SPEED!

petition to stop the government reducing the speed limit.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/noNSLreduction/



Coming soon near you..... the national speed limit sign will soon be a thing of the past! Is 10mph really going to make a difference? Do Warwickshire County Council really believe that the idiots who exceeded the previous 60 mph limit and ended up putting their cars in ditches, hedges and wrapped around trees, will comply with the new 50mph limit?

Nanny State strikes again!

Still it could be worse, they might have installed speed humps or those "fun" chicane type traffic flow preventers!

The ROADHOGS

http://www.roadhogscoventry.co.uk/

MORE PICS: ermmm uploaded on Facebook but the idea of linking to them from here might seem good and highly possible, but not for a techno phobic me! I'll put them on another pic hosting site soon

http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=781263502&k=56D524WS4WYMZE11YC55V

Battery care

I've never bothered with "winter battery conditioning" I've always managed a few ride outs, and if necessary (flat battery) a trickle charge using an old car battery charger. However my son is a different generation, and his toy only gets sunny summer use, so Santa left him a bike specific charger. A recent injury has put pay to any riding for me during January, so I tried the Oximiser on my bikes to "topup" charge, the result was noticeable in an almost instant start up.

Some Winter Entertainment

"Ewan's" Guzzi, the worlds dearest California?

Sold on EBAY for Unicef Charity a snip at £22,100

Swindon Councillors going against the norm again!

BBC news:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7685550.st

The Timesonline:-
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article4998031.ecem

The Mailonline:-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1034919/Council-scraps-speed-cameras--blatant-tax-motorist.html

However I think the true story is ££££ cost related, why invest in something which does not give you a return on your investment?
If the Government was serious about stopping speeding it would. The communication and automotive technology exists to make it almost impossible for a vehicle to speed, but that would require considerable infrastructure investment, with the loss of revenue and popularity for re-election!

HAVE FUN STAY SAFE

Norton back in British hands....

Be interesting to see if we have another success story alongside that of Triumph

http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/company/news_detail.asp?newsID=20