Motorcycle Minds started out as a motorcycle blog in 2010 with articles on specific motorcycle issues such as advanced training, road infrastructure including crash barriers, braking systems, motorcycle legislation, electric bikes/C02 emissions, ITS on bikes and so forth. Those articles focused on issues with a “riders rights” slant, written by ourselves and like minded contributors from different countries and different backgrounds with viewpoints to put into one place. In 2016 Motorcycle Minds has returned and although the internet is now full of motorcycle blogs, our … [Read more...]
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Virtual Research Library
The Virtual Research Library is a knowledge page that contains documents, reports, videos and external websites from other organisations and individuals. While these documents and other information are freely available in the public domain, we hope that bringing these into one place will help for referencing past research and helping with future research in a free and open manner. If you have a document or report that you think should be included, or if you have any interesting articles to send us, to give you an opportunity to highlight various topics from motorcyclists … [Read more...]
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Motorcycle Minds started out as a motorcycle blog in 2010 with articles on specific motorcycle issues such as advanced training, road infrastructure including crash barriers, braking systems, motorcycle legislation, electric bikes/C02 emissions, ITS on bikes and so forth. Those articles focused on topics with a “riders rights” slant, written by ourselves. We were supported by minded contributors from different countries and different backgrounds with viewpoints to put into one place. Moving on from that initial stage Motorcycle Minds we hope you enjoy our posts as we aim … [Read more...]
First Lady – Ana Carrasco
Racing - We don’t really run articles on racing as there are a myriad and multitude of publications out there as we mainly look at the issues that affect road riders. However, one article has jumped out on social media, written by freelance motorcycle journalist and author, Stuart Barker. Stuart asked folk to share his post freely so that a wider audience could be reached to give deserved recognition to Ana Carrasco who is “The first woman in the 100-years-plus history of the sport to lead a motorcycle road racing world championship. With just two rounds remaining of … [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...]
FIM Dinner Debate : Robots – European Automation
Europe - The FIM Dinner Debate 2016 “Sharing the Road with Robots: When Motorcycling Meets Automation” took place in Brussels on 19th October 2016. Representatives from the motorcycling community, the industry and EU decision-makers exchanged over the future interaction between automated vehicles and powered two-wheelers, stressing the need to make roads safer for all transport modes. FIM announced during the evening its intention to join the Connected Motorcycle Consortium (CMC). The event was hosted by two influential Members of the European Parliament, Mr Wim van de … [Read more...]
