Bikers stage fuel prices protest

The bikers on their protest ride to Edinburgh (Pic courtesy of Iain Whyte)

Hundreds of motorcyclists have staged a protest against the rising cost of fuel with a mass ride into Edinburgh.

About 300 bikers from Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh travelled in convoy from Kinross to the capital.

Led by a police escort, they crossed the Forth Road Bridge before congregating in the city centre.

The web forum Fife Bikers, which organised the mass ride, described it as a "non-political" protest against rising fuel taxes.

The forum has about 1,100 members.

'Fed up'

Spokesman Stephen Forsyth said: "We are just ordinary people who are fed up with the increasing price of fuel.

"We have had a lot of support today and have hopefully got our message across."

The procession left from Kinross Services on the M90 at midday.

A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said the event had passed without incident.

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