The Northern Ireland Road and Touring Motorcycle Club

Join us for a ratClubNI ride-out

Each month, we explore the best biking roads in Northern Ireland

Explore with ratClubNI in Scotland

Discount accomodation and travel on our annual Scottish ride-out.

Set your pace with ratClubNI trackdays

Why not join Team Rat for a Kirkiston trackday, or join us for BSB at Knockhill?

Pack your luggage for the ratClubNI camp-out.

Join us for a beer, barbeque and craic at our annual camp-out.

Top the season with the ratClubNI September weekend

Grab the last of the summer sun with our Wanderer`s Weekend.

What is ratClubNI?

The aim of The Northern Ireland Road and Touring Motorcycle Club (ratClubNI) is simply, to provide members with one of the best organised bike clubs in Northern Ireland. With over ten years of organising events in Northern Ireland and further afield come along and join up for great value for money week-ends and other ride-out events. Our annual trips to Scotland attract more than ninety riders and pillions each year. Track days, road and touring, we do it all in a friendly club open to all makes of bikes. With over 160 members we have enjoyed socialising together, attending race events, and riding on the best roads our expert organisers can find. Scroll on down to see what you are missing!

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Events

At ratClubNI, we are dedicated to organising high-quality rideouts, motorcycle events and social gatherings for our membership
We aim to show you our best biking routes and organise top-quality motocyle trips in Britain and Ireland.

Monthly Ride-Outs

One Sunday, each month, from March to August, we orgasnise a local ride-out in Ireland and, with 24 hour ferry discounts, Scotland.

Scottish Weekend

Our annual Scottish weekend is usually run in April and offers club members discount travel and accomodation, plus a choice of the best routes in the Highlands and Islands. For details of the 2018 trip Click Here

Rat Racing

Each year, we decamp to Knockhill to marvel at the BSB stars, as they bash fairings. Again, discount travel and accomdation are on offer. In addition, our own Team Rat regularly compete in Kirkstown track-days. Club members are welcome to join them.

Barbeque And Camp-out

Our summer barbeque and camp-out is run in a family-friendly setting, at a well-appointed camp-site, with easy access to a pub and local amenities.

Wanderer`s Weekend

We close the biking season with a second big trip away, exploring remote parts of Ireland and, occasionally, Wales.

BE PART OF THE RATCLUBNI PACK ON

Our, club members only, Facebook site has details of special offers and discount codes.
Annual membership is just £5

Routes

We have posted some of our routes in KML,GPX and PDF format, should you wish to download them.
They are accurate to the best of our ability but you must understand that they are simply our geographic record of past ride-outs.
If you use them for your own purposes, it is strictly at your own risk.

Annagassan

Across the border down Carlingford way.

Athlone

A trip to the very heart of Ireland

Cavan

Tour the south of the ancient kingdom of Ulster.

Greencastle

A route to Inishowen and the far north of Ireland.

Mullaghmore

Through the heart of Ulster to the Wild Atlantic Way.

Cushendun

Through the Glens of Antrim and down to the sea.

Cavan And Belleek

Through Cavan to the far west, at Belleek.

10th Anniversary Tour

Celebrating 10 years of motorcycling tours in Scotland

Applecross

Through the famous `Bealach na Ba` pass and on to Plockton

Ardnamurchan

Follow the setting sun along the Ardnamurchan penisular

Braemar

The whiskey trail through the Cairngorms

Campbeltown

The magical Mull of Kintyre

Dunvegan Castle

Portree to the ancestral home of the Clan MacLeod

Eilean Donan

The iconic Highland castle run

Fort William

From the Stena Cairnryan ferryport to Fort William

Gairloch

The famous loop from Spean Bridge to Gairloch

Glen Nevis

Take the high roads around Fort William

Kinlochleven

The Loch Linnie run

Kinlochourn

Tomdoun to the mists of Loch Hourn

Loch Ness Circuit

A Scottish monster loop

Strontian

Loch Sunnart`s finest

Fort William

Stena Cairnryan to Fort William in PDF format

Scotland Ride-Outs

Details and Advice for our Scottish 2017 Tour

Scotland Road Book

Ferry to Hotel road-book for our Scottish 2017 Tour

Images

Review the Annals of `The Northern Ireland Road and Touring Motorcycle Club` on Flickr

Scotland 2015

Our 2015 `Big Monster` weekend

Donegal 2014

The Rats go west..

Fort William 2014

The Rats hit the Highlands

Cushendun 2013

Barbeque and party by the sea

Nethy Bridge 2013

To the Grampians and beyond

Rat Racer 2013

The NW200 circuit

Nethy Bridge 2012

Ice road bikers

Down dander 2014

Mist and Mountains

Scotland 2017

10th Aniversary Weekend

Movies

A selection of our movies, or follow us on

Meet The Team

Meet some of the pepole who keep the Northern Ireland Rat Club on the road.

Paul Harkness

Chairman

Founder and Chairman, Paul is also a dedicated member of Team Rat`s track-day team, currently piloting a Kawasaki 636 round Kirkiston.

Sam Adrain

Events Secretary

Famed for his trans-Bosnia dash and mastery of digital media, Sam's yer man for top quality biking events.

Katherine Devlin

Membership Secretary

Katherine manages our club membership and drives a Diavel because she finds other bikes a bit slow

Rob Ware

Webmaster

An experienced software engineer and web designer, Rob is also a serial Nordkapper, with three 5,500 mile trips to the Arctic to his name.

Blogs

The latest news and views from The Road and Touring Club Of Northern Ireland

The Rat Club

First blog post

Posted on Jan 30, 2023

The first ever blog post is here. It might be a good idea to update this post with some more relevant content.

Last of summer at Annagassan

Contact Us

If you want to discuss joining The Northern Ireland Road and Touring Motorcycle Club, or you are an existing member with a query, use the contact form below to get in touch.

Alternatively, just download our Club Membership Pack and return it with your membership fee to the specified address

Prospective members should also read and agree to abide by the Club Constitution, as well as our Club Privacy Policy.

Also note that Club nights are announced on this site and ond on our Facebook page, often at eTrax, 20 Lisnabilla Rd, Moria, Craigavon BT67 0JW.

See you there!