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Sports Bikes...my view
Posted by 'vic' on 19 Jun 2010 @ 07:43

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Hi Arran...good question

You may be surprised at this...but I WOULD (sorry for the caps!) agree to a power/ weight ratio limit to bikes....and also to cars.

No good restricting bikes to 50cc...you ever tried going uphill, two up, on a 50? However, the somewhat excessive power of some modern bikes is unnecessary for the road....as also for many cars.

Nevertheless, as newshound says..it is easy to kill yourself on a small bike.

It is the RIDER that is the problem...coupled with the other road users too. Having some form of experience requirement for larger bikes would help...but nothing will be a complete answer.

The only (and it is a very small one) defence of more powerful bikes over cars, is that a bike having a crash is likely to take out less other road users than a car..size does matter!

Banning them however, is no answer, unless we do it as part of a complete review of ALL our traffic laws, and increase training, make repeat tests mandatory, etc etc.

Message Thread:

is it time to remove sports bikes from the road by 'kudos' (18 Jun 2010 @ 22:52)

Re: is it time to remove sports bikes from the roa by 'Newshound' (18 Jun 2010 @ 23:28)

Sports Bikes...my view by 'vic' << You are here!

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'Smileyman' (19 Jun 2010 @ 9:15)

its up to every rider..... by 'Aquila' (19 Jun 2010 @ 13:13)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'DanielKC' (19 Jun 2010 @ 13:17)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'Newshound' (19 Jun 2010 @ 14:02)

You're going to die of something...... by 'RoadRat' (19 Jun 2010 @ 17:17)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'wavedyellow' (19 Jun 2010 @ 22:30)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'kudos' (19 Jun 2010 @ 23:38)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'Newshound' (19 Jun 2010 @ 23:55)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'kudos' (20 Jun 2010 @ 0:04)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'Newshound' (20 Jun 2010 @ 1:03)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'kudos' (19 Jun 2010 @ 23:58)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'Aquila' (20 Jun 2010 @ 9:30)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'kudos' (20 Jun 2010 @ 19:54)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'Doink' (20 Jun 2010 @ 20:06)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'Aquila' (20 Jun 2010 @ 22:02)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'kudos' (21 Jun 2010 @ 23:46)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'Aquila' (23 Jun 2010 @ 17:47)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'Doink' (23 Jun 2010 @ 17:51)

Re: Sports Bikes...my view by 'cjm2009' (23 Jun 2010 @ 19:44)

the key is the RIDER/DRIVER by 'IvanGreenfield' (24 Jun 2010 @ 1:52)

Re: the key is the RIDER/DRIVER by 'PendleDuke' (24 Jun 2010 @ 11:07)

Re: the key is the RIDER/DRIVER by 'BrianP' (24 Jun 2010 @ 11:44)

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