Sponsorship deal comes to a close

Knutsford Motorcycles formely Knutsford Honda have decided not to continue their sponsorship of the Federation for 2012. This comes at a time when bike sales in general are 40% down on the year and GoldWing sales and chrome accessory business in particular is very sparse on the ground, and what with the ever increasing cost of the Honda GoldWing; business is tough at the moment. Eric Warburton has sponsored the Federation for the past few years and we have all benefited from the relationship we have with Eric one way or another, and I know many of you have supported Knutsford Motorcycles as and when you could. However business now dictates our sponsorship comes to a close.

We fully understand the situation with Knutsford Motorcycles and have already thanked Eric for his support in previous years. The business has now been taken over by J & S Accessories of Northwich and the entire stock and GoldWing service skills moved to a brand new J&S site which is being developed about 10 miles away at Delamere, Sandiway.  This is a large site on the A556 and used to be occupied by a caravan and motor-home dealer.  It has large showroom and other buildings including a well equipped cafe.  There is also a Pub right next door.

What does this mean? – well the Federation has very few commitments financially and we are lucky to have a balance of funds from 2011, however the money normally spent in the form of club support and grants will now have to be reviewed for the forthcoming year.

The volunteer group are however looking at other income streams and sponsorship support for the future. We will keep you informed.