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All Change with Clyde Valley Tartan

01/04/2023

As we have had some difficulty getting sufficient orders in for the Clyde Valley Tartan so that we could get a new bale made up by the Manufacturers, yet there remains considerable demand for tartan for some kilts, dresses, sashes, and back patches, we have decided the best way to stimulate the extra required demand would be to replace the existing tartan with a new one and we are proud to reveal the new design today.

We have decided on a tartan with an “off-yellow” hue. Some wags might say this reflects that we are all “Banana’s” here at Clyde Valley HOG but the reality is less obvious.

Stylish Man Bag featuring the New Clyde Valley Tartan

Taking inspiration or “inspo” as the influencer youngsters on “the IG” ( whatever that is) say, we have adopted what we call an Egyptian Yellow, influenced by Andy Burns’s well publicised “awakening” on his recent adventures in Egypt.

The tartan will be registered STA ref 010423 and is available immediately, contact Fitzy the Merchandise Officer if you want to place an order.

Wearing the old tartan will, of course, need to end immediately, but we are prepared to offer an amnesty of 1 year, to anyone with the older tartan, ordering items made with the new.

As well as Kilts, Trews and Dresses, we also hope to offer a range of Man Bags, Purses, Seat Covers, courtesy of Tom Hurley Custom seats, and helmet finishes ( courtesy of West Coast Customs) very soon.

Place your orders today.

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LoH Cheque Presentation to Breast Cancer Now

AGM 2023 Report

12/03/2023

The Clyde Valley HOG AGM was held today at the Riverside Museum on Clyde Side and was a very well attended event*.

The AGM gets underway at the Riverside Museum

Key takeaways from the event.

West Coast Harley Davidson won the dealership of the year award once again as well as 3 others.
Our best wishes were expressed for a member and his family, after being diagnosed with a serious illness and the Chapters thoughts are with them all at this concerning time.
Membership is running at its highest for the time of year.
The financial accounts are restored to decent health now that we have exited the worst (hopefully) of the COVID situation and activities have fully resumed, and the chapter returned a healthy operating profit that will allow activities to be planned and carried out fully.
We still have a vacancy for a Treasurer if any volunteers are forthcoming let the Director know.
The Gathering planning continues, we have three great bands lined up for the weekend, ticket sales are decent but we need members to make sure they have theirs very soon in order to guarantee rally packs. If you are holding off buying your tickets, please get them by the end of March to ensure you get a rally pack!
The Activities officers want to start planning of The Gathering by getting a rally committee together to arrange activities and start putting faces to jobs. There are over 90 roles that need to be assigned over the event and the chapter would appreciate as many members coming forward to take on a task or two each. If everyone did one or two it would ease the pressure on the Committee and get everything done with ease. Please let Tina or David know if you are able to help with the organising group or at the event ASAP.
Members were also asked to forward any ideas for events they think might be fun for the season to the Activities officers (keeping in view costs which appear to be stratospheric for many group events just now).
Ladies of Harley go from strength to strength and there are now nearly 50 LoH members and thirteen riding (full) members (well done Katrina for passing her full licence this week!) now with another in the pipeline that just passed her Mod1 this week.
The 6th of May annual Camping trip is heading to the Isle of Skye, anyone attending let the Assistant Director know ASAP.
A LoH ride out for International Lady Riders day is to be held ALSO on the 6th of May.
The Merchandise officer passed around this years The Gathering Patch that will be made for those requesting it. He also mentioned various legacy items that could still be sold, we will look to get them itemised here on the website and if you want them get in touch with him.
The Head Road Captain informed the chapter we have 5 Road marshalls ( subject to a training session at the end of the month) and 9 Road Captains and over 40 riding events planned for the year. There are still spaces for the Gretna run /overnight stay and Campbelltown was almost full.
Website is being maintained and all known events are detailed on the site and it was asked members refer to the site in the first instance to see what’s going on. In addition, key events will be posted on the Facebook Page banner each month during the season so you can see at a glance the main events. Any issues or difficulties with the site contact the Webmaster.
We still have a significant number of members who have not signed in to the Clyde Valley Announcements Channel where you will be able to be informed or reminded of anything imminent in the Chapter. If you are having issues please contact the Director.

Following the official Agenda appreciation of the Committee’s efforts were expressed from the floor.

We then welcomed a representative from Breast Cancer Now who received a cheque for £1000 from the Chapter raised by the Ladies of Harley in the last year.

A representative of Breast Cancer Now conveyed their appreciation for the funds collected on their behalf.

*Burnsy was not in attendance…probably still in Egypt.

