By popular demand….OK…Colin keeps asking….. Bike nights are moving back to Braehead from the 19th March. We would like to offer big thanks to The Harvester at Hillington for their hospitality over the last 6 months or so and we promise we will be back for more Big breakfasts and winter meet ups. But with longer days on the way the Braehead park up by the Lord of the Isles offers more exposure to the Chapter.
“The sense of relief is overwhelming” said Colin.
Bike nights are every Wednesday through the year but be aware in summer we also have Monthly MEET THE CHAPTER nights at WCHD- usually every second Wednesday of the month from April to September. The dealership will be open from 18:00 to 20:00 on those occasions.
As we have now meteorologically speaking, crossed into Springtime and with the AGM it feels like the season is upon us. It will take a few more weeks before the Chapter is firing on all cylinders ready to get us on the road: Road Crew Training is the next stage…but the CVH 2025 riding year is all but upon us.
AGM turn outbikes at Riverside museum
So a great start today with a very well attended AGM…it was standing room only and in fact I think a few members couldn’t even get in the room!
Stevie Trainor
First off we had a review of the 2024 year and the moneys raised for our two main charities, the Glasgow Sick Kids and Breast Cancer Support charities. For 2025 these will continue to be supported but we will be looking for some further suggestions on this front. One is likely to be a Prostate Cancer charity.
We also got two certificates from HOG UK for our Ride 365 numbers….they were not great but it isn’t something the chapter pushes so hard even though we do put a lot of miles under the tyres of a season.! 🙂
Don about to lead us off with the Chapter Song….Dave gave us an overview of dealership activities.
We had a report from Don Rutherford and Dave Hackshall from WCHD our sponsoring Dealership, with a review of activities they have lined up ( check out our Events Calander for dates of Meet the Chapter Nights and WCHD Bike Nights) and there are a few BBQ events to come along as well, the first will be the Easter weekend after the Easter Egg run. The dealership is hoping chapter members might be able to assist in 2025 with some of the dealership events as stewards or representing the Chapter to attract members.
Then we had the presentation of Chapter Officer patches for the new committee members.
Janice Graham moves to Assistant Director. Willie Galloway becomes Treasurer. Sean Ferguson is Secretary. Chris Kelly moves to Head Road Captain. Nicole Tanzabel becomes Ladies of Harley Officer. Frazer Auld joins the committee as Photographer. Paula Taylor and Ben Vale are our new Activities Officers. Some photos below more will be added once I get them from Fraz!
Janice Graham Assistant Director Chris Kelly is HRCNicole Tanzabel is LoH Officer.Paula Taylor is Activities OfficerFrazer is Photographer
Then we had awards of appreciation for Tina Taylor and Davy Henderson standing down as Activities Officers and Scott Grove standing down as Assistant Director. Scott gave a final demonstration to the Chapter of how the delete Button works.
Tina Taylor being thanked for her years as Activities Officer.We were all wondering what prize Davy was about to get from Stevie….Imagine Davy’s relief that it was a Bottle of Malt….Scott gave his final demo of the Delete Button to Burnsy.
Finally a short introduction or review of activities was given by each Officer.
2024 Yearbooks.
The Chapter 2024 Photo Yearbook is available to order. To keep things simple and to raise a few more pennies for charity, the books can be purchased by members for £40. The profit’s arising will go to the chapter charity funds. Members should contact Kenny ASAP where you will be added to a temporary WhatsApp group so the funds can be collected in and you can be notified when the books come available to collect.
Following a pre-season meeting on Tuesday, a new committee has been announced to the chapter.
Tina stands down as Activities Officer
Standing down are Assistant Director Scott Grove and Activities Officer Tina Taylor. Their support to the club has been greatly appreciated.
Stevie Trainor remains at Director. Long-time Ladies of Harley Officer Janice Graham, one of the longest (if not the longest) members of Clyde Valley, is stepping up to Assistant Director.
Willie G was unavailable for comment from the press following Tuesday’s Meeting…”I have far more importanter things to do than speak to you lot was all he would say”. Any suggestion that he will be giving Rangers a loan from club funds during transfer season are entirely fictitious. Allegedly.
