End Of The Road

Tax Disc End Of The Road The DVLA (Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency) in Swansea, who have now taken over the responsibility for all vehicle licensing services in Northern Ireland, have officially announced the end of the road for the need to display a tax disc. From the 1st October 2014 the requirement to display […]

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Ride Out For Peace

For those of you long enough in the tooth, you may remember the Northern Ireland Peace Rides which were organised well over a decade ago by Uel Irwin and ran for ten years from 1998. The Northern Ireland Peace Ride was non-political, but was aimed to encourage people to have respect for each other. Ride […]

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20mph Limits

Thought you all might be interested in this from the Department for Regional Development (DRD). The Roads (Speed Limit) (No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 – looking at reducing the speed limit in Belfast City Center to 20mph and other speed limit changes in other areas in Northern Ireland. So as the document says, “Any […]

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Rocking Riding Roarin’

That was an eventful weekend just passed, one that started out with a puncture and ended up at the “tragic” Belfast Motor Show at the Kings Hall. Fortunately the bits in-between along with a sun drenched Northern Ireland and the inevitable, wet you through to the skin drizzly rain made it all worthwhile! The plans […]

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Moto-Tech – EBR

Right To Ride Business Supporters Moto-Tech announce that they have been appointed as the Official Dealer for EBR Motorcycles in Ireland. Founded in November 2009, rising up from the defunct Buell Motorcycle, EBR stands for Erik Buell Racing (EBR). As EBR say, “EBR superbikes are equal parts art and science. A bike that provides riders—both […]

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RSA – Hide And Seek

MAG Ireland – (The Irish Motorcyclists’ Action Group) have reported on the launch this week of two new television adverts (see below) by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) aimed at raising awareness of motorcyclists among drivers. MAG Ireland say: “The adverts are short at just 20 seconds each and anchored on the premise that: The […]

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Road Runner – July 2014

Road Runner – MAG Ireland Want to find out what’s happening on rider issues south of the border – visit the MAG Ireland website and subscribe to their Road Runner free newsletter. Latest issue has some details on: Consultation process on proposed changes to the practical driving test Report a Road Hazard with FixMyStreet.ie BikeSafe […]

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Belfast Custom Bike Show

Yesterday 19th July 2014 – Right To Rides Trevor Baird headed to the 9th Belfast Custom Bike Show at Custom House Square. Great for a chat and a catch up – apart from the bikes – a bag of mini-dunkin doughnuts and roped in as a judge for the custom show! The nominated charity for […]

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Tax Away!

Today (17th July 2014) sees the closure of Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA) offices in Northern Ireland. This is because the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in Swansea will now take over full responsibility for all vehicle licensing services from Monday 21st July 2014. Stating the obvious, this means that you will no longer […]

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Facebook Goings On!

Over on our Facebook page, where it is so easy to post up rather than the rigmarole that it takes to post up here, we have been somewhat busy over the last week. Here are the snippets and videos we have been putting up. From videos to information and discussion. You can view and like […]

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