New online store Bike Nation, which was launched last week, is to become the new title sponsor of the Lightweight TT Race, which will be called the Bike Nation Lightweight TT.

The Lightweight Race for Supertwin machines first took place in 2012 and has quickly become an established part of the TT schedule.  James Hillier won the 2013 race setting a new lap record of 119.130mph. This year's race takes place on Friday 6th June, ahead of the PokerStars Senior TT. Almost 90 entries were received for the race, the highest number since the race's inception. The start list will be announced on Friday 4th April.

As part of the launch programme, Bike Nation will offer one customer a VIP trip for two to the Isle of Man TT Races. The trip will include travel and accommodation, as well as two tickets to the TT's VIP Club, the Isle of Man's prestigious hospitality that gives ticket holders access all areas to the world's leading road race.

Bike Nation has been launched in conjunction with TT sponsor Bennetts, whose brands have sponsored the Lightweight race since 2012. Bike Nation offers one of the UK’s widest selections of quality motorcycle clothing and accessories, offering over 100,000 lines from 140+ brands. It also uniquely offers original equipment parts and new motorcycles from top manufacturers and insurance cover on helmets and leathers.

The site completes the company’s overall offering to British motorcyclists, with its award-winning Bike Social website and Free Classifieds services complementing the 84-year-old company’s traditional insurance offerings.

Bike Nation can be found at www.bikenation.co.uk

More details on the Bike Nation Lightweight TT can be found at www.iomtt.com

Street Repairs is a brand new way of linking local people to local authorities, councils, and highway transport bodies on a nationwide scale.

It empowers residents to improve their local environment while saving local authorities money on maintenance and administrative costs. The publicly accessible, free-to-use transparent reporting and monitoring system, hands power over to local residents by making it easy to report faults and track the council's progress in addressing them.

The Street Repairs website is used to capture information about street maintenance issues such as broken pavements, rubbish, street lighting and potholes. Residents can reclaim local streets and work with their council to keep them clean, tidy and safely maintained.

To submit a report the user simply completes a few simple fields, including the uploading of photos and a brief description of the defect. The built-in geo tracking automatically identifies the user's location and provides exact coordinates which are then overlaid onto a map. This process takes just a couple of minutes and there is no fee to the fault-reporter (normal data handling charges from their service provider apply). Confirmation of the report is sent immediately to both the reporter and the council in question. Regular updates are then made as the report is processed by the council.

Another big advantage is that the system encourages early reporting of problems, when they are cheaper to fix, thus reducing higher costs to councils.

Colin Mahoney, the IT Developer behind streetrepairs.co.uk, designed the reporting system to boost engagement between local people and local councils. Evolution of the system is continuing on a daily basis as his team of software developers fine-tune functionality. He stated: "By making the reporting and progress tracking system transparent and freely accessible to the public, residents are now empowered to improve their local environment by flagging faults as the system chases progress updates from the local authorities."

www.streetrepairs.co.uk

World Superbike stars Carl Fogarty and James Whitham show no sign of slowing down as three extra dates are added to their sell-out 2014 tour…

No strangers to a victory lap, the four-times World Champion and British Champion turned top TV-pundit are back on the road due to popular demand.

May 13th - National Motorbike Museum, Solihull.
May 14th - The Palace Theatre, Paignton.
May 15th - The White Theatre, Hastings.

www.foggyandwhit.co.uk

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Dust off those winter blues, rev up and join Ace Cafe London's first major ride out of the year,the 16th annual Southend Shakedown, departing the legendary North London venue at 10.30am
on Easter Bank Holiday Monday 21st April.

Being Easter, and as in previous years, this free to attend, fun day out at the seaside, with stands and displays has always involved a charity aspect focusing on children. This years Shakedown is again in aid of the registered children's charity, the NSPCC, which depends for its funding on voluntary donations - either at the cafe, or on Southend's seafront.

For more information about the work of and how you can support the NSPCC check out

The route from Ace to Southend: A406 East to A12 East, to A127 East and Southend seafront.

All Enquiries: Clubs, Individuals, Trade Stands, Contact: [email protected]

www.ace-cafe-london.com

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We think we make the best motorcycles in the world. Now it's your turn to put them to the test.

 One unique day put aside by all Triumph dealers, when you can take to the road and put our range through its paces†. Whatever your riding style, we have your perfect match, including the new Thunderbird LT.

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WIN A TRIUMPH FOR 6 MONTHS  Plus, if you register your attendance online here you'll be in with a chance to ride the Triumph of your choice for a full 6 months. Entry is absolutely free. One lucky person will win on this special day! REGISTER NOW!

 We'll also be giving away 10 pairs of Triumph Triple Challenge Hospitality tickets to runners up. Tickets can be used at any Triumph Triple Challenge round / venue.

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