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….Well it’s roads anyway, was the subject of a survey carried out by the Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA) last month.
And no surprise, motorcyclists think the most important thing the new Government should do for motorcyclists is improve road conditions.
At least that’s no surprise to motorcyclists as we constantly bump and jolt our way across [...]
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The State of the Nation
July 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Joolz says....
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
Motorcycle Industry Association Meeting Holds Promise For Future
February 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Motorcycle News
The Motorcycle Industry Association (MCI) had a meeting with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills this week aimed at gaining more recognition and support from the UK government for the motorcycle industry.
Even though motorcycles represent only 1% of the road traffic in the UK, the industry that supports that has a much larger role [...]
Riders Are Voters Joint Initiative For Change
November 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Motorcycle News, Riders Rights
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 [...]
Motorcycle Registrations Down and Up
May 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Joolz says....
The Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCIA) have recently announced the new registration figures for April 2009.
They reveal that although they are down on last April by 6.5% and overall the powered two wheeler market is down 12.4% on the same month last year motorcycles the market is still far stronger than the car market which [...]
Tags: MCIA·motorcycle road safety strategy·national motorcycle week·New Motorcycle Registrations·ride to work day 2009
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
Triumph for UK bikers as DSA delays new motorcycle test for 6 months
September 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Motorcycle News
At last we have some good news on the chaos surrounding the introduction of the new motorcycle test.
Following on from the meeting with Transport Minister, Jim Fitzpatrick, by various motorcycling representatives of the motorcycling industry on September 3rd the DSA have announced, with less than three weeks to go, that they will delay the introduction [...]
Motorcycle sales bearing up despite the economy
September 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Motorcycle News
August total registrations for powered two wheelers (PTWs) were 12.3 per cent down on last year at 10,104 units, according to figures from the Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCI).
However this follows a 22 per cent increase in July and overall in the year to date only a 0.5% drop compared to last year. New [...]
Tags: MCIA·motorcycle deals·motorcycle registrations·Motorcycle sales