Motorcycle Stories and Articles

#namrider #website

With darker evenings ahead, and fewer opportunities to be out riding and observing, I decided to start keeping a record of changes and enhancements made to improve speed, accessibility and security of namrider.com …

Like many organisations and charities, some of our meetings and presentations will need to take place online. If you haven’t attended a virtual meeting before, here are a few pointers to get you on your way.

#movies #films

#GIS #touring #maps

… What I discovered is a treasure trove of powerful open-source software and freely licensed geodata sets. With a little investment of time, a couple of weekends, I found myself solving very practical route planning problems using techniques that are well beyond the capabilities of software that accompanies most motorcycle satellite navigation products.

#cornering #courses

In my early days of learning to ride a motorbike it took all my focus just to stay upright and operate the various levers and pegs at approximately the right time. Straight roads were a chance to relax, breathe and for a brief moment think ‘ this is nice – a bit like flying’. Corners were something to be negotiated gingerly at slow speed. They weren’t really a ‘thing’ at all any more than braking, stopping or starting. Indeed to begin with stopping and starting were far more terrifying, especially at junctions where I had not only to start moving but to turn at the same time.

#general #art

Northumbria Advanced Motorcyclists is run entirely by volunteers. Like everyone, our scarcest resource is time. We try to ensure that the articles we write, our workshops, the efforts of our training, social and marketing teams, are as useful or helpful to other motorcyclists as possible.

Thinking about that Spanish motorcycle road-trip? Read these tips to ensure a stress-free adventure.

#touring #ferries

Motorcycling on the continent is not as daunting as you might think. There’s plenty of advice and checklists on the internet to help ensure that you have a stress-free holiday in Europe. To help those new to touring in particular, however, I’ve put together a few personal tips that my wife and I have picked up in seventy thousand plus miles of motorcycling over the last seventeen years.

#fundraising #general

Without the generosity of club members and money raised during social events and auctions, Northumbria Advanced Motorcyclists would not be able to continue its charitable aim to promote road safety across the North East. EasyFundrasing is, potentially, a means of raising additional funds as club members shop online.

#trials #enduro #Observer

Rewind to July 2012. I was awaiting nervously for the delivery of a newly purchased 650cc Kawasaki Versys from a well known bike dealer in Newcastle. My first bike in over 20 years! Yes, a born again biker! I was nervously excited. Could I actually ride again? Would I be safe? Would I make a fool of myself?