We now have a Treasurer; Willie G (Willie Galloway) has his fingers in the till..purely keeping his eye on the pennies.
Sean is “plugging in” to the role of Secretary, it will take a few weeks before he gets fully “wired in”…did you see what we did there? If you know you know.
The job of Secretary is now held by the Big man himself, Sean Ferguson. He takes over from Chris Kelly. Chris is dealing with memberships for now up to the AGM; then Sean will gradually edge into that task.
Chris steps into the role of Head Road Captain after filling in for the latter half of 2024.
The Ladies are now represented by our new Ladies of Harley Officer, Nicole Tanzabel.
Davy Henderson is “on the bench” for now as Activities Officer. He is still recuperating from his injuries sustained in that awful hit-and-run incident last year. Everyone at CVH wishes Davy well and we hope to see him back with us later in the year. We have two new Activities Officers in Ben Vale and Paula Taylor.
Joining the committee is Frazer Auld, as long-standing Chapter Photographer. Kenny and Fitzy continue in their roles as Webmaster/Photographer and Merchandise Officer, respectively.
You can see all the new faces on our committee page. We hope all members will join us in welcoming everyone to their new positions. Please give everyone some time to get accustomed to their new roles before hassling them all mercilessly about something they probably forgot to do! Address any queries to the committee via their emails* or WhatsApp.
*email addresses are being updated so please allow a few days for this to complete.
All the new committee members should be receiving their patches at the AGM.
Read more of what we have been up to in the items below
This past weekend saw us do something a wee bit different for the Director’s Ride Out – rather than heading out into the hills, the… Read more: Director’s Ride Out
With the summer holidays in full swing and plenty of folk off on their travels, we still had 12 bikes heading out for Glentrool yesterday… Read more: Glentrool Ride Out
Great turnout on Saturday for the Wemyss Bay Fly By – a circular ride out from West Coast Harley-Davidson! With plenty of bikes on the… Read more: Wemyss Bay Fly By
On Saturday, we kicked off the riding season with an overnight trip to the Buccleuch Arms in Moffat, attracting nearly 40 Harleys and over 50 members. Despite changing weather, we arrived safely and enjoyed the hotel’s amenities. The night was filled with laughs and mischief, marking a successful start to the season. It was great too, to have both old and new members along for the fun.
The Chapter received a letter from the Glasgow Childrens Hospital Charity. They thanked us for a recent donation. We gave them £4000 from fundraising activities over 2024. Well done everyone.
Stevie plans for us to visit the hospital sometime in the New Year. Keep an eye out on the website or Socials for more info on that.
This weekend there is the Christmas Cracker Event at WCHD. Santa Claus will be at the dealership in search of a new ride, meeting with the kids, collecting their letters and showing off his sleigh!
You can also expect a rocking Christmas jingle upstairs – with LIVE music from Gordon Seith and a sprinkle of Christmas magic to our menu. Mince pies, cookies and much more await to fill your belly, plus complimentary mulled wine served throughout the day.
We look forward to seeing you there if you have the time in what can be a busy weekend before the big day. If not, everyone at Clyde Valley HOG hopes to see you in the New Year and hopes you have a great Christmas and New Year.
The second of our monthly (ish) lads night and this time the Chapter lads came to Stirling ( yaay!) for an Indian meal at the Indian Cottage on Dunbarton Road. We had 13 bikes and riders with Pete who lives fairly locally joining us at the restaurant. The group included a few new faces which is always great to see. We were also joined by David Hackshall from WCHD who was in the mood for an Indian.
Dave was stylish in his Napkin head gear. ( HD napkins we are assured), probably true as Jigger was quick to join in. Sean was suitably disgusted.
The bikes made sure Stirling was awake by the time we arrived setting a few car alarms off on the way in….well, you have to eh?
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Burnsy enjoying a Tandoori CanapeGreat value option if you are in Stirling
Connor modelling his new suit and footwear
We settled for the set dinner which was excellent value and Michael the restaurant manager treated us to a few extras with our dinner as well which was very well received.
