MAGLink, January 2002
A monthly update from the Irish Motorcyclists
Action Group.
The progress reported below in promoting and
protecting motorcycling has been possible because of your support.
New Member Benefit: FREE entry to Farmyard
Party in the UK..... 1
NOTE to Local Groups and Affiliated Clubs:........... 2
Cash for MAG Recruiters.... 2
Special deal for MAG members going to Donington Park in July.. 2
Campaign Updates....... 2
Bikers Are Voters...... 2
Insurance 2
DRL (Daytime Running Lights)..... 2
Direct Access.... 2
Road Safety/Metal Plates....... 3
Secure Motorcycle Parking.... 3
Local Group Update......... 3
New group in North Tipp/South Offaly....... 3
International Update......... 3
Motorcycle Emissions : European
Parliament adopts Lange Report: the way to Conciliation................... 3
Main Actions and Decisions 3
MAG Calendar...................... 4
Board meetings.. 4
National Council meetings (All local groups to attend)..... 4
2002 Annual Group Conference (AGC):..... 5
MAG Local Group meetings.. 5
MAG Events..... 5
Publication Deadlines 6
MAG Ireland's Events Calendar, 2002.......... 6
Overseas events...... 6
MAG Benefits 7
Member Benefits... 7
Affiliated Club Benefits... 7
Information Sheets & Reps Resource Kit (January 2002)........ 7
MAG Products...................... 8
MAG Advertising. 8
Shops...... 8
Discounts: 9
Clubs....... 9
MAG Contacts...................... 9
Board....... 9
National Council and Local MAG Group Contact Details..... 9
MAG Office................ 10
General News Items........... 10
Getting MAGLink and passing it on 10
Disclaimer.. 11
Responding to the call
by the MAG UK National Committee, the Farmyard Party management today announced
that they would grant free admission to members of FEMA organisations (which
includes MAG Ireland) outside the UK. To be eligible riders must present a
current passport from their country of origin with a matching membership card
for a national FEMA member organisation such as MAG Ireland or MAG Belgium.
They must also be riding a bike with a registration plate from their country of
origin.
The Farmyard Party
will be held at Duncombe Park near Helmsley, North Yorkshire, on 21st - 23rd
June 2002.
For more details
contact the MAG UK press office on +44 208 556 6495
Underwriting
difficulties with Irish insurance are affecting the MAG Ireland events
insurance benefit. Please contact the MAG office for the current details if you
are planning to hold an event under MAG Public Liability cover in the near
future. MAG Ireland is currently looking at the insurance market place and
welcomes any recommendations from clubs or other groups.
Bank Standing orders are by far the easiest
way for MAG members to pay their subscription. They are also much cheaper and
quicker for the MAG office to process.
MAG is now passing these savings onto its members. As well as offering
three months free membership for members who take out a standing order, MAG has
decided to introduce a “fiver back” promotion - any MAG member who gets a
friend to sign up for a standing order will get a fiver (€6.35) back in cash.
This means that if all
the members of a club of twenty people decide to support MAG with bank standing
orders and name their treasurer as recruiter then the club will receive one
hundred pounds (128 Euro) from MAG.
Full details,
conditions and bank standing order forms are available from the MAG office.
MAG UK's done it again
- all the excitement of the British Grand Prix plus two days of practice, live
bands and party Friday and Saturday night, exclusive MAG campsite and bar all
for an amazing £25 sterling and this offer is available to MAG UK and MAG
Ireland members.
Donington Park 12th
13th & 14th July Ticket Hotline call 00 44 8701 696805 and quote your
membership number. (MAG UK or MAG Ireland). Tickets £25 in advance only (closes
June 30th - no ticket sales on gate) subject to a booking fee
Further details of
this and other MAG events at http://mag-uk.org/events
The photoshoot for the
Bikers Are Voters flyer/poster campaign has been completed. Many thanks to the
volunteers.
