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Gerrymandering – No Bikes in Bus Lanes

Gerrymandering – No Bikes in Bus Lanes

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) condemns today’s announcement by London Mayor Ken Livingstone that motorcycles would not be permitted to use bus lane on roads controlled by Transport for London. In a report...

Ribcrackers Soap Box Derby 2008

Ribcrackers Soap Box Derby 2008

Finally Youtube has let me put up the first taster edit of the fun and frolics at Lumb Farm on the 16th of Feb. Thankfully the guy from Pakistan Telecom will have been sacked...

Riders Get To Grips With Manhole Covers

Riders Get To Grips With Manhole Covers

Carriageway manhole covers, especially on bends, can present a potentially lethal danger to motorcyclists but this could all change if revisions to the European Standard for them, proposed by the UK, is agreed. It...

VED Evasion – True Figures

VED Evasion – True Figures

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) challenged figures released in a recent Parliamentary Committee of Public Accounts report which suggested that motorcycle VED evasion rates were as high as 40%. This headline grabbing figure...

FEMA Elects New President

FEMA Elects New President

The Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA) warmly welcomes Hans Petter Strifeldt as its new President. The former Chairman of the Norsk Motorcykkel Union (NMCU) was unanimously elected by FEMA’s national members at their...

London Mayor’s Dithering puts Road User Lives at Risk

London Mayor’s Dithering puts Road User Lives at Risk

The Motorcycle Action Group, (MAG UK), is very concerned that the safety of vulnerable road users is being put at risk by the procrastination of London’s Mayor Ken Livingstone and the blocking by the...

Keep it Rubber Side Down

Dislocombobulated Shoulder Originally uploaded by Scouse_and_Jules Okay folks, here is the reason why my motorcycle travelling is on hold for a couple of months. What should have been a short trip home from work...

Home Office – Misery – Costs – Inconvenience to Bikers

Home Office – Misery – Costs – Inconvenience to Bikers

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) have expressed their seriousconcerns to the Home Office regarding their proposals to increase, byalmost 300%, the statutory charges for the removal, storage and disposalof motorcycles by the police.Under...

Motorcycle Tax Evasion – Its Not Right

Motorcycle Tax Evasion – Its Not Right

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) remain sceptical of the claim in a recent report that 40% of bikers evade paying VED. Anecdotal visual studies carried out by the group at motorcycle events do...

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