European Bike Industry Disaster

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dieziege · #11 Unread post by **dieziege** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:29 am

I was going to give a "Newsflash" but Mintbread beat me to the point... the industry is worried about the long term effect of new riders being discouraged from getting bikes.

As for small-CC riding... I saw this picture last night....

50cc .. 71.355 MPH. Looks like fun...

VermilionX · Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:44 am

FREEEEEEEEDOOM!!!!!!!

USA! USA! USA!

JC Viper · #13 Unread post by **JC Viper** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:13 pm

coming from someone who started with a 1000 that has 160HP...

Kal · #14 Unread post by **Kal** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:02 am

Tarzan wrote:It doesn't sound much different from the UK at the moment. Personally I think it sounds quite sensible and might save a few more lives a year which in the long run will make biking more attractive to more people.

Applies to Britain, so Direct Access will be raised to 24...

And we don't have enough <33bhp bikes being released in the UK as it is.

That said restrictor kits continue to be illegal, so 21 year olds can still get Gixxsers and V-Max's, they just have to have them restricted first.