White Dalton Motorcycle Solicitors have been writing for various motorcycle magazines for a number of years, bringing our specialism in everything to do with the law and motorbikes to the public.
We are putting together a database of articles that may assist you and will hopefully be of interest. The current database of articles can be found on our blog or by clicking on the magazine covers below.
All articles are reproduced here with kind permission from the respective magazine.
Missed medical appointments
06 Aug 2015
Some silly old bint knocked me off my R6 after she drove onto the wrong side of the road. Liability was admitted. I hurt my neck and fractured my ankle. Her insurer agreed to pay for some physiotherapy but then I forgot to go twice and they cancelled it.
Crash & Burn
30 Jul 2015
This is random and I wonder if I am the most unlucky biker in the world! I am a courier in London and was riding my old rat of a CX500. As usual traffic was rammed so I was filtering but as I passed an HGV the driver dropped a lit fag out of the […]
Too much hi-vis isn’t a bright idea
23 Jul 2015
I have an acquaintance who rides an ex-police bike. He has reflective patches on his bike, blue and green, in squares, and he wears a plain white helmet and a full-on Dayglo jacket complete with epaulettes and black shoulder slides. He is now going to buy a “Polite” reflective sticker in blue for his back […]
Beware the lure of insurance add-ons
16 Jul 2015
Most insurers have to compete hard on the headline premium, but the general rule is you get what you pay for.
Timing is Everything
09 Jul 2015
About to start a new career but been knocked off your bike leaving you up the swanny? Read on…
Failed bike repayments
02 Jul 2015
I bought a brand spanking new Ducati Panigale 1299 a couple of months ago ready for the summer. I couldn’t wait to go and do some track days. A week later I got wiped out by some snotty nosed teenager in his mum’s Nissan Mica.
Dealer woes
25 Jun 2015
I got a new scooter about six months ago but I have had nothing but grief with it.
Fireblade Track Day
18 Jun 2015
I’ve trashed my new Fireblade and bust my arm after I fell off on a track day; I lost the front-end after I tried to overtake the instructor on a bend.
An ex-tractor fan…
11 Jun 2015
One reader used to rather like tractors, but not after one ran his bike over
Feeling a proper charlie?
04 Jun 2015
Bought a new Beemer and can’t fit it down your back passage? Tough cookies, it would seem…
Hit by a bus
27 May 2015
Last November my Yamaha R6 was knocked over by a bus driver while it was parked. He admitted doing it, and his insurance company paid for it to be repaired by a shop it recommended.
Branching Out…
21 May 2015
Any unsecured load can be a serious matter, and a sprinkling of tinsel doesn’t make it any less so…
Sold a bike? Cancel the insurance, or face a massive risk
14 May 2015
I’ve sold my bike privately, but am hanging on to my insurance for a few weeks as it’ll gain me another year’s no-claims bonus. A mate says he’s read a story that suggests I could still be liable if new owner has a crash. This can’t be right, can it?
Frozen Assets
23 Apr 2015
If you’re downed by ice on the road, is there any recourse to recovering your damages?
Speeding on a provisional
16 Apr 2015
My wife insured me to ride her old Kawasaki ZZR600, but I recently got clocked for speeding, doing 35mph in a 30mph limit.
Motorway madness
09 Apr 2015
I have commuted into London every day for the last five years on my Honda Blackbird.
Bike too big for my house
02 Apr 2015
I have been biking for many years, and decided to treat myself to a new Triumph Explorer with all the gear on it – the side boxes, racks, engine bars… the full works.
Broken Brakes
26 Mar 2015
I have a Honda CBR600F, but I’m not that mechanically minded. I have been using my local dealer for years to service the bike, and I’ve always found that he does a really great job.
