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David Hendey

David Hendey has taken & Passed his IAM Advanced Motorcycle Test. Well Done David [...]

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My FIRST Ride with SLAM.

“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad gear.” I’ve heard it before [...]

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Ride to Tan Hill 21-06-2025

RIDE REVIEW . . . . It ain’t half hot Doug!!burn was next and [...]

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SLAM Summer BBQ. 26th July 2025

The BBQ Event is now booked at The Punch Bowl, Low Bentham, Lancaster, LA2 [...]

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Congratulation to Patrick Barlow

Patrick Barlow successfully passing his Advanced Rider Test. Congratulation to Patrick and his Observer [...]

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2024 Course 3

Congratulations to our course 3 Associates Andrew Haley: PassAndy Verity: PassDom Kershaw: PassJim Wisniewski: [...]

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2024 Course 2

Well done to our Associates from Course 2: Adam French: F1rstArran Black: PassAshleigh Black: [...]

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2023 Courses

Through 2023 SLAM helped 35 fellow motorcyclists on their journey to become Advanced Riders [...]

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Touring in France – A place to Stay…

Motorcycle and Car Tours Paul and Fiona James are motorcycle enthusiasts. Paul is member [...]

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SLAM Christmas Social..

  WOW What a fantastic evening for the 2023 Christmas Social.   The SLAM [...]

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November Social – CCM Factory Tour

Well, what a cracking night the November Social – CCM Factory Tour, Supper and [...]

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Young Riders & Female Riders

Female Riders SLAM run  taster sessions for anyone wishing to see what advanced riding [...]

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SLAM News – April 2023

Read the April 2023 edition of SLAM News by clicking here. This month read [...]

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IAM Masters – Is it for you?

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IAM Masters – is it for you?

So where next after you’ve done [...]

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A Continental Jaunt

I always look forward to spending a good few days on the bike in [...]

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6 Days in Scotland

Words and pictures courtesy of Colin Stanfield Well after the ‘beast from the east’ [...]

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A Taste of the exotic

Heritage of Rajasthan on Motorcycle Tour Highlights: Ø Historic Delhi, India’s Capital city. Ø Painted House [...]

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Triumph Factory visit

On Wednesday 14th March, ten brave souls arrived at Lymm Services before setting off [...]

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Chairman’s Chat – March 2018

You can never stop improving your riding! One of our passions in SLAM is [...]

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Derek Saunders – My First Bike

MY FIRST BIKE Before writing about my first bike I ought to explain where [...]

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Course 3 Passes

  Associate   Observer Ronnie Catlow Doug Nowell Emma Honeyman Tony Edmonson F1rst Sarah [...]

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Wild Irish Motorcycle tours

Planning your Club or group tour of Ireland? Fancy riding on the Wild Atlantic [...]

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Brit In the Basque tours

I am a serving National Observer for IAM based in London and have been [...]

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5 Nights in Scotland May 2018

SCOTLAND TOUR 5 NIGHTS (6 Days) DATES:                                May 6th to 11th 2018 inclusive [...]

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Wet weather riding is fun!

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Do you like riding in [...]

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How to get to grips with a wet one

Why are some riders able to ride more quickly than others when the rain starts and [...]

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Never too late!

NOT TOO LATE, BUT A TOUCH LAST MINUTE! It all started in the Italian [...]

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A Week in The West Country

A Week in the West Country Saturday morning was bright and dry, as three [...]

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Sod’s Law Says…

Reflections on the joys of touring … Rather than the usual, day one we [...]

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Brecon Beacon Tour

Rwy’n caru Cymru hyd yn oed yn y glaw* (go on, check out Google [...]

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Observers Going Slowly!

Observer Cones Session Thanks to Stan, Marc and all the team who organised the [...]

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IAM RoadSmart Website Launched!

SLAM are proud to advise that the latest part of the IAM RoadSmart brand [...]

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Attention SLAM Facebook users!

If you are a regular Facebook user, you might like to check out the [...]

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The Ride For Mike

In April several members of SLAM along with officers from Lancashire Constabulary & others [...]

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An RAF pilot’s thoughts on road safety

What an RAF Pilot can teach us about road safety!

“Sorry mate, I didn’t see [...]

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Support NW Air Ambulance

Do you want to help the NW Air Ambulance? Sarah Horne from North West [...]

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Are you prepared for winter?

In winter you need to protect yourself from the cold and damp as well [...]

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“Cornering ABS” from Bosch – a look at the future?

Could this be the way all bikes are equipped in future? This is a [...]

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Daily Telegraph Review of SfL

Check out this review of the IAM Skilll for Life course taken by a [...]

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Has your licence expired?

Did you know that all photo-driving licences are only valid for 10 years?  Worth [...]

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What is ‘Advanced Motorcycling’?

Advanced motorcycling is the ability to control the position and speed of the machine [...]

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Welcome to SLAM – a little bit about us…

South Lancashire Advanced Motorcyclists (SLAM) are dedicated to making better riders and [...]