Lots of laughs, especially when Connor assured us that “real men can wear pink suits” He wouldn’t let us have the photo but it was probably the one shown.
Anyone who ate the very very hot chilli that was probably a garnish but was consumed by at least Kenny and Ian, had a small internal furnace keeping them company for the next 12 hours or so.
Big Robert was able to join us.
Great night, well executed, lets do it again some time!
Post Script: We understand big Robert suffered a bit of a bad bump to the head after getting home and spent the night in A&E. Everyone at Clyde Valley wishes you a speedy recovery mate and hope to see you again soon.
Read more of what we have been up to in the items below
This past weekend saw us do something a wee bit different for the Director’s Ride Out – rather than heading out into the hills, the… Read more: Director’s Ride Out
With the summer holidays in full swing and plenty of folk off on their travels, we still had 12 bikes heading out for Glentrool yesterday… Read more: Glentrool Ride Out
Great turnout on Saturday for the Wemyss Bay Fly By – a circular ride out from West Coast Harley-Davidson! With plenty of bikes on the… Read more: Wemyss Bay Fly By
On Saturday, we kicked off the riding season with an overnight trip to the Buccleuch Arms in Moffat, attracting nearly 40 Harleys and over 50 members. Despite changing weather, we arrived safely and enjoyed the hotel’s amenities. The night was filled with laughs and mischief, marking a successful start to the season. It was great too, to have both old and new members along for the fun.
On Saturday 11 bikes and 12 members turned out for a backroads ride out to the Classic Motorcycle show at Ayr Racecourse led by Davie Fulton, with Lairdy and Fitzy taking up Sweeper and tailender duties.
It was a reasonable turn out given the full on experience of the Gathering the weekend prior…..have we mentioned how good it was? and the weather forecast which has returned to the norm for this summer, wet with periods of more wetness.
In the event but for some showers and some very slippery conditions in a few places….one road notably had been receiving a Diesel irrigation it appeared, we all arrived intact and bikes upright at Ayr racecourse, where a number of other chapter members were found having made the way there themselves.
Image courtesy of Connor EdenboroughThe Car Park at WCHD was awash with photographers!Meetings greetings and briefingsDavie Leading off ( Courtesy of Connor Edenborough)Chris getting in some style points for scraping the boards ( Courtesy of Connor Edenborough)
Coming up next at Clyde Valley HOG
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It was a cool wee event with a great selection of vintage and modern day classics ( bikes over 15 years of age are I understand eligible for this status ) so there were many machines on show that triggered a few memories with our members.
Kenny’s first big bike….this one has had a front wheel change though.This trio was a blast from the past for our webmaster Kenny
Even the bike parking area outside had a number of cool old “throwback” machines parked up.
West Coast Triumph wer eon site luring Chris to the dark side.Taking a breatherCVH at the showLook closely, it’s down to the canvasGet some heat in the rubber to aid gripOops!A Tyre Maintenance demonstrationA bunch of stunts and a TZ starter!
While there we also saw demonstrations of stunts and wheelies, a classic bike parade and were treated to a start up of a TZ750 Yamaha racer….be glad you don’t need to tow a rolling road with you to get your bike going day to day. This 4 cylinder 2 stroke racer was about as loud as the Road King that won the loudest pipes at The Gathering but in a different way!
Read more of what we have been up to in the items below
This past weekend saw us do something a wee bit different for the Director’s Ride Out – rather than heading out into the hills, the… Read more: Director’s Ride Out
With the summer holidays in full swing and plenty of folk off on their travels, we still had 12 bikes heading out for Glentrool yesterday… Read more: Glentrool Ride Out
Great turnout on Saturday for the Wemyss Bay Fly By – a circular ride out from West Coast Harley-Davidson! With plenty of bikes on the… Read more: Wemyss Bay Fly By
On Saturday, we kicked off the riding season with an overnight trip to the Buccleuch Arms in Moffat, attracting nearly 40 Harleys and over 50 members. Despite changing weather, we arrived safely and enjoyed the hotel’s amenities. The night was filled with laughs and mischief, marking a successful start to the season. It was great too, to have both old and new members along for the fun.
