The annual Devon Air Ambulance Trust Ride-Out takes place on Sunday July 12th this year. The event, which usually attracts lots of bikers from throughout the South West.
This years event is slightly different as there are in fact three rideouts. All start at 10am and head for Paignton Green. The starting points are: Coypool Car Park in Plympton, Atlantic Village in Bideford, and Cullumpton Services.
There’s going to be live music and refreshments in Paignton.
The cost of entry is £5 per bike. The Trust is also selling T-Shirts to raise money at £7.
The Bikers Make A Difference (BMAD) group, based in Devon, UK, holds an annual Bikers festival in Paignton, Devon. The event, along with the regular biker’s nights held on the sea front, raises money for charities such as Devon Air Ambulance.
Always worth a visit (I’ve been to the last three festivals) the event has everything a biker could wish for. Check out their site www.bmad.co.uk The films was made by Mark at www.southcoastbiker.com. The film and southcoastbiker site is not affiliated to BMAD. Views are those of the film maker.
I’ve just completed a ride to Penzance and back, back being Exmouth. Fantastic ride down the A30.
Although my bike isn’t a biggie it does just fine. Easily keeping up with most traffic and able to slip past all the pedestrians behind wheels.
Buying motorcycle parts and getting quotes for repairs should be easy in the 21st Century. I needed some work carried out on my Bandit so I thought rather than spend loads on the phone I’d email various motorcycle shops/repairers etc from around the area I live (Exeter).
Sadly the response was pretty poor. Of the eight or so I emailed only one gave me quote, two asked for further clarification of the work, the remainder did not answer. Pathetic!!!!
As any biker will tell you, the cost of going to a mechanic to repair your bike is expensive. Doing it yourself is better for so many reasons. Me being a lazy bum, I always paid out to get someone else to fix everything, but not anymore. I came to the conculusion that I should not be intimidated by the bike.
So I’ve been buying bits and pieces online, and cut down the costs by at least half. Bought reconditioned when I could and fixed it myself (except for the forks).
Dealers I used who did everything they were asked to do, including replacing an incorrect part (Bentleys):
Thousands of bikers gathered in London to demonstrate against…bike tax. Whilst many media outlets concentrated on Anti G20 demonstrators plans Demonstrators appeared on London’s street to fight the unjust motorcycle parking fees (bike tax) being charged by Westminster City Council.
“Brittown” documentary makers Scott and Zack have created a facebook for bikers. Named after the boys famous documentary ‘Choppertown’, the Choppertown Nation site aims to create a place “where folks could gather away from the mainstream and share stories and pictures”. Read more »
If you didn’t watch Jeremy Clarkson in the latest appearance of Top Gear, then you missed out for two reasons.
Firstly, I was about the team riding 1000 miles through Vietnam on two wheels. Yes, that included Jeremy Clarkson, the man who claims to hate two wheels transport.
At one point Jeremy even admits to enjoying himself whilst whizzing along on his little two wheel scooter.
Readers may be aware he was spotted on a scooter in London recently.
For those who missed the show it can still be seen on BBC iplayer.
Hundreds of bikers turned out in opposition to express their oppositon to the introduction of parking fees for motorcyles by Westminster City Council. The fees are just the latest crazy money making scheme thought up by some politician with little understanding of the contribution bikers make to the reduction of greenhouse gases and congestion relief. Read more »
