National Bikesafe Event 2008

[david916]

This promises to be a great show if anyone is interested! Here is the official press release that has just been issued from Bikesafe-London:

THE NATIONAL BIKESAFE EVENT 2008

The National Bikesafe Event will be hosted by us and held in London for 2008. BikeSafe is an initiative run by UK police forces to promote better biking and improve the safety of motorcyclists on the roads.

The show will take place at the Metropolitan Police Training School (Peel Centre), Aerodrome Road, Hendon, NW9 5JE on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th March 2008. Entry will be FREE, as will exhibiting.

The National Bikesafe Event was first hosted in 2002 by West Mercia Constabulary at the Three Counties Showground in Worcestershire. It then moved the following year to the Heritage Motor Museum at Gaydon hosted by Warwickshire Police, who hosted it again in 2004. For the past two years the event has been hosted by Gloucestershire Constabulary and held at Cheltenham Racecourse. It has developed and grown over time and they hosted it again in 2007. Over 16,000 people visit Cheltenham Racecourse during the two days this year, which is over a thousand more than last year. A total of 1,100 assessed rides were carried out and 70 officers from around the country were available to go out with bikers and assess their skills. Bikesafe-London will take over for 2008 and 2009, maybe even 2010!

The event affords police forces across the country an opportunity to promote the Bikesafe scheme in order to reduce motorcycle collisions and rider casualties. It gives motorcycle manufacturers and dealers a chance to display their bikes and products and allows members of the public to try out various bikes whilst also interacting with the police on assessed rides. We have got the approval and full support of the Motor Cycle Industry Association. As Craig Carey-Clinch of the MCIA said, "Bikesafe is 'Bridging the Gap' from passing a test to post-test training. It provides an invaluable opportunity for people to learn about their capabilities with the support of experts."

The major motorcycle manufacturers, plus many smaller ones too, will be there to promote their products and provide bikes for free rideouts (so bring your driving licence - card and counterpart please). In addition to each manufacturer with their road bikes there will be a number of local motorcycle dealers in attendance also, displaying different bikes from the ones already there, such as off-road, smaller capacity bikes (or scooters), quad bikes as well as other bike related products and clothing.

Hendon is the home of the world-renowned Metropolitan Police Training School.

So far we have the following attractions booked for your entertainment:

• A wide variety of demo bikes to ride from the main motorcycle manufacturers (and also many of the smaller, less well known ones, too)
• Scooter try outs
• Free assessed Bikesafe Rider Skills rides using either your own bike or borrowing a manufactures machine
• Local motorcycle/scooter dealers
• There will be many different trade stands selling clothing and accessories
• Motorcycle owners clubs
• Food and drinks stands
• Race teams/bikes
• Classic bikes
• Police Historic Vehicle Fleet
• Met Police Driving School car skid pan demonstration sessions
• Police dog displays
• Police horses
• Police and air ambulance (HEMS) helicopters
• London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Service (with exciting and informative full interactive Road Traffic Collision displays by all three Emergency Services)
• Seated auditorium for lectures using the National Bikesafe DVD
• Army White Helmets Motorcycle Display Team
• Motorcycle wall of death
• Freestyle Motocross displays
• A host of celebrities, plus much more.….

There will be a lot of other things to see and do for all the family, not just motorcyclists. We have also ordered 12 hours of sunshine each day for that weekend in March too (although unfortunately that cannot be guaranteed)!

Please see our websites www.bikesafe-london.co.uk and www.scootersafe-london.co.uk for more information.


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[Shay HTFC]

Cool

If I have my full license and bigger bike by then, then I may pop along. Looks good and I'd be interested in the Bike Assist ride outs with the Police.

[m0l0t0v]

I want to go to this especially if my friends have passed their test by then. They have bikes but have both failed their first test . Oh well, one of them has his test this Friday so hope he passes

Would be cool to go.
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[phk6]

thing is on he assessed rides can they nick you?

and to be fair id rather not spend the day with a load of pigs
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[The Tot]

I did my bikesafe on the L plates on my 125 with the Met at the ace and all i can say is that they are a good bunch off guys, especially that joker Paul Mostyn - That PC Parris bloke is a top notch geezer and they're very much true bikers out of uniform. Couple own busa's/blackbirds and they encourage you to have as much fun as possible - it's kinda like their job to let you know where the limits on the road are to prevent you from getting killed when taking the piss.

When i did my day, i saw everybody wearing black visors, show plates, noisy zorsts, even a guy on a streetfightered TL and sorts. Few have done track days, few were weekend warriors.

My instructor - PC Brady Woods was a top notch geezer and told me to come back once i got my 600 to do the same thing. Few of them have actually done the day twice to see if they've improved. But it's a good day with the cops and appeals to all sorts, but i think it's the sunday power rangers that need to apply since it would be relevant to how attrocious some of their riding is on the roads!
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[UnknownStuntm...]

I think it's common to think you're being lulled into a false sense of security by the guys instructing on the event, but I've been chatting to one of the chaps who organises the rideouts and his answer was that they're not going to pull you for any reason. They're giving back, not taking. Well, for that day at least.

[fenton]

The coppers arnet to bad on the assesed rideouts. Even on the ones that you are ordered to go on by the courts.

My mate had to appear at one for wheelying. And he said for the first half of the day the guy asked you to ride how you would normally, ignoring the fact he was there. And for the second half he pointed out where you were going wrong and what you could improve on.

I think the police would have to some sort of clause where they wont touch your bikes. Because im pretty sure that if they didnt then no fvcker would turn up.
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[LeeR]

I had the following to say regarding last year's event:

[slydog]

it aint about being pigs is it m8 . there there to help people who think they bloody know it all when they know sod all . these are very experianced riders helping bikers to stay safe and protect our freedom to bike . i hope the bloke who commented about pigs never needs them . if you ride safe and reasonably to the law you would have no problem with them . small minded tosser

[Blau Zedong]

The event would be more to my taste if it involved 2T's, wheelies, tits, raves, racing off from the police and 16 year old slapper school girls.....but each to their own
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[vfr800]

I did a bikesafe 18 months ago, the copper wasn't local so he asked me to come up with a route. Took him on a twisty route I use for quick blasts when iv'e got half hour to spare, he came back with a fat grin on his face praising the roads to his fellow officers.

I got a good report from him also, speed wasn't a problem, they wont nick you but if you get flashed by a camera they can't help, stay to limit in 30, 40 & 50 mph limits and keep it sensible elsewhere, 90mph wasn't a problem in the right places.

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