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Author: Bob |
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Date Posted: 06:46:21 11/11/06 Sat In reply to: Bob 's message, "Aftermarket parts threat?" on 05:36:43 11/10/06 Fri When I was reading the "Government Motorcycling Strategy" to get the background on the above, I also found this interesting part: This is from page 25, item 5.29: "5.29 The sports bike phenomenon is relatively new (Bob note: In whose timescale? Mountains?). It has taken off in recent years with riders choosing these high performance motorbikes for exciting leisure riding. We do not believe it is for government to prescribe the style of machine riders should purchasdse. However, it is important that riders should make an informed choice, and, in particular, understand the degree of training and skill required for a rider to be fully in control of some of the more powerful machinery available. Furthermore, these motorbikes will not suit everyone and some riders will prefer a different type of machine. The AGM recognised this and recommended that manufacturers and retailers place greater emphasis on the merits of other models." In other words, try to talk people into buying something else. So HMG won't openly say they want us to stop riding sportsbikes (too much of a vote-loser, openly telling us what to so), but they'll happily put pressure on the dealers to get us to ride what our MPs think is suitable for us to own. So do it by the backdoor and leave themselves squeaky-clean. Wonderfully, the above is followed by a photo of a CB1300 - one big bruiser of a motorcycle that I would suggest is too much to handle for a lot of people... one of the factors being that it needs to be muscled around, unlike a sportsbike which would be easily flickable in circumstances that would make it hard work on the CB... [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Re: HMG also want dealers to put you off sportsbikes! | Dave | 04:16:00 11/28/06 Tue |
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