Archives for April 2013

RWT Farcical

Update on Road Worthiness Testing The EU parliament’s (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) IMCO Committee discussed the Commission’s proposal for harmonised road worthiness testing in Europe yesterday, the most important outcome is that the Committee voted for the proposal to become a Directive (in line with the EU Council’s position) rather than for a Regulation […]

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MAG Ireland Regrets

Right To Ride joins in with the regret from MAG Ireland as they announce the resignation from the board of one of its longest serving members. All the best Linda – I and Elaine at Right To Ride after all these years will miss dropping a “wee” email to find out and communicate stuff. From […]

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CS Ride – Passing Ants

Geoff Hill’s latest update on – THE CS CLANCY CENTENARY RIDE Supported by Adelaide Insurance Services and BMW Motorrad. Recreating the first around the world ride 100 years on. I had forgotten how much I loved Holland. Everything is neat and tidy, and the people are polite, charming, funny yet pragmatic and liberal yet decent. […]

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Charles Hurst Demo & Family Day

Demo & Family Day At Charles Hurst Yamaha The Boucher Road dealership is holding an exclusive demo and family day on Saturday 20th April so that you can bring all the family to. There will be a bouncy slide and BBQ provided on site along with a great selection of special Charles Hurst Yamaha offers […]

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CS Ride – Withering Erudition

Geoff Hill’s update on – THE CS CLANCY CENTENARY RIDE Supported by Adelaide Insurance Services and BMW Motorrad. Recreating the first around the world ride 100 years on. In Glasgow, Clancy declared the people individuals to a man and the accent almost unintelligible from the red-nosed, bare-kneed women who gathered around them at every stop, […]

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FEMA MEP Ride – 2013

FEMA the Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations has announced that the 2013 MEP Ride will be held on June 26th. FEMA says, “Stay tuned and prepare for the ride of the year!” Since 1996, the Ride of the Members of the European Parliament, the “MEP Ride”, brings together motorcycling citizens from all over Europe and […]

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Phillip McCallen Open Day 2013

Hailed as Northern Ireland’s Biggest Ever Motorcycle Open Day riders are invited to head to Phillip McCallen Motorcycles on Saturday 20th April 2013. Over 30 bikes for demo from Triumph, KTM and Kawasaki. Plus the annual Bike Safe event, our Free 125 “Get On Day” for new riders, FREE diagnostic health check for your bike, […]

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Wrong Proposal At The Wrong Time

Recently the UK MEP Brian Simpson (Chairman of the Transport And Tourism Committee), astounded motorcyclists with his comment at the end of a discussion about the Road Worthiness Testing (RWT) proposal (which his committee is tasked to examine on behalf of the European parliament) that he was astounded that 12 member states do not have […]

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