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Guest blogger Simon Hoe – IAM ride 2

I was beginning to understand that my allocated IAM assessor Gwyn actually prided himself on being fashionably late. He was still at home when I rang him from the Iceland car park meeting point.  Another very wet one was on [...]

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Guest blogger Simon Hoe – IAM ride 1

Guest blogger Simon Hoe – IAM ride 1

After my assessment ride with Gordon I had a couple of weeks to practice my advanced riding techniques and read up on what was expected of me before lesson number one.  I wanted to swot up this time so I [...]

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Ride out to Hein Gericke Luton’s Open Day

Ride out to Hein Gericke Luton’s Open Day

Recently I spent some time at an open day at Hein Gericke’s Luton branch. Four hours and a three hundred-ish mile round trip seemed to be a good way to spend the day as well as showing some support for Hein [...]

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Herts Bike Fest Review

Herts Bike Fest Review

I recently spent the weekend at the Herts Bike Fest based in Stevenage which was run in partnership with the Herts Air Ambulance. The venue was a fire station complex which had a really decent amount of space to host the [...]

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The Bulldog Bash 2010 Review

I recently had the privilege of going to The Bulldog Bash 2010. I went on the Friday, stayed over and came home on the Saturday. This is the first opportunity I’ve had to go to this event and was keen to experience it. Bikers, beer, music and tents right next to a drag strip – a biker’s dream!

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