Pre-Season Ten Pin Bowling Night ’23

20/02/2023

Some members* of Clyde Valley HOG met up at Hollywood Bowl, at Springfield Quay on the 18th February 2023 to “compete” for the Chapter Ten Pin Bowling Champion award. Over two games across two lanes, Gordon Murray came out victorious with a grand total of 233 points, and Tommy Girvan was runner-up on 203. Just outside the “medals” was Alan Gourley who was just behind Tommy overall, on 198 points.

The winners and not so winners

Beth Willis-New trailed the pack to take the Wooden Spoon ( which still gets a prize!) on a creditable 85.

Clyde Valley Bowling 2023 — A few images from the Bowling, see more on our Flickr gallery below.

A lot of fun was had by all.

*Burnsy was unable to attend the Ten Pin Bowling as he was in Egypt.

Bowling Night Feb 23 — Flickr Gallery of Photos from the 2023 Ten Pin Bowling night.

For the stato’s among you see below.

Clyde Valley HOG 9894
Bowling Night
	Name	1st Game	2nd Game	Total
1	Gordon M	118	115	233	First Prize
2	Tommy Girvan	94	109	203	2nd Prize
3	Alan Gourley	95	103	198
4	Janice Graham	94	99	193
5	Iain B	85	104	189
6	Andrea L	89	92	181
7	Connor	71	107	178
8	Scotty G	62	114	176
9	Brian Donaldson	67	103	170
10	Stephen Tee	67	99	166
11	Andy Barrie	70	87	157
12	Anne Marie	73	83	156
13	Jigger	77	71	148
14	Shirley M	67	79	146
15	Adain L	80	64	144
16	Kara	44	85	129
17	Coreen Telfer	55	74	129
18	Jo Sutherland	59	66	125
19	Ann McT	57	67	124
20	Rocky Telfer	66	52	118
21	Yvonne B	59	57	116
22	Alice Gourley	35	75	110
23	Dennis Mills-New	60	47	107
24	Alan McT	25	78	103
25	Beth Mills-New	43	42	85	Wooden Spoon

A 120th Anniversary Offer for Clyde Valley HOG members

17/02/2023

To celebrate 120 years of Harley-Davidson and 40 years of HOG we’re offering a complimentary 120-point check to keep you in the saddle as long as possible this season. The 120-point check is an exclusive offer available to Clyde Valley HOG members until 22nd December 2023*.

The West Coast Harley-Davidson 120-point check is designed to inspect and advise on a multitude of areas on your motorcycle. Whether you’re heading for Budapest or the North West 500, we’ve got you covered. The 120-point check takes around 1 hour and is completely free of charge. If you’re Harley’s in need of a Genuine service, we’ve got a special offer for you too.

Great! So what do you need to do? This offer is strictly just for Clyde Valley Hog members so each member will need to quote their membership number when booking online. Head to our dedicated Clyde Valley HOG Page to book in.

BOOK NOW

*Terms and Conditions apply – Full offer details available on our website or upon request

West Coast Garage Party ’22

10/12/2022

It wouldn’t be the end of another year without a wee Garage party at our sponsoring dealership West Coast Harley Davidson.

Not a Clyde Valley HOG event as such but I am sure you will identify a fair few “well-kent” faces in the audience for this event.

Around 150 guests were present to see the latest builds in the workshop, hear about the latest in Harley engine tuning from Don Performance, see the latest two custom creations to emerge from the West Coast “Custom Haus”, a pair of 131ci powered bikes, a Street Glide in a Harley #1 endowed Red and a Breakout in Black with a unique 1-3-1 playing card styled paint design and hear from some of the craftspeople engaged to bring these machines to life. Tom Hurley the bike upholstery master was there to give an insight into what goes into his hand crafted bike saddles, and Gavin Brown to tell us how much prep work and how many coats of paint go into the jaw-dropping creations he produces.

And of course there was time aplenty to speak to the team, discuss ideas, indulge in beer, burgers and Hot Dogs and have a browse at the bikes looking for new homes in the showroom.

WCHD Garage Party 2022 — Flickr album of images from the West Coast Garage Party

Winterfest 2022

01/11/2022

Winterfest got the festive season off to a rocking start last night with the Clyde Valley HOG Chapter annual end-of-season shindig held at the Glasgow Hard Rock Cafe.

We had a great attendance with both members and friends of the chapter getting together to reminisce over the riding year behind us, talk plans for the bike over the winter, and ideas for the new year to come.

