THE SPONDON OWNER'S CLUB WAS FORMED IN THE LATE '80's BY A GROUP OF LADS THAT MET OVER THE COURSE OF BUILDING OUR BIKES. WE RECEIVED GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT FROM SWEARY BOB (BOB STEVENSON, ONE OF THE PARTNERS IN SPONDON ENGINEERING) AND HE ATTENDED ALL THE PISS-UPS (ERMM, MEETINGS), AS HE LIKED THE ODD BEER OR TWO!

 MEMBERS WERE DOTTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THERE WAS A HARDCORE OF ABOUT A DOZEN LADS WHO MET EVERY THREE MONTHS OR SO AT VARIOUS PLACES IN THE UK, DEPENDING UPON WHO HAD VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE HOST FOR THE NIGHT. IT WAS A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT EACH OTHER WAS UP TO AND TO MEET NEW PEOPLE. I MADE MANY NEW FRIENDS FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE COUNTRY, NOT TO MENTION NUMEROUS HANDY CONTACTS. WE GOT RAT-ARSED IN PLACES AS DIVERSE AS EDINBURGH, LONDON AND A WHOLE LOAD MORE IN BETWEEN.

 HOWEVER AS TIME WENT ON SOME SOLD THEIR BIKES, PRIORITIES CHANGED AND INTEREST WANED. THERE ARE JUST ABOUT HALF A DOZEN OF US THAT STILL REGULARLY MEET, SO I DECIDED TO DO THIS WEBSITE TO TRY AND DRUM UP A BIT OF INTEREST AMONGST YOU NEWER SPONDON OWNERS OUT THERE. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE SPONDON OWNERS CLUB, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME VIA THE FORUM AND I'LL ENDEVOUR TO GET SOMETHING ORGANISED. I WILL TRY TO REPLY TO ALL THAT INQUIRE.

 SWEARY BOB RETIRED TO CYPRUS A FEW YEARS BACK AND UNFORTUNATELY LAST SUMMER (2012) HE PASSED AWAY. THE WORLD IS NOW MISSING SOMEONE THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS AN ENGINEERING GENIUS, A MAVERICK OF THE MOTORCYCLE COMMUNITY WHO CAME UP WITH ASTONISHING DESIGNS AND IDEAS, TOLD IT LIKE IT IS AND WILL LIVE LONG IN THE MEMORIES OF ALL THOSE THAT MET HIM. I AND ALL THE LADS ASSOCIATED WITH THE S.O.C. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS MISS THE OLD F*CKER GREATLY, R.I.P. BOBBY, GIVE ‘EM HELL AND KNOCK BACK ANOTHER BOTTLE OF THAT QUALITY COSTCO WHISKEY YOU ALWAYS DRANK MATE, WE’LL NEVER FORGET YA!