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Dr Jekyll
5,735 posts
131 months
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Ruttager said: ...If it does then I will probably stop riding on the road and just do track days. Which is probably the intention of the legislation.
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MrKipling43
5,402 posts
86 months
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Ruttager said: European bureaucrats are going to take away all my chioce? I'd best get off my arse and piss people off by riding dangerously slowly down a motorway?
No thanks. This. Motorway slow-downs win no friends, is dangerous to the participants and just makes motorbikers look like the obnoxious bellends a lot of people already think we are.
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Pothole
Original Poster
18,293 posts
152 months
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Ruttager said: SteelerSE said: MAG stuff....
If you want all choice taken away from you then do nothing. If not get off your arse, write to your MEPs, write to your MP, join MAG and participate. European bureaucrats are going to take away all my chioce? I'd best get off my arse and piss people off by riding dangerously slowly down a motorway? No thanks. I'm not getting drawn into anything re: 'dangerously slowly' but evidence from the previous ride in September last year would suggest that there was no more danger than riding at usual motorway speeds and that a majority of other motorists were interested and supportive rather than 'pissed off'. Were you on a ride last year and, if so, did you talk to any motorists before and after? Or are you just regurgitating innacurate press rubbish?
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Ruttager
1,946 posts
62 months
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Pothole said: I'm not getting drawn into anything re: 'dangerously slowly' but evidence from the previous ride in September last year would suggest that there was no more danger than riding at usual motorway speeds and that a majority of other motorists were interested and supportive rather than 'pissed off'. Were you on a ride last year and, if so, did you talk to any motorists before and after? Or are you just regurgitating innacurate press rubbish? I didn't go and I didn't read the press reports. I just read the link you posted above which says they plan to ride at 40Mph down lane 1 and 2 (if I remember correctly) of the motorway.
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Fleegle
10,799 posts
46 months
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I don't do group ride outs.
Can I just go to Brussels and throw eggs at people in suits?
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Hooli
21,480 posts
70 months
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Fleegle said: I don't do group ride outs.
Can I just go to Brussels and throw eggs at people in suits? It'd do more good! Go in the car, the knee-jerk reaction will ban cars & free the roads up for us. Or they'll ban eggs...
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SteelerSE
567 posts
26 months
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Ruttager said: SteelerSE said: MAG stuff....
If you want all choice taken away from you then do nothing. If not get off your arse, write to your MEPs, write to your MP, join MAG and participate. European bureaucrats are going to take away all my chioce? I'd best get off my arse and piss people off by riding dangerously slowly down a motorway? No thanks. That's up to you I guess. Just don't blame other people when the bureaucrats bring in ridiculous laws that limit your enjoyment of your bike.
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Pothole
Original Poster
18,293 posts
152 months
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Ruttager said: Pothole said: I'm not getting drawn into anything re: 'dangerously slowly' but evidence from the previous ride in September last year would suggest that there was no more danger than riding at usual motorway speeds and that a majority of other motorists were interested and supportive rather than 'pissed off'. Were you on a ride last year and, if so, did you talk to any motorists before and after? Or are you just regurgitating innacurate press rubbish? I didn't go and I didn't read the press reports. I just read the link you posted above which says they plan to ride at 40Mph down lane 1 and 2 (if I remember correctly) of the motorway. I respect your opinion, but my experience on a very similar ride last year suggests that there is little of the danger you appear to be worried about. You've already decided you're not interested anyway, so why does any of it bother you?
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rsv gone!
10,663 posts
111 months
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Fleegle said: I don't do group ride outs.
Can I just go to Brussels and throw eggs at people in suits? Yes.
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Pothole
Original Poster
18,293 posts
152 months
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Bump. Get involved, peeps. It's not going to rain that much!
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Apriliaer
612 posts
28 months
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I saw a group of McGregor'd-up BMW riders on the M3 yesterday, they must have started a day early.
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Prof Prolapse
7,550 posts
60 months
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I read more into this.
Further to my point earlier British parliament (who will presumably be responsible for putting this into law) are already "highly sceptical" of the proposals put forward by the EU.
So with the UK government already backing you/us, what exactly are you trying to achieve? Perhaps you should take this to Brussels instead?
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Pothole
Original Poster
18,293 posts
152 months
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Prof Prolapse said: I read more into this.
Further to my point earlier British parliament (who will presumably be responsible for putting this into law) are already "highly sceptical" of the proposals put forward by the EU.
So with the UK government already backing you/us, what exactly are you trying to achieve? Perhaps you should take this to Brussels instead? Posted two hours after the runs started...way to make your point!
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gareth h
1,329 posts
100 months
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Well, after reading an article in Bike magazine I decided I had to do something (my RC8 would be hopeless without regearing and a new throttle tube which would be banned under this new legislation) so did the M27/M3 ride, 40-50mph in the inside lane, stretched for bloody miles, lots of car drivers waving and filming, hopefully it will get enough coverage in the media to have an influence (which seems to be the way policy is made these days).
Anybody else there??
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Fleegle
10,799 posts
46 months
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Who the f  k is going to police these new laws? The police are already stretched as it is. And how many coppers are going to be able to tell the difference between a 16T front sprocket and a 15T, and a Brembo aftermarket M/C and one fitted as standard? Hype, hype, hype
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gareth h
1,329 posts
100 months
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Fleegle said: Who the f k is going to police these new laws? The police are already stretched as it is. And how many coppers are going to be able to tell the difference between a 16T front sprocket and a 15T, and a Brembo aftermarket M/C and one fitted as standard? Hype, hype, hype Won't matter about the law, insurance will police it by not paying out on claims if you have got a non standard sprocket or have serviced the bike yourself!
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Fleegle
10,799 posts
46 months
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gareth h said: Fleegle said: Who the f k is going to police these new laws? The police are already stretched as it is. And how many coppers are going to be able to tell the difference between a 16T front sprocket and a 15T, and a Brembo aftermarket M/C and one fitted as standard? Hype, hype, hype Won't matter about the law, insurance will police it by not paying out on claims if you have got a non standard sprocket or have serviced the bike yourself! Should be good for employment figures then. Think how many inspectors they will need to wiggle out of all the claims they are presented with. Do you think it will make up for the number of job losses from the motorcycle parts industry in the flailing Eurozone economy?
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Dr Jekyll
5,735 posts
131 months
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Prof Prolapse said:
Further to my point earlier British parliament (who will presumably be responsible for putting this into law) are already "highly sceptical" of the proposals put forward by the EU.
Not if it's a regulation they won't be. EC regulations are law and there is nothing parliament can do about it.
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moto_traxport
1,549 posts
91 months
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Quite positive reporting of the event on BBC South Today.
Good luck to MAG and their behind the scenes lobbying keeping this balls at arms length.
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scorcher
1,892 posts
104 months
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Seems it upset somebody............http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=10&t=1164916&mid=39449&nmt=Furious+at+20+mile+M1+biker+road+block+%21+Get+a+life+%21.
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