November ’21 Skills Development

Today, 6th November, saw 7 PECAM members and associates brave the chill in the air and attend the Skills development session at the Alconbury Runway. The Skills Development sessions are the latest development from the joint slow speed and Gymkhana training that has been held on the first Saturday of […]

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Sunday Ride 10th October

7 bikes and 8 members (1 pillion) left a grey Haddon services on a new route to a fairly frequented destination of ours – The Cafe Ventoux, Tugby in Leicsterhire. Previous routes to get there have been challenging for some as some of the roads can loosely be called roads! […]

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Riding Security At The London Marathon

This is a special blog from our Deputy Chief Observer Why Do We Need Security Bikes? In the course of the 2004 Athens Olympic Marathon, on-course security consisted of a rotund local policeman riding a push bike at the head of the race. A former Catholic Priest, Father Cornelius Horan, […]

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Royal Enfield Open day at Sycamore Motorrad

Saturday 18th September was a beautiful autumn day, with lovely temperatures and bright sunshine, which was perfect for the Royal Enfield open day at Sycamore Motorrad. PECAM were invited to be the ride marshals for the demo fleet test ride programme throughout the day. PECAM members manned the stand to […]

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Project EDWARD & VisionZero

Monday 13th September was the first European wide Project EDWARD day. EDWARD stands for Every Day Without A Road Death, and shares its road safety aims with VisionZero. VisionZero is a government initiative to reduce the number of road users who are killed or seriously injured. At Peterborough Advanced Motorcyclists […]

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Cafe Nevill, a new route to an old favourite

The first of the regular twice per month social group rides this September was to an old favourite in the village of Medbourne. Medbourne nestles in the Leciestershire countryside, fed by excellent roads from all directions. The cafe is in the heart of the village and sits behind the Nevill […]

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PECAM at the MCN Festival of Motorcycling

The September 2021 Motor Cycle News (MCN) Festival of Motorcycling had been delayed 18 months due to the Covid pandemic. This year we were amazed at the numbers of motorcycling enthusiasts who attended the weekend, and we were told that even the Camping had sold out. Most manufacturers were present, […]

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Slow Speed Skills

Saturday 7th August saw the latest Slow Speed session run by PECAM at the runway at Alconbury. This is now a very popular and standard part of our annual curriculum of training for both associates (not yet passed their test) as well as full members. Slow Speed skills diminish without […]

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PECAM’s First Visionzero Graduate

Sean’s Visionzero Success Sean Wilkerson successfully passed his IAM Roadsmart Advanced Riders Test and became our first successful candidate of the new Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) Visionzero supported training initiative. Visionzero Support for PECAM’s IAM Roadsmart Training Programme Visionzero is a broad and developing programme of initiatives that […]

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