Motorcycling Australia (MA) is pleased to welcome two new staff members to the Riders’ Division Team - Connie Kennedy and Geoff Wallace. Kennedy and Wallace will work part time, joining Matthew Bennett as the Riders’ Division moves forward, seizing the opportunity to develop its customer based service at a grassroots level.
Most older riders today would remember that free footpath parking for motorbikes in Victoria was fought hard for and won in the past by the MRA. It is still not a reality in other states. But it can be revoked at any time if a politician gets a bee in their bonnet about it as the British have found in the following article. Only last year we had another run in with a City councilor tired of tripping over inconsiderately parked Scooters in front of his office. Support the MRA to continue Free Parking!
Free Motorbike Parking Scrapped by Westminster
Leading courier insurance specialists Staveley Head are warning their clients to be wary following the decision of Westminster County Council to scrap free motorbike parking in the borough from the end of January.
Older motorcyclists staying in the saddle longer with comfy, easy to balance 3-wheelers
In this Jan. 10, 2010 photo, Loch David Crane, left, gets onto to his three-wheeled motorcycle as John Gardner, right, looks on during a club ride in San Diego. They are among a growing group of aging motorcyclists taking up trikes; three-wheeled motorcycles that provide stability and nearly all the comforts of a car while still allowing riders to feel the wind in their face. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
The Boomers are losing ground to young -- and female -- riders with different interests.
My son -- the heir to all I hold dear, the light of my life, and the one set to become the first shyster in the Booth family -- is a sloth. He has not a single iota of my personality -- some would say thankfully.
It’s being billed as the longest supported motorcycle expedition in the world. The 248-day journey will span 30 countries on five continents, taking riders from modern cities to remote villages, across five-lane interstates and narrow dirt tracks, from arid deserts to tropical rain forests, in some of the world’s richest and poorest countries.
Riders have bleged to go ahead with the annual Ride for the Hills event with or without an event permit.
AN annual motorcycle ride which attracts thousands of riders and raises money for Victorian bushfire victims could turn into the state’s biggest black run if Parks Victoria reneges on its permit, organisers say.
TRAIL bike riders who use Whittlesea streets and parks as their personal playgrounds continue to be the one of most common complaints on the hoon hotline. A trail bike rider snapped by a South Morang resident speeding along a residential street in the Riverside Estate.
The Federation of European Motorcyclists' Associations (FEMA) is the European federation of national road rider organisations. FEMA represents, defends and promotes motorcycling and the interests of million powered two-wheeler users across Europe. Through its 23 national organisations from 17 countries, FEMA reaches over 300,000 dedicated motorcyclists representing all social groups.
FEMA's primary objective is to represent European motorcyclists both within the European Union and agencies of the United Nations.
Affiliated to FEMA today are 24 national riders' rights organisations from 19 European countries.
FOR a rookie motorbike builder, Shane Simmons carves out a mean looking chopper. The Burpengary auto electrician has certainly found his calling after switching from custom-built hot rods and street machines to the bike made famous by the cult film Easy Rider, and more recently in the pay television hit show American Chopper.
The Ararat Remembrance Ride raised money for the Ararat Hospital's emergency department which is named after an officer killed during the Goldrush.
The foundation's Terry Weeks says the ride attracted almost 200 more entrants this year.
"We ran this ride here last year and got 200 riders to participate and we've run it again this year and got 380 riders to participate, so we're quite happy," he said. Original Article
A drunk man riding a motorbike with no helmet, no lights and a flat tyre has done wheelies while travelling the wrong way up a major Darwin road while being pursued by police.
AMC - Some 4 weeks ago the SA Department of Transport Energy and Infrastructure installed the first piece of a 2 Km trial length of ‘Motorcycle Impact Attenuator’ to an existing stretch of W-Beam barrier on the infamous Gorge Rd just outside of Adelaide where many motorcycle fatalities and serious injury crashes have occurred over the years.
The SA Motorcycle Task force was negotiating with the DTEI for a 200 metre trial section of double W-Beam installation on a motorcycle black spot area. The initial idea was to simply add an addition lower rail to the existing structure. We were rather surprised some 8 months ago to be invited to a presentation to Departmental Engineers of the BASYC system from Spain. This system is well entrenched in Spain and universally acclaimed by motorcyclists there and the rest of Europe generally.