It is that time of year where we come up with resolutions of the things we are going to do in the new year and probably succeed in – well for a day or 2 maybe

My family and I have recently taken up Taekwondo as a family and are all learning from scratch. For those out there that are looking to get fit, lose weight or build strength but, like me, do not like swimming lengths, jogging or gyms then this is a fantastic option! We have been doing the classes for 1 month (a free trial) and the level of excercise is really high and as you do this as a class there is a lot of working together and so you get to meet loads of people and it helps you to keep going with the excercise!

With this in mind I have decided I will as my New Years Resolution I will continue with these classes, I will also be making small changes to my diet along the lines of reducing the bread I eat at lunchtime and have soup for lunch

We wrote earlier about a group of 5 bikers that were being charged with “Causing Death by Dangerous Driving” as one of the other bikes that were on the ride crashed and very sadly the driver and pillion (husband and wife) were both killed. It was deemed that as they were riding as a group and they had been riding quickly that the other bikers for some reason were to be responsible for the 6 bikers accident even though (by my understanding) the other bikes were not near them, or touch the bike, or be connected with the final incident.

The bikers trial was finally meant to start on Monday 16 months after the accident and so for that time they have had this hanging over them. The bikers were getting great support from the biking community on Facebook as a group had been set up with 3,300 members posting support and news. Leading up to the start date there was talk that the Judge wanted more time to look at the details of the case before the case could begin which was dragging things on more as it was delaying things.

On Monday however the Judge called the bikers in and the dismissed the charges. So yes, common sense has prevailed and the bikers are not going to be charged. This is great news as the supporters were struggling to understand how bikers that were not directly involved in the accident could be held responsible for the final accident of a rider that is in control of their own machine.

This is great news although as the bikers have all said, they still lost their good friends Helen and Dean.

A while ago we started following the new about a couple from Brighton that had jacked in the mundane life and gone for the dream by getting themselves a BMW and deciding it was time to go and ride around the world. I remember meeting Nick when he was having some final work completed on the bike before leaving. To date they have now made is across North America and are now slowly working their way across South America is what appears to be moments reminiscent of the

Yes we cannot help but notice that it is fast becoming that time of year and we are starting to be asked for Christmas present ideas. There are always some great ideas for Christmas and so we thought we would put together a list of some of the practical, fun and just plane silly ideas that you can ask for, or if you don’t make a point of not asking for then you might end up with!!!

• Coming in a solid starter are the Motorcycle Slippers! This is a firm favourite and now with the option of the Sport bike design and only a £17 price tag this is always a winner with the die hard bikers that want to keep going all year round
• Always a good idea for any biker is of course the heated grips. There are those that insist on trying to pretend that are too tough for heated grips

As I am sure most bikers know there is a LOT of discussion at the moment to do with the EU and their attempt to ruin life in this country a bit more by bringing in ridiculous laws targetting bikers! The 2 main messages that have been going around is that to start with they are wanting to make it LAW that all bikers have to wear a reflective item, with regards to this I am personally waiting for them to come out with the mandatory law for cyclists as well as having reflective bars on the back of all cars as I am sure that is being done at the same time as otherwise this is targeting bikers only????

The second stupid Euro rule (and more worrying) is that they are trying to put through rules that mean that bikers cannot use any after market parts on their bikes. This is a ridiculous rule in so many ways. We could start with the fact that

Have you been having relationship problems? Has your good lady been looking at you looking lost as if there was something missing? Has she been asking you lots of questions that you cant quite answer? Then this might be for you:)

Today in Moto GP there was a total tragedy in the death of Marco Simoncelli. He was one of the really entertaining characters in Moto GP and one of the reasons to watch, a true talent that was starting to get the results and podium spots that he was trying to get and I think he was about to have a very interesting season next year.

This was such a tragedy with what appears to be no-one to blame and just a very sad genuine accident. A star has been lost and our thoughts go out to his family and friends, it is a terrible situation. This even feels like a personal lost when you lose such a big character that was making a real difference to this sport.

You will be really missed Marco…

After having seen a number of trailers last night was the first episode of the new TV show Driving Wars on Dave. This is a new show where contestants get to control a car out on the track whilst sitting inside a converted Jag that has been wired so that the sterring wheel, accelerator and brakes control the car outside. The show had 3 rounds and then a finale. Round 1 was the drivers going around a course attempting not to crashe whilst also having a giant lorry and a beach buggy driving round the course, the second round saw them trying to make a 100ft jump in a 5 series BMW and then the final round took them into what they call the “Bear Pit” where the car goes in one end of a scrapyard stlye area and have to find the exit whilst avoiding a number of vehicles designed to trash them. On every Wednesday at 9pm it is worth a try!!

