Well, that’s about it for 2006 with just a few biking days left until the dreaded January2007, Why dreaded ? well; for past two years I have manage to lay the BMW down twice and both times in January - once on ice and once on diesel. So I am planning a very limited schedule for riding during next month.

It has been a busy year for SAM in one way or another but I won’t bore you with a “look back at 2006” but from my point of view it has been extremely busy, and it was at this point that I began to list the hours and miles, the number of events and Associates, the number of editions of “Making Progress” etc, but I thought that too would be boring, but whilst all my activities over the past year may sounds busy to some (my wife included), to others in the Group it is not, they have attended more rides, ridden more miles on behalf of SAM, Observed more Associates and had more passes throughout the year.

And it is those riders that make SAM a group worth belonging to, and without them there just would not be a Group. SAM and the all other IAM Bike Groups are so much more than just a way of getting your Green Badge. The Green Badge is just the start, there is so much more you can do to really enjoy your motorcycling and to put something back into the Group and biking. Make it your New Years’ resolution to do just that little bit more and give something back to SAM. Get invloved

M.C.A.A.H.N.Y

Ed.