There has been contact
with Carole Nash to confirm the sending out of refunds. Meetings have been
scheduled with Carole Nash and with Hibernian and will include concerns raised
by MAG members.
A Private Member Bill
in the Dail is seeking the compulsory use of Daytime Running Lights for all
vehicles. Representations are being made to put MAG’s concerns across.
(Note: Compulsory use
of running lights by all vehicles lessens any benefit gained by riders who
choose to use daytime lights.)
The official complaint
procedure regarding Ireland’s failure to implement the Direct Access option
given in the 2nd EU Directive on Driver Licensing is to be pursued
at European level by FEMA. At National Level, a MAG member is currently
liaising with Gearoid O’Byrne in order to proceed in a test case challenging
Ireland’s non-implementation of D.A. using Equality legislation.
Preparatory work for
the campaign for the use of safer alternatives to metal plates on roadworks is
being done.
Dublin Corporation, on
foot of representations made by Jimmy Kenny on behalf of MAG Ireland have
agreed to provide six new motorcycle/bicycle parking spaces. These are to be of the Sheffield type.
MAG Tipperary
North/South Offaly will be holding their first meeting in 'The Mill House',
Birr Road, Roscrea on Thursday 21nd February. The plan is to have meetings
every last Thursday in the month thereafter. Contact Keith Leaver at kleaver@gofree.indigo.ie for further
details.
11th & 12th
December 2001, EP Plenary Session, Strasbourg
The debate and second
reading vote within the European Parliament (EP) on the proposal for further
reductions of motorcycle emissions resulted in the endorsement of the
Rapporteur's position. This means mandatory emission limits for 2006 on the
basis of the Adapted European Car Test Cycle, provisions on durability and
in-use compliance of fitted devices to meet original emission performances over
time.
FEMA was present in
Strasbourg. During the debate held the evening before the vote, the Rapporteur
Bernd Lange underlined the main objective of his proposed amendments: making
motorcycles as clean as
cars by 2006.
The European
Commission expressed its general support for Lange's Report but still disagrees
on setting mandatory 2006 limit values before a test cycle specific to
motorcycles is finalised. Part of the results from the technical development of
this World Motorcycle Test Cycle (WMTC) would be validated the following week,
said Commissioner Erkii Liikanen.
FEMA thinks that
established mandatory 2006 limits must not be distorted by any subsequent
changes to the test cycles. These limits should be consistent with the
objective of the proposal, therefore subject to correlation factors in order to
avoid hidden reductions going beyond the original targets for motorcycle
emissions.
The provisions on
durability and in-use compliance contained in the proposal, seeking to control
the conformity of original emission output of vehicles under normal conditions
of use, are still very vague and require closer investigation. The European
Commission will set up a working group in order to define the best practice to
implement those measures. FEMA will be part of this group and make sure, if
these provisions were to be implemented, that motorcyclists would not bear
their costs.
The divergent
positions of the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers will
inevitably result in the proposal going through the conciliation procedure.
Next Spring will then be a crucial time for this issue. FEMA is constantly
undertaking actions to make sure that motorcyclists get a fair treatment.
http://fema.ridersrights.org
Decisions
and actions of the Board meeting of 9/1/2002 (summarised)
Direct Access - MAG Ireland, in conjunction with
FEMA the European riders’ rights body, is to make a formal complaint to the EU
Commission about the lack of Direct Access to unrestricted bikes in Ireland.
National Council Meeting
- This is where representatives from
MAG local groups around Ireland discuss matters affecting Irish motorcyclists
and set MAG policy. The next meeting of
the NC has been arranged for the 9th of February in Banagher, Co.
Offaly.
Events Insurance - The company which underwrote the MAG events insurance
is not accepting renewals. Insurance
difficulties are currently affecting many organisations and businesses all over
Ireland. We have found a broker who
arranges specialised cover for sports clubs, who is confident that cover can
eventually be arranged, though the cost is likely to be high. We will continue to seek affordable insurance
for events because of the importance of insurance for local group activities
and the rally scene.
