Vintage Scooter Scrambling - The Bats S.C

[Avantone]

Wicked historic clip here on YouTube courtesy of Graeme (red777photo) - See his channel here

[sean brady scooters]

fantastic

[soullad]

Looks the dogs, so much fun, which should be at the core of scooter events in my eyes.
Would be well up for doing something like this. Has it all but faded away? If it has gone then I would up for helping to get a Scramble Rally up and running.........anyone aware of pitfalls for such an event?

[Avantone]

There was a guy recently seeing if there was any interest in joining the Ryedale rally on the FastScooter Forum...........

Hi - I've just joined to see if anyone is interested in off-road competitions?

I help organise the Ryedale Rally. An offroad motorcycle event based in the forests north of Pickering and designed for big trail bikes (BWM HP2's, Yamaha Super Tenere's etc). The nature of the event is to have a great 2 days riding in areas otherwised closed to the public. The course is mainly fire road and easy fire breaks and, with a couple of minor deviations, I reckon a scooter would get round.

Some of you may remember there was a scooter class in the Wesh 2 Day trial - back when it was a 3 day trial.

Here's a link to this years event - please take a look and let me know what you think.
http://www.enduro-neec.org.uk/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
... scroll down a bit to see the report - and don't be put off by the pictures - we wouldn't send a scooter through that puddle!

The time schedule is really slack, there's plenty of time to chat and have a fag at the check point tea wagon and a hog roast this year at the start/finish, where there's camping and even serviced portaloos... now how many events can lay claim to that!

We've had Gold stars, Triumph twins, there are over 40, 50 and 60 classes - one guy is 72 - he rode our first event in 1976!

A complete cross section of trail riders and racers out for some fun.

...let me know what you think...

All the best.

http://fastscooter.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=468

[Ian Hepworth]

The Ryedale rally is near me, I didn't know about it until after it had happened.

I've been gathering the bits for a SSDT replica for years now, must get on with it.

If it's on next year I will get Broady to come up on his KTM.

[Ian Hepworth]

I often wish I was born in that era. It looks so much more innocent and less commercialised. You'd have a pile of red tape to get through to put something like that on these days.

[RICSPEED]

cool cut down ld's and liberal use of hammers

[soullad]

I often wish I was born in that era. It looks so much more innocent and less commercialised. You'd have a pile of red tape to get through to put something like that on these days.

I think you could well be right Ian. I can see public liability Ins. , plus medical Ins, on site Paramedics, marshalling etc, a mare of H&S. Then theres the spectators to protect. It would all add cost to the event, if the powers that be let it happen at all.
Whats wrong with grown adults simply signing a disclaimer and taking full responsibilty for their own actions now and again?

[dirtyhandslopez]

Because some idiot went and invented lawyers and insurance companies....

[afandy]

............What a quality bit of film......