For a third and final video in the ‘stuff that is not selling’ video series we have this one… Geoff takes apart an article from Bennets.co.uk about the Motorcycling Industry and what’s happening in 2024
https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/news-and-views/news/status-uk-motorcycling
#bike #ev #news #netzero #cycling #motorcycle #motorcycling #motorbikes
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For people who saw the first version, skip to 09:25….
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the weather is manipulated daily. thery call it solar radiation management.
My 850cc tiger costs 120 quid a year to tax, my dads fiat 500 (1200cc) costs 20 quid. Wtf?!? Lower emissions, nope; better mileage, nope….
The Ducati that your talking about is effectively a road going race bike from world superbike !! It's a work of motorcycle art a 2 wheel equivalent of a Ferrari that's why it's £38000 😂😂
Go to any bike meet and the majority of riders are old bald and grey fellers, we are the ones that earned our licence before it became bloody expensive and a long process.
And wait till Labour gets in they hate people having their own transport
The government doesn’t want us off the road, don’t be silly the amount of tax revenue that would be lost annually would be catastrophic! The country would never recover, we have nothing to export. (Honestly, you sir are a clown. A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing, may I suggest you look a bit deeper into the logic behind the things that you say)…. What the government want is everyone to switch to EV. This is primarily due to the end of the Petrodollar Agreement and nothing to do with the ecosystem. The US and UK have purchased the majority of the mining rights for Cobalt and Lithium throughout Africa. This has been done for a number of reasons but again, primarily it’s been done in order to create an entirely new revenue stream from exporting energy products. The US biggest export to date was the Dollar, this is due to the fact that all petroleum products are purchased globally using the Dollar exchange rate. This has now ended meaning the oil production is no longer being exchanged for dollars. Essentially, this means be the US economy is hanging on the edge of a big cliff, if it falls, we fall with it…. So to sum up. The US and UK motive for EV switch is purely financial gain and political power. We and the US are desperately trying to cling on to power because now countries like; Saudi Arabia, China and, Russia now have freedom to sell their oil in whatever currency they like means a huge loss in revenue daily and they want that revenue and power back desperately.
All people want to do now is stare at screens.
Can’t even drive cars now but they are full of screens.
No time for bikes or hobbies with the internet now.
I’m 44 Male recently got into motorbiking here in Ireland, absolutely love it, people have no idea what they’re missing.
Can't buy a motor cycle until the police start to take motor cycle theft seriously, bike theft is rampant and the police do not seem to be following up on any of it
Too many idiots on the road that don’t respect motorcycles and the fact you are at a greater risk of death from a simple accident.
Edinburgh Honda so many people are 70s decade born buying beautiful bikes
I gave up bikes after one too many close shaves with a myopic Range Rover driver. Now get my kicks flying a Sub 70 microlight.
I found it very difficult to insured on a 2023 Ducati Multistrada due to its value. Only 1 underwriter would cover me and I'm over 60!
The weather has not been that bad, the month of May was the warmest ever recorded in 2024 😂
You think it's bad now, it will be worse when labour get in
Another point regarding the high turn over of motor cycles: 125cc class have a vast turn over due leaners and youngsters passing their tests and selling their bikes on, I feel the figures are flawed somewhat.
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It's a shame motorcycles aren't selling but they have become a luxury item rather than cheap reliable transport and with getting a licence being more difficult than it was eons ago bikes have become a plaything for older kids
My favorite would be a 1959 bsa gold star in clubman trim just totally the wrong kind of bike for today's traffic density
Well they overpriced everyone out . I have always wanted to buy motorbikes for their look . Motorbikes that look amazing cost £20000 plus in the U.K. in general . The heart wants it but in current financial market , insurance costs and thieves all around. Who is going to buy those . There are some bikes priced well and fit for some purpose but do it all bikes or motorbikes worth looking at twice are super expensive. No more am looking at commuters I want those big 1800 cc and Harley’s, italian 🇮🇹 motorbikes but they are all priced out perhaps will not buy those until boring becomes cheap (I.e never )
Something has to give borrowing becomes cheap or insurance costs decreases, or owning these sexy motorbikes becomes safe (they don’t get stolen) we end consumers are not fools to spend money and then suffer even after spending a lot of £££££
The price of bikes are mad , insurance is even higher, too much traffic with most people looking
at their dashboard rather than the road. And you take your life into your own hands on our
pothole roads now days.
Can’t see himself riding a pink motorcycle while happily wearing a pink tee shirt.
No one is buying because lockdown swamped the field. Motorbikes and bicycles. I reckon we're just seeing the fallout now.
what a dreadful country
In Bradford they are convert lots of roads to bikes. The problem is Bradford is very hilly so very few cycle so cars won't be able to use them and no one uses bikes.
The rulers are evil psychopath's possessed by demons…
The licensing is complex for learners ie they don’t want you on the road I don’t know were they think the lost revenue from vehicals is going to come from 🤔🤔🤔
The number of motorcycles in the UK is very low compared to the rest of Europe. England has 18 motorcycles per 1000 inhabitants. Denmark and Sweden has 30, Germany 53, Spain 75, Switzerland 87 and Italy 114.
The number of fatal accidents each year per 100.000 motorcycles is 26 in the UK compared to 11 in the EU, 28 in India and 60 in USA.
Adventure motocycle are very comfortable .
(Ewan McGregor wanabe's) ? 😂
I think i see your point, Cow boy hat .not to protect the baldness .
Your
John wane ( wanabe ) 👍
Get out your volvo & drink your milk .
Because they get stolen and the police do nothing?
Were most bikes bought on credit?
Mine is the 1981 Kz 550 LTD I rode from Kent to my home on Rhodes, 16 years ago. I have had her for 35 years.
Why ride a motorbike in town and get driving fines and points for zero gain
Despite 10 years no claims, my insurer will no longer cover me for commuting to Central London as it's "too high risk"
Israel’s run by much more extreme people who believe colonisation, ethnic cleansing & terrorism are all ok as long as they are done by ethnocentric racist zionists
New Motorcycles are ridiculously expensive now. You used to be able to get a good one for around 10 grand brand new. Now you’re looking at 15-20k easily. That’s ridiculous. Also bike thefts are incredibly high now. Mine got nicked, and where it got dumped was only about a mile from my house. There was only two ways to get there. Both routes had multiple doorbell cameras and cctv. The police even said they’re pretty sure who did it yet surprise surprise, there wasn’t enough evidence to proceed.
Had lots of bikes, but the most fun I had was a Honda Transalp 600! Great bike. Want another, but good ones are hard to find.
Honda CB400F … aka the Honda 400 Four.
For those of us who are 5’ 6” and under there is, and never has been, anything like it.
Its because the motorcycle license is extremely expensive to get, because its iterative and you have to do so many tests and retests. Even though motorbikes are overall cheaper in the long run (if you arent an idiot). But thats the thing. The young people these days are poor and stupid.
I am 27 and had my motorbike license for 3 years. I also have a car license, and doing both tests pretty much made me so broke i could only afford a 125 for years. Only just now got a large motorbike. I will never buy a car until its absolutely forced on me. If i owned a car i would be absolutely financially ruined.
Quite frankly, im not too bothered about cars becoming inaccessible to the masses, because they are always in my way and trying to kill me. There are too many normies on the road being morons.
If more people had motorbikes, there would be SO MUCH LESS TRAFFIC! And overrall they would become safer. But when government mess with motorbikes it really boils my pss.
It doesn't help that our weather is such shite.