Birmingham Advanced Motorcyclists - The Club

About us

IAM Roadsmart Official Provider

We are the largest advanced motorcycle coaching club in the Midlands region, and an official provider of IAM RoadSmart's Advanced Rider Course.

The Organisation

BAM (Birmingham Advanced Motorcyclists) is a not-for-profit charity registered with the Charity Commission reg no. 1057912. All of our Club officials and coaches are volunteers who have benefitted from Club training in the past and passionately believe that what we do saves lives.

Chairman's Chat

July 31, 2023

Welcome to our long awaited new website that we have developed with the help of Barrett Squires. Our goal was to bring you an up to date website that showcases the club well and highlights all the good work that is carried out year on year by our army of observers and committee members..

This will be a journey and we will look to make improvements along the way

  • We will use it to access planned events
  • We will be calling on members to submit content in the form of interviews and stories.
  • We will use it as a platform to celebrate achievements.
  • We will use it to promote road safety.

The Team

Our four Officers and our Head Observer.

Martin Braham Chairman

Years in IAM

16

Favourite Bike

BMW R1250RS

Nigel Kibble Vice Chairman

Years in IAM

10

Favourite Bike

BMW S1000RR

Gary Rootham Secretary

Years in IAM

15

Favourite Bike

Kawasaki Z1000SX

Lee Daniels Treasurer

Years in IAM

7

Favourite Bike

Aprilia Coponord

Brian Holton Chief Training Officer

Years in IAM

24

Favourite Bike

BMW R1250GS

Martin Doran Chief Examiner

Years in IAM

16

Favourite Bike

BMW S1000XR

Richard Atkinson

Years in IAM

Favourite Bike

Nigel Smith

Years in IAM

Favourite Bike

Neil Loxton

Years in IAM

Favourite Bike

David Jobling, Tour Coordinator

Years in IAM

6

Favourite Bike

BMW F750GS

282

Members

37

Observers

234k

Miles / year

53

Associates

Map of our regional coverage around Birmingham area

We are located at the National Motorcycle Museum and have our Club Night meetings there on the first Wednesday of every month.

National Motorcycle Museum

location here

Club night

BAM Meetings are held THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH STARTING AT 8pm PROMPT open from 7:30pm

MEETINGS ARE HELD AT THE National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 0EJ

The meetings are an opportunity to chat with other members, observers and senior observers about all aspects of advanced riding. Generally meetings include an advanced riding presentation by our very own Marcus McCormick IAM examiner for the first half and a guest speaker second half, divided by a 15 minute break for refreshments, ending about 10pm.

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