To take a test ride at any of these events, riders must have a valid motorcycle licence (both parts required) and appropriate clothing and safety gear. Local dealership staff will be on hand to give expert technical and service advice and trained riders will be there to guide all test rides.
Dates for your Diaries : Two important dates to put in your diaries for next year
Sunday 20th March 2011 - BikeWise Mini Bike Club 
Cafe1618 Bike Nights, Middleton in Teesdale 
Durham Advanced Motorcyclists 
World Superbikes
MCN Fantasy Road Race, in association with MCE Insurance is back for 2011! 
Adelaide Insurance – If you have completed a BikeWise Training day then register your details on Adelaide’s website and you could win a prize in their monthly draw (like Mick Alder did...), you might also get a pleasant surprise when it comes to renewing your insurance. 
Hein Gericke at Darlington (01325-464 664) - are open everyday, have a shop full of clothing and accessories and you will get 10% off any non sale items in the store if you have attended a BikeWise Training day and produce your card (or ACU license for Mini Bike Club members.)
The new site means that the BikeWise 'team' will be able to keep you up to date with what is happening in our motorcycling ''world' and also gives you the opportunity to inform us of anything, so that we can then cascade that out via the site.
The Home Page has direct links to BikeWise Training & BikeWise Mini Bike Club, the forthcoming Easter Egg Run (24th April - please register online via the site) and BikeWise 2011 (24th July)
The News section on the homepage will four show current news items, but when you select News from the menu bar you will be able to read other news items and search through our archives (which will be gradually updated from our old site)
The five scrolling pictures on the homepage are direct links to items in our Bike Stuff section.
The Events tab, takes you through to our calendar of events which should be able to update you with motorcycling events - if you know of any that we haven't got on the calendar please email us via the contact section and we will update the calendar to include the event (could be your local bike club meet,etc)
The Galleries section shows photo's from our BikeWise events and also has additional albums (ie Police motorcycles, BikeWise Training)
BikeStuff has a lot of pages with info about Wait a Second, Respect, Off Road riding, GNAA and lots of other useful info which will continue to be added to....
Contact gives you the opportunity to contact us via email, with your queries or any info you have for us and finally
the Guest Book - where you can leave a comment about what you think of BikeWise, the events, service and info we provide and what you think of the website - PLEASE take a minute to send us a comment in the guest book and let us know what you think :-)
Thanks for taking the time to look at the site (and for sending us a comment)
The BikeWise 'team'
Next meeting of the BikeWise Mini Bike Club will be on Sunday 20th March 2011.
Signing on at 1000hrs for a 1030hrs start at the indoor venue of the Arriva Bus Depot at Peterlee ( please see the mini bike website for location)
Due to the restrictions we have on space we cannot train any new members, however you are more than welcome to come along and see the club members ‘in action’
It is anticipated that we will be back outdoors at Carrville during April. ( dependant upon the weather.)
For further details of the club please visit the Mini Bike Club website
Many Thanks to all who attended the club meeting on Sunday (27th February). Another great meeting in FREEZING conditions.... (it was warmer outside)
Some safe, smooth, quick riding by our members and once again a big Thank You to all who helped out with the marshalling.
Photo's are now online and can be viewed by clicking on the Mini Bike Club image on the homepage of the site. Keep checking the news for the date of our next meeting
Congratulations to Stephen Pino and Jonathan Knowles who stand at the top of the BikeWise League after the first world superbike round at Phillip Island, Australia today.
Spain’s Carlos Checa was fastest in superpole and carried that forward by winning both races, with Max Biaggi second in both races.
Stephen and Jonathan ended up with ninety nine points (99) each, which is the maximum for the weekend and with a host of others sit joint top of the national league.
Well done to the ladies' in the BikeWise league, with Elaine Jacob’s and Anna Smith in the top six.
Remember it’s not too late to join the league, register with MCN and then once you have a team join a private league – the PIN you require for the BikeWise league is 463
To view action shots of your favourite WSB stars from 2009,2010 or 2011 please click on this link
BikeWise stalwart and world record holding stunt rider Dave Coates (from Darlington) - has a new website.
To find out what Dave is up to visit his site at :
Mike had only passed his motorcycle test in July 2010 and 'signed up' with DAM at last years BikeWise event.
For further details of the Durham Advanced Motorcyclists click here
BikeWise Easter Egg Run – Sunday 24th April 2011 (Click HERE to Register online)
The event is getting closer – so please click on the link above and register online, it will only take a few seconds to complete the form and it give’s us an idea of how many people are going to be on the ride.
