17th August 2007

HBAMs WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

CONTENTS & Quick Jump

1. CLASSIC AND CUSTOM RALLY, 17th - 19th August 2007

2. THE UNITY RIDE 2007, Sunday 19th August 2007

3. CHARGE OF START!

4. TECs WANTED

5. HERTS POLICE COURSE

6. OBSERVER CORNER

7. TEST PASSES

8. 'INTERESTING' WEBSITES

9. HAVE YOU IMPROVED?

10. TRADE CORNER

11. FOR SALE

RIDES

CALENDAR

WHERE WE MEET

CONTACTS/EMAIL ADDRESSES

1. 4TH ST JOHNS ARMS CLASSIC AND CUSTOM RALLY, 17th - 19th August 2007

Melchbourne, nr Bedford
A good old fashioned family rally - nice relaxed atmosphere and good fun, great bands, good food and trade stands. Raising money for the NABD (National Association for Bikers with a Disability)
 

If you are interested and want to find out more

http://www.motorcyclingmatters.org/events/st-johns-arms-rally

2. THE UNITY RIDE 2007, Sunday 19th August 2007

Meeting 9am at Hien Gericke, Dunstable Road, Luton.
 
Join the Unity Ride team for an organised ride through the Capital visiting all the London sights.
 

For more information or to register you and your bike
http://www.motorcyclingmatters.org/events/unity-ride-london-aug-07

3. SUFFOLK COAST RIDE, SUNDAY 26th Aug

This Green Badge Ride, led by Simon Rixon, on August Bank Holiday Sunday IS STARTING FROM BALDOCK.

This is a 100 miles run each way from Baldock to Snape Maltings near Aldeburgh for lunch on the Suffolk Coast . A mix of A roads and B roads, this is quite technical route so will good for those who enjoy technical, tight, twisty roads, and lots of them. The ride is being run by two people from the senior observer team and will be quite progressive so it will be quite a long and demanding day. There'll be a coffee stop on the way out in a classic English Suffolk village. Snape is very pretty, sitting on the River Alde as it snakes eventually out to the sea, and has a selection of pubs and cafes for the lunch stop.

4. RIDE LEADERS & TEC WANTED

REMEMBER: NO VOLUNTEERS = NO RIDE

You will see from the Rides List below that we need to fill in a few gaps, namely the positions with a next to them.

If you can help, please contact Roly directly on rolyfletcher@aol.com

5. HERTS POLICE COURSE

Advanced Motorcycling Course
 

Herts bikers are being encouraged to polish up their riding skills
 

With more people turning to motorbikes as a method of beating congestion, Hertfordshire Road Safety officers are concerned about the number of accidents involving bikes resulting in death or serious injury.
 

Motorcyclists in the county still represent less than 2% of the total traffic on the roads, but more than 20% of the total casualties.
 

Hertfordshire County Council's Road Safety Unit offers a course in partnership with Hertfordshire Police instructors, to help motorcyclists improve their riding skills and safety.
 

"It is important for motorcyclists to realise that they are extremely vulnerable road users. Not only are they at risk for their own actions, but also from the actions of other road users," said County Councillor Stuart Pile, Executive Member for Highways, Transport and Rural Affairs.
 

"This training, under the Bikesafe banner, provides motorcyclists with essential road handling skills that could mean the difference between life and death."
 

The course, which starts on September 4 at Hertfordshire Police Headquarters, Welwyn Garden City, includes four evening classes based on the system used by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) and RoSPA Advanced Drivers Association (RoADA) - plus an on-road assessment ride.

The course fee, which includes all textbooks and the practical assessment, is £40. Concessions are available for students and people who are retired, unemployed or receiving benefits.

Go to www.hertsdirect.org/roadsafety for an online booking form, or telephone 01992 556817 for more information.
 

6. OBSERVER CORNER

2006/7: 13 NEW HBAM Observers for the IAM Year (April 2006 to March 2007).

7. Recent HBAM IAM Test Passes, well done

2006/7: 41 HBAM passes for the IAM Year (April 2006 to March 2007).

