Hein Gericke Belfast

You can now pick up the Biker NI Safety (Crash) Card at the re-established Hein Gericke store in Belfast on the Boucher Road. Hein Gericke Belfast offer the same great products at excellent prices from brands such as Hein Gericke, Dainese, Schuberth, Nolan, Segura, TCX, NGK, Alpine Stars, HJC and LS2. The shop has changing […]

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George Miller Motorcycles

George Miller Motorcycles who are based in the village of Ardstraw just outside Omagh in Co.Tyrone have become the latest dealer to take on the Biker NI Safety (Crash) Card. George Miller Motorcycles has been a Suzuki dealer for around 35 years now and George himself, a spritely 77 years old is still a major […]

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Bike Safely at UGP

Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has joined the Dundrod and District Motorcycle Club to appeal to motorcyclists to take care on the roads on the eve of the Ulster Grand Prix. He said, “Those with a keen interest in road racing will no doubt get a great thrill out of seeing the top riders competing […]

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Driverless Cars Competition

At Right To Ride we are not adverse to technology and like to keep abreast with on-going developments in the motorcycle and transport world. ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) have been developed more and more and the concept of driverless cars has been mooted for years. However this form of transport has come one step closer […]

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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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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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New Motorcycling Guidelines

IHE launches new motorcycling guidelines website The Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) launched in June 2014 the revised motorcycling guidelines in a brand new multi-platform website. The award winning guidelines have been updated from the 2005 version and set out practical guidance for transportation professionals on providing a safer environment for motorcycles, mopeds and scooters. […]

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French Rider Awareness

We picked up this motorcycle awareness campaign from the French motorcycle magazine Moto mag.com which shows a motorcyclist in the rearview mirror of a motorist. The awareness campaign which will last for six months consists of a large poster displayed on the back of 30 lorries in Essonne, a French department in the region of […]

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Heavy Quadricycles Tests

Euro NCAP Crash Tests on Heavy Quadricycles Euro NCAP has tested four heavy quadricycles in a special safety campaign. They say that vehicles tested have performed very poorly and some have shown serious risks of life threatening injuries. Adding that although street-legal, quadricycles do not have to pass any of the rigorous crash tests to […]

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Despair On Fatalities

As you know at Right To Ride we deal a lot with road safety and riders issues and concerns. Unfortunately after Mondays rider fatality and with another fatality today (Tuesday – in which the driver of a car has been reported as also having lost their life) this brings in total for 2014 – eight […]

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