The event started as all good rides do with a bite to eat. The rally posted at 9 am at the Silver Dollar restaurant at Hwy 71 and Hwy 47 just south of Yorkville Illinois. It was a beautiful day. Those in attendance were Bob and Carol Switzer, Rene Fardoux, Tom French, Mark Bidlake and his son […]

On an overcast and cool Saturday morning, over 45 Scramblers, Gonstead family members and invited guests met at “Windsong” to celebrate and remember our long time friend Curt Gonstead. As you first enter the driveway, you are struck by an the impressive multi-story home that looks like something Frank Lloyd Wright would have built. In […]

The Irish Scramble began unlike any other Scrambler trip.  Of course, the flight went as expected and we all arrived at our hotel, The Royal Oak, in Welshpool without incident. That evening and the next day held both pleasurable and disturbing elements for our group. It was later that day that our trip officially began with a […]

Scramblers,Curt Memorial Ride:  In two weeks (6/13 & 6/14) is the Curt Gonstead memorial ride.  Details and a flyer have been posted to the Scrambler website.  Click HERE to view the flyer.  The ride starts at “Windsong” (Curt’s home) with an overnight stay in Mineral Point.  Marleen would like to know how many people to expect at the house and […]

Scramblers,May 3rd – Virgin Voyage:  The Virgin Voyage is this coming Sunday on May 3rd. Please let Wade know if you’re planning to ride so that he can print up the correct number of route sheets, and so the restaurants will be prepared.  Email Wade atwclement@ameritech.net  A detailed flyer with all the details is on the Scrambler website, located here: http://www.scramblers.net/scramblers/pdf/2015vv.pdf  You […]

Scramblers,2015 Directory:  A new and updated Streeterviille Scramblers Directory is available. Pick up your copy on the Virgin Voyage ride.April 19th – Sunday Breakfast:  A reminder that the 3rd-Sunday Breakfast gathering is almost upon us!  Come to Apple Villa this Sunday to visit with your fellow Scramblers and join in the conviviality of motorcyclists just […]

Scramblers, It is a great honor and privilege to serve as the next president of the Streeterville Scramblers. I’d like to start by thanking Howard Tiedt for his 4 year tenure as president of the club. Howard’s leadership has left the club in a great position for a long and prosperous existence. As president, I intend […]

The Journey through the Giants was an assault of the senses and the emotions.  The sights, the roads, the smells (road kill, sage, skunk, peaches, dill, ocean, pine, cedar, smoke, chocolate chip cookies, salt), the movement, the fear, the elation.  The weather was almost without fault as were the roads.  All of this was the […]

Chicago, IL, Nov. 5, 2012  Streeterville Scramblers Motorcycle Club celebrates its first 50 Years Streeterville Scramblers LTD. “That Chicagoland Motorcycling Group” celebrates its 50th Anniversary on Jan. 26, 2013 with the traditional annual Black Tie Banquet. This Gala event will be held at the very same location that the founding meeting was held on Jan. 25, […]

We arrived in Ljublijana, Slovenia one day prior to the start of the trip, and we able to walk around the city center during the day. Ljublijana, with a population of 270,000, was the most populated of all of the trip destinations, and the trip into the old city was a great way to start […]