UK – The Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA) has announced the launch of a new motorcycle & scooter anti-theft security “star rating” programme. This is designed to recognise and highlight to buyers which anti-theft devices are fitted or supplied as standard on new motorcycles and scooters. The new rating scheme will be known as ‘MCIA Secured’, presented at the Home Office, the initiative has been developed, according to the MCIA, in response to the rise in motorcycle and scooter theft and the significant increase in scooters being used to enable further crime, … [Read more...]
Emissions Targets – Really A Sound Issue
Europe - ACEM the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (ACEM) has published a position paper on requirements to apply amendments to a European Regulation. The regulation is the Approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles regulations which we dealt with previously as Right To Ride EU . It was implemented in 2013 and referred to the type-approval of new motorcycles. Since then the European Commission (mainly through a stakeholder working group, Motor Cycle Working Group (MCWG), comprised of the motorcycle industry rider … [Read more...]
Pursuits – Smashing The Myth
UK - From motorcycle enable crime to motorcycle theft - bike jacking - acid attacks to anti-social behaviour - illegal riding - to on the ground policing. One of the issues that has galled riders and has been perpetuated by the press, is that the police will not chase a suspected stolen motorcycle if the rider or pillion remove their helmets. Police officers have faced internal investigation and faced prosecution, not just regarding motorcycle pursuits nor just un-helmeted pursuits - that have either ended in death or injury or not - to the suspect/s being chased and … [Read more...]
Future Connected Mobility
Future Connected Mobility - While we have been preparing an article that takes another look at automated driving and the reaction to motorcycles, fitting of systems to motorcycles, two articles of news reach us. Overall, aspects of automated driving and indeed riding detection is moving on at a pace, as automation moves steadily to achieve science fact and not just science fiction. The ultimate goal of all this is to be sitting in a vehicle, with the vehicle in full control, not the driver in a fantastical world that mimics how we drive and ride at present, for … [Read more...]
A Bit Of Brough
Brough Superior – Every now and again an article catches our eye because it stands out encompassing a specific motorcycle with its history and its future. In this case the Brough Superior, as this iconic machine emerges from the past. A past that has been attached to the legend of “Lawrence of Arabia”. The article that caught our eye, was recently published in The Road magazine (Motorcycle Action Group – members magazine). The editor, Ian Mutch welcomes back the Brough Superior and not only salutes Mark Upham, the marque’s fourth owner, his team of engineering artists … [Read more...]
Ducati Including Radar
Technology - Hitting the journalistic newsstands this week was the announcement from Ducati with its constant drive towards innovation, that the Bologna-based manufacturer is defining its safety strategy until 2025. This will see the implementation in the short term of ARAS (Advanced Rider Assistance Systems) on their motorcycles, or as has been picked up, Ducati is fitting a radar to their bikes. We have previously reported on systems such as ARAS as fitted in cars, which was tied in with the ongoing strife of implementing full car automation. How all these systems on … [Read more...]
“Nobody Wins With Trade Wars”
Global/Europe - Following on from our article in early March - Harley-Davidson – Doing Stupid! - which looked at the possibly of a looming trade war against the world and specifically Europe from the United States over steel and aluminium imports, ACEM the motorcycle manufactures representative in Europe are keeping everyone abreast of their stance on the situation. Comments by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at that time were, “So now we will also impose import tariffs. This is basically a stupid process, the fact that we have to do this. But we have … [Read more...]
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