Please forward this link to your friends if they intend to come on the ride.
At the moment we have about seventy people registered and yet we’ve always had hundred’s riding, so, please take a few seconds to let us know that you could be coming along (It’s free and does not commit you to attend)
BikeWise 2011 – Sunday 24th July 2011 - (click here to find out latest BikeWise Show news)
All motorcycling events we know of are put onto our events calendar so that it can be your ‘one shop stop’ to find out ‘What’s On’ in the biking world.
Click on any event within the calendar for further details and link to Google maps for map/directions
If you know of any events that are not included, please email : durham.bikewise@gmail.com with details and we will include the event on the calendar.
To view the calendar please click here
Sunday 27th February 2011 - BikeWise Mini Bike Club Our next meeting is Sunday – 27th February, indoor at the Arriva Bus Depot, Davy Drive, Peterlee.
This premises doe’s have restrictions in comparison to our normal outdoor venue and we are unable to train any new riders at this venue,however, come along and see the motorcyclists of tomorrow having fun with their motorcycle’s
More details of the venue / club : www.bikewiseminibikeclub.org.uk
Tuesday 22nd February 2011 - next meeting at Bowburn Hall Hotel at 1900hrs.
Guest speaker : World famous Stunt Rider and DAM member : Dave Coates
Put this one in your diary and make your way to Bowburn to hear Dave and then ask the questions…
Visit DAM’s website for further details : http://www.durhamadvancedmotorcyclists.org.uk/
Once again the game is totally FREE to play. All you have to do is pick a six-man team of riders, comprising the stars of MotoGP, World Superbikes and British Superbikes, then just sit back and let them win you some fantastic prizes!
The game starts at 04:00 GMT on Saturday 26th February and the top prize, courtesy of MCE Insurance, is Yamaha's special edition YZF - R125 (worth £5,800) - celebrating 50 years of racing in World GPs.
There are also seven 'Game Round' prizes to play for during the year, too.
For more information on prizes, just click here. NEW THIS YEAR: Your BSB performance will be put to the test, too, in the all-new MCE BSB Game Round competition! All entrants with the two highest scoring MCE BSB riders for each Game Round will be entered into a prize draw, and of these, one entrant will be drawn out at random to win a pair of tickets to a future MCE BSB round.
So select your riders today! (the season starts in a few days time – World Superbikes from Phillip Island, Australia on the 27th Feb)
Once you’ve registered then join the BikeWise League – so that we can all share in the fun.
The PIN number you need to enter the league is :463
Last year, 38yr old Tony Stevens from Hartlepool,who after a ‘gruelling’ season, managing a multi million pound budget and some of the world’s best motorcycle racers Tony not only topped our own BikeWise league – he topped the national league and ‘walked’ away with a brand new Yamaha R6. So let’s hope that we can have a repeat of last season’s success and bring that Yamaha home to the North (again)
If you want to look at your racer’s in action then check out our Moto GP and WSB photo galleries on the new BikeWise website at www.bikewise.org.uk/galleries/ (photo’s will be added as the season progresses)
So – register your team and enter our league – it’s all FREE and you could have a lot of fun and win a bike or tickets to a BSB round
Quite a few people, who have completed a BikeWise Training day are reporting that they have now insured with Adelaide……
You will be able to select BikeWise Training from the drop down boxes and will get a discount as a result of attending your BikeWise Training day..
Adelaide are a specialist Motorcycle Insurer,provide IAM’s Surety Insurance and support motorcycle Road Racing events in Ireland - www.adelaideinsurance.com
Hein Gericke
*** If you have any ‘news items’ you would like to share with other BikeWise readers, then please forward via email to : durham.bikewise@gmail.com ***
Next meeting of the BikeWise Mini Bike Club will be on Sunday 27th February 2011.
Signing on at 1000hrs for a 1030hrs start at the indoor venue of the Arriva Bus Depot at Peterlee ( please see the mini bike website for location)
Due to the restrictions we have on space we cannot train any new members, however you are more than welcome to come along and see the club members ‘in action’
It is anticipated that we will be back outdoors at Carrville by the end of March/ beginning of April, dependant upon the weather.
Once again the game is totally FREE to play. All you have to do is pick a six-man team of riders, comprising the stars of MotoGP, World Superbikes and British Superbikes, then just sit back and let them win you some fantastic prizes!
The game starts at 04:00 GMT on Saturday 26th February and the top prize, courtesy of MCE Insurance, is Yamaha's special edition YZF - R125 (worth £5,800) - celebrating 50 years of racing in World GPs.
There are also seven 'Game Round' prizes to play for during the year, too.