We have an expanded Road Crew with Connor Fitzsimmons and Davie Fulton joining the Road Captains and they received their patches, and a wee bottle of “Jack” each as well as both receiving awards for the time and work they put into the chapter over the year. We also had Raymond Brodie join the Road Captains earlier in the season, so well done to them all.

Davie Fulton with his Plaque — Davie Fulton with his Chapter contribution award ; Photo by Kenny Halley

Other recipients of awards were Tommy Girvan, Brian “Fitz” Fitzpatrick, Alan “Lairdy” MacTaggart for all the time put in with Road Crew and Bike Nights. Kenny Halley also got the “Webmaster” patch ( I think Lairdy wanted him to now be referred to as Spiderman!) as he formally took up the role on the Committee after updating this site.

The band for the night were OverDrive and what a storming couple of sets they put on, covering rock classics covering everything from Neil Young to Velvet Revolver and everything in between. Some guests literally danced all night. Lots of prizes were dished out for raffles and the number board, and an auction for the services of Connor and Jigger in their other life as “Exceed Joinery” raised over £400 for charity.

The total raised for charitable causes was a fantastic £1100.

Click through to see a Flickr Album from Winterfest 22

2022 End of Season Mystery Ride

31/10/2022

2022 End of Season Mystery Ride

The Chapter met up for one final ride out of the 2022 season at WCHD to head for ….who knows where?

Over 20 bikes headed through the north of Glasgow and on to a short stop to meet more of our members at Airth Services near the Kincardine Bridge. After a briefing for the riders joining us at Airth it was onwards to mystery….The weather was a bit showery but spirits were far from damp as around 30 bikes rumbled into the wee county, Clackmannanshire before turning west into mystery.

The route was so mysterious a few managed to get lost but we all ended up safe and sound at our destination, the historic Bannockburn House where we were warmly welcomed by Clyde Valley member Jim Palmer and the volunteers of this fine old historic home saved by a local trust from dilapidation.

We were treated to tea, coffee and a buffet before being taken on a guided tour of this old house that has provided a roof over the head of Bonnie Prince Charlie and other members of the aristocracy over the centuries.

After the tour we had cakes and more tea and coffee before making our separate ways for one last time this year.

Denis and Tommy enjoying tea — Denis and Tommy on the Tea Photo by Kenny Halley

Clyde Valley at Bannockburn House — Denis and Tommy on the Tea Photo by Kenny Halley

It has been a great riding season, big thanks to the road captains and road crew for all their work over the year and we look forward to doing it all again in 2023. Join us to take part in the fun.

You can see more of the images of the day in our Flickr Album

Peebles Shop Ride Out October 2022

09/10/2022

After a very wet Friday, a small group of hardy members took to the road led by Davie Fulton accompanied by Cath, and ably assisted by Tommy for a shop ride out on Saturday.

Heading for the bonnie borders town of Peebles, the forecast was for a clear sunny day with the possibility of the odd shower if you were unlucky. In the event it turned out to be a day of constant rain with the odd burst of sunshine…blink and you might miss it.

The intrepid riders negotiated flooded roads, wet leaves, cold and rain but made it to Peebles safely for a bite to eat and drink.

The topic of conversation was appropriately enough…..Heated Grips!

Peebles Ride out October 2022 — And we forgot the flags……..

Meet the Chapter Night August ’22

10/08/2022

Wednesday the 10th August turned out to be one of the warmest days of 2022, at least here in the West of Scotland and so it was set fair for a bumper Meet the Chapter night hosted by West Coast Harley Davidson.

We had a full house of Clyde Valley HOG members from all over to make the most of the fine weather.

In ’22 Meet the Chapter nights were every second Wednesday of the month at the dealership and we hope to continue this in 2023. Keep an eye out on our Events or News feed in the New Year for all the gen.

Meet the Chapter August 22 — Clyde Valley HOG Meet the Chapter Night Album on Flickr

Scottish Festival of Motoring 2022

17/07/2022

The bikes at the Scottish Festival of Motoring

A contingent of Clyde Valley HOG members took their bikes to represent HOG at the Scottish Festival of Motoring Event 2022

Photographs courtesy of James “Jigger” Mullen and Brian “Fitz” Fitzpatrick.

The Chapter turned out to the Exhibition Centre at the Royal Highland Showground, Ingleston, Edinburgh with their bikes shiny and clean to represent HOG at the Scottish Festival Of Motoring. All the more impressive as many of the bikes had been on the cross country blast the day before to Dunbar and were bug spattered to say the least.

Events like this give the chapter an opportunity to talk to the public about HOG and Chapter activities and we are always well received