Irish Superbike Easter Festival Races

Ride It Right – www.rideitright.org the motorcycle safety initiative is heading to the races this Easter weekend, Good Friday and Easter Saturday, April 22nd 23rd 2011, with the Ride It Right marquee, for the Irish Superbike Easter Festival Races at Bishopscourt Racing Circuit near Downpatrick. If you have nowhere to head on your bike for […]

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Big Thanks From Quay Vipers

The Quay Vipers MCC have said a BIG THANK YOU to all who took part in the 10th Anniversary Hospice Ride Out from Carrickfergus Harbour Car Park on Sunday 17th April 2011. From the clubs forum: “Well it hard to describe todays events except it was the best rideout Viper day in 10 to date […]

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NI Children’s Hospice Ride Out

This Sunday 17th April 2011 sees Right To Ride’s Club Supporters, the Quay Vipers MCC, 10th Anniversary Hospice Ride Out from Carrickfergus Harbour Car Park. The ride out is all about raising funds for the NI Children’s Hospice and last year motorcyclists and the club raised over £10,000. The run has been growing steadily over […]

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Biker Cafe Anyone?

With the biking season well and truly getting up a head steam, you might be out to enjoy the scenery.  Or you might be in search of a cafe along the way to meet up for a decent coffee or a mug of tea or coffee, the ultimate fish supper, the best ice-cream, the perfect […]

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Two Days Of Sun

Ride It Right, the motorcycle initiative in Northern Ireland reports it was invited along to the Phillip McCallens Motorcycles Open Day and Bikesafe event in Lisburn on Saturday 9th April and the Fallen Heroes Bikesafe Open Day at Comber Fire Station on Sunday 10th April. Both events were a fantastic success in no small part […]

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Wire Rope Barriers Are Expensive

The Swedish riders’ organisation SMC (Sveriges MotorCyklister) reports that, wire rope barriers can be expensive in the long run and says that risk to injury is also higher on roads fitted with wire rope systems. SMC agree with a doctoral thesis which was recently completed by Karim Hawzheen, entitled – Road Design for Future Maintenance […]

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Views From Abroad

A press release hit my desk today about the Road Safety Strategy – 2020, which was launched last week by the Department of the Environment (DOE). The press release issued by Jeff Stone with comments by Chris Hodder, the BMF’s (British Motorcyclists Federation) Government Relations Executive based in London, states that “Compulsory Basic Training has […]

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Other Road Users – See Us

Ride It Right has launched – “See Us – Get It Right” – an advisory and warning leaflet for other vehicle drivers. The leaflet asks other vehicle drivers to – Just Think! – See Us and Get It Right! – at: Junctions When Turning Right When Emerging Onto Main Roads When Overtaking When Changing Lanes […]

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Boothill MCC Supports

Right To Ride welcomes on board new club supporters – Boothill MCC. Michele Bell Boothill MCC (Secretary) says: BOOTHILL MCC has been going now for over 15 years, we are based in Northern Ireland and our members come from all over the Co Down and Co Antrim areas. Our members are both male and female […]

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Road Safety Strategy To 2020

On Tuesday 15th March Right To Rides Trevor Baird and Elaine Hardy attended the launch of the new Road Safety Strategy for Northern Ireland at Stormont – On The Hill. Alongside the launch of The Road Safety Strategy to 2020 – Vision: Driving Road Safety Forward, by the Environment Minister Edwin Poots, was the announcement […]

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