Archives for 2014

Here’s Looking At You……

Ever since somebody took a 19th century “Sam Browne Belt” and adapted the concept by covering it with high-visibility cloth, then adding reflective material and wore it while riding a motorcycle, there has been a debate whether high-visibility (aka Day Glo or Hi Viz) actually helps riders’ visibility. In 2011 to 2013, rumours were rife […]

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Project Velocity – A Need For Speed

If you put motorcycles and Northern Ireland together,  you’ll always find somebody who draws in people like moths to a candle, especially when racing on our roads or racetracks is involved. In Northern Ireland we like watching motorbikes speed, we have a passion for it! Project Velocity is a team based in Northern Ireland made […]

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Motorcycling Kicking Back

The Department of the Environment (DOE) has published the – ‘DOE Driver, Vehicle, Operator and Enforcement Statistics April to June 2014. While not a riveting bedtime read the department says that the, “official statistics show that the number of Driving Test applications submitted to the DVA during the period April to June 2014 was 14,230, […]

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Adelaide Motorbike Awards

Grand Prix Stars Launch Adelaide Motorbike Awards Local Grand Prix stars Jeremy McWilliams and Natalie Kane have launched the search for Ireland’s top bike racers in 2014. The winners will be revealed at the Adelaide Motorbike Awards at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Belfast on January 23 in the New Year. Once again organisers have […]

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Sainsburys – Parking Up!

In November 2011 we reported about the new Sainsbury’s supermarket built in Bangor which had a dedicated motorcycle parking bay opposite the front doors of the new store. The bay, large in size has blockpaving on its surface area which means no sinking sidestands, while the surrounding car park has a “tarmac” surface. The block […]

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Angels of Hope

Angels Of Hope – Ovarian Cancer Awareness – Charity Ride Out On a weekend when we saw the temperatures drop,  I headed out to N.I. Bikers & Trikers Club Angels Of Hope charity ride out. Meeting at A1 Tyres on the A1 between Dromore and Banbridge, over a hundred bikes assembled to take part in […]

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ACEM – Yesterday’s Rider

ACEM, the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers, has unveiled its new road safety strategy, the “Safe Ride to the Future” initiative to the world at the 10th International Motorcycle Conference (IfZ) in Cologne, Germany, which coincided with this year’s Intermot motorcycle show. ACEM comments that the document sets out the European motorcycle industry’s commitment to […]

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Riding to the Moon

The Department of the Environment (DOE) has recently released the Annual Statistical Report 2014 which provides information which will be utilized by the DOE in its annual report regarding the Northern Ireland Road Safety Strategy to 2020. The Northern Ireland Road Safety Strategy to 2020 was published in March 2011 and outlined the key road […]

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Tax Disc Gone

From today Wednesday the 1st October 2014, the paper tax disc will no longer need to be displayed on a vehicle. If you haven’t heard or have not been reading our updates on the ending of the paper vehicle tax disc after 93 years, then this article will be new news. Two of the most […]

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Mid-Antrim Sanctuary

Weekend weather report – it was another good one! As the Captain of a ferry from here to Scotland said to my dentist last week – we are going to have another four weeks of this – thus the weekends Quay Vipers MCC ride out for the Mid-Antrim Sanctuary basked in rays of sunshine. The […]

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