United Kingdom - Industry and rider groups unite to protect motorcycling. The Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA) says that, "With support from leading riders’ rights group, Motorcycle Action Group, has today published its long awaited ‘Journey to a Brighter Destination’ document in support of leisure motorcycling. The Auto-Cycle Union and Mental Health Bikers have also supported the publication." MCIA goes further to say - "Premised on motorcycles offering significant environmental, economic, and societal benefits to the UK’s transport population, ‘The Journey’ … [Read more...]
Where do you go My Lovely?
Where do you go My Lovely ? (when you're sold on for scrap) Did you know that in the UK (according to DVLA statistics) there were 11518 L3* motorcycles written off by insurance companies in 2021? Just to explain - there are four categories of written off vehicles in the UK. A category write offs must be completely scrapped i.e. all parts destroyed (there were 145 L3 motorcycles); B category write offs can only be used for spare parts (there were 3071 L3 motorcycles); N category (once known as D cat.) refers to cosmetic damage and can be repaired and put back on the … [Read more...]
Myth and Reality – Subculture
‘Myth and Reality in the Motorcycle Subculture' Elaine Hardy PhD - Motorcycle Minds I wrote a PhD thesis entitled "Fear of Crime and Vested Interests - a Case Study of Motorcyclists". During my PhD research I came across Maz Harris' thesis '‘Myth and Reality in the Motorcycle Subculture' (he worked on his PhD in the same department at Warwick Univ. as me). Sadly he died in May 2000 as a result of a motorcycle crash. Anyway, I took copious notes and from those, I looked at a couple of interesting issues in his thesis: He compares the motorcycle outlaw subculture … [Read more...]
WHO Would Have Thought
WHO Would Have Thought - motorcyclists are not vulnerable road users. On October 6th 2020, the IfZ conference was held online. Normally this conference is held every two years in Cologne (Germany) together with the INTERMOT motorcycle show. After the prelude and introduction, the conference commenced with a "Round Table" moderated by Antonio Perlot, General Secretary of ACEM. The participants included industry and rider organisation representatives. However the real star of the show was Nhan Tran from the World Health Organisation (WHO). He was absolutely brilliant in … [Read more...]
Clutter of Road Safety Reports
As motorcyclists, we are regularly blighted with the opinions of "Road Safety Experts". In general these "experts" are from academia, civil service, government agencies and so forth. Overwhelmingly, only a small minority have ever had the joy of actually riding a motorcycle. YET! they have opinions about motorcycle safety. The latest document to join this long list of badly researched, short on evidence and lacking in knowledge, is from the World Bank. At Motorcycle Minds, we are privileged in that we are not obliged or beholden to anybody. Thus our opinions are … [Read more...]
Win This Global Race
FIM (Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme) - We have to win this global race together - The FIM says that it has an important role to play during Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in terms of educating and informing riders around the world how to behave in a correct and responsible manner. Exactly what we have been saying that although riders should follow their government advance, which may or may not include enforceable social self isolation, riding a motorcycle is not social isolation, it is not physical exercise as interpreted. To emphasize what we have … [Read more...]
Impacts Industry COVID-19
Europe - Global - Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on the motorcycle sector - The European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (ACEM) who represent manufacturers of mopeds, motorcycles, three-wheelers and quadricycles (L-category vehicles) in Europe have issued a statement regarding the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. As riders looking ahead, when we can return to some form of semblance of normality, a strong motorcycle manufacturing and retailer base will be required to take up all the facets that motorcycling is for millions of riders. ACEM - The COVID-19 … [Read more...]
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