Don’t ride tired this weekend
The Easter holiday weekend is with us, the perfect opportunity to get the moped, scooter or motorcycle out and hit the roads. But let’s not push it. The dream of a long and relaxing ride might seem like heaven but it comes with a few challenges to trip us up. If we’re used to 30-minute...
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New hub for biker skills
National Highways – the organisation that looks after motorways and major A-roads in England – has teamed up with Motorcycle News (MCN) to deliver a new online hub that bursting with riding advice and great tips on motorcycle bike skills and handling. Called BikerTek, its aim is to change the narrative around motorcycling , improving...
BikeSafe has now teamed up with UKROEd
The BikeSafe rider training scheme has joined forces with UKROEd as it looks ahead to its 25th anniversary year. The national initiative offers motorcyclists access to post-test training with advanced police motorcyclists to equip them with additional skills designed to help them stay safe on the roads. Workshops are held across the country offering a mixture...
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Tyre guidance to keep you safe
Road safety charity TyreSafe is releasing new guidance for motorbike, scooter and moped riders in time for the start of the ‘motorcycle season’, as more riders take to the roads and enjoy the better weather and lighter evenings of spring. The guidance comes after a surge in popularity of powered two wheelers (PTWs), with new...
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New Code offers pointers to safe riding in the countryside
National rural insurer NFU Mutual has launched a new Code for Countryside Roads to improve safety on rural roads – and there's plenty in it of interest to the motorcycling community. The Code was drawn up with contributions from farming unions and road safety groups such as the British Horse Society, and highlights the dangers...
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So you think you can ride?
So you think you can ride? The National Young Rider Forum (NYRF) has come up with a great new animated film that really packs a punch when it comes to safer riding on powered bikes, scooters and mopeds. Called So You Think You Can Ride, it’s a series of films focused on key parts of...
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Young Rider Survey
The New Rider Hub would like as many young riders aged 16 to 24 years riding machines of 125cc or less to complete the survey and have a chance to win a brand new SHARP accredited motorcycle helmet of your choice. NYRF are totally focussed on young motorcyclists, and they want to hear from you and...
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AA Charitable Trust Appeal to Young Riders
The head of the AA Charitable Trust has warned young riders not to put themselves at risk this Christmas, after new statistics revealed that young people are involved in a fifth of all December night-time road fatalities. That’s despite their age group making up less then three per cent of licence holders. Edmund King, Director...
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Riding brightly
How often do you check your motorbike’s headlights and other bulbs? According to eBay, if you don’t check them over often, you are not alone: a survey by the online marketplace found that 67% of all motorists admit to having never checking their bulbs were working properly or looked them over for potential problems. As...
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Driving for better business
Motorcyclists who ride their bikes as part of their job, and their employers, are being urged to check out the great road safety resources available on the Driving for Better Business (DfBB) website. Driving for Better Business – we’ll forgive them for saying ‘driving’ and not ‘riding’ – is a government-backed road safety initiative that...
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Have a safe TRIP
If you are planning a long-distance ride this autumn, the National Highways has some simple advice: have a good TRIP. In National Highways’ case, the good TRIP is its acronym for a checklist to keep you safe. It stands for: T – Top–up – fuel and oil – and check all electrics and lights are working R...
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Biker Down
Biker Down!: Saving lives on the road Biker Down! – the innovative training course that shows motorcyclists how to respond if they come across a road traffic collision – is coming to Greater Manchester, and all bikers are encouraged to attend. The course offers advice and training on how to administer first aid, make a...