Riders Rights in Northern Ireland
St John Ambulance (NI) – First Aid and Health & Safety Training – St John Ambulance (NI) announce their 2013 Course Directory St John Ambulance is the UK’s leading first aid training provider, training many thousands of people a year in workplace or community first aid. Within the Directory you will find details of all [...]
How would like to win a Yamaha motorcycle worth at least £12,000 and at the same time help Cancer Research UK? Well the opportunity will soon arise at the annual Adelaide Motorcycle Festival which begins a three-day run at the King’s Hall Pavilion in Belfast on Friday, 8 February 2013. Barry’s Biker Bakes, thanks to [...]
Right To Ride welcomes the East Coast Riders MCC Northern Ireland as a new motorcycle club supporter. Newly formed in 2012 the club members ride on all sorts of bikes and the club welcomes partners of bike members to join the club. The club attends rallies, ride-outs and basically has a laugh at each others’ [...]
Todays Ancestors MCC annual and 21st Toy Run, raising funds and collecting toys for the Children’s Ward in the Ulster Hospital, can only be hailed as a fantastic job by the Ancestors MCC and all that attended. From the now usual start at Ballygowan the run went out to Saintfield, across to Lisburn into Belfast [...]
Crash Card which this year won the Prince Michael international road saftey award has just won an award from the FIM – Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. FIM Road Safety Award – Winner 2012 Ian Burell and The Ambulance Motorcycle Club, for the creation of the helmet Crash cards – and the Rider Alert in the [...]
The British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF) on their Rider Magazine website that the “Belfast Roads Services” has been in touch with them. The reason being that they are looking help with the introduction of free motorcycle parking bays in Belfast City Centre. The BMF say, “They (“Belfast Roads Services”) intend to leave a questionnaire on motorcycles [...]
The Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA) in the UK has published a press release about the introduction of the 3rd European Driving Licence Directive (3DLD) in January 2013. The MCIA is emphasising that riders do not need to take a series of tests. The MCIA reports that there are misinterpretations which seem to centre on the [...]
The European Council has deleted the requirement for mandatory Road Worthiness Testing for L3e (that’s low-performance, medium and large size) motorcycles! The latest documentation has suggested major changes by the council most important of which is the proposed regulation is to become a Directive and includes text such as, “Testing during the lifecycle of a [...]
Sunday 9th December 2012 sees the Ancestors MCC date for their annual Christmas Toy Run for the Children’s Ward in the Ulster Hospital. The run will take place on Sunday 9th December 2012. Leaving Ballygowan Roundabout at 1pm £5 per bike and toy if possible. (No soft toys for hygenic reasons) The usual route & [...]
Just a bit of light relief from the issues we have been dealing with over the last two days on Right To Ride EU – www.righttoride.eu On the regulation proposal vote at the Plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. We did laugh – you will get it. It Is Funny – You Will [...]
As motorcyclists we all know the amount of fundraising events for good causes and charities that goes on each year that are organised and run by motorcyclists, clubs and motorcycle organisations. In Northern Ireland riders raise thousands of pounds each year for these various causes from Children’s Wards, Christmas Appeals, MRI Scanner Appeals, Dog Homes, [...]
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