Our Affiliations

 The County Durham Alliance of Motorcycle Clubs

The Alliance is a group of motorcycle clubs around County Durham and Darlington that come together regularly and support each other as a wider 34 family. We are all united under, and support, the senior club in the area – the Satans Slaves MC County Durham.


In their own words:

The NABD was set up in April 1991 by six bikers from Stockport and Manchester who would not accept the idea that disabled people could not ride motorcycles, scooters, sidecar outfits, trikes or quad-cycles.

The initial project was to find a way to adapt a motorcycle for a rider who had suffered the amputation of his lower left leg in an accident. A fund raising party was organised and publicised locally and this prompted several other disabled people to contact the group asking whether it was possible for them also to ride specially adapted motorcycles.

Within 12 months the NABD had just over 100 members and had helped three disabled people to adapt motorcycles and ride them independently. In those early days each adaptation had to be designed from scratch, and many engineering problems had to be solved.

From this humble beginning the NABD was soon to become the world leader in the field of motorcycling for people with disabilities.

The membership of the NABD has now grown to a staggering 9,000+ individual members with the support an ever-growing number of affiliated clubs and businesses. Since its inception, the NABD has directly helped over eleven thousand disabled people to enjoy the freedom and independence of motorcycling.

The NABD has also been instrumental in disabled motorcyclist support groups setting up in Norway, Sweden, France, Japan and the USA.

Unlike many registered charities, the NABD does not spend donated money on wages, plush office accommodation, or expense accounts. We have two paid employees, an office manager and an assistant administrator - both financed by our own direct fundraising, such as the You’ve Been Nabbed rally and other events. All of the other people working for the NABD are unpaid volunteers.

Also unlike most charities; all donations from individuals, clubs or companies are used 100% for the benefit of, and services for, disabled riders (the administration costs of the association are met from our membership subscriptions and our own fundraising activities).

The NABD is regularly consulted on issues relating to disabled motorcycling by the DVLA, DfT, VOSA, DSA, and the Highways Agency.

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG)


In their own words:


The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) is a volunteer led riders' rights organisation that has been building in strength and diversity since it began in 1973.


MAG campaigns to protect and promote motorcycling and the interests and rights of all riders, from learner to advanced. We celebrate biking and the freedoms and independence it provides, through our support of parties and rallies, sport and competition, touring and travel.


MAG is the representative voice of riders in Local and National government and passionately defends all that is good about biking, mobilising riders through a local and regional branch structure.


MAG is not aligned to ANY political party or ideology, our independance makes it possible for politicians and officials to work with us knowing that we do not have a party-political agenda.


MAG membership is drawn from across the whole spectrum of motorcycling. Whatever you ride MAG has something for you.


MAG can, and does make a difference. We work directly with politicians and civil servants, but still employ other forms of direct action if necessary to ensure the rider's voice is heard.


Since our humble beginnings over 40 years ago, we have matured significantly and are respected for our responsible, objective, informed contributions which enrich the political debate.


Throughout this evolution MAG has remained faithful to its core principles of freedom of choice and self - determination and the mantra "Education not legislation".

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