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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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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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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Vote Motorcycle Awards

Voting for the “Adelaide Irish Motorcyclist of the Year” is underway! Once again this prestigious award will be decided by bike fans who can choose their favourite rider of the season by voting online. The winner of the Adelaide award, in association with the Enkalon motorcycle club, will be presented with the famous Joey Dunlop […]

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VED & SORN

Did you know that in this years budget, delivered to the UK Parliament in March by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that an extra year of Vehicle Duty (VED) exemption was announced for classic vehicles? We didn’t! The announcement means that from April 2014, vehicles manufactured before January 1974 will join the exemption from the […]

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DVA Job Cuts Update

We previously reported on a consultation from the Department for Transport (DfT) in London which looked at centralising the delivery of vehicle and registration services at the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in Swansea, the consultation ran until the 11th September 2013. The Department of the Environment (DOE) in Northern Ireland though its previous Minister, […]

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RW Powder Coatings

New Shot Blasting And Restoration Service Now Open RW Powder Coatings Ltd are based near Moneyreagh on the Hillsborough Road Comber. This company has now expanded its operations to offer shot blasting in a variety of media and wet spraying services to the general public. What does this mean for motorcyclists with an ongoing rebuilt […]

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