Archives for May 2014

Wooden Barriers

For those who have an interest in Vehicle Restraint Systems (VRS) – Crash Barriers and who doesn’t here, are some pictures of a wooden VRS on a very rural French country road. What else would one do when out walking and thinking about what one comes across…………….. Now all isn’t as it seems, as the […]

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Road Safety Grants

£140,000 in road safety grants available for communities At Right To Ride a hefty percentage of what we do involves issues and concerns regarding motorcyclists’ safety. We sit on the DOE’s (Department Of the Environment) Road Safety Forum and have reported on and studied motorcycle rider fatalities in Northern Ireland, thus our top issues are […]

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MAID’en NORN IRON

Maid’en Norn Iron is asking like-minded ladies if they fancy taking part in a two day 300 mile motorcycle ride across Northern Ireland on Saturday 23rd August and Sunday 24th August 2014 and most of all do you like to have fun? If you’ve just answered yes to all of these questions, well then why […]

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New Man At The BMF

The British Motorcyclists Federation has announced that their new Government Relationship Executive (GRE) is Graeme Hay. The news was announced at the BMF Show, May 17-18, held at the East Of England Showground in Peterborough and Graeme says he has big plans for the BMF . At Right To Ride we wish Graeme all the […]

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Riders Voice

Manhole/service covers are seen by many riders as an object to avoid went out riding, as they are seen as offering less grip especially if worn or in wet conditions. As we have said previously, “It’s Not Rocket Science”, that non-slip solutions are available for metallic manhole or service covers. The latest addition to helping […]

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EU Travels

As we travel on an extended lifestyle journey to the Southern States of Europe – Spain and Portugal – via France we have been posting on the Right To Ride EU Facebook page. This has composed mainly of pictures and some comments on the difference between these states and the Northern European State of the […]

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Davys Bikes – Gets The Card

Davys Bikes situated in Bangor and based in the heartland of Balloo Industrial Estate is the latest dealer to stock the Biker NI (CRASH) Safety Card. We popped into the shop recently, which hosts a wide variety of stock from new/used motorcycles to brake pads and the latest clothing from IXON and were enthusiastically welcomed […]

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Down But Not Out!

As you may know our website at Right To Ride was “off-line” over a period of two weeks recently. Our host finally resolved the problem, after a certain amount of pushing on our part, pointing out that a previous service had in polite terms messed up our IP addresses and other technical “stuff”. Not Out […]

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