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UK motorcycle club racing guide
By Robin Goodwin on 20/05/2011 09:54:43
Details for the main racing clubs in the UK
ACU licence test on a trackday. We list the cost, dates and application form you'll need.Suspension setupSuspension can provide a huge boost in your race performance. Learn how to get the best from your suspension with our motorcycle suspension setup
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Driver fined £250 over death of young motorcyclis
By Tim Skilton on 31/07/2007 13:45:42
Delivery driver held licence for only two months
A DRIVER who had held his full licence for only two months has been fined £250 after a fatal collision with a teenage motorcyclist.Faisal Iqbal, 27, of Tilehurst, collided with 17-year-old Michael Ryan, on April 22, 2006, killing the young rider
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Government to clamp down on speeders
By Visordown News on 20/11/2008 08:14:57
Caught speeding twice? Expect to lose your licence under new government proposals
ROAD USERS who seriously break the speed limit just twice could lose their licence under new Government proposals.Announced as part of a consultation paper on speeding offences on British roads, the news comes as just one of the measures outlined
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Serial drink-driver jailed for biker's death
By Visordown News on 08/11/2010 13:14:44
TWO previous convictions, no licence and now this. Are we too soft on repeat offenders?
after ploughing his father's car into the path of the biker.Wright had taken the vehicle without his father's consent.Sheffield Crown Court also heard Wright had two previous convictions for drink driving and has never held a driving licence. Sentencing
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Government announces road tax increase
By Visordown News on 26/03/2010 11:59:06
What are you playing at, Darling?
MOTORCYCLE road fund licence - better known as road tax - is set to rise from April 1st 2010, the Government announced earlier this week in the Budget.Motorcycle road tax increases: Above 600cc: £66 to £70 401cc and 600cc: £48 to £50 Unchanged:151cc
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Police seize 20 bikes in weekend crackdown
By Visordown News on 12/05/2008 19:53:20
'A significant number of bikers failed to have valid insurance or a proper driving licence' say Police
SURREY POLICE seized twenty motorcycles over the past weekend, as part of a crackdown on law-breaking bikers.The operation was carried out by the county's Police Force and the Surrey Safety Camera Partnership. During the operation officers collared
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Coroner blasts bike dealer over full power motorcycle sale
By Visordown News on 07/01/2010 03:34:56
'The bike should not have left the premises' says grieving relative
A STAFFORDSHIRE bike dealer has come under fire from a coroner for selling a full power motorcycle to a man with a restricted licence, who was later involved in a fatal bike smash.Gareth Bowen, 20, from Meir, was killed on the A518 The Dove Way
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BMF issues warning on driving licence threat
By Visordown News on 04/12/2006 17:43:36
UK biking about to face its biggest ever threat
DESPITE last-ditch efforts to head-off the adoption of stringent new EC driving licence regulations, the BMF is warning that without a miraculous change of fortune, motorcycling is about to face it's biggest threat ever. This follows a recent
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Marco Simoncelli banned from driving
By Visordown News on 12/08/2008 12:45:58
Curly hair 250cc Grand Prix nutter gets disqualified less than a week after passing his test
AFRO'd 250cc GP wildman Marco Simoncelli has been banned from riding or driving on the road less than a week after getting his full motorcycle licence in Italy.Simoncelli has been banned after being caught overtaking on solid double white lines
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Three month ban for Scottish 104mph biker
By Visordown News on 03/11/2008 09:10:23
"Your actions were stupid" says Sheriff
McCreadie branded his speed “stupid and wicked.”Simpson pleaded guilty to driving at 104mph on a single carriageway stretch of the A93 Perth-Blairgowrie road on July 25. The incident took place just before 1pm on a one mile straight notorius
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