The Quick Quacks Motorcycle Club
I somehow got elected Chairman of this group. I suspect a conspiracy.
The main site is HERE.
| Quack Music | |
| How to go round corners | How to make overtakes |
Some photos from our trips can be found on both on the main site and on this site.
Timeline| Nick Broughton thinks up the idea and places adds in Bike and Ride 1996 |
Events |
| Inaugural Meeting April 1997 | Attendees Nick Broughton, Sarah Walters, Graeme Smith, Alan Day, Jane, Mark Beer, Adrian Butcher (not at meeting but a member, coined the name The Quick Quacks). Nick broke his wrist before the meet in a bike Volvo interface incident. |
| Selby September 1997 | Sarah lowsides into a grass verge. |
| Devon April 1998 | Sarah gets hit by a 24 ton truck on the motorway before the meet :( My first meeting. |
| Llangollen September 1998 | |
| The Quick Quacks do Essex April 1999 | It rained, and rained and rained. Lee lowsides across the B184 |
| The Quick Quacks do Northumberland September 1999 | Aran broke his ankle falling down the stairs pre-meet. Lee misses dog but hits hedge. Mark's radiator holed by a stone. |
| The Quick Quacks do Wiltshire May 2000 | Yoav clips a car and loses a footpeg. Cedric drops bike doing u-turn. |
| The Quick Quacks do Cambrai September 2000 | |
| The Peak District September 2000 | Aran goes off-roading. |
| The Quick Quacks do Yorkshire May 2001 | |
| The Quick Quacks do Wales September 2001 | The Band first performance, now known as The Sultans of Swingarms. Mike H loses a wing mirror in u-turn on the way home. |
| The Quick Quacks in Scotland May 2002 | Lee finds the trees. Adrian gets cam-chain-tensioner blues. PtF turns left up the wrong road and Bonny gets target fixation. |
| The Quick Quacks in Lincoln September 2002 | Cadwell trackday. We meet Debbie driver extraordinaire. |
| Quick Quacks do skiing and a curry January 2003 | |
| The Quick Quacks in Wales (again) May 2003 | |
| The Quick Quacks in Suffolk September 2003 | Adrian gives Hazel a ride in France. |
| The Quick Quacks in Scarborough May 2004 | PtF puts diesel in his tank. Bulldog streaks (shudder). |
| The Quick Quacks in Northern Ireland September 2004 | We visit Joey Dunlops bar and memorial. Second Scottish extension for the lucky few. |
| The Quick Quacks Revisit Northumberland May 2005 | Yoav joins the fast group on a bus. JS gets points, tut. |
| The Quick Quacks Holiday in Gloucester September 2005 | Fruit pickers - mmmm. We get gatecrashed as we cleary have a much better time than most! |
| The Quick Quacks in Lockerbie and their adventures in the North May 2006 | Emily born. Alan low sides on gravel. Fastest Harley in the UK seen, briefly. PtF does a shoulder check and parks his radiator on CtCs now stationary exhaust pipe. |
| Scarborough Lite July 2006 | Those that can't wait do. |
| The Quick Quacks in Kent and Normandy September 2006 | The Sultans go international. Gary relieves Normandy. |
| The Quick Quacks in Frome and E2E April/May 2007 | 10th anniversary celebration. Ian finds hydraulic fluid. Sally finds the verge. Emily's first birthday. Dave demolishes WVM. The band give their best performances yet. |
| Mid Knock Mid-summer Bash | Jeanne and Bonny get invaded |
| The Quick Quacks do the Lakes September 2007 | We get to see the Lake District, all of it.... |
| Shiver round Shrewsbury October 2007 | Select few have an Octoberfest |
| The Quick Quacks wear Cardigan May 2008 | Cardigan runs, Sally and PtF drop them, Ireland suffers the after effects |
| The French Reccie June 2008 | Nigel and Peter invade France |
| The Quick Quacks revisit Boroughbridge and France September 2008 | Matthew torpedoes PtF, JB bravely lends PtF his prized Aprillia |
| Shiver in the Wolds October 2008 | Gary introduces the concept of wooden top-boxes, Jon B the concept of stitched plastic |
| Old Buffers in Northern Spain April 2009 | Adrian retires and the buffers go Spanish |
| The Quick Quacks go Moldy May 2009 | Jane and Keith provide a technical run |
| Langholm music festival | Jeann and Bonny do it again |
| The Transfagarasan | PtF has an adventure |
| The Quick Quacks go to Newcastle and the 4 corners September 2009 | Great trip out from Newcastle followed by the amazing "4 corners of Scotland" run. |
| Chepstow and extension May 2010 | Magnificent Wye Valley and Forest of Dean fun |
| Cumbrian dowsing September 2010 | Nicki lets Paul rest his bike on hers... |
| Shivering in the Wolds October 2010 | James throws down his toy. |
| The QQs in Lincolnshire May 2011 | |
| The QQs in the Lakes September 2011 | Howard destroys a perfectly good Cagiva and comes up smelling of diesel. |
| Shiver in the Wolds October 2011 | |
| May 2012 | |
| September 2012 | |
