East London Advanced Motorcyclists
Become a better rider
No not those !! These: I’m sure we have all heard the bloke down the pub, telling stories of he’s daring deeds tearing up the streets, and how his tyres haven’t got any chicken strips on his tyres, so he must be a much better rider than you as you’ve […]
I’m a latecomer to biking. You could say I’m a “mid-life crisis” biker, having started to learn at the tender age of 44. After doing CBT and one year of practice riding (a.k.a. commuting) from Newbury Park into the City on my Honda CB125, and with quite a few training […]
Great product, slightly odd name Having noticed a few fellow ELAM’ites wearing the Helite Turtle Airbag vests on social rides, I chatted to the owners and was very impressed with the safety potential. So I took the plunge and paid £ 450 on 0% APR from Sportbikeshop about two years […]
Folembray 2020 is shaping up to be yet another exciting weekend of biking on the Continent and advanced riding training based on the track. Check out this promo trailer for the event to get a taste of the fun to be had. There’s still spaces available to sign up if […]
POSTPONEMENT OF THIS YEARS EVENT. For those of you who had already signed up, an email with all the details has been sent to you. Yes it is with much regret that this years Folembray has been put back till next year. Although restrictions are easing it was felt that […]
Folembray 2019 may have a been a little wetter than desired, but being tough bikers, we weren’t deterred. We went, we rode, we partied and we damned well enjoyed ourselves whatever the weather. Riding on wet certainly requires some confidence and a riding style tempered for the conditions, for which […]
The Tour Company About a year before the holiday we started to investigate what tour company we would choose. The deciding factors were availability of dates (I had to take holiday during college half term), length of trip, experiences, price and customer feedback. We went to MCN bike show and […]
ELAM organised a training day for Observers on Sunday 28th April with i2i Motorcycle Academy. The aim was to hone the Observers’ skills, learn something new, have some fun and reward the Observers for their hard work throughout the year. Spaces were limited, so National Observers were given first refusal. […]
We are delighted to invite you to our annual trip to France to take part in our Circuit based training weekend at Folembray in Northern France. If you have attended this trip you will know that each year we try to improve the trip so we hope that you can join us […]
The Essex Voluntary Blood Service, also known as Essex Blood Runners is a charitable organisation that delivers urgently needed supplies of blood, platelets, plasma and samples to nine A&E hospitals across Essex and East London. We are one of 30+ such groups throughout the UK. This free of charge service is […]