Archives for 2013

Trialogues – Is RWT In?

MAG Netherlands the Dutch riders organisation, reports that their Minister of Transport, Melanie Schulz van Haegen, has said that mandatory PTI (Periodical Technical Inspections) for motorcycles may again be part of European PTI regulation (RWT – Road Worthiness Testing). This is after the motorcycle part was deleted then reintroduced and is now part of parliamentary […]

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BMF Round Up!

Region 10 Northern Ireland Round up 2013 The British Motorcyclists Federation – BMF –  in Northern Ireland, has a round up of what has been happening in 2013. Of course we will add a couple of our own comments, it would be rude not to! Howard Anderson, Northern Ireland Region Chairman, comments: “All round it has […]

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SHARP Wins Awards

SHARP – The Helmet Safety Scheme has won two prestigious road safety awards – the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award and the 2013 FIM (Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme) Road Safety Award. The SHARP testing programme was developed by the Department For Transport (DfT) in Great Britain and provides motorcyclists with two strands of information […]

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ITS Wired World

Our colleagues from the Motorcycle Riders Foundation representing riders’ rights in the USA have put out a fascinating press release that can turn the whole ITS argument on its head. They argue that if we have to have companies using “Telematics” to monitor the vehicles – bring it on. They say “Fighting the technology is […]

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Have We Got News!

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) has announced that former MP Lembit Öpik has become the organisation’s new Director of Communications and Public Affairs. MAG UK has also announced that Lembit won’t be tackling the communications and public affairs challenge alone. He will be working with biking campaigns guru, Dr Leon Mannings. At Right To […]

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Ireland’s Speed Limits Review

MAG Ireland has reported that new proposals published by a Speed Limits Working Group are to address the inconsistencies in Ireland’s speed limits. MAG Ireland welcomes the recommendations “as a positive step in ensuring a balanced and transparent approach to the setting of limits appropriate to the road in question. In particular, we welcome the […]

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The Biker Guide Booklet

Hot off the press… from THE BIKER GUIDE  – a Right To Ride Business Supporter – is the 3rd edition of THE BIKER GUIDE  Booklet. Even better the booklet is FREE with just the p&p to pay! THE BIKER GUIDE say, “We have worked on this publication for many months of 2013, to prepare and […]

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New President MAG Belgium

MAG Belgium Elects a New President! MAG Belgium has communicated that on Friday 8th November 2013 there was white smoke from the chimney of a meeting room, which was a sign to the outside world that they had elected a new National President. The new President is Dirk Bruynincx who has been in MAG Belgium […]

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10th ACEM Conference

A Global Vision for the Powered Two-Wheeler Market << SAVE THE DATE >> 29 January 2014 Residence Palace Rue de la Loi 155, 1040 Brussels, Belgium While the enduring economic and financial crisis is putting high pressure on the entire EU motorcycle sector, new flourishing motorcycle markets have sprung up in emerging countries favoured by […]

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Road Safety Week

Yesterday saw the start of Road Safety Week (18-24 November) in Northern Ireland. Announcing the initiative, last week the Department Of The Environment (DOE) Minister Mark H Durkan, said, “Almost all collisions are the result of human error, so we all need to ensure that our attitudes and our behaviours contribute to road safety in […]

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