Like many of you last Wednesday I went and bought my weekly copy of MCN and out fell a leaflet advertising something called UTAG.

Now like the beautiful Suzy Perry, I think this is a MUST HAVE PIECE OF KIT.
As bikers we all know that we take our lives into our own hands every time we go for a ride, be it from lorry drivers who leave diesel on the roads, idiots using mobile phones while driving or local government agencies using steel cables as crash barriers.

While most of us carry our drivers licence with us as ID and also perhaps are registered as organ donors but what about emergency contact details or important medical information.

The UTAG looks like a set of dog tags, but with modern USB technology also contains important medical and contact details that you wish to put on including, Personal details, Picture, Emergency contacts, Doctors contact details, Medical information and all this can be read in 7 languages. All for the grand price of £19.99

Now personally I think these make sense, so I’ve all ready ordered mine.



Stay Safe,

Oneleggedfreak

Labels: biker, emergency, ice, motorbike, motorcycle, safety, uTag

link | posted by oneleggedfreak at Monday, April 28, 2008
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Now I’ve got to admit probably like most of the bikers I know I like my food, I don’t care if it’s a decent bacon and egg roll at a rally or even that Madras curry that seems like a fantastic idea on the way back to the tent at silly o’clock in the morning.

Now I’ve known a few Australians in my time and all have been some what tapped BUT the most excellent party people ever but this takes the biscuit this can only be what happens if you buy an Australian biker the Hairy Bikers Cook Book,

This was spotted by the CGU Safety and Risk Services ( sounds like the same people that tell kids not to play conkers as it might have there eye’s out), Now this was taken on a long weekend to celebrate Australia Day and the food loving aussie was on his way to a Barbie,




All I can say is thank god he was not on the way to a hog roast.

Remember drink driving kills,

Cooking and cruising also not so cool.

Australian Daily Telegraph piece.

Stay safe,

Oneleggedfreak

Labels: barbecue, biker, dumb, motorcycle, oops

link | posted by oneleggedfreak at Tuesday, March 04, 2008
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It seems that these days, it's hard to find a policeman when you want one. But here at Bikesure, we've found what we think is the fastest and easiest way to distract a copper from his latest doughnut and turn up at your house.

Yes, simply upload a video of your bike travelling at high speeds and overtaking dangerously to your favourite video sharing site, and a member of Her Majesty's Constabulary will be despatched to take a statement, as soon as they've conducted a thorough and wide-ranging nationwide investigation.

That's what this chap did,



and now he simply has to wait for the police to complete their investigations into who he in fact is, and his next knock on the door will likely be the entire South Yorkshire force.

Say the police:

"We will do everything we can to identify these riders."

Seriously though:

Bikers: Don't ride like a muppet (that overtaking was shocking), and if you do, don't film yourself doing it, and if you must, don't post the film onto the internet.

Police: Here's a free tip: instead of scouring the internet looking for dangerous road users, who you then can't find without a lengthy and extensive investigation, why not look for them on the roads, where they actually are, in real life, and what's more you might actually catch and stop them in the act?

Labels: bike insurance, biker, biking law, motorcycle law, police, speeding, video

link | posted by Dave Wilson at Monday, September 03, 2007
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Another biking virgin gets a taste of two wheels, courtesy of Bikesure. Well, we think that as a bike insurer, all our staff should understand how bikes are different from cars, and, crucially, get some experience in the saddle, so we pay for their CBT training. Here's Grant's experience, in his own words:

Now i was a little nervous going into it in the first place as the only time I have ever been on a bike was on the back of a Yamaha WR250 on a field doing 90mph ( all legal of course ) about 7 years ago, so my bike experience was about as relevant as Pat Sharp's Mullet!

I pulled up to the CBT place in my car and saw the mean machine of a Suzuki GS125 that i would soon mount. We went through the pre-match run of safety and laws and so on. Stuck a helmet on and one of those ear pieces that makes me look like a bouncer, yea all 5'9" of me and a protective jacket.

Now i always had assumed that we spend the first part of the test in a playground or car park getting to know that bike and how it handles...did we....did we bugger!

Right follow me says the instructor. I'm sorry!? Follow you? What...on the road??? "How does this bloody thing work?" I asked myself, but before I knew it we were off. It was brilliant, I felt awesome, I thought I was going so fast, wind blowing, engine screaming... all that at 30mph.

Then comes our first set of traffic lights. They go red... i wait... they go green... I STALL!!

"S**t!" I said, I'm turning the keys, pressing the horn, phoning the police - everything - and then my ear piece suddenly perks up and I hear "Just press the electric start." Oh yeah.

"Right!!" I said, "I'm not stalling this time." By now, the masses of cars are behind and then a bus pulls alongside and everyone is looking. I couldn't really hide with fluorescent yellow jacket. So now I had a crowd all waiting to watch me pull off with ease (ed: To watch you what?!) So the lights go green, I rev up and dump the clutch, I swear the front wheel was about 2cm off the ground. Oh yeah! My first wheelie and the crowd in the bus went wild!!!

Next we were taken to a car park and asked to do a figure of 8. I thought I was going to fall off, but managed OK and even did an emergency stop! I thought I was the bo^*ox right now!

Anyway, 2 stalls later, we were doing 50mph down country roads I was loving it, though I did get told off for leaning into bends with my shoulder. "Lean with your hips," I was told over the airwaves, little sinister laugh!

We did a lot of town riding and kept getting cut up by taxis. Those guys!!!! That started to get annoying but our instructor was already one step ahead. I finally realised one of the best things about bikes was the ability to overtake taxis in a traffic jam. It was the best feeling ever - sad I know - but just sailing past the cars kicked ass!!

So we pulled back into the CBT place and it was over. I loved it. I really wouldnt mind getting a bike - I mean £15 for tax and a much cheaper alternative to short little trips in a car. I only have to convince "the wife" that its a good idea, but it's opened my mind a little more to the world of bikers and I liked it.

So next time you see a learner stalling at traffic lights, when you have finished laughing, spare a thought!

Be Good

Grant "ring me for a quote", "cheese on toast" Varnham

Labels: bike insurance, biker, cbt, compulsory basic training, gs125, learner bikes, learner legal, learning to ride, suzuki, wr250, yamaha

link | posted by Dave Wilson at Monday, July 16, 2007
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A biker (probably from Harleys of God) was riding on a highway along a California beach when suddenly the sky clouded above his head and, in a booming voice, the Lord said:

"Because you have tried to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish."

The biker pulled over and said: "Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can ride over anytime I want”.

The Lord said, "Your request is materialistic, think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking. The supports required would reach the bottom of the Pacific! The concrete and steel it would take! It will nearly exhaust several natural resources. I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things.

Take a little more time and think of something that would honor and glorify me."

The biker thought about it for a long time. Finally, he said, "Lord, I wish that I could understand my wife. I want to know how she feels inside, what she's thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says nothing's wrong, and how I can make a woman truly happy."

The Lord replied, "You want two lanes or four on that bridge?"

Labels: biker, funny

link | posted by Dave Wilson at Monday, June 25, 2007
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