Toll Roads - The MAG Board has agreed a
campaign, in the run up to the election, against the many toll roads proposed
under the national development programme.
Standing Order Promotion
- Standing orders are the easiest way
for MAG members to pay their subscription, and also cheaper and quicker for the
MAG office to process. As well as
offering three months free for members who take out a standing order, the Board
has decided to introduce a “fiver back” promotion - any MAG member who gets a
friend to sign up for a standing order will get a fiver (€6.35) back in
cash. Details from the MAG office.
Metal Road Plates - Every motorcyclist is familiar with the hazard these
create at road works. The EU has set
down rules which ban the use of metal plates which are hazardous - plates must
be used as little as possible, be non-slip and installed properly so as not to
create a risk for motorcycles. MAG will
be campaigning to have this implemented in Ireland as soon as possible.
Rallies and Shows - MAG plans to have a MAG Stand, selling products and
memberships and offering advice, at several bike shows and rallies in
2002. The more volunteers willing to
help out, the more rallies and shows we can attend.
Events Calendar 2002 - A reminder to please forward details of your event,
rally or show ASAP to the MAG office, for free inclusion in Roadrunner and the
Maglink events calendar.
MAG Credit Card - The MAG Credit Card (issued by MBNA Bank) is now
available - allowing members to benefit from special interest rates. MBNA make a donation to MAG for each card
taken out, and also contribute a percentage of the spending on each card. So you can benefit motorcycling at no cost
to yourself. Contact the MAG Office for
an application form.
Bikers Are Voters - The photoshoot for Bikers Are Voters took place on 20th
January. Many thanks to the MAG members
who volunteered. Our aim is to produce
a leaflet to raise awareness among politicians, with election time approaching,
of motorcycling issues and allow our voice to be heard.
(Minutes are
summarised or omitted depending on resources, copy available to members from
MAG office or from the MAGLink compiler)
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1st Wednesday every
month, 7:30pm
February 9th
2002: Crank House Hostel, Bannagher, Co. Offaly
The next NC meeting
will be held on Saturday the 9th of February 2002 at 1.30pm at the Crank House
Hostel, Main Street, Banagher, Co. Offaly. For those who wish to stay over,
accomodation available for the night in the hostel - phone Anne at 087-9145820
to book. The price is 11Euro for the night. As this is the first NC meerting of
2002, all NC representatives are requested to attend if at all possible or
failing same to nominate someone else from the local group to attend in their
behalf. Please confirm to the Office either way for numbers purposes.
This is planned for
the last weekend in October 2002, Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh,Co. Tipperary
Watch the MAG website http://www.iol.ie/~maglink/ for
directions and further details.
MAG Cork: Every
Tuesday at 8.30pm, Cruiscin Lan, Douglas Street
MAG Carlow: 3rd Monday
of the month, Sherrif O'Hara's, Brown St.
MAG Donegal: 1st
Monday of each month at 8pm, Road House Bar, Ballybofey
AGM February 9th
MAG Dublin: 1st
Tuesday of each month 8.30pm Strawberry Hall, Lucan,
(contact Jimmy Kenny,
01 4502330)
MAG Dublin: 3rd
Tuesday of each month 8.30pm Four Provinces, Ranelagh,
(contact Mark Newman
086 847 2746. mnewman@tramway.ie)
MAG Kerry: 1st Tuesday
of each month 9.00pm alternating between Flaherty’s in Ardfert,
Katie Nolan’s in
Lissleton and the Golden Nugget in Killarney.
Ring Baerbel Ott to
get the correct venue (087) 297 7992
MAG Kildare: Last
Wednesday of the month, Grand Hotel, Newbridge.
MAG Limerick: Every
2nd Wednesday starting 9th January 2002 in Gus O'Driscolls pub Corbally.