I was sent a link to this add this morning which challenges biker pre conceptions of the public. Even as a biker would you have done this is the questions? Carlsberg at its best…

The Motorcross Challenge Project (MCXP) is a charity based in Dover that works with children to help incentivise them to learn in a more pratical situation. This is also the place where we got to try motocross taster session that I wrote up on last week. This is a gerat mix of a fun thing to try whilst also helping to fund a worthwhile charity! Here is more information about the charity.

MXCP is a charity based not for profit registered organisation in Dover offering an alternative way to educate and motivate young people by teaching themmechanics and off-road riding.

The project’s core aim is to raise safe awareness of off road motorcycling and for young people to come along and try motocross. It was established 11 years ago anduses the incentive of motocross to encourage young people to develop theirskills

For a long time I have been wanting to have a try at Motocross. I love riding on the road and can only imagine that riding off road would be a world more fun! I saw advertised a local group that were going to a taster session of Motocross near Dover at a charity called MXCP that use Motocross as an incentive for children that are struggling at school to learn through doing. I will be writing up a post on this charity shortly and will offer a lot more information about it and any people that may want to help and work with them.

MXCP offer taster sessions for adults at the weekend for £50 for a half day which includes all equipment, yes that means helmet, bike and clothes. This is a steal at twice the price I think but a great opportunity to let people think about trying this as a new sport and at the same time be donating to, and helping promote, a charity.

So, off we went, a group of 10 bikers to go and give it a try! We arrived all eager (hour early) but there had been a promise of bacon sarnies at the location and so we were ok. The day was a lovely dry sunny day and had been for a few days and so the floor was not excessively slippy! As a 6ft 2 buy I was a bit concerned about the bikes that came out, that was UNTIL I saw the instructor that was 6ft 9 – If this man could ride it then I had no excuse!! 

A press release just in from Honda has just informed us that Honda has chosern SERV as it nominated Charity. The release details are below:

Honda (UK) is delighted to announce the acclaimed ‘blood runners’ charity, SERV (Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers), has been nominated by staff as the company’s supported charity for the year.

SERV, a member of NABB (Nationwide Association of Blood Bikers), is a charity that transports blood, plasma, platelets, samples, vaccines and other urgently required medical items to hospitals completely free of charge. It is run by dedicated volunteers who receive no financial compensation for their time or costs, allowing the NHS to divert funds to where they are needed most.

Having formed in 1981 so celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, SERV is now seeking to expand. This will enable them to provide a more comprehensive service within their current fourteen operating areas across the South East – which respond to over 5000 emergency calls annually across the region – as well as grow the national coverage of this vital service through setting up new

I suspect a number of us have seen in the new that there is discussion now about changing the speed limit on motorways from 70mph to 80mph and I cannot help but think that, what difference will it make??? My gut feel that this is a chance for the governement to try and make some people like them again without having to spend any money. I will admit that I think like most people I drive around 80 anyway as I think that is 10% give or take and so probably ok. Surely I am not the only person that thinks that if the limit is 80mph then it would be that I would drive at 90ish…

Answer me this people, is this the case? I pressume that other people have had similar thought and I would like to think that the ministers (don’t get me started on them!!) might have thought about this and so they must expect that this is ok. Also, if 80 mph is deemed to more acceptable does that mean the general rule of losing your licence at 100 will have to go to 110?

I always enjoy the arguement

For many bikers their motorbike is a chance to enjoy the summer, that is of course if we have one. It is a chance to get out on the road and enjoy this country that on occasions is actually a very pretty place with some spectacular roads and so even greater bikers. It is a place where people to relax, have a laugh and meet some mates, there are always some motorcycle events in your area to join if you don’t know other bikers and all is well.

However as the temperature gets back to the normal UK temperature and the rain starts with gusto and then even the ice and snow, many bikers look to give their bike one last clean and pack it away for the winter. Many that do this, do it for at least 6 months and so there is little point in paying for the road tax and so it was just a matter of not paying and not going on the road! This all changed last year where the imputes was handed back to the  motorists and the DVLA declared that you now need to make sure that

Firstly I start this post apologising to the whole Internet for the fact that this website has been up and more importantly down a LOT over the last month. This unfortunately has been a result of dealing with a very unhelpful hosting company and as a result I have lost a lot of event information, web traffic and positioning and as I was in the process of a new website design I was forced to release the site in part new and part old design pages just in order to get the website back on line.
I will be looking to add in more and more motorcycle events as soon as I can and so if you are running ANY events then please let us know so that we can build up the information again in the new cool design and let other bikers know. If the event is not for another year we still want to know and then we can tell bikers and also let bikers set up reminders to make sure they do not forgot any events!!!!
The new design site is now available for viewing at www.allmotorcyclestuff.com and so I invite you to have a look, let me know your thoughts and how we can make it better or any tools that would be useful.

Email us on support@allmotorcyclestuff.com to let us know of your events, companies and more……

p.s. Watch out as there is even a new app coming VERY soon……..