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A message from website administrator Bruce Allinson

The season is drawing near and the first race meeting at Croft will soon be upon us.

I hope to continue delivering the NEMCRC hosting and website for another season but it can only be as good as the news posted on it.

This is your website, (your newsletter is lifted directly from the posts on the website) it would be great if we could have more members and sponsors stories on the website and in the news every month.

Why not let us know how pleased you were with last season or the trophy you collected at the presentation dinner? How has the bike preparation been coming along ready for the first race? Have you found some new sponsors we should be helping you advertise on the site, if they are supporting you, they are supporting the sport? What are you hopes for this season?

Send any stories of your racing your bike, your supporter,s or your sponsors direct to me (Bruce) at Allinson’s Photography for publication on the website, don’t forget to include any photographs you have.

Bruce Allinson
Allinson’s Photography
email: nemcrc@AllinsonsPhotography.co.uk

Motorcycle Frame and Engine Numbers | NEMCRC Technical Inspection

Introduction of engine and frame numbers to the Technical Inspection card

motorcycle engine numberFirst of all apologies for not putting an announcement on the web site prior to our East Fortune meeting.

It has been my intention to introduce engine and frame numbers to the Technical Inspection card for some time in an attempt to stamp out the use of rogue frame and engines and I have the interest of both the club and riders at heart when doing this.

The change was met  with considerable support and with only two moans from the same team out of an entry of 130 that’s not bad.

One rider who had purchased his bike from an insurance company had the receipt to prove this and that’s fine. What we do not want is the police stolen bike team to come to a meeting and confiscate bikes where the frame/engine numbers have been tampered with. This has already happened, just last year at Brands hatch when 10 bikes were removed from the meeting, (I believe 7 were returned).

The next step is to, (at random) following technical inspection, (to save delays at the time) go around the paddock and have the rider or mechanics cross reference on the machine the engine and frame numbers that have been entered on the technical inspection card. Anyone who has any comments or ideas regarding the introduction of this can contact me by email.

Many thanks
Dave Mallon
C/Tech

NEMCRC

dave_mallon2004@yahoo.co.uk

Buying Second Hand Motorcycle Advice

Buying Secondhand – A Racers Guide

What to look for on engine and frame numbers

Some of you might have noticed in recent ACU newsletter there is an article to help new riders wanting to purchase a racing motorcycle. The article tells riders what to look for, ie. have either frame or engine numbers tampered with etc.

We hope you find this helpful and would be grateful if you can download and pass on the article to any other riders you know.

Much of the info in this item applies to anyone replacing their motorcycle for road or track use.

The Club can not stress enough how important the issue of stolen motorcycles in motor sport has become and feel we must warn members that more stringent checks will be made in the coming season. The police have been known to attend meetings in the past and have confiscated suspect motorcycles.

Download here:

This Guide provided for all motorcycle racers by the ACU has been compiled with the assistance of the Metropolitan Police: Stolen Vehicle Unit and Motorcycle News. The guide gives very detailed information regarding what to look for in legitimate engine and frame numbers and will help you avoid buying a stolen motorcycle for competition or even road use.

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While we do hope you like the easier navigation, new graphics and content on the new NEMCRC website, there is more to it than first meets the eye.

One new Feature of the site is that every single new post/news item is automatically now posted on Twitter. We hope this will generate more interest in the club, but more importantly it makes it easier for our members and riders with twitter on their mobile phones to know when to visit the site for new news and indeed what that news is.

If you have a twitter account please use the Follow Me button and follow the NEMCRC and keep up to date with the club through our tweets