Mini Bike Club - Photo's now online from the HQ meeting..

Photo's are now online from the last meeting at Police HQ on the 27th September (the air ambulance / Prince Michael of Kent Award one)
Apologies for the delay in getting them done....

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Mini Bike Club - Next Meeting - Sunday 22nd November.

Next meeting of the club is on Sunday 22nd November 2009 at Black & Deckers Factory, Green Lane , Spennymoor.
The event is our first indoor session of the Autumn and will go ahead regardless of the weather :-)

Signing on at 1000hrs for a 1030hrs start.

On a Racetrack..... Not on a road....

Video from the Motor Accident Commission of South Australia....
BikeWise has repeatably over the years put out posters featuring top british riders with wording " Do it like ..........., on a Racetrack.... NOT on a road...
This video features racing accident's on a racetrack, but the run off areas have had some interesting features added and Mick Doohan sums it up nicely at the end...

BikeWise wins Prince Michael International Road Safety Award

BikeWise has received a national award for it's efforts to reduce road deaths and improve relationships with bikers.

The BikeWise team has been presented with a Prince Michael International Road Safety Award.

The honour is in recognition of a string of initiatives including ‘BikeWise’ the event, held every summer since 1995 at police headquarters, ‘BikeWise Training’ – a scheme designed to improve riders’ skills run in conjunction with Durham County Council,

BikeWise MiniBike club for young riders, 6-16yr old and various other events. Each year the motorcycle section stages an ‘Easter Egg Run’. Hundreds of bikers team up with the police in a ride-out from Durham to Darlington and back, delivering presents to children at local hospitals on the way. The motorcycle section is constantly 'engaging' with motorcyclists throughout the region and actively assists the Durham Advanced Motorcyclist group.

The award was presented on Sunday 27th September by Karen Cooke, director of motorcycle safety at MCIA (Motor Cycle Industry Association) at The Great North Air Ambulance Mystery Ride out / BikeWise Mini Bike Club meeting at Police HQ Aykley Heads, Durham.

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Karen Cooke, Director of Safety for the Motorcycle Industry Association presents the Prince Michael Award to some of the BikeWise team.
L to R : Alan Kennedy, Iain Rodgers, Ali Bonar, Mick Alder, Karen Cooke (MCIA), Andy Huddleston, Bob Brown, Gary Ward & Donald Waller

Win the 'Ride of Your Life'at BikeWise 2009

HM Plant Honda Racing (who's principal sponsor is local Hebburn based HM Plant Ltd) will be at BikeWise 2009 with John McGuinness, Steve Plater, Steve Brogan,Josh Brookes,Glen Richards & team Manager Havier Beltran.
They will be selling raffle tickets, (only at BikeWise on Sunday 16th August),for "The Ride of Your Life" - buy a ticket to win a high speed three lap pillion ride with John McGuinness around Croft Racing Circuit on Saturday 12 September.

Tickets are just £10.00 each and include two entrance passes to the circuit on the day of the prize, which is also the practice day for the British Superbike Championship.

The wining ticket will be drawn by John McGuinness at the end of the day.
Please note that should there be adverse weather conditions at Croft the prize will be rescheduled.

All monies will be donated to the HM Plant Honda sidecar riders Nick Crowe and Mark Cox who were severely injured during this year's Isle of Man TT.

Motorcycle News visits the BikeWise team

Double click on the above image to enlarge and read about MCN visiting the BikeWise team

Mini Bike Club - Warden Law 27th July...

After the disappointment of rain and having to call off our meeting on Sunday, we had a great night up at North East Karting at Warden Law on Monday 27th...
Lots of club members as well as non members and some great riding from our youngest to oldest riders... Photo' s are online in the gallery or can be reached by double clicking on the link below....
Remember to get your bikes ready for BikeWise on the 16th August - Check them all over to make sure they're as reliable (and clean) as they can be for the big day...

Mini Bike Club - Meeting 26th July - Cancelled due to Rain......

