Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Sheene Suzuki Under The Hammer

The only remaining original 1984 works Suzuki XR45 (£70,000-80,000) and a 1983 works Suzuki XR40 (£60,000-70,000), both ridden by Barry Sheene in Grands Prix, are early entries for H&H’s first dedicated cycle and motorcycle sale, which is being held at the Shepton Mallet Bike Show on February 11/12, 2006.

Other motorcycles already consigned include:

1977 Suzuki RG500 Mk2 (£10,000-12,000) 1980 Suzuki RG500 Mk5 (£9,000-10,000) 1980 Suzuki RG500 Mk5 (£7,500-8,500

1978 Yamaha TZ 250 E (£3,500-4,500) 1979 Yamaha TZ 350 F (£4,500-5,500) 1982 Yamaha TZ 500 J (£12,000-14,000)

London Bike Show Freebie

Here’s a great deal for two people - free admission to the MCN London Motorcycle Show at Ally Pally, providing you arrive by bike.

If you visit the show on Tuesday Jan 31st, then your pillion passenger gets free admission courtesy of The Daily Telegraph, one of the show sponsors, alongside Carole Nash Insurance.

Simply call the ticket hotline 0870 730 0049 and quote ‘Pillion Goes Free!’ to get your free pillion passenger ticket.

(That bulletin was taken from insidebikes.com)

London Bike Show Freebie

Here’s a great deal for two people - free admission to the MCN London Motorcycle Show at Ally Pally, providing you arrive by bike.

If you visit the show on Tuesday Jan 31st, then your pillion passenger gets free admission courtesy of The Daily Telegraph, one of the show sponsors, alongside Carole Nash Insurance.

Simply call the ticket hotline 0870 730 0049 and quote ‘Pillion Goes Free!’ to get your free pillion passenger ticket.

(That bulletin was taken from insidebikes.com)

UK Market Stats

The MCI have just released the official UK registration figures for new motorcycles and scooters, during November 2005.

Overall, new bike/moped/scooter registrations are down by 4%, but scooters and mopeds have fallen by 25% and 53% respectively, with motorcycle sales actually rising - allegedly - to counteract the trend in declining moped/scooter sales.

It’s not surprising that moped sales are collapsing, as sales of illegal minibikes and quads are skyrocketing.

However, the MCI claim that supersports category registrations were up by 11% in November, is unlikely, for one simple reason; the MCI class the Honda CBR125R as a sportsbike, which it patently is not - it is a learner bike. Subtract those 2600 odd CBR125 ’sales’ and things look very different.

BMF Welcomes Speed Camera Rethink

The British Motorcyclists Federation has welcomed the announcement by Transport Secretary Alistair Darling that there is going to be more flexibility over speed camera policy.

Over-hyped by the over-zealous, speed cameras, sited sensibly, can nevertheless reduce speed-related accidents say the BMF, but news that cameras will now be seen as only part of local road safety schemes and not treated as the automatic panacea to road casualty reduction, is a welcome change in policy.