice backdrop in the photo.
First recipient of the new ‘Chairman’s Trophy’
Awarded to our Chairman for getting lost yet again on our last rideout!
Sowerby Bridge Classic Bike Show
the branch put on a display at this event that was arranged by our own Dave Roberts and the local Rotary Club with all proceeds going to charilty. Approx 70 bikes attended the event that was punctuated with sunshine and showers. Albert Duvall won the ‘best special’ award for his model 50 based special.
Ride Out Sunday 18th May
At Tan Hill, 12 bikes attended the run and a total of 166 miles were covered in bright sunshine
Ride Out – 19th April 2014
13 bikes attended the run around the Yorkshire Dales on a sunny but cool day, 8 of these were Norton’s. The run called in at Ripon and Hawes and covered a total of 173 miles.