Hi
Sorry... we're at HQ, everything packed up in the vans ready to go and it's started to rain - heavy....
We're going down to Carrville in case anybody turns up
Apologies weather has claimed the event... Just have to sit at home and watch Rossi in the GP
Warden Law still on tomorrow night

Mini Bike Club - Carrville : Sunday 5th July 2009

Many Many Thanks to all that attended the meeting at Carrville... we were lucky with the weather and had a great day...
Special Thanks to all the marshal's... we couldn't run without you and the time and effort you put into the club is really appreciatted..
Photo's from the event are now online in the Photo Gallery - Meetings 2009.
Cover picture is of new member Paul, who's birthday was on Saturday and he is now the proud owner of a 'Rossi' 46 replica bike....

Warden Law 29th June 2009

Latest photo's from a 'foggy' evening at Warden Law, now online in the Photo Gallery - Meetings 2009. Many Thanks to all who attended - it's vital to make our presence felt at Warden Law in order to keep the facility available to us..

Latest Photo's are now online...

Latest photo's from the last meeting at Carrville are now online in the BikeWise Mini Bike Club website - Photo Gallery... Thanks to John Attle and apologies from ne for the delay in getting my picture's sorted... Remember - Warden Law on Monday 29th June followed by Carrville Park & Ride on Sunday 5th July....

Easter Egg Run photo's now online

Photo's from the BikeWise Easter Egg Run, which was held on Sunday 12th April 2009 are now online. Click on the image above to be taken to the photo albums where you can look at the 2,299 photographs.............
Many Thanks to John Attle & Eddy Serrell of Durham Photographic Society who also came along and took photographs of the run.
Eggs were dropped of at Darlington and Durham Hospitals and the rest were distributed to Bishop Auckland Children's Ward, Hartlepool General Children's Unit, Heathway Respite Centre in Seaham, Sunderland General Children's Ward , The Durham Centre at Aykley Heads and our local special school; Trinity School, Durham.

In addition the money in the donation buckets has been counted and over £620 was donated for the benefit of the Meningitis Research Foundation.
Special Thanks go to Cleveland police motorcyclists and also to the DAM observers who helped marshal the event...
Can't wait till next years run

Easter Egg Run Photo's online

Photo's from the BikeWise Easter Egg Run, which was held on Sunday 12th April 2009 are now online. Click on the image above to be taken to the photo albums where you can look at the 2,299 photographs.............
Many Thanks to John Attle & Eddy Serrell of Durham Photographic Society who also came along and took photographs of the run.
Eggs were dropped of at Darlington and Durham Hospitals and the rest were distributed to Bishop Auckland Children's Ward, Hartlepool General Children's Unit, Heathway Respite Centre in Seaham, Sunderland General Children's Ward , The Durham Centre at Aykley Heads and our local special school; Trinity School, Durham.

In addition the money in the donation buckets has been counted and over £620 was donated for the benefit of the Meningitis Research Foundation.
Special Thanks go to Cleveland police motorcyclists who helped out our own Durham Police team and also to the DAM observers who helped marshal the event...
Can't wait till next years run

Next Meeting - Sunday 26th April 2009

Next meeting (Outdoor) - Carrville Park & Ride on the A690 nr Carrville Interchange (A1M).
1000hrs sign on, for a 1030 start.
Please chack website on Sunday morning if it's wet... in case we have to cancel, before travelling.

Date's for Your Diary...... Warden Law

Agreed dates for mini moto events at the practice track at Warden Law for 2009

Monday 4th May
Monday 1st June
Monday 29th June
Monday 27th July
Monday 24th August
Monday 21st September

We have provisionally put the times down as 5pm - 8pm but their is some flexibility there and we will discuss with Dave Granville who is the guy from NE Karting who will be running the events at the track.
The date's have been entered onto the What's On Calendar on the BikeWise Mini Bike Club website.

Next Meeting - Sunday 5th April 2009

THANKS to everybody who came to the meeting, ,it was a fantastic turnout and we had some great riding (even in the slippery conditions indoor)

A BIG... Thank You from Mick & I to all who helped to marshal on the day..

Photo's from the meeting are now online on the website (www.bikewise-minibikeclub.co.uk) under the Photo gallery page (2009 meetings). Thanks to John Attle for taking the photo's on the day....

Many Thanks to the 'Hoy's' for donating their Cag to the club & to the 'Alderson's' for renovating it (See Picture above)

Now the important bit....
Next meeting - Sunday 5th April at Black & Deckers factory, Green Lane, Spennymoor...

