When it’s really hot in the UK you really do have to take advantage of it because you never know when it will all slip away. (As I write this I hear on the weather forecast there maybe sleet or snow showers in the Highlands of Scotland!) Anyhow last Sunday was the hottest day of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'MAG'
MAG Grand Day Out – Cleethorpes Help For Heroes Day
May 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Motorcycle Shows
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Gordon Brown: motorcycle industry important
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Motorcycle News
Did you know there is a General Election this year? No, I’m not late catching on, just a bit sceptical about the latest bit of news that has found it’s way to my desktop. The House of Commons heard Gordon Brown announce yesterday “it is important that we have a strong motorcycling industry in this [...]
Tags: MAG·MAG UK·MCI·MCIA·motorcycle industry·riders are voters
Riders Are Voters Video Interview
November 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Riders Rights
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 [...]
Tags: bike·biker·bikers·campaign·democracy·fight·MAG·motorbike·motorcycle action group·motorcyclist·politics·riders are voters·Riders Rights·voters
No U Turn To Relieve Bike Test Chaos
April 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle News
A last ditch attempt to delay the introduction of the new bike test, which will start next week, was met with what I can only describe as a brick wall from the Government. With three MPs questioning the timing of the introduction of the new test, given that no siginificant improvement has been made in [...]
Tags: MAG·Motorcycle test·motorcycle test centre·motorcycle test chaos
Bike Test Chaos Prompts Demo and Questions In The House
April 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Joolz says....
The new motorcycle test was supposed to have been introduced into the UK last September which meant the provision of larger test centres, Multi Purpose Test Centres (MPTCs) as they are known, to allow for the additional aspects of the test such as hazard avoidance. However, when it was plainly obvious that these test centres [...]
Tags: MAG·MAG demo·MCIA·Motorcycle test·motorcycle test centre·motorcycle test chaos
MAG reply on ACPO
November 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Motorcycle News
Following on from my earlier report (click here to read it) on how the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) tried to influence the Transport Select Committee (TSC), on policies regarding motorcycles, I have now had a comprehensive reply from Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) General Secretary Nich Brown. He confirmed that MAG did not know [...]
Tags: Association of Chief Police Officers·Commons Transport Committee·MAG
Motorcycle Action Group Is 35 Years Old
September 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Motorcycle News, Riders Rights
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) were formed in 1973 and therefore in 2008 they have been spending 35 years defending rider’s rights, more specifically defending all of our rights to ride what we like and how we like with the minimum of government intervention. For a still largely voluntary organisation, that is some record and [...]
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