Archives for December 2013

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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Kings Hall Confirmed

2014 Adelaide­­/Blackhorse Motorcycle Festival is confirmed If you are buying a 2014 calendar or a 2014 diary for a fellow motorcycle fan this Christmas make sure and get a red pen and highlight the dates February 7th, 8th and 9th (Friday – Sunday) as that’s when Billy and Marty Nutt will be staging the 2014 […]

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Island Trikers Street Collection

Yesterday saw the annual Christmas street collection in Belfast by the “Island Trikers” for their chosen charity, the Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children. The group use their trikes, some costumes and gentle persuasion, along with bright yellow Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children t-Shirts – very extra large to go over bike gear – […]

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Road Race Bill Passed

A Road Races (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Assembly today The Bill will introduce flexibility to help promoters of road races to reschedule races where they would otherwise have to be cancelled due to bad weather. From next year, race promoters will be able to use up to two contingency days in relation to […]

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Ancestors Toy Run – 2013

The annual Toy Run from the Ancestors MCC at the weekend was an excellent fund raising event from the club. The annual event now it its twenty-umtenth year raises funds for the Children’s Ward at the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald. The run followed its now traditional route from Ballygowan – Lisburn – Belfast to the Ulster […]

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Patch It Up!

Our friends over at TARMACJUNKYS have come up with a fantastic and simple idea to raise funds for a good cause – The TARMACJUNKYS Cut Off! They have purchased a denim cut-off – original Levi denim jacket and wacked the sleeves of – with the aim to sew on motorcycle patches donated from around the […]

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NEC Trip

Right to Ride’s Trevor Baird goes to the NEC This time last week I had just returned chilled from a ride across to the Motorcycle Live show at the NEC Birmingham – www.motorcyclelive.co.uk I took a ferry, travelled on motorways, walked for miles around the show, met up with a few people, took photographs and […]

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