Welcome to the latest issue of Biker Bulletin, the e-letter that keeps the rapidly growing band of motorcycle members in touch with the IAM and the motoring matters of the moment between issues of our triannual glossy magazine Advanced Driving. Inside you'll find stories on:

• The booming motorcycle market
• The excellent IAM Skills Day at Mallory Park
• More 'motorcycle friendly' roads
• The IAM Trust's barrier research project
• A full-size, interactive motorcycle simulator
• IAM members' events
• The reduction in motorcycle offences
• Discounted home insurance
• Motorcycles and the road pricing project
• Motorcycle theft
• Robert Dunlop

Remember, it is only by receiving your comments that we can ensure our e-letters continue to strike the right chord, so do put fingers to keyboard or pen to paper.

Happy riding!

Bob Hinchliffe
Director of Membership and Group Support
members@iam.org.uk

BIKE BONANZA According to the Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCIA), last month's registrations of motorcycles, scooters and mopeds were 10.2 percent up on those of April last year, and well on track to match or exceed the 140,000 achieved throughout 2007... more

MARVELLOUS MALLORY April 10 saw no less than 84 IAM members take to the Mallory Park circuit in Leicestershire for the second IAM Skills Day – 42 in the morning and 42 in the afternoon... more

MOTORCYCLE FRIENDLY MINISTER Thanks to a new website, more of Britain's roads could be designed with the safety of motorcyclists in mind... more

HELP THE TRUST TO HELP YOU The IAM Trust is currently half way through a £50,000 research project aimed at creating safer crash barriers for we motorcycle riders. The project is progressing well, but more data is needed... more

TRAINING BY TRIUMPH Nottingham University has built what is claimed to be the world's first full-size, interactive motorcycle simulator... more

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY A number of members' events are in place for 2008, with others under discussion. They include... more

LET'S TAKE A BOW! Motorcyclists, so often seen as the bad boys of the road, are apparently better behaved than they used to be – and that's official... more

DISCOUNTS OFF HOME AS WELL AS MOTORCYCLE AND CAR INSURANCE Last October the IAM announced its landmark agreement with partner Adelaide Insurance, which promises 93 per cent of full IAM members a cut in their motorcycle or car insurance premiums... more

CHARGING CHALLENGE The Government has admitted that the technological problems of including motorcycles in the planned road pricing trials means they will now be omitted... more

LICENSED TO STEAL? The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has admitted that the names and addresses of vehicle owners are given to anyone 'who can demonstrate reasonable cause for having that information'... more

ROBERT DUNLOP – 1960-2008 Along with the rest of the world's motorcycle fraternity, the IAM is mourning the death of five-times TT Champion Robert Dunlop, who was sadly killed in practice for the North West 200 in Northern Ireland on May 15... more