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EKAM Training Weekend 2026

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Written by: Iain Moss

Essex & Norfolk - 4th & 5th July 2026

Message from Iain Moss, Chief Observer, EKAM

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I’m delighted to announce the return of our Training Weekend for 2026.

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Happy New Year

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Written by: Tariq Hussain

I hope you are looking forward to a good EKAM year. Our 2026 riding and social programme is almost complete.

On the riding front we have started the year with a bang. Bookings for our weekend Wales trip opened at midnight 5 January and all the places were booked by late morning. That is 34 people and 26 bikes.

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What Went Wrong?

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Written by: Steve Wynne

...And What To Do About It!

1.  The Leader has either failed to indicate a mark to the second rider, or maybe you think a mark is needed to avoid confusion?

Then please mark it yourself anyway!

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A Bike's Tale

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Written by: Nigel Stevens

Back in my youth, and it is now long enough ago for me to be able to say that, I was fortunate enough to be part of the British Police Team that entered an international rally that was held in Liege, Belgium every year.

In 2000 Honda agreed to sponsor a colleague and I and they offered us pretty much free choice of bike from the entire Honda range. Now that actually wasn’t as easy a choice as it might first appear. The rally we were entering was a special stage event held on closed public roads consisting of everything from narrow, bumpy, gravel strewn or even unmade lanes, to smooth racetrack speed main roads. To compete with any success, you needed a good all-rounder, light and agile enough to cope with the rough bits, fast enough for the fast pieces…. oh, and this was Belgium where it rains a lot….

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TAILPIPE

When everything is coming your way,

you’re in the wrong lane!

 

First published in "EKAM Newsletter" issue 63, February 2003


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