February 09 2010 05:38:37
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Member Poll
Do you like what we have done with the new site so far?















You must login to vote.
Users Online
· Guests Online: 1

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 7
· Newest Member: chopper al
Shoutbox
Name:

Message:

Validation Code:


Enter Validation Code:



01/2010
good online game site with Tron bike game http://www.friv.co
m/

01/2010
whats new you pussy faces? Pfft. bones the brack-man. well done. Grin

01/2010
come on we need more members and more news put on Cool

01/2010
[url]sold another trike bracket today,thats ten now [/url]

01/2010

01/2010
HELLO Shock

01/2010
hello bones

01/2010
hi; chewy. nice yoke? bit flat. Sad. l8er M8.

01/2010
I have made a hange to the site so non members can post shouts and comments using image verification. hopefully this will stop spam

01/2010
And you Al M8, but dont you find dunlop are better though, LoL Grin

Shoutbox Archive
Motorcyclists are uncongenial”
News








A cyclist has said motorcyclists are 'uncongenial'

 
A website moderator for a national cycling body has exposed the
irrational depths of anti-motorcycle bigotry in the group with an
unintentionally comical rant.

In a searingly smug denouncement of all traffic except for cycles,
the moderator for CTC brands us irrelevant to the future of transport.


Using the name Simon L6, he goes on to say we are uncongenial and
even suggests we somehow defeat the purpose of the roads.


“Cyclists matter,” he declares. “They are the future of London's
commuting. Motorcyclists are an irrelevance. They are not numerous, and
the environmental benefits of motorcycling are nothing or less than
nothing.”


His ravings have appeared in a forum row over motorcyclists in bus
lanes which started when someone posted a story copied from this website
onto the forums of CTC’s site.


The story revealed crashes between cyclists and motorcyclists fell
40% in the first four months of their sharing bus lanes in London. 


The moderator - effectively a content regulator for the site – said
the fact cyclists might see us as a threat to safety was reason enough
to boot us out, even if they were wrong.


Asked “Should we ban one group of road users from a road space
because of the unfounded fears of another group?” he replied: “Yes -
although I don't accept that it is unfounded…


"If the presence of motorcyclists in bus lanes discourages people
from cycling that's good enough reason to ban them.


"That may be unfair, but streets serve a purpose, and if
motorcyclists, for whatever reason, defeat that purpose, then they're
going to have to join the rest of the traffic outside of the red
tarmac.”


In a separate post dismissing motorcycles as inefficient, he adds:
”My measure of efficiency encompasses safety, noise reduction,
sustainability and, most of all, congeniality.


"Motorcyclists do not offer any benefits by any of these measures.”


Thankfully users of the forum don’t appear to have taken him too
seriously.

One comments: “The purpose of the streets are to afford people transport
from place to place and I don't see how you can argue that motorcycles
defeat that purpose.”





  • Travel insurance needed for TT
    News









    MCM - News
     
    If you’re planning a biking trip to the Isle of Man this year, make
    sure you’ve taken out adequate travel insurance. As of April 2010, the
    reciprocal health agreement between Britain and the IoM is ending, so UK
    visitors to the Island will be liable to pay for any healthcare they
    receive outside of A&E departments. This means any rider unlucky enough
    to be in an accident requiring overnight hospitalisation or longer could
    be in line for a big bill unless they have travel insurance to cover it.


    Penny-pinching from the UK government seems to be behind the collapse in
    the arrangement, but there’s still a chance to overturn the decision. An
    online petition has been launched to protest against it: go to

    http://petitions.number10 .gov.uk/HealthcareIOMUK/
    to sign up but
    hurry – the deadline to sign it is 11 March 2010.


     
     
    Drones to spy on motorists
    NewsUnmanned military-style spy drones are to be used to monitor antisocial motorists under police plans.

    Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) similar to those used to assist reconnaissance and airstrikes in Afghanistan could be in use by the 2012 Olympics.

    A Home Office-backed partnership led by Kent Police aims to use them for “monitoring antisocial driving” as well as fly-tippers and protesters, according to a report in The Guardian.

    A prototype equipped with high-powered cameras will begin test flights later this year, the paper says.

    The scheme is a pilot for country-wide use of the technology for “surveillance, monitoring and evidence gathering,” documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal.

    UAV’s can fly for 15 hours and reach altitudes of 20,000 feet, making them invisible from the ground.
    DVLA finally ends licence debacle
    NewsThe Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) will now be returning original driving licences (with an invalidating hole punched through the photo) to motorcyclists who request a replacement licence. But not automatically. You have to request that your old licence is returned.

    The new procedure has been introduced because a number of motorcyclists had been issued with replacement licences (after moving house or applying for a photo licence) that had ‘lost’ their motorcycle entitlement resulting in them having to retake their bike test simply because they were unable to prove they’d previously held entitlements.

    In one case highlighted on the BBC’s Watchdog programme, a long-serving police motorcycle mechanic found that he’d had his entitlement for a category A motorcycle licence removed. Despite having held a licence for 28 years and written support from his police superiors, he still had to take a new driving test. The decision to return the defaced original licence follows months of lobbying by the BMF and others over the issuing of replacement driving licences to motorcyclists applying for a replacement licence due to change of address, loss, renewal etc, who have then found that their replacement licence has not included the all-important ‘Category A’ motorcycle entitlement.

    Previously photocopies or other written evidence of entitlements were unacceptable to the DVLA, but the BMF’s solution, similar to passport renewal, provides proof of entitlement.

    BMF Government Relations Executive, Chris Hodder said: “This is a practical and low-cost solution to a persistent problem and we are pleased that the DVLA has responded to our lobbying in such a positive way.”
    MotoGP Pedrosa to focus on 2010 after op
    News

    Thursday, 24 December 2009

    MotoGP Pedrosa to focus on 2010 after op

    Dani Pedrosa

    Dani Pedrosa leaves hospital after having surgery to remove a screw from his left hand and will step up his training for 2010 in a fortnight.

    The 24-year-old Spaniard had the screw inserted to aid his recovery from a fracture sustained during the season. The Repsol Honda rider ended the 2009 campaign in third place behind champion Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. Pedrosa, who won the final race of the season in Valencia, suffered an injury-plagued season, also damaging his knee.