It’s fair to say The Gathering 2024 was a great great success on many fronts. We hosted around 400 bikers at Hunters Quay from all over the UK, and 10 chapters were represented in those numbers, with big turn outs from Dunedin ( biggest chapter), Red Rose, Fenlanders and Great Western, as well as HOG members from Northern Ireland and Eire, Mancunium and others included the unaffiliated.
You can get details of The Gathering and links to tickets here.
Big thanks to you all for coming to celebrate our 20th rally and 25th year on the road…..and what a celebration it was! Also big thanks to the venue Hunters Quay and their parent company Cove Holidays for accommodating us, West Coast Harley Davidson our chapter sponsor and everyone that supported us to make the event what it was. Big shout out to Exceed Joinery for logistical support and sponsorship of entertainment.
Here they comeBikes arrivingMeeting old friendsA busy registration area
Janice our Ladies of Harley Officer knocked it clean out the park with the LoH Prosecco Party and entertainment. It was meant to last 30 minutes, but the dancing went on for 2 hours and they and Edward Reid would still be there now were it not that the evening band Overdrive needed in to do their soundcheck!
Prepping the LOH partyEdward Reid went down a storm
Overdrive got the party started for everyone on the Friday evening before we blew off the cobwebs on Saturday morning with our unmatched 7 Lochs Ride Out.
Overdrive Rocked!And still they danced
We normally ride this with a Police escort but they never turned up this year so this put more load on our Road Crew to get a record number of bikes to Lochgoilhead for the barbeque. We had a few showers on the ride but as with the whole weekend the sun shone much of the time with the occasional short cloud burst now and then that never came close to dampening spirits. On arrival at Lochgoilhead we counted 106 bikes with 104 verified out the gate at Hunters Quay.
Road crew7 lochs rider
Then we had the loudest pipes back at rally HQ in the afternoon and I reckon that broke a few records and a few eardrums with Keith Milne’s lovely Road King blowing the spectators back across the car park…..what a noise!
Loudest Pipes was loud!Committee march in
Those who missed the ride out were entertained back at the patio bar by Gordon.
At night the show bar was packed for “Big Vern n the Shootahs” and what a party it was! Dancing room was extremely limited on the floor as everyone was up and we had groups dancing in any spare space they could find around the venue. And of course not forgetting Eric on the decks keeping the tunes coming when there were no bands on.
Big Vern N the ShootahsAn epic selfie with a packed house
Onto Sunday and we opened the day with the Custom bike show with Keith Milne again clearing up with Best in Show after his loudest pipes success on Saturday. We had some lovely bikes and well done to everyone who entered whether they won a trophy or not, all were lovely bikes. Then we took the Sunday riders to Inverary where again we broke all records with over 80 bikes heading around Loch Fyne and most returning with us to the park after the Chips and Ice cream.
Keith won best of show as wellA unique 99
The fun continued in the afternoon with a packed programme, first Chapter Games, which were a lot of laughs with “caber tossing” ( Ok it was a 4 x 4 fence post), Haggis hurling ( a real live Haggis by the way we just clipped it wings off, but they grow back), and Limbo.
Jigger tossing the caberThe ladies at the Tug of War
Then the more sedate and cultured event that is the Whisky tasting, and then to burn off the alcohol intake we ended Sunday with a belting performance by Emily J Clark who rocked us to a selection of Power Ballads.
Queue for a dramA whisky connoisseur
What a weekend, I dunno about you but I went home shattered but still buzzing from an epic weekend and we have had lots of messages congratulating us on a brilliant rally…..until 2025!
Emily J ClarkBelting out those power ballads
We have literally hundreds of photos and you can see them all on our Flickr.
