me. 2013 could well be a hard year for the group as the financial situation in our country does not appear to be easing and people find they have less disposable income, it is going to be hard to retain full members, a very important part of our survival and of course finding new associate members, so please give a thought to any way in which you may be able to help or indeed just spread the word about our group. We are in need of a volunteer to take the EAMG stand to Colchester football ground for the first bikesafe event of 2013 on Sunday the 5th May or we will not be able to attend the event which would be a great shame, supporting this event is very important for
us to remain a recognisable organisation within Essex as we have no national status as do RoSPA and the IAM, so if you can help please let me know.
Changing the subject have you ridden an electric motorcycle? Laura and I were at the Motorcycle Trade show at the NEC a couple of weeks ago and the opportunity was there to ride a Zero DS something or the other on a short pear shaped track ring fenced with a steel crowd control barrier! Yes I thought a circuit, a bike albeit battery powered and a nice grippy floor this should be fun, so I signed up grabbed a lid only to find the DS was now already on track and a selection of battery push bikes where on offer. NO I did not ride a push bike I did the only thing any test pilot would do, I adopted a sulky face folded my arms and waited. Two or three minutes later the previous rider was in, he climbed off the bike and preceded to make sure I knew where the sport/eco switch was, silly man SPORT for me I’m not a wimp! Checking left as I joined the track from the pits, all was clear, a great big handful of throttle and we were off ‘bloody hell’ was my first thought I was now pilling into the first very short bend at a great rate of knots and the thing didn’t make any noise! Any way the brakes worked fine and after a few laps we soon had the little bike cranked over off road style tucked right up on the tank foot down sliding it out of the
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