14 Passes so far this IAM year.

8. WEBSITES OF INTEREST:

Check out HBAM ever growing list of links that my be of interest to you:

http://www.hbam.org.uk/statichtml/links.php

Road Pricing:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/MCNroadpricing/

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/bikesinbuslanes/

This is a good one if you think you have a good knowledge of the highway code:

http://www.learnerstuff.co.uk/theory-test/mock-theory-tests.htm

Would you know what to do in an emergency? St John Ambulance will be running "Emergency Aid for Motorcyclists" courses on 22nd September in Bedford.
http://www.motorcyclingmatters.org/events/st-john-emergency-aid/

Have a say:

http://www.motorcyclingmatters.org/blog/

Local News:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6248142.stm

9. HAVE YOU IMPROVED? - TAKE A RETEST.

A major challenge is to re-take your IAM Test, called The Driving Assessment, you can not fail or have your Green Badge taken away, but the Assessment, that only costs £25, is better than a re-test, because it's exactly the same as your original test but with corrective feedback during the ride, from the Examiner, are you willing to see if you've improved - OR NOT!

Take a look at & download the application form from here: http://www.hbam.org.uk/newsletters/newsletters/IAM_driving_assessment.pdf

I'VE HEARD THAT THE FIRST OF THESE 'RE-TESTS' ARE FILTERING THROUGH NOW - WELL DONE!

WHY NOT APPLY NOW FOR A SPRING 'RE-TEST' AND GIVE YOURSELF SOMETHING TO WORK ON DURING 07?

2006/7: 5 'IAM Assessments' (retests) for HBAM for the IAM Year (April 2006 to March 2007).

10. TRADE CORNER

11. FOR SALE

For Sale 2x Kenwood TK3101 Radios

These radios are two years old and have i have never had a problem with either of them.  The radios have been used with a AutoCom but as we are moving to a country where they shouldn't be used.  Hence the sale.

They are both in their original boxes but i can't find the manuals, not that they are required, switch them on and your done.  I was using these in groups of 30 plus bikes without any issues. 

They have a couple of marks on them but nothing that affects performance.

£50 per handset.

If you are interested please contact Keith Morgan on 07967 215679.

Here is the blurb:

The Kenwood TK3101 ProTalk is renowned for quality and build reliability. This superb, robust pmr446 radio is packed with relevant features and is built to military standards for vibrations, shock, humidity, dust and light rain making it the ideal radio for onsite construction and generally arduous environments. Proven by its predecessor the TK3101 has an aluminium die-cast chassis to ensure years of reliable use. The audio quality is what you would expect from Kenwood, excellent making sure working in noisy conditions is made as simple as possible. Battery life is improved by the time-out timer automatically cutting a continuous transmission after one minute and the battery save function, putting the unit into sleep mode after 10 seconds of standby. Large channel change and on off volume knobs make the ProTalk simple to operate even while wearing gloves. A summary of key features includes :

• Military standard
• Rugged construction
• Simple user friendly operation
• Metal belt clip
• Drop-in charger
• Long battery life
• Excellent audio quality
• Full compliment of accessories
• Maximum output power
• Proven reliability
• License free
• Suitable for most applications

RIDES:

					BALDOCK		BOURNE END
MONTH	DAY	DATE	DETAILS	DESTINATION	START 1 LEADER	START 1 TEC	START 2 LEADER	START 2 TEC
August	SUN	26	GBH RIDE	SUFFOLK COAST	SIMON RIXON	BERNIE
Sep	SUN	9	MONTHLY GROUP RIDE		DENZIL	TEC
Sep	W/E	21-23	GBH RIDE - WJ07	WALES			PHIL R	RUSS. EDWARDS
Oct	SUN	7	MONTHLY GROUP RIDE	GRAFHAM, THAXTED	SEAN CREECH	TEC

CALENDAR:

WHERE PLACES ARE:

HCC, HATFIELD CRICKET CLUB, ASCOTS LANE, HATFIELD

ST. MARTINS PARISH HALL, KNEBWORTH, corner of St Martin's Road and London Road.

Baldock Services - A1/A507 Radwell, Baldock, SG7 5TR, located just off on the A1(M) Juction 10

Bourne End Services - A41 Service Area, Bourne End, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 2SB

CONTACTS:

Bye, bye 'til next time, Peter

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