Global - Women Riders Prepare For 16th Edition International Female Ride Day® Saturday 7 May - "Just Ride" Another global event organised by rider is taking place this year, on, "Saturday 7 May, women riders will take to their motorcycles and powersports vehicles to “Just Ride!” for the 16th International Female Ride Day® (IFRD). Participants in over 120 countries, and six continents will join in on the globally synchronized women’s ride day which highlights female motorcycle riders and powersporters across all disciplines of the activity." International Female … [Read more...]
NMC and MCIA to work together
United Kingdom - Decarbonisation: MCIA and NMC to Work Together on Industry and Government Action Plan The Motor Cycle Industry Association and the National Motorcyclists Council have announced today that they have agreed to, "Work together as the joint action plan for government and industry on zero emission motorcycles and other L-Category machines develops." "The NMC and its individual members will work with the MCIA as part of the ‘UK Motorcycling’ forum which has been set up by the MCIA as part of the industry’s commitment to create a formal L-Category community … [Read more...]
The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride 2022
Global - It has been a couple of years since we last highlighted - The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride - since 2019 to be precise. While COVID 19 knocked us for a six in 2020 and in 2021 we sort of just stopped, both those years The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride took place in different and normal formats and in 2022 the ride just keeps going. So catching up and if you haven't heard of the The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride here is a recap from The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride themselves! The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride "On Sunday, May 22nd, 2022, The … [Read more...]
ACEM – Freedom On Two Wheels
Europe - The European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (ACEM) who represent the manufacturers of mopeds, motorcycles, three-wheelers and quadricycles (L-category vehicles) in Europe launched recently a position paper regarding - Motorcycle leisure, tourism, sports and related activities. ACEM say that, "Motorcycles are not only used to commute to and around urban areas prone to heavy traffic, but also for leisure and tourism purposes. In this context, motorcycles are typically used for short trips on the weekend, to visit scenic places, or long- distance … [Read more...]
The Next Steps For Motorcycling
United Kingdom - Today the UK's National Motorcycle Council (NMC) has published today its Motorcycling and the Future of Transport Policy 2022 (pdf 1.74mb) document as a major new contribution to the discussion motorcycling’s developing role in society and transport, whilst presenting how motorcycling can contribute to the Government’s aim to ‘Build Back Better’ in relation to transport policy in the post pandemic era. The NMC say that, "The new policy paper ‘Motorcycling and the Future of Transport Policy’ sets out in a concise format the policies that will work to the … [Read more...]
Journey To A Brighter Destination
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...]
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...]
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