Table of Contents Editorial Everyone can now start to get excited! The SAM Christmas Party planning is over. Pillion has completed the campaign of buying all the raffle prizes and the food has been booked with Julie at Treeton Miners Welfare. Buying raffle prizes is quite a serious undertaking. First...

Table of Contents Editorial Another week has passed and the mood in the motorcycling community is somewhat subdued. The future of the UK motorcycling market now faces a triple threat. Increases in business rates, employer National Insurance and finance commissions to dealers suddenly being stopped. It makes for a depressing...

A VERY SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER KEVIN WILLIAMS How NOT to CRASH! Monday 7.30pm 4th November 2024, Treeton Miners Welfare, Arundel Street, Treeton, Rotherham S60 5PW AboutHaving graduated with a BSc from Kings, London, Kevin worked as a despatch rider for 16 years whilst looking for a ‘proper’ job and funding...

Well, we now know the tax and spending plans for the current UK Government. IAM RoadSmart welcomed the Chancellor’s decision to cut fuel duty and a scheme to introduce a ‘Fuel Finder Scheme’ with fuel-cost transparency at the pumps. When £16bn is needed to simply repair existing highway damage, the...

Table of Contents Editorial What a week! Changeable weather meant that some members were picking dryer days to ride to their favourite eateries, usually about 150 miles from the meet-up place. All reports suggest the food was very good! Others threw on the waterproofs and rode through the challenging conditions....

Table of Contents Editorial This week there was a meeting between the NMC (National Motorcyclists Council) and DfT (Department for Transport) to discuss a strategic agenda for motorcycling. Given that UK motorcyclists have been waiting since 2005 to see some Government action, let’s hope that actioning the strategy doesn’t also...