For more information on prizes, just click here.
NEW THIS YEAR: Your BSB performance will be put to the test, too, in the all-new MCE BSB Game Round competition! All entrants with the two highest scoring MCE BSB riders for each Game Round will be entered into a prize draw, and of these, one entrant will be drawn out at random to win a pair of tickets to a future MCE BSB round. So select your riders today!
Once you’ve registered then join the BikeWise League – so that we can all share in the fun. The PIN number you need to enter the league is :463
Last year, 38yr old Tony Stevens from Hartlepool,who after a ‘gruelling’ season, managing a multi million pound budget and some of the world’s best motorcycle racers Tony not only topped our own BikeWise league – he topped the national league and ‘walked’ away with a brand new Yamaha R6. So let’s hope that we can have a repeat of last season’s success and bring that Yamaha home to the North (again)
If you want to look at your racer’s in action then check out our Moto GP and WSB photo galleries on the new BikeWise website at www.bikewise.org.uk/galleries/ (photo’s will be added as the season progresses)
So – register your team and enter our league – it’s all FREE and you could have a lot of fun and win a bike or tickets to a BSB round
Sgt Nick Walker and PC Steve Darby – the driving force behind Cleveland Police’s ‘Ridewell’ event are to retire soon after each serving thirty years with Cleveland Police.
The photo below shows Steve, Nick & the new head of Cleveland’s motorcycle unit – Sgt Paul Dee at Nick’s retirement ‘do’ at the weekend.
Nick & Steve will still be heavily involved in road safety with the soon to be launched ‘Ridewell in the Tees Valley’ which will be a similar scheme to our own award winning scheme - BikeWise Training.
The BikeWise ‘team’ would like to thank Nick & Steve for all their support over the years and wish them a long and healthy/happy retirement
Many Thanks to all who attended the club meeting yesterday (30th January). A great meeting in FREEZING conditions....
Some safe, smooth, quick riding by our members and once again a big Thank You to all who helped out with the marshalling. Photo's are now online and can be viewed by clicking on the Mini Bike Club image on the homepage of the site. Keep checking the news for the date of our next meeting
The Trojan Rooms on South Parade in Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear. NE26 2RG will host the one-off evenings with the first event taking place on Friday 4 February.
Launching the series will be Niall Mackenzie - Britain’s most successful 500GP motorcycle racer since Barry Sheene and is the only man to have won three successive British Superbike Championships (1996-1998).
Niall will tell the story behind his wild younger days, his time as a works 500cc racer and may reveal the true face of some other race legends. The evening should provide a fascinating look at the Grand Prix and British Superbike scenes through the eyes of one of the most popular riders of recent years.
Ex-racer and Sky British Superbikes commentator Larry Carter will compere proceedings and will introduce some local home grown racing talent.
People will get the chance to mingle with their idols and watch footage of legends in action. There will also be a display of iconic new and classic motorcycles to enjoy.
Tickets cost £10 and can be booked by visiting www.thetrojanrooms.co.uk or by calling 0191 251 0080.
Michael Farwell, owner of the Trojan Rooms, said: “This sort of event doesn’t happen often enough in this area. We want to give the North East biking fraternity the opportunity to get up close and personal with some real legends, and there aren’t many better than Niall Mackenzie to kick off the series.”
The Trojan Rooms is part of the award-winning, family-run hotel, The Avalon, and is situated right in the centre of Whitley Bay. The bar is well known for its live music, events, food and drink.
For further information about The Trojan Rooms, visit www.thetrojanrooms.co.uk or contact Michael Farwell on 0191 251 0080. For more information about the Biking Legends evenings visit www.classicbikenights.co.uk.
If you go to the website : http://www.bikewiseminibikeclub.org.uk/p/where-we-meet.html and scroll down you will see a Google Map of the location of Arriva. If you double click on the green motorbike 'sitting' on top of the venue you can then get directions from your home to the venue.
We ran our second meeting of the year indoors in FREEZING conditions on Sunday 9th January and whilst limited with what we can do due to the size of the premises we had a lot of fun and there was some really smooth safe riding from club members.
We do NOT have hot water on site so you will need to bring hot drinks with you - Flasks or whatever else you might have.
Signing on at 1000hrs for a 1030hrs safety brief / start
Please check your emails / website on the day or ring 0191 375 2136 if there is any doubt about the weather.
We cannot train any new members at this indoor facility as we do not have the space, however anybody is welcome to come along and see our club members having fun on their minibikes….