23/01, 06/02, 20/02,
06/03, 20/03, 03/04, 17/04
AGM February 6th
MAG Tipperary
North/South Offaly. First meeting on Feb 21 2002 and every last Thursday of the
month at 'The Mill House', Birr Road, Roscrea on Thursday 21nd February..
Contact Keith Leaver at kleaver@gofree.indigo.ie
for further details.
MAG Sligo: Contact
Sligo rep (see below) for new venue details.
MAG Cavan, Galway,
Kildare, Innishowen, Longford, Mayo, Westmeath
Venue changes. To be
confirmed. Ring rep for correct details.
E&OE. Changes
should be advised to the MAG office or Gearoid O’Byrne at 087-2607747, maglink@magireland.iol.ie
For further details of
anything on the MAG calendar contact maglink@magireland.iol.ie
( or during office
hours MAG Office at magsupport@magireland.iol.ie
)
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RoadRunner: February
15th, May 15th. August 15th, November 15th,
Letters and articles
welcome, articles with pictures very welcome.
Send submissions to herb@iol.ie or to RoadRunner c/o MAG Office
MAGLink: Second
Wednesday in the month.
MAG Ireland encourages
event organisers to support motorcycling by offering a discount of one euro to
holders of current MAG membership cards at their events in 2002.
January 26,27th
Dundalk Motorcycle
Show in the Dundalk Institute of Technology.
June 14th
Ride to Work Day Contact MAG for details
June 15th
Chopper Club Ireland
Custom and Classic Bike Show
At Master McGrath's
Bar, Castlelyons, Co. Cork
Further details and
pictures of past shows at www.chopper-club.com/ireland or email at
ireland@chopperclub.org
August
August 16th/17th
Stop the Rot, Venue to be announced. Contact MAG for details
September
Black Widows Ireland
Annual Charity Bash
21 September 2002, The
Plough, Curraglas, Co. Cork. http://www.blackwidowsireland.com
Discount for MAG
members - with current membership card.
Contact Number 087
2269212 / 021 4823994
FOR FREE LISTING OF
YOUR EVENT SEND IN DETAILS ASAP.
Welsh National
Motorcycle Show
Due to the change in
the 2002 bank holiday weekend the hugely successful Welsh National Motorcycle
Show will now take place on the 31st May - 3rd June 2002 at the
Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells, Mid Wales.
The Farmyard Party
will be held at Duncombe Park near Helmsley, North Yorkshire, on 21st - 23rd
June 2002.
For more details
contact the MAG UK press office on 0208 556 6495
Free entry for MAG
Ireland members
12th 13th & 14th
July Donington Park, Special deal for MAG members, campsite, bands,
practice (for 25 pounds in advance).
Ring +44 8701 696805 with your membership number.
FEMA festival :
Koksijde Belgian Coast. weekend of 20/21/22 september 2002
All Events in italics
have been notified by the Vintage & Veteran Committee.
The above information
is correct to our knowledge and belief as we got to press but MAG Ireland
cannot guarantee
its accuracy.
Details of any
additional /revised events should be advised to the MAG office or directly to
maglink@magireland.iol.ie.
MAG UK events can be
seen online at the MAG UK website http://www.mag-uk.org .
BMF events http://www.bmf.co.uk
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* Local Groups -
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* Products
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* Route Planning
Service
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* MAG Credit Card
The discounts alone
will save you much more than the membership fee every year.
Membership costs £20
per annum, with reductions for young riders, partners and for payment by
standing order.
To join now ring the
MAG Office on (01) 4530797. Credit cards accepted.
* Events Insurance
Public Liability Cover for your rally or event. Currently cover stands at under
IR 60 for a one-off event of up to 5 days such as a rally. Please contact
office for the information sheet on events insurance.
NOTE: Underwriting difficulties with Irish insurance are affecting the events
insurance benefit. Please contact the MAG office for current details.
* Monthly MAG Events
Calendar Update by Post
* Events Advertising
As an additional benefit to affiliated clubs only, MAG are offering substantial
discounts to advertise their rally in Roadrunner. Roadrunner is Ireland's
largest circulation motorcycle magazine and goes out to over 5000 Irish
motorcyclists every quarter. See below
for details
Club affiliation costs
€
25.40 per annum.
