FIM Europe – Road Safety

FIM Europe – The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme has announced that it will be holding the ninth edition of their Road Safety Conference. The conference is held yearly during the FIM Europe Congress – Malta 2015 – with the participation of high-level speakers involved in Road Safety initiatives in Europe. FIM Europe has been sharing […]

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Adelaide Motorcycle Festival

2015 Adelaide Motorcycle Insurance/BlackHorse Motorcycle Festival Right To Ride attended yesterdays launch at the Titanic Centre in Belfast of the 2015 Adelaide Motorcycle Insurance/BlackHorse Motorcycle Festival. The festival will take place over three days and will run from Friday 6th February to Sunday 8th February at the Kings Hall Pavilions in Belfast. What will the […]

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Irish Motorcyclists’ Association

Introducing the Irish Motorcyclists’ Association Our good friends at MAG Ireland report that after they have undergone substantial changes over the past four years they have  introduced another change. With immediate effect, MAG Ireland will cease to use the “The Irish Motorcyclists’ Action Group” as part of their formal title and will instead adopt the title […]

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Technical Minutiae

At Right To Ride we like looking at the small, trifling details of motorcycle technicalities and there is no better place to find all of this than at the European Commission – DG Enterprise and Industry – Automotive Industry Committees and Expert Working Group Motorcycle Working Group (MCWG) which held a meeting today 17th December […]

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NI Rat and Survival Bikes

Right To Ride welcomes the NI Rat and Survival Bikes as a supporter. The NI Rats for short, started as an interest facebook group in June 2014, and are made up of Rat and Survival bike enthusiasts with members from almost all the Motorcycle Clubs in Northern Ireland. The NI Rats are a collective that […]

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Flexalan Leather Dressing

Flexalan – Lanolised Leather Dressing – Not so much a recommendation (thank you Facebook for being useful for once) but a product test that comes from the world of horse care products from Flexalan that, “offers everything you need to add show-ring sparkle to your horse and tack.” Apparently good stuff for the boots I […]

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Biker Guide 4th Edition

THE BIKER GUIDE® say that they, “are delighted that the 4th edition of the booklet is now available!” The glossy booklet is ideal as a tool when planning, touring or travelling and only A5 in size is small enough to pack in on your travels and keep on your motorcycle. THE BIKER GUIDE® booklet is […]

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Island Trikers Street Level

A cold wet – chilly – day – but well worth it at the Belfast City Hall helping out the Island Trikers with their street collection – if only for the free hugs – as long as you put cash in the bucket – and great craic for the NI Cancer Fund for Children. The […]

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Tale Of Two Forums

Yesterday Right To Ride’s Trevor Baird attended a Road Safety Forum meeting at the Stormont Parliamentary Buildings. The forum is attended by a range of stakeholders representing road users, from the volunteer section to government and non-government agencies and a few others with an interest in road safety. The forum is chaired by Department of […]

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Bollards At Sainsburys

This may be the last post about the motorcycle parking bay at Sainsburys store on the Bangor Ring Road. The reason for this is because the parking bay has sorted out with the landlords of the retail park by fitting bollards to the bay. Since the store opened in 2011, the design of the motorcycle […]

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