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MotoTech – Invaluable

11th February 2013

Moto-Tech Service & Performance Centre Ballinderry, Lisburn are now supplying the Biker NI Safety Card. Brian and Joy and the “crew” from Moto-Tech where at the weekends Adelaide Motorcycle Festival and from their stand manged to “shift” over 250 of the cards. Moto-Tech Service & Performance Centre say: “Moto-Tech Service & Performance Centre Ballinderry, Lisburn […]

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SHARP – TRL Helmet Fit

11th February 2013

SHARP, the Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Programme, which helps riders to make an informed choice about helmets, reports that the TRL, the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory are investigating helmet fit. TRL’s spokesman said that it is, “Conducting research to examine the factors associated with helmet loss, which will assist our understanding of the potential […]

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Biker NI Safety Card Launches

8th February 2013

The Adelaide Motorcycle Festival at the Kings Hall Pavilion, 8th to 10th February 2013, sees the launch of the “Biker NI Safety Card”. The “Biker NI Safety Card” brings the “Ambulance Motorcycle Club” Crash Card initiative to Northern Ireland. It is supported by the major agencies involved in keeping us safe on the road: PSNI […]

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The Motorcycle Helmet Law

7th February 2013

The Motorcycle Helmet Law in the UK – Background Forty years ago, the “Motor Cycles (Wearing of Helmets) Regulations 1973 (S.I., 1973, No. 180), dated 7th February 1973”, was enacted – the statutory instrument came into operation on 1st June of the same year. On April 5th 1973, the order for this regulation was debated […]

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World Record Attempt – Quay Vipers

6th February 2013

The Quay Vipers MCC World Record Attempt – As part of the Quay Vipers MCC NI Children’s Hospice Ride Out on Sunday 16th June 2013 the first 2 miles of the ride out will be an attempt to set a world record for the most different makes of motorcycle in a parade. The Quay Vipers, […]

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MotoTech

6th February 2013

Right To Ride welcomes as a new business supporter “MotoTech” Motorcycling Service and Performance, centrally located in Northern Ireland, just twenty miles from Belfast. MotoTech is a family run business which has grown from a home based workshop to a fully computerised diagnostic repair and dynojet performance centre, supplying a wide range of parts and […]

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World Class Flavour

6th February 2013

There’s going to be a distinct world class flavour at the Adelaide Motorcycle Festival now that Sam Lowes has agreed to appear at the King’s Hall Pavilion on Friday and Saturday. Lowes finished third in last season’s World Supersport championship riding a Honda on which he had two wins. For 2013 this talented 22-year-old will […]

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Revving Up Kings Hall

1st February 2013

The likeable Steve Plater who can reflect on eight wins at the North-West 200 is revving-up for the annual Adelaide Motorcycle Festival which begins on Friday at the King’s Hall Pavilion in Belfast. A late recruit to road racing, 40-year-old Plater, born in Luton but now living at Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire, is a former […]

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The Week That Was

28th January 2013

Right To Ride’s snippets from, the week that was, commencing 21st January. From the European front, on Saturday 19th January, new rules for motorcycle licences and other road users kicked in. Details of these new rules, which includes different motorcycle licence categories for learner riders can be read on Right To Ride – Click Here […]

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Belfast On The Move

27th January 2013

Well Belfast may be on the move, with the next phase of “Belfast On The Move”, which aims to make the city centre more accessible to everyone by improving access to transportation for everyone in the city, including the introduction of Bus Lanes. However the DRD (Department For Regional Development) reports that, ““Motorists in the […]

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