The whole thing should be argued on the grounds of the environmental benefits of bikes if nothing else....
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15-02-12, 10:38 AM
The whole thing should be argued on the grounds of the environmental benefits of bikes if nothing else....
15-02-12, 02:34 PM
I have a funny feeling this will kill the motorcycle industry off completely
Any youngun is going to think, stuff it I may as well have a car instead at 17 yrs old
15-02-12, 04:19 PM
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out --
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out --
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out --
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me -- and there was no one left to speak for me.
If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will of course frantically try to clamber out. But if you place it gently in a pot of tepid water and turn the heat on low, it will float there quite placidly. As the water gradually heats up, the frog will sink into a tranquil stupor, exactly like one of us in a hot bath, and before long, with a smile on its face, it will unresistingly allow itself to be boiled to death.
They are boiling us slowly
15-02-12, 06:50 PM
None of you are giving young motorbikers any credit, I'm sure if they REALLY want to ride a bike they'll do it no matter what, yes it's a shame it's not going to be easy for them, but there's not much in life that comes that easy.
15-02-12, 08:12 PM
Even the most ardent bike fan will feel demoralised, trading up from a 'ped at 17 to get on a 125 and then be faced with the prospect of having nothing bigger to ride, even if they passed their test the very next day, for another SEVEN YEARS! :'(
Only one thing for it - go racing! That should be a sufficient antidote to seven years of 125 tedium on the roads... 8-)
15-02-12, 08:39 PM
Originally Posted by Swanny
24???
So you can join the army at about 17 and be killed for a lie but you're not allowed to ride a bike until you're 24??
24 :-?
+1
15-02-12, 09:58 PM
A 12 inch nail in the biking coffin. Whatever yardstick you choose to use this is blatant discrimination against the biking community.
If we were ethnic Albanians we could sue the arse of these anti-biking bureaucrats all the way to Strasbourg.
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15-02-12, 10:39 PM
Why have bikers been persecuted by The EU? :-?
Seriously, what have we done to deserve being singled out as pariahs? :-?
The draconian measures being meted out on the Motorcycling community in Europe, is, IMHO, totally unjustified.
16-02-12, 07:56 AM
Agreed. But there is no good reason that it should be any harder than it already is! We are becoming an increasingly beurocratic nation, and this is just another manifestation of this. The current system works, why change it?
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