United Kingdom - Cycling UK, a charity originally founded in 1878 as the Bicycle Touring Club and subsequently re-named the Cyclists' Touring Club, who represent cyclists issues and the promotion of cycling, wants people to be trained to open their doors with their far hands to avoid “car-dooring” riders. Cycling UK says that it has written to the transport minister Jesse Norman calling for all car occupants – not just drivers – to be reminded of the importance of looking before opening their door and to be taught “the Dutch Reach” method. They believe that this … [Read more...]
Meeting of the Minds – 2017
United States - If you are a riders’ rights organisation the one thing you need in our opinion, is interaction with riders who are the motorcyclist rights activists - the life blood of your organisation. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) in the United States of America do just that and have been doing so for over thirty years through their annual Meeting of the Minds Conference. The Meeting of the Minds Annual Conference has brought together bikers of all types from all over the U.S. to one location. It is considered to be the premier annual gathering of … [Read more...]
Thieves Run Amok
United Kingdom – A London(ish) Look – Check out the comments below regarding - Emergency Protest – Riding Against Motorcycle & Scooter Crime on the 9th September............... Since we last looked last month - in July - at the long spree of motorcycle enabled crime on mopeds, motorcycles, scooters and moped thefts, which saw in one night, five acid attacks in ninety minutes by two teenagers with victims – delivery riders - having their mopeds stolen and facing life changing injuries. Has anything happened or has anything been done to stop this scourge? One … [Read more...]
The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride 2017
Global - For the sixth consecutive year and our second year of reporting, The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride, takes place on streets globally on Sunday 24th September 2017 and is looking to unite 70,000 riders of 600 cities in 95 countries. It is not a ride just for men, as the ride has as many women dressing dapper for the cause participating with their motorcycles and supporting the men in their lives. The event is managed by a small and dedicated team from Sydney Australia. It has raised $8M USD ($10M AUD) in four years of fundraising, with a 2017 target of $5M USD … [Read more...]
Europe Registrations Down
Europe - ACEM, the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers, which is the trade association that represents manufacturers of powered-two and three-wheelers as well as quadricycles (L-category vehicles) in Europe, reports that EU motorcycle and moped registrations were down 3% in the first half of 2017. According to the latest figures released by ACEM, combined registrations of motorcycles and mopeds in the EU have reached 682,008 units during the first six months of 2017, representing a decrease of 3% compared to same period of the previous year. ACEM continue … [Read more...]
Sharpen Up With Bikesafe 2017
United Kingdom - We have always been a supporter of the police run BikeSafe initiative since its current inception in 1997 in Yorkshire, in our various guises of involvement in motorcycling "issues". Why would we be any different at Motorcycle Minds? Although BikeSafe is prevalent across the UK in different Police forces, BikeSafe has over the last few years, gathered those police forces and served up one massive festival of biking, which attracted 5000 people at the Rockingham race circuit in Corby. The heart of this year's event is to showcase the freedom and … [Read more...]
FIM Road Safety – Blue Screen
Europe - Italy - Blue Screen -The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) Europe reports that its 23rd Europe Congress in Rome (Italy) hosted the 11th edition of their Road Safety Conference on the 29th June 2017. The conference took place a month ago so you may be wondering why are we reporting now as the moment has passed. To answer your curiosity, our little Sony laptop which has travelled round Europe - by plane - by boat - by train and by motorcycle, finally seemed to give up the ghost and threw up the blue screen of death. Of course we had backed up … [Read more...]
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