Festival celebrates the art of motoring on two wheels

7 July 2010

Motorcyclists headed to Matlock Bath last weekend for Bike Plus 2010.
Bike Plus festival

Organised by Derby and Derbyshire Road Safety Partnership, the festival on Sunday 4 July offered visitors to the Pavilion car park the opportunity to admire the latest machines and learn about cut-price training. They were also able to test their skills on a motorbike simulator and pick up a free copy of The Bikers’ Guide to Derbyshire 2010.

Derbyshire motorcycle dealers CMC Chesterfield, Triumph World and Bob Minion Ltd exhibited bikes at the event.

Partnership chairman Mike Ashworth said: “Bikers are drawn to the Derbyshire countryside because it offers great rides – but too many of them are running into trouble. We want bikers to enjoy our countryside year after year rather than leaving in an ambulance or a hearse.”

The bikers’ guide is a free pocket-sized booklet containing advice from the partnership about how to survive the 13 countryside routes where bikers are regularly running into trouble.

Also included in the guide is an application form for Bike Plus, a cut-price rider development course offered by Derbyshire County Council. This type of training usually costs around £150 but the county council subsidy means that bikers living in Derbyshire and neighbouring counties can enrol for just £50.

Call Derbyshire on 08 456 058 058 for your free copy of The Bikers’ Guide to Derbyshire 2010.