Welcome back!No, not the three you’re thinking of…
Bikes, Blokes and Banquets (masses of food anyway)
A winning combination surely?
What am I on about?
Why The Hairy Bikers of course and their new series ‘Mums Know Best’
I’ll watch anything on TV with motorbikes in it and so it is a real joy to have the chaps back on [...]
Tags: hairy bikers·hairy bikers food tour of britain·hairy bikers mums know best·hairy bikers recipes
Focus on the Third EU Driving Licence Directive
You may remember a couple of weeks back the launch of the Riders Are Voters campaign in preparation for the General Election next year.
The aim being to get feedback from motorcyclists on issues that concern them to build into an action campaign, to get our voices heard by [...]
Tags: mag uk org·motorcycle license·motorcycle testing·riders are voters
Don’t know about you – I’m talking to motorcycling females at the moment – don’t you find it tough buying a gift for the motorcycling man in your life?
Now before the men out there start suggesting the latest R1/Harley/Royal Enfield etc and all the women stop rolling around on the floor laughing, I’m talking about [...]
Tags: BMCT·British Motorcycle Charitable Trust·london motorbike museum·london motorcycle museum·motorcycle museum·motorcycles museum
Riders Are Voters (RAV) was officially launched at the NEC on Press Day 26th November as reported last week – to read the article click here.
We managed to get an exclusive interview with Nich Brown (General Secretary) and Paddy Tyson (Campaigns Coordinator) of the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG), see below, who explained what Riders Are [...]
Tags: bike·biker·bikers·campaign·democracy·fight·MAG·motorbike·motorcycle action group·motorcyclist·politics·riders are voters·Riders Rights·voters
Do you wish you could have more say in the policies that affect you as a motorcyclist?
Next year there is likely to be political change in the UK as the nation chooses who will govern us for the next 3-5 years.
Recognising that motorcyclists want their say on what directly affect them three organisations have joined [...]
A couple of Sundays ago (23rd August), the town of Brackley in Northamptonshire, held its first Festival Of Motorcycling.
The organisers said sunny weather was booked and so it turned out. We enjoyed a very pleasant bimble along the twisty roads to Banbury and beyond, and arrived at Brackley early afternoon – the event being scheduled [...]
Tags: Brackley Festival of Motorcycling·motorbike show·Motorcycle Events in August 2009·motorcycle show
Earlier in the year I was reading someone recommending the way of cutting motorcycle holiday costs is to go to a bike rally at either end of a week away and so we decided to start our weeks holiday in August with a rally.
At that point we really had no clue as to where in [...]
Tags: bike rallies·calstock bike show·calstock motorcycle rally·motorcycle events·motorcycle rallies·motorcycle rally·motorcycle rallys·rally pictures
Have you ever had your helmet stolen from your motorcycle? Would you like to be able to secure it better to prevent theft?
Lidsafe suppliers of the secure helmet bag need your help.
They say there is a lot of anecdotal evidence that the problem of helmets being stolen from motorcycles is widepsread and they want to [...]
Tags: helmet security·motorcycle helmet bag·motorcycle helmet lock·motorcycle helmet security
Aviva have been promoting their ‘Annuity Help For New Bikers’ with an advert showing a retired couple buying a motorcycle – a Triumph motorcycle no less – and then going off and enjoying their retirement as a result. Cool.
Triumph have to be congratulated for getting their motorcycles in to this advert, but also Aviva (you [...]
Tags: Annuity Help For New Bikers·aviva motorcycle advert·motorcycle adverts on tv·triumph motorcycle advert
If you’re a fan of classic japanese motorcycles from the 1970s then you will probably enjoy, as I have, these adverts that have surfaced on you tube.
Do you remember when these motorcycles were brand new? Did you have one?
Do you remember when the bike to have was the Z1? Seemed a big jump from [...]
Tags: classic japanese motorcycle·classic motorcycles·history of kawasaki motorcycles·kawasaki motorcycle·vintage yahama motorcycles·yamaha motorcycle