Motorcycle Minds

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Dropping The Price? Previously we published an article about motorcycle theft “Motorcycle Theft and Jolly Good Company“

In the last few months there has been a flurry of campaigns and articles by organisations involved in motorcycle lobbying.

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Europe - That's not the UK - the Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations - "EU Council: ‘No mandatory inspections for motorcycles’" Full story from FEMA, its member organisations, which includes the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme FIM. https://t.co/pXEFyVx2Qt

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Flanders - mandatory technical inspection for second-hand motorcycles will be abolished in mid-2026, three years after its introduction. Pretty unpopular among bike riders, it resulted in 21,000 fewer second-hand motorcycles sold in 2024 https://t.co/kr2v59if7a via @tonyVerhelle

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Europe - SMC "We won - the EU's proposal for MC speed limits has been stopped!" Work of SMC with FIM/FEMA EU has withdrawn proposals to limit motorcyclists' speed 90 km/h for A1, 100 km/h for A2 and 110 km/h for road A-driving licenses throughout the EU. https://t.co/48kyhho27K

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Global - Delivering a pathway to safer commercial motorcycle operations - worth the long read - pick up the sections on how commercial riders can be and are checked to make sure that they are wearing protective clothing! https://t.co/jwUXHTwAU3

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United Kingdom - The Auto Cycle Union (ACU) says it is, "taking steps to crack down on the use of fake and unauthorised Gold 'ACU Approved' stickers on motorcycle helmets." https://t.co/7SAX3gII70

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Arizona - USA - difference and legalities of lane filtering and lane splitting. What is it where you are from! https://t.co/41QzCHzpKH

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It with enormous sadness that we learnt through the British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF) the passing of John Chatterton-Ross at the age of 72 after being ill for some time. https://t.co/uS1mXlg5vC

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Ireland - Motorcycles in bus lanes - nearly!
Via Blood Bikes from the Irish Motorcycle Association - on the Gov-ie website https://t.co/wtFWOFm7XP steps taken to enable use of bus lanes by Blood Bikes services while carrying out their vital services!

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United Kingdom - Drilling down to some local good news via the Coventry Riders Action group, a local independent riders rights organisation! The group applied for a grant and managed to get funding to buy every one of their members an Oxford chain/lock https://t.co/uu2HuAAVgt

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Portugal - Grupo Acção Motociclista (GAM) - Are at the European parliament talking about their fight for justice on motorcycle inspections. https://t.co/QuvYKoUUFE

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Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety - not all helmets are created equal - testing on helmets from different countries. https://t.co/55CZ5UO6TR

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United Kingdom - MAG has presented "breakthrough" road safety framework documents to Government. "The reports draw on motorcyclists’ unique road safety perspective to propose solutions for casualty reduction stagnation affecting all road users." https://t.co/Kn69TGP0Ks

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Australia - apparently not good looking for electric motorcycles from Zero - at first we though they had gone up in flames! https://t.co/uvsKyQQ4B1 via @INFO MOTO

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United States - Motorcycle Riders Foundation, Washington, D.C. In brief the riders group say, "A Florida jury’s decision this month to hold Tesla partially liable for a fatal crash involving its Autopilot system... https://t.co/m2GjQIk1wa

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@BBCArchive Motorcycling nostalgia and it was only the 1970's!

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#OnThisDay 1970: “It’s like riding a horse.”
What kind of person rides a Motorcycle? Turns out dancers, precision metal workers and even the Earl of Lichfield! In this clip from 1970, we hear about the romance and the freedom of being on a bike from a variety of riders.

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France - The riders group FFMC are also still fighting the mandatory roadworthiness testing in their country. There is like Portugal a petition (https://t.co/jZDoVCJnsT) that can be signed for support: "NO to Motorcycle Technical Inspections!" "NO to extortion!"

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Spain - AMM "NO, the airbag is not going to be mandatory" "In recent days, numerous news have circulated in the media of the motorcycle world stating that from 2026, the use of the airbag for motorcyclists will be mandatory on the road in Spain." https://t.co/l0joZg2L5U

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Portugal - Live and Let Live - the petition from the riders group Grupo Acção Motociclista - : In favour of real safety measures for motorcyclists: no to the imposition of inspections (mandatory Road Worthiness Testing) against citizens' freedoms. https://t.co/Sr0KLA8wb7