Bike the answer to the road pricing Nazis?

[jaker]

with the spectre of road pricing looming and our thought police government intent on taxing us to emigration, I was thinking that maybe a 'bike would be the answer? Surely if the scheme is about 'congestion' (yeah right), they cant hit bikers can they?

anyway, my question to the motorbike riders is what sort of bike should I look at for:

a) maximum self preservation (i.e: least likely to get me into an accident)
b) doing 15,000 miles a year!

I was maybe thinking a big beemer?

ta

jaker

[jaker]

RemaL said:

But for what you may want I would also look at something like



with details

www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/vehicles/road/bikes/Honda_ST1300_Pan_European.html

The Pan European has a bloody brilliant engine!! i have a pipe dream to build a car with a 1300 PE engine in it!

Edited by jaker on Saturday 24th February 19:11

[jaker]

RemaL said:

as for you questions about "less likley to get you into a accident"

Just like to add, throttle works both ways, and you cannot do anything about a fecking dumb car driver who does u-turns in front of you . I know it happened to me a month ago and car drivers who just don't look or take care which did not happen to me yet, thank

apart from that enjoy

Edited by RemaL on Saturday 24th February 19:21

Absolutely agree re smidsys, but for me I guess I was thinking, a lowish power to weight (temptation is so hard to avoid ) and maybe a loud exhaust so at least you can be heard... also, at a guess, I suppose on a cruiser type bike, you are less likely to want to go banzai, as it's not in the bike's character. I like the idea of Harleys, but I just feel I'd look like a bit of a plonker turning up to customers on one... so maybe I am looking for a Harley without the image...

[jaker]

I was thinking along the lines of a couple of small turbos

[jaker]

another question (from a non biking type bloke as I am)... many of the more cruiser-type bikes have smaller engines: 650s, 750s etc. Would these smaller lumps cope with the mileage? would they be a pain in the neck four four hours on the motorway?

ta...