Wirral Egg Run – 17th April 2011

http://www.wirraleggrun.co.uk/

New Brighton Prom Run starts at 11am.

Pre-Meeting Points

Hein Gereicke Liverpool will have tea and toast from 8:00ish
Olde Red Lion Little Sutton Breakfast from 8:30
Scotch Piper Liverpool open from 8:30
Blue Anchor Hoylake Breakfast from 8:30
Lacey’s Bar (FORMERLY DARCYS), New Brighton, Bacon Butties from 8:00am
John Wynne’s (Automotive), Bromborough,
Lattetude, West Kirby,
Bike Devils, Llay. Wrexham
The Egremont Ferry, Tobin St, Wallasey CH44 8DF, Bacon butties from 8:00am
Farmers Arms, Hilbank Rd, Frankby, have about 30 tabbards available, there will a bacon butty for each biker who wears it during the bike run and can be collected from 9:00am.(can be picked-up day before in normal hours)On there return a free Hog Roast batch.  Also in the evening an amazing band called “Fifi and the Boom Booms!” don’t be decieved by the name.

Here’s a great way to donate:

2011 Major Competition

TEXT ‘EGG’ to 70099 to win a 2011 Harley 833 Iron !

1st prize

A 2011 Harley Davidson 883 Iron donated by Camps Solicitors and supplied by Manchester Harley Davidson plus an OSX Aviator leather jacket.

2nd prize

A full training package and test fees, donated by GEG Rider Training (CBT, 24hrs road tuition, Mod 1 test, Mod 2 test) plus OSX textile jacket, trousers and gloves.

3rd Prize

CBT donated by GEG Rider Training plus OSX textile jacket, trousers and gloves.

TEXT ‘EGG’ to 70099 to win a 2011 Harley 833 Iron !

Pedrosa to Get Shoulder Scans, Could Need Surgery

Dani Pedrosa had to fight through the last rounds of the 2010 MotoGP season with an injured shoulder so that he could maintain his second place position in the overall standings. Pedrosa broke his collarbone on October 1st at Motegi, and after a brief rehabilitation returned to the MotoGP circuit.

Now that the 2010 MotoGP season is over, Pedrosa will have his injury checked again, and could possibly undergo another surgery.

"[On Thursday] I will go to the doctor again to have a CAT scan, an MRI scan and vascular tests to find out what's wrong with my shoulder," Pedrosa said. "I don't know yet if I will need more surgery, but if it's necessary I will do it.”

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Dear Mr Darling

I don’t know where this came from originally but Steve of Diary of a Goldwinger fame e-mailed it to me.

Dear Mr. Darling,

Please find below my suggestion for fixing Britain 's economy.  Instead of giving billions of pounds to banks that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan:

There are about 20 million people over 50 in the work force.  - Pay them £1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:

1) They MUST retire.  Twenty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.
2) They MUST buy a new British CAR.  Twenty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.
3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.
4) They must send their kids to school / college /university - Crime rate fixed
5) Buy £50 of alcohol / tobacco a week there's your money back in duty / tax etc
It can't get any easier than that!

P.S. If more money is needed, have all members of parliament pay back there falsely claimed expenses and second home allowances.

MAIDS Report - In-depth Investigation of Motorcycle Accidents

Take a look at the MAIDS website and read the interesting conclusions of this exhaustive study.  In the quote below PTW means Powered Two Wheeler and OV means Other Vehicle.

The PTW accident data collected in this study indicated that the object most frequently struck in an accident was a passenger car. The second most frequently struck object was the roadway itself, either as the result of a single vehicle accident or of an attempt to avoid a collision with an OV. Whilst each sampling area contained both urban and rural areas, the majority of the accidents took place in an urban environment.

Travelling and impact speeds for all PTW categories were found to be quite low, most often below 50 km/h. There were relatively few cases in which excess speed was an issue related to accident causation.  The cause of the majority of PTW accidents collected in this study was found to be human error. The most frequent human error was a failure to see the PTW within the traffic environment, due to lack of driver attention, temporary view obstructions or the low conspicuity of the PTW.

Give Blood

Message from Mega Scooter Club, Alicante:

V CAMPAÑA NACIONAL MOTERA DE DONACIÓN 2008

Estimados Amigos:

Por quinto año consecutivo, la Asociación Mutua Motera lanza su Campaña de Donación. En esta edición, la Semana Motera de Donación será del lunes 16 al sábado 21 de Junio.

En Alicante del 16 al 20 será en el centro de transfusiones del Hospital de San Juan y el sábado 20 será en el Hospital de Elche.

Os rogaria que, a ser posible, indicarais la intencion de ir a donar y el número aproximado de donantes, para hacer una prevision de personal en los puntos de donación.

Como ya sabéis, somos un colectivo especialmente afectado por la siniestralidad en carretera y, conscientes de la importancia de que existan reservas de sangre y hemoderivados en los hospitales, así como de la trascendencia de la donación de órganos para mejorar la calidad de vida e incluso salvarla, reivindicamos el espíritu motero de generosidad y solidaridad y volvemos a la carga con otra llamada a todos los moteros y a la sociedad en general para que acudan a donar a su centro de transfusión más próximo.

Este año, por cortesía de LUMA, a todo el que acuda a donar se le regalará un llavero-monedero motero personalizado con el logo de Moteros Donantes.