Archives for August 2013

PTW Sales Down

ACEM – who represent the Motorcycle Industry in Europe have released a market update for July 2013. The overall news on PTW (Powered Two Wheeler) sales sees a -15% drop, which ACEM say is a persisting degradation of sales. Apparently this due to Italy’s negative results of (-31.5%), although ACEM say, “The <1000cc engine capacity […]

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Alternative Energy News

The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) recently published the latest edition of its Alternative Energy Newsletter. The newsletter reports on “all things” of an alternative fuel nature with regards motorcycling and is the publication of the FIM Alternative Energy Working Group (AEWG). The mission of the AEWG is, “To make motorcycle racing greener by integrating […]

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Autonomous Driving

The Sarte Project (Safe Road Trains for the Environment), which we have only picked up details of recently, was a European Commission funded research into vehicle platoons. A vehicle platoon is a road train with vehicles, where vehicles are autonomously following a manually driven lead vehicle, driven by a professional driver. The project had seven […]

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Half Cocked on 20mph!

We have received a response to our article – Saying Plenty About 20. The response is from Gordon Finlay the campaign coordinator for the campaign, which is seeking to have a 20mph default speed limit where people live, without traffic calming on the Ards Peninsula. The campaign is part of a UK wide campaign. To […]

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Cast Iron Cover

At Right To Ride we have read through ‘many’ diverse articles about and associated with motorcycles, some which would drive you to drink! However it is a pleasure to have read through such an interesting, short and to the point article that was sent to us entitled “The Traditional Cast Iron Manhole Cover”. Cast Iron has […]

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Clean Them Roads!

A local rider from Co. Antrim contacted Right To Ride recently with a query about road works “a sea of mud” and a dirty bike. On his travels the rider had to follow diversions put in place between Ballyeaston and Ballynure because of the by-pass road works. The diversion route into Ballynure on the Lismenary […]

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Motorcycle Fatalities Up!

On Tuesday 20th August 2013 BBC Newsline carried a news item about motorcycle fatalities in Northern Ireland. Donna Traynor introduced the item with the latest motorcyclist fatality of 32 year old rider Russell Cairns, in a collision with a tractor near Ballymena on Monday 19th August. She said that, “Bikers are at more risk of […]

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Road Razers MCC

Right To Ride welcomes as a new motorcycle club supporter the Road Razers MCC. The Road Razers MCC say, “We are a MotorCycle Club of biker enthusiasts who get together to attend rallies, ride outs, organise trips, social gatherings, fun days and planned events in and outside Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.” As most motorcycle clubs […]

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Saying Plenty About 20

A local road safety campaigner has accused two “weekend motorcyclists” of exceeding 70mph in a County Down seaside village. The accusation, apart from being reported in a local newspaper, The Newtownards Chronicle & the Co. Down Observer, was also related to Right To Ride in a conversation with the local road safety campaigner, Portavogie resident […]

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New Fixed Penalty Notices

Tomorrow, Friday 16th August 2013 sees the introduction in England, Scotland and Wales (Great Britain) of a new Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) for careless driving and a rise in existing fixed penalty levels for most motoring offences. These changes will NOT be introduced into Northern Ireland! The Department for Transport (DfT) in GB states, “The […]

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