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Read more of what we have been up to in the items below
This past weekend saw us do something a wee bit different for the Director’s Ride Out – rather than heading out into the hills, the… Read more: Director’s Ride Out
With the summer holidays in full swing and plenty of folk off on their travels, we still had 12 bikes heading out for Glentrool yesterday… Read more: Glentrool Ride Out
Great turnout on Saturday for the Wemyss Bay Fly By – a circular ride out from West Coast Harley-Davidson! With plenty of bikes on the… Read more: Wemyss Bay Fly By
On Saturday, we kicked off the riding season with an overnight trip to the Buccleuch Arms in Moffat, attracting nearly 40 Harleys and over 50 members. Despite changing weather, we arrived safely and enjoyed the hotel’s amenities. The night was filled with laughs and mischief, marking a successful start to the season. It was great too, to have both old and new members along for the fun.
Join the Road Crew as they recce the route for the 7 Lochs ride out.
The Road Crew headed out from West Coast Harley Davidson on Saturday, taking the ferry over to Hunters Quay then a meeting at the Rally site before hitting the 7 Lochs. A wee taster to whet your appetite. See you at The Gathering!
Despite a miserable wet day, though it dried up during the main event itself, a decent turn-out of Clyde Valley HOG members made the rideout to the Annual Erskine Bike Meet.
Some pics courtesy of Pete Chisholm with more on Flickr ( linked below)
Photos from the Erskine Bike Meet
Video of the Erskine Bike Meet made by Road Captain Raymond Brodie
Read more of what we have been up to in the items below
This past weekend saw us do something a wee bit different for the Director’s Ride Out – rather than heading out into the hills, the… Read more: Director’s Ride Out
With the summer holidays in full swing and plenty of folk off on their travels, we still had 12 bikes heading out for Glentrool yesterday… Read more: Glentrool Ride Out
Great turnout on Saturday for the Wemyss Bay Fly By – a circular ride out from West Coast Harley-Davidson! With plenty of bikes on the… Read more: Wemyss Bay Fly By
On Saturday, we kicked off the riding season with an overnight trip to the Buccleuch Arms in Moffat, attracting nearly 40 Harleys and over 50 members. Despite changing weather, we arrived safely and enjoyed the hotel’s amenities. The night was filled with laughs and mischief, marking a successful start to the season. It was great too, to have both old and new members along for the fun.
Our first Lads night happened on Friday with Jigger showing up having had a Hot Wheels logo tattoo’ed on his arm. Fitzy was eager to tell him to go back and get the Mattel Logo added to make it look legit.
We have helpfully added it here so you can go back and get it done right mate. Hope you never had to pay for that….. Don’t worry, Connor reckons a few hot showers and it should wash off.
Aside from that it was the usual throwing food at each other and romantic photo’s in the flowers. Whether any food was consumed is anyone guess, it’s likely Cosmo at Silverburn won’t be allowing them back anytime soon.
Connor announced his engagement to Chris, wait until Chris finds out Connor hasn’t got an Engagement honeymoon booked to Cyprus for them both. With Chris being a Grandad now is this even legal?
We are assuming Stevie wasn’t on his bike or he was taking the term “knee’s in the breeze” to a whole new level….also brings a new meaning to the colour “white”. Apparently Dulux have announced they want to sample his legs for their new “Ghost of Christmas Past” range.
Read more of what we have been up to in the items below
This past weekend saw us do something a wee bit different for the Director’s Ride Out – rather than heading out into the hills, the… Read more: Director’s Ride Out
With the summer holidays in full swing and plenty of folk off on their travels, we still had 12 bikes heading out for Glentrool yesterday… Read more: Glentrool Ride Out
Great turnout on Saturday for the Wemyss Bay Fly By – a circular ride out from West Coast Harley-Davidson! With plenty of bikes on the… Read more: Wemyss Bay Fly By
On Saturday, we kicked off the riding season with an overnight trip to the Buccleuch Arms in Moffat, attracting nearly 40 Harleys and over 50 members. Despite changing weather, we arrived safely and enjoyed the hotel’s amenities. The night was filled with laughs and mischief, marking a successful start to the season. It was great too, to have both old and new members along for the fun.