New members will be accepted as soon as we can get back outdoors at our regular venue at Carrville (Park & Ride)
Happy New Year. Hope you have recovered or are recovering from the Christmas / New Year festivities and that you've made your new years resolution to ride more miles on your motorcycle and go to more motorcycle events :-) 
Sunday 9th January 2011 - BikeWise Mini Bike Club 
Tuesday 18th January - North Yorkshire Road Race Supporters Club Durham Advanced Motorcyclists Adelaide Insurance - If you have completed a BikeWise Training day then register your details on Adelaide's website and you could win a prize in their monthly draw (like Mick Alder did...), you might also get a pleasant surprise when it comes to renewing your insurance. Hein Gericke at Darlington (01325-464 664) - are open everyday, have a shop full of clothing and accessories and you will get 10% off any non sale items in the store if you have attended a BikeWise Training day and produce your card (or ACU license for Mini Bike Club members.)
BikeWise Easter Egg Run – Sunday 24th April 2011 (Click HERE to Register online)
The event is getting closer – so please click on the link above and register online, it will only take a few seconds to complete the form and it give’s us an idea of how many people are going to be on the ride.
Please forward this link to your friends if they intend to come on the ride.
At the moment we have about seventy people registered and yet we’ve always had hundred’s riding, so, please take a few seconds to let us know that you could be coming along (It’s free and does not commit you to attend)
BikeWise 2011 – Sunday 24th July 2011 - (click here to find out latest BikeWise Show news)
All motorcycling events we know of are put onto our events calendar so that it can be your ‘one shop stop’ to find out ‘What’s On’ in the biking world.
Click on any event within the calendar for further details and link to google maps for map/directions
If you know of any events that are not included, please email : durham.bikewise@gmail.com with details and we will include the event on the calendar.
To view the calendar please click here
Sunday 27th February 2011 - BikeWise Mini Bike Club Our next meeting is Sunday – 27th February, indoor at the Arriva Bus Depot, Davy Drive, Peterlee.
This premises doe’s have restrictions in comparison to our normal outdoor venue and we are unable to train any new riders at this venue,however, come along and see the motorcyclists of tomorrow having fun with their motorcycle’s
More details of the venue / club : www.bikewiseminibikeclub.org.uk
Tuesday 22nd February 2011 - next meeting at Bowburn Hall Hotel at 1900hrs.
Guest speaker : World famous Stunt Rider and DAM member : Dave Coates
Visit DAM’s website for further details : http://www.durhamadvancedmotorcyclists.org.uk/
Once again the game is totally FREE to play. All you have to do is pick a six-man team of riders, comprising the stars of MotoGP, World Superbikes and British Superbikes, then just sit back and let them win you some fantastic prizes!
The game starts at 04:00 GMT on Saturday 26th February and the top prize, courtesy of MCE Insurance, is Yamaha's special edition YZF - R125 (worth £5,800) - celebrating 50 years of racing in World GPs.
There are also seven 'Game Round' prizes to play for during the year, too.
For more information on prizes, just click here. NEW THIS YEAR: Your BSB performance will be put to the test, too, in the all-new MCE BSB Game Round competition! All entrants with the two highest scoring MCE BSB riders for each Game Round will be entered into a prize draw, and of these, one entrant will be drawn out at random to win a pair of tickets to a future MCE BSB round.
So select your riders today! (the season starts in a few days time)
Once you’ve registered then join the BikeWise League – so that we can all share in the fun.
The PIN number you need to enter the league is :463
Last year, 38yr old Tony Stevens from Hartlepool,who after a ‘gruelling’ season, managing a multi million pound budget and some of the world’s best motorcycle racers Tony not only topped our own BikeWise league – he topped the national league and ‘walked’ away with a brand new Yamaha R6. So let’s hope that we can have a repeat of last season’s success and bring that Yamaha home to the North (again)
If you want to look at your racer’s in action then check out our Moto GP and WSB photo galleries on the new BikeWise website at www.bikewise.org.uk/galleries/ (photo’s will be added as the season progresses)
So – register your team and enter our league – it’s all FREE and you could have a lot of fun and win a bike or tickets to a BSB round
Quite a few people, who have completed a BikeWise Training day are reporting that they have now insured with Adelaide……
You will be able to select BikeWise Training from the drop down boxes and will get a discount as a result of attending your BikeWise Training day..
Adelaide are a specialist Motorcycle Insurer,provide IAM’s Surety Insurance and support motorcycle Road Racing events in Ireland - www.adelaideinsurance.com
Hein Gericke
*** If you have any ‘news items’ you would like to share with other BikeWise readers, then please forward via email to : durham.bikewise@gmail.com ***
