According to various online sources, there has been a revival of motorcycling over the last year – this is likely to be partly due to the pandemic, as Brits have had more free time and spare cash from missed holidays to take up new hobbies.

Insight from the motorcycling community also shows that another reason for uptake of the hobby, is the friendly community that comes with it, and the common friendly behaviours that most bikers do.

However, just like the classic rivalry between the north and the south for who are the friendliest, are there any regional differences in biker behaviour?

Asda Money has surveyed 1,000 UK motorcyclists to find out where the friendliest bikers live in the UK, and whether bikers’ behaviour changes depending on the region they live in.

Across the UK, most motorcyclists would call themselves a ‘friendly biker’ (96%), with the top friendly actions amongst bikers being acting patient with both learner bikers and drivers (57%), letting pedestrians cross the road (54%) and nodding to other bikers (49%).

The research shows that motorcyclists in London are considered the friendliest, with 7 per cent of motorcyclists voting London as the friendliest biker location. This may be surprising to some, due to the classic joke that southerners are less friendly than northerners, but two southern England regions appear in the top 3!

Top ten friendly biker locations in the UK:

Below are the locations in the UK that British bikers voted the ‘friendliest biker area’ outside of their own region.

London (7%)
South Wales (5%)
South West England (5%)
North Wales (4.8%)
Yorkshire and the Humber (4.7%)
East England (3.9%)
North East England (3.9%)
Mid Wales (3.5%)
South East England (3.3%)
South of Scotland (3.2%)