MAG currently has
information sheets on:
Accidents a Legal
Perspective, Anti Theft, Member Benefits, Bike Promotion, Bike Rental, Discount
Shops, Drink Driving, Driving Test, Events Insurance, FEMA, Group Riding,
Importing a Bike, IrishTouring, Licence
Regulations, Long Distance Riding, MAG History, New Member, Ride Safely, Local
Groups, European Lobbying. Training, Motorcycle Awareness, Type Approval, MAG
Structure, What is MAG, Perception of Motorcycles as Unsafe, Consumer Rights
for Motorcyclists
MAG’s Information
Sheets can be found at the MAG website.
MAG also issues a
computer CD which contains the reps handbooks, info sheets, local group report
template and useful forms such as road hazard and membership. There's also a
very wide selection of research and motorcycle promotion material useful when
lobbying and for background information. Copy one from your local group or
contact the MAG Office.
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ZIPPO lighters = € 25.40 (Brass with MAG LOGO)
Hooded
Sweatshirts = € 25.40 each (Black,Zipped,MAG logo)
Premium T- shirts = € 12.70
each (Black with MAG logo)
Nectectors = € 12.70 each (Red or Black tubular neckwarmers)
Baseball Caps = € 12.70
each (Black cloth, with MAG logo)
MAG Ireland Yellow
Visibility Waistcoats = IR 12.00 each
MAG EIRE, RIDE FREE
Patches = € 3.80 each
RIDE FREE Adhesive
stickers = € 1.80 each
1999,2000, 2001
Members’ Metal Badges = € 2.56
each
2002 Green Enamel
badge = € 3.80 each
MAG embossed Leather
Keyfob = € 2.56 each
BOOKS
Pass Your Advanced
Driving Test = € 12.70 each
Motorcycle
Roadcraft = € 17.00 each
There is a Mail Order
packing & postage charge of € 3.80 on
the Hooded Sweatshirts & of € 1.28 on
the waistcoats. All other items are including postage by ordinary post. These
exclusive products are available from your local Group, direct from the MAG
Office, or from our new MAG Products Outlet Shop, Kilkenny Camping &
Water-sports Centre, U24 The Arcade, High Street, Kilkenny. Save postage by
shopping locally.
Profits from the sale
of MAG Products goes directly to campaigning for Riders Rights.
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Roadrunner
is Ireland's largest circulation motorcycle magazine and is mailed directly to
over 5000 Irish motorcyclists every quarter. If you want the Irish motorcycling
world to know about something (your shop, your sale, your club, your product,
your event,…) then advertising in RoadRunner is the way to tell them.
Single
Colour Advertising Rates -
Full Page,
Front Inner Cover € 481
Full Page,
Rear Inner Cover € 481
Full Page,
Back Cover € 500
TWO CENTRE
PAGES € 709
Full Page
(8" x 11.5") € 448.71
¾ Page
(8" x 8") € 337.17
½ Page
(8" x 5.75") € 224.36
¼ Page
(3.75" x 5.75") € 112.82
1/8 Page
(3.75" x 2.75") € 56.41
Two issues
10%, three issues 15%, four issues 20%
MAG
Discount shops: additional 10% discount.
More than
four issues, contact RoadRunner for special rates.
* Events
Advertising
As an additional benefit to affiliated clubs only, MAG are offering substantial
discounts to advertise their rally in Roadrunner. The reduced rates for one
issue are as follows:
Full Page € 253.95
Half Page
B&W - € 126.97
Quarter Page B&W € 63.49
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(Composed of elected
officers and responsible for the day to day running of MAG)
Eoin Kirwan: Chairman,
IT Officer, Transport: 087 6166207 eoin@bikerider.com
Linda O’Loideoin:
Treasurer, Member Queries/Consumer Issues
Jimmy Kenny: Product
and Process Officer 01 4502330
Gearóid O Byrne: Local
Groups Liaison geobyrne@indigo.ie
David French: European
Liaison, Safety Officer +49 711 5590511 davidfrench@bikerider.com
Herb Finnegan:
RoadRunner Liaison herb@iol.ie
The National Council
(NC) is composed of elected county representatives and responsible for the
overall running of MAG. Unless a county position of "NC
representative" is elected the county chairperson is on the NC.
