About

The YesBikers is a not for profit organisation run for the good of our members by a committee of dedicated volunteers who spend hundreds of hours of their own time keeping the YesBikers riding.

We sell items mainly to get our name out there. We sell as cheaply as we can and add a little bit on to cover other expenses. Any money made from selling YesBikers gear or from donations is spent on advertising our events, promoting our group and furthering the Scottish independence cause. All of the efforts of the YesBikers are voluntary: none of the members or committee benefit financially from running the YesBikers, and we take no money for ourselves (not even petrol).

We welcome all types of bike on our events, including scooters, trikes, quads, three-wheelers etc. You don't need to wear a patch to join us or even put a flag or sticker on your bike (although it looks cooler if you do). All walks of life are welcome, all ages, all genders, all religions or none. We're a friendly bunch.

We are not a club, an MC or MCC, nor are we affiliated with any political party or other groups. There's no formal membership or requirement to wear our logo patch to join us on our indy rideouts. Just turn up, it's a good day out.

For all enquiries please contact the YesBikers committee at [email protected], or read the YesBikers charter for more info.

History

2014

The very first independence biker rideouts were down to the work of Martin and Marti Morrison with the help of Adrian Stapleton, under the guise of "Yes Rideouts".

The lucky break came when Creag Thompson came along. Creag did a great job of developing the idea and formally giving the group the Yes Bikers name we know today.

2016

Creag led the team well on many rideouts and, when he needed to, handed the leading and development to former spokesman and leader Chris Graham.

Chris tirelessly campaigned for Yes Bikers and independence, and grew the YesBikers' profile and following in his time as leader.

2017

When the demands of the position burned out another indy freedom fighter it was time for a change of structure. The YesBikers is now run by a committee of three, Tony Dunlop, John Taylor and Colin "Indy" Lawrie, with a great deal of support from other members of the YesBikers, without whose support we could not continue.

YesBikers doesn't have the usual hierarchy of biker clubs. No President or Vice. Instead we have a council who make sure that everything we do is in the very best interest of Scotland and of the Yes Bikers.

Since then we are the only group that has continued pushing the biker cause for independence. We attend as many pro-indy rallies and events as we can, and we aim to share content which holds the truth and helps No voters understand the overwhelming positives the Yes movement has at its core.

2018

The YesBikers continued to grow under the new committee. We attended 14 separate indy events, culminating in our biggest rideout yet, in Edinburgh for the last indy rally of the season, with 300 bikes present.

2019

2019 was a busy year for the YesBikers. We attended 17 separate indy events in all corners of the country, including the largest ever political march in Scotland, in Edinburgh.

2020

2020 started strong, with rides to the marches in Glasgow and Inverness, and our first ever stall at the Scottish Motorcycle Show at Ingliston, where a cruiser with a custom William Wallace paint job won a rosette. Then Covid hit. Lockdown cancelled the rest of the year's marches and rallies, from Arbroath and Stornoway to Bannockburn and Edinburgh, but we still managed a Scottish Borders flag ride in September.

2021

Back on the road at long last. With marches still on hold we ran our own days of action and bikes at the beach in Kirkcaldy, and when the marches came back in September we were there riding with them in Stirling, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

2022

Our busiest year since lockdown. We were back with a stall at the Scottish Motorcycle Show, where a bike we brought won a rosette for the second time: the great wee Van Van 125. We had 14 events planned from Paisley and Arbroath to Dumfries, Inverness and Bannockburn. We rode all the way to Golspie for Manniefest, the first indy festival of its kind in the Highlands, took a run from Stirling to Fort William, and finished the season at the Yestival. The Falkirk march was cancelled following the death of the Queen.

2023

The Scottish Motorcycle Show again, and marches in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Ayr, Falkirk and Kyleakin on Skye. It was also the year we lost one of our own. Sandy McCracken died after a crash on his way to the Kyleakin march, and the YesBikers gave him an escort to the border on his final journey home.

2024

Ten years of the YesBikers, marked with a special 10th anniversary logo. We were still out in force: back at the Scottish Motorcycle Show for the fourth time, the Believe in Scotland march and the March for Independence in Glasgow, Bannockburn, rides to Moffat and through the Borders, and flying the saltire in Fife.

2025

Into our second decade with the marches in Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh, and Thunder in Fife.

2026

We led off the Believe in Scotland march in Edinburgh in March, then rode to Glasgow, Stirling and back to Edinburgh in September. Twelve years on, we're still riding, and still welcoming new faces into the fold who join us on every new journey. See our events for everywhere we've been, and what's next.