On the Road Again!

T he Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) is gearing up for this year's  Motorcycle Live show, which is one of the country's premier annual motorcycle events. Leading riders' rights organisation, MAG, is busy working on putting the  finishing touches to its stand at the NEC 'Bike Show', to be ready to open on Saturday 17th November.  The show runs until Sunday 25th November. MAG's Chair, Selina Lavender, stated "We are looking forward, as always,  to attending this prestige event.  Do come along and visit us on Stand  D06 in Hall 4.  You can have a chat, renew your membership, join up if you're not currently a member, and even set up a Direct Debit payment to ensure that your membership doesn't accidentally lapse.   Our stand will  be manned for the duration of the show by a rota of valuable volunteers,  plus our political lobbying team will be in attendance: Lembit on Monday  and Tuesday and ...

Bike Show aka Motorcycle Live. Once again held at the National Exhibition Centre or NEC, in Birmingham, the show is the showcase in the UK for the new models and all the manufacturers from large to small are there.  For me it would be a 350 mile round trip and the reason I've not been for a few years.  It was my turn to drive so I set off before 8am to drive the first 35 miles to my brother's house. Traffic was light and I arrived about 8.35am and once the TomTom was fitted we set off, filling the tank locally and then off north. We made good progress and were parked a little before 11.30. We chose the station car park as it is a covered walk into the NEC and is £6 whereas the NEC's own parking is free to bikes but £12 for cars. After a bit of hassle when I couldn't find the email confirming our free tickets and then we were in. We usually go in and the plan is to go up and down the rows until we have done everything. ...