MAG Carlow:
Ger FitzGibbons 087
6781688 sner@oceanfree.net
MAG Cavan
Chair: Declan
Brady 049 8640031
MAG Cork
Chair: Ger
Donnelly 087 2354820 donely@esatclear.ie
Treasurer: Martin
O'Driscoll
Committee member:
David Robinson
MAG Donegal
Contact: Marty Boyle martyboyle@unison.ie
MAG Innishowen (region within Donegal)
Chair: Andy
Robinson 077 76 054
MAG Dublin
Chair: Jimmy
Kenny 01 4502330
MAG Galway
Chair:John Brinn 093
24694 (JJ Finn 086 8182188)
MAG Kerry
Chair: Baerbel
Ott 087 2977992
MAG Kildare
Chair: Joe Swords 086 8974259 joeswords@tattoos.com
Secretary: BJ Martin
086 4006279 thedok@cyberdude.com
Treasurer: Dave Browne
087 6523582
Information Officer
Dave Keeley 087 2692180 davkee@esatclear.ie
Events Secretary: Ivor
Hemmingway 086 8150410
Road Hazards Officer:
Karen Kiely 086 8632444
MAG Limerick
Chair: Keith McGlynn
(keg_zl750@yahoo.co.uk) 086 8354059
NC Rep: Don Moloney
(moz@iol.ie)
Treasurer: Keith
McGlynn (keg_zl750@yahoo.co.uk) 086 8354059
Secretary: Karl Murphy
(crashtestdummy@oceanfree.net)
PRO: Andy Jordan
MAG Mayo
Chair: Robert Gibbons 094
22118 smartart@iol.ie
MAG Sligo
Chair: Eoin
Lappin 071 43758
e_lappin@hotmail.com
AGM: February
MAG Tipperary
North/South Offaly. Keith Leaver at kleaver@gofree.indigo.ie
MAG Westmeath
Chair: Greg
Lennon 0902 72578
The remaining counties
are currently not represented on the National Council. If you are interested in
assisting please contact the MAG Office or the Local Group & Clubs Liaison
Gearoid O’Byrne at 087-2607747, maglink@magireland.iol.ie
Karen Kiely: National Campaign’s Officer and
RoadRunner Editor- 086 8632444 karenkiely@eircom.net
Herb Finnegan: RoadRunner Editor - 087
6790908 herb@iol.ie
Liz Keane Office
Assistant
1b Ring Terrace,
Inchicore, Dublin 8.
Tel: 01 453 0797 Fax: 01 453 3643
Before ringing the MAG
office please consider if it wouldn't be better ringing your MAG
representative, the DOE Driver Testing Section, your local motorcycle dealer or
the Yellow Pages first. The MAG Office will help with your queries where
possible but doing so reduces the time available to administer MAG for
everyone's benefit.
Website: http://www.iol.ie/~maglink
Omitted due to lack of
space.
To receive MAGLink
every month by email (free) send a blank message to imag_info-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
It costs MAG almost 10
pounds a year of member's money to have someone on the postal list and that
money can be better spent fighting for riders rights. If you can get MAGLink by
email instead then please do so and tell us.
Please forward your
copy of MAGLink to other motorcyclists and please print out a few copies to
drop into your local dealer / pub / friends without email.
MAGLink is provided free of charge as a service to
motorcycling.
MAG Ireland cannot
accept any responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions
MAGLink January
2002, compiled by David French
(dfrench@s.netic.de)
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