Signing On - will be from 1000hrs for a 1030 start.

Same as last time - we'll have to bring everything on the day and take it all away with us at the end

PPIK is on this Sunday - 22nd March for those who want to travel to Leeds...

PLEASE can you reply to this email or acknowledge Facebook so that we know who will be there.
Look forward to seeing you all on Sunday 5th April.
Bob & Mick

2005 & 2006 Suzuki GSX-R 1000 owners please take note.......

Suzuki (USA) has initiated a voluntary safety recall on 2005 & 2006 GSX - R1000 motorcycles after receiving reports of cracking or breakage of the motorcycle frame in certain extreme situations where unusually high stress is placed on the frame, such as collisions involving the front wheel/fork assembly.
Owners of K5 & K6 GSX-R1000s, should contact their local UK Suzuki dealer and schedule an appointment to have their frame inspected.
If the frame is not cracked, an aluminum reinforcement brace weighing less than two pounds will be fitted with bolts and epoxy adhesive below the frame spar and below and behind the steering head. The service takes three hours to do.
If you know any owners of these machine's please advise them of this....

For further info contact Grayson at North East Motorcycles, Durham on 0191 386 9212 or email on motorbike2@btconnect.com

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?lnk=rss&article=35357

Croft reduces track days for 2009 after court ruling

Croft racing circuit has axed 80% of its motorcycle track days after a devastating High Court ruling over noise.

The circuit has pulled the plug on 19 of 23 bike track days set for 2009 following an order to cut noisy events from 140 a year to just 40.

Circuit Manager Tracey Morley told said : “There has been an adjustment to our calendar and sadly events have had to be cancelled.”

She said race meetings had also been cancelled and that more details would be released next week.

The axed dates had been organised by track day firms No Limits and Hottrax. Both said customers had been offered alternative dates.

Hottrax’s said: “We had 11 dates at Croft and we’re now down to two. It’s our favourite circuit to work at so not good news for us.”

Croft lost an appeal in January against an order to pay three local residents up to £150,000 compensation over noise.

Richard Jones QC, representing Croft Promosport Ltd, told the Appeal Court the ruling exposed the company to an "uncertain number" of claims from other neighbours and had serious implications for its future.

Fantasy Road Racing - win a Yamaha R6

Now is the time to pick your team for the free to enter MCN Fantasy Road Race competition in association with MCE Insurance.

The rules are simple - you have a budget of £10 million to spend on 6 riders- 2 each from MotoGP, WSB and BSB.

• Register your team for free now

You can enter a team for free right now and by registering you will be in with a chance of winning this year's top prize, a Yamaha R6 worth £7,799. Alongside the top prize for the overall winner, there will also be prizes for the winners of the eight rounds that make up the competition.

The deadline for entries is February 28th, so make sure you register your team before then.

British World Superbike riders Leon Haslam, Tommy Hill, Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes are as competitive off track as they are on it and have all got their entry in to MCN’s Fantasy Road Race competition in early.

To test your racing knowledge and find out if it is better than the WSB Brits, enter your team for free online now.
Once you have registered join the BikeWise Private League (Pin number 400) and 'race' against your BikeWise friends

Fantasy Road Racing - win a Yamaha R6

Now is the time to pick your team for the free to enter MCN Fantasy Road Race competition in association with MCE Insurance.

The rules are simple - you have a budget of £10 million to spend on 6 riders- 2 each from MotoGP, WSB and BSB.

• Register your team for free now

You can enter a team for free right now and by registering you will be in with a chance of winning this year's top prize, a Yamaha R6 worth £7,799. Alongside the top prize for the overall winner, there will also be prizes for the winners of the eight rounds that make up the competition.

The deadline for entries is February 28th, so make sure you register your team before then.

British World Superbike riders Leon Haslam, Tommy Hill, Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes are as competitive off track as they are on it and have all got their entry in to MCN’s Fantasy Road Race competition in early.

To test your racing knowledge and find out if it is better than the WSB Brits, enter your team for free online now.
Once you have registered, join the BikeWise Private League (Pin number 400) and 'race' against your BikeWise friends