malcolm tibby

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Name: Mal Tibby.


(pictured above on the right (with Pippin)

Nickname: Mr Powder

Status: Full Member

I lived in the heyday of the club in South Harrow

I now live in Mexborough, South Yorkshire

Married to Di for 17 years (19/8/1989)

Darren, stepson, 21. (dob 12/11/1985)

Stewart, son, 16. (dob 1/5/1990)

Nicola, daughter, 13. (dob 2/10/1993)

Favourite bike? Worst bike?

Hmmm…. My bikes?….hmmm…. All of them!!! They all had good and bad points!

Favourite borrowed bike, easy!!! Suzuki RV125! Reason? It was a lot of fun! Borrowed it from a friend for a fortnight, I smiled from ear to ear, what a laugh!!! (if you can’t pictured RV125, see Robbie Williams ‘Angels’ Video. RW riding a RV125 on the beach with the helicopter flying overhead….)

What do I ride/drive now?

Forever Active Discovery Series 3 Mobility Scooter….. Max. speed 4mph, hoping to upgrade to 8mph after xmas. Plan to get ‘chipped’ to 12mph…. Wow!!!! (Yamaha XVS650 Dragstar ‘statue’ in garage….Car sold….)

My memories of the club

My memories of the Freedom Riders are vast!

Two memories are:

Pippin and I, un-sober, 11.30 at night, riding his Ducati 450 over the cliff path from Beesands to Hallsands. Fuses blew several times, perhaps because we fell off several times…. I’ve never been so glad to reach the beach…..

My favourite memory is the first year I visited Devon. After the Cricket, in Beesands, had closed for the night, we went to Old Hallsands on the bikes. Rebel lit a flaming torch and we walked down to the ruins. Chilling in old ‘cottage’ (only one that had 4 walls, no roof, no windows, no door!). Beer in one hand, joint in the other, Paul’s cassette recorder playing god only knows what, seeing millions of stars overhead while listening to the sea crashing below….. God, I can still see and hear it now…..

Brief resume of my life to date? Hmmm…. Born, married, two wonderful children (stepson’s wonderful too), heart attack one month before my 40th birthday in 2000, stroke December 2005. The stroke affected my right side, arm and leg, and the brain damage on the left side. In the beginning, in hospital, I could only say ‘yep’…. Drink? Yep. Tea or coffee or hot chocolate? Yep. Tea then? Yep… And that’s only the drinks, food is another story…..!! Now, 11 months on (14/12/2005 stroke), my speech has improved lots, I have learnt to sign my ‘signature’ with my left hand (not my pre-stroke signature….), and I ‘drive’ my scooter to the shops and back! Oh, how exciting! Not!!!

My hobbies today are:

Riding bikes! Rallies! Driving lorries! Watching QPR! Driving cars! Music!

2 of 6 will do.... Watching television of QPR and music! Oh well....

Three pieces of music at my funeral?

Pre-stroke is easy: Ian Hunter-The Outsider, Bon Jovi- It’s My Life and one of either: Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb or Guns’n’roses- Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door…..

But now, because I’ve been thinking about my life for 11 month since the stroke, I’ve change all of them! But what? AC/DC- Ride On? Aerosmith- Livin’ On The Edge? Andrew WK- Party Hard? My Chemical Romance- I’m Not Okay (I Promise)? Ian Hunter- Junkman/Michael Picasso/Shades Off/Boy/Silver Needles/ Saturday Gigs/ Dead Man Walkin' or lots of Ian Hunter songs? Don Henley- The Boys Of Summer? Roxette- Harleys & Indians? Thin Lizzy- The Boys Are Back In Town? Whitesnake-Here I Go Again? Kevin ‘Bloody’ Wilson- D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F? Monty Python- Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life/I'm So Worried? Etc, etc, etc….

Decisions, decisions, decisions!!!

Right!! First track I’d wish to have played is also the same tune that I had played at my mum’s funeral. The next two tracks are Elvis Presley followed by Frank Sinatra, with a twist…..

Enigma- Return to Innocence.

Mick Ronson- Love Me Tender.

Sex Pistols- My Way. (If the vicar won’t allow Sex Pistols then I would like the ‘biker anthem’ of Lynyrd Skynyrd- Free Bird)

Bury or cremated? Cremated and have my ashes scattered on Old Hallsands (if possible).

Right! The end! I’ve finish! Pre-stroke, I would finished this for 1-2 days, maybe one week tops!! I’ve written for three months, brain damage allowed!! There’s only one question I want to ask:

What’s your excuses……???