Team Blogs

Enduro Bike Warranties

18 Feb 2021

ABRs legal expert Andrew Dalton explains why motorcycle dealers may ask you to accept a 30-day warranty on a new trail bike – and what it means for your consumer rights.

To ride or not to ride in a lockdown? The legal position…

16 Feb 2021

What are we to make of the muddle of riding a motorcycle in lockdown? My view is based as an English practitioner and concerning English Law.

Beefy409 [Yeoman Warder]

12 Feb 2021

With all that’s going on in the world it looks like many of us will be trying to find good staycations and places to visit when we’re finally allowed “out,out” again.

Let’s talk tyres – Motorcycle Fact Monday

With the recent snow it made me think I’m thankful I’m snug in a toasty van this morning on four wheels rather than on the bike and it’s two – but I’m an old man now and I need my creature comforts!

Triumph Tribute

11 Feb 2021

My granddad’s the reason I got into biking and for over 20 years we’d regularly head out together. He died recently and as a tribute I wanted to ride his old Triumph T100R to his funeral.

Time waits for no man

08 Feb 2021

There’s an age-old saying “Time waits for no man”. These days it’s a bit more appropriate if not grammatically correct to say “no-person” but the sentiment still stands – and particularly when it comes to the Law!

2021 Suzuki Hayabusa Vs Kawasaki ZZR1400

05 Feb 2021

Today, 5th February 2021, is a special day. My sister is due to have her first baby, but it is also the official unveiling of the 2021 Suzuki Hayabusa. This is major news for the lawyers of White Dalton Motorcycle Solicitors, as two of us are big fans of the main rival, the Kawasaki ZZR1400.

Diesel Rainbow

04 Feb 2021

Me and my mate Ravi were making the annual trip to see the local Christmas lights. We do it every year, grab a cuppa and a sausage roll and have a chinwag.

Company Speeding Ticket

28 Jan 2021

I have a Ninja 650 that is in my company name (I am a director). My company received a Notice of Intended Prosecution for the rider (which was me) allegedly doing 79mph in a 70mph limit.

Vespa Carnage

21 Jan 2021

I have always fancied a scooter to re-live my ‘yoof’ and at the ripe old age of 63 I bought a Vespa GTS 300.

Pain in the arse

14 Jan 2021

Crashing is one thing, but getting hit by an unobservant road user is something else.

Can I go out on my motorcycle during lockdown? [Updated Government Guidance for England]

07 Jan 2021

This post has been updated, please read the latest here

Hit the rear? Read this here…

I was riding in a long queue behind what I eventually discovered to be a car being driven very badly.

Hire Bandit

17 Dec 2020

I have a Suzuki Bandit 600 worth about £1500. All was well until some fella side swiped me.

Motorcycle accident on camera

10 Dec 2020

I was involved in a fairly minor off when a driver failed to give way. Speed has been alleged against me. I have an action camera which shows I was not speeding.

Hit & Run

03 Dec 2020

There are those without morals who’ll knock your parked bike over and do a runner, but they’re not always guaranteed to get away with it.

Bike blocked in by neighbour’s car

26 Nov 2020

I park my bike in my back garden, to which I get access through what I call a ‘snicket’; a shared passage between two terraced houses which I have shared for years with my elderly widowed neighbour.

Animals on the Trail

19 Nov 2020

After an ABR reader hits a dog while riding, Andrew Dalton explains why his insurance company should not pay out