A Road Safety Emergency?

At the beginning of the New Year, only 13 days ago, we had started to prepare an article which was the result of discussions concerning the increase of motorcycle fatalities in 2013 compared to 2012. The article was entitled “The Long View” and looked at motorcycle fatalities from 2003 until 2013 in response to the […]

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Inline With Cars

Motorcycle Road Tax (VED) Inline With Cars? Doing the rounds again is an e-petition on the HM Government petition website. The petition is seeking to have motorcycles taxed the same way as cars, on the basis of CO2 emissions measured in grams per kilometre (g/km) driven, rather that the present system based on the cc […]

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BIKER GUIDE Birthday

THE BIKER GUIDE is 5 years old! The aim was to bringing together a collection of information specifically for the Biker Community, with an extensive business directory included, all on one easy to use website… and I guess we did it and continue to do so… With millions of visitors from over 170 countries, 1,000’s […]

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ETRA Dissolved

At an extraordinary Assembly General, the effective members of the European Twowheel Retailers’ Association (ETRA) have decided to dissolve and liquidate ETRA due to insufficient funding. The effective members have taken the decision to dissolve ETRA unanimously. ETRA was established in 1995 and had since worked at European level to defend and promote the interests […]

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Highwaymen MCC

At Right To Ride we welcome the Highwaymen MCC as a new club supporter. The club was formed last year and they are looking forward to a bright new future. Melvyn Anderson the club founder, explains the history of the formation of the  Highwaymen MCC, about the club and their future. “Hi – My name […]

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Royal Seal of Approval

Motorcycle Safety Gets a Royal Seal of Approval UK Paramedic and Secretary General of the UK Ambulance Motorcycle Club, Ian Burrell was rewarded for his services to motorcycle safety in the British New Years Honors List. Ian, the founder of the CRASH card helmet safety program, adopted in the USA as Rider Alert, was made […]

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Lowes Set For Belfast

World Champion Lowes Set For Belfast Newly crowned World Supersport Champion Sam Lowes will be one of the star guests at the Adelaide Motorcycle Awards in the New Year. The annual gala event, which has become the hottest date in the biking calendar, will be staged at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Belfast on January […]

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ACEM News Dec 2013

ACEM the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers has just published the latest edition of its newsletter. As would be expected, Jacques Compagne, ACEM Secretary General, in his introductory editorial, mentions how the industry is coping financially, not just in the European market but in the Global market as well “ACEM reported encouraging signals coming from […]

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3rd EU Motorcyclists Forum

Intelligent Transport Systems: Can powered two wheelers benefit from new technologies deployment? FEMA the Federation of European Motorcyclists Association have annouced the dates of the 3rd European Motorcyclists’ Forum. FEMA says that the 2014 Forum will focus on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in the context of the Horizon 2020 initiative. Powered Two Wheeler (PTW) users […]

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Motorcycle RWT – 2022

It would appear ahead of schedule that negotiations with the European Parliament and the European Council on the Road Worthiness Test (RWT) Package, have been finalised. The Lithuanian Presidency of The Council have announced that heavy motorcycles will be subject to periodic roadworthiness tests from 2022. However giving breathing space to those motorcyclists in European […]

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