Bikers Aiming Toward Education (ABATE), a small group who formed in 1976.The new law, which came into effect on 13th April 2012, states: 'riders 21 years and older who have 2 years riding experience, passed the motorcycle Safety Course and carry $20,000

motorcycle collisions between 2002 and 2006 and found that those wearing a helmet were 22 percent less likely to suffer cervical spinal injury. The research also found that those who wore a helmet were 65 percent less likely to suffer trausmatic brain injury

in 2009.According to the GHSA's figures, in 2008 42% of fatally-injured motorcyclists were not wearing helmets. 2009 was the first year where motorcycle fatalities decreased for 11 years. Motorcycle fatalities more than doubled from 1997 to 2008.Only 20

: it has now been increased to 157kg from 153kg for 2012 and for 2013 will increase again to 160kg.Nine CRT teams have been approved by the GP Commission to run alongside 12 factory MotoGP teams, meaning there will be at least 21 bikes on the grid in 2012.

and changes to the detailed technical specifications of all bikes, but the most significant elements are that – should they be passed into law – they will make ABS a legal requirement on all new models.Even bikes under 125cc will have to be fitted either

THE FAMILY of a motorcyclist who was killed in a collision after hitting a patch of diesel has been awarded £110,000 in compensation.The victim, Richard Cooper, hit a large pool of diesel on his Yamaha motorcycle and collided head on with a van

A MOTORIST involved in a crash which left a motorcyclist paralysed from the chest down has been fined just £100 and banned from driving for a year. Kate McCullock, 28, from Leicester, collided with biker Anthony Law, 62, also from Leicester

A BIKER who was left paralysed after crashing his bike has taken steps unaided, on Noel Edmonds' TV show Deal Or No Deal. Peter Law from Halifax, 38, was left with his back broken in five places and was told he would never walk again. But he

EUROPEAN UNION transport commissioner Jacques Barrot has unveiled plans to allow for the cross-border pursuit of foreign car drivers and motorcyclists who flount traffic laws in other European countries. Barrot wants to put a Europe-wide information

-bikes.There are already twelve laws in place that can be used to deal with the issue of misuse of mini bikes and this proposed extra law, which would not come into place for many months, would have a limited effect on the illegal users who already would have little regard