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Motorcycle racing in Northern Ireland – including May’s North West 200 road race – will go ahead in 2023 after initially being cancelled.<\/span><\/p>\n All bike racing in Ireland had been cancelled in February due to soaring insurance costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n However, the Motor Cycle Union of Ireland Ulster Centre has accepted a lower quote with an insurance company.<\/span><\/p>\n The deal will allow road racing, short circuits and trials take place in Northern Ireland this year.<\/span><\/p>\n Despite announcing earlier in the year that all events would be cancelled, the MCUI UC subsequently received a new, lower insurance quote for its 2023 events, which has now been accepted by organising clubs <\/span>who spent the last week considering it.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n A crowdfunding page, which saw racing fans, riders and sponsors raise just short of \u00a390,000, has contributed to the renewed quote.<\/span><\/p>\n The international North West 200 will go ahead from 11-13 May and the Armoy and Cookstown 100 national road races are also expected to take place.<\/span><\/p>\n