[yorkie_chris]

To me the problem with the 2 years is I've been riding pretty much every day since I passed my test, do the twisties for fun whenever I can, commute through the $hitty weather etc.
I've had some offs and near misses (none of them caused by power) even though I may have ridden some much more powerful stuff (on private roads)

But according to the government, I'm not mature enough to handle 34bhp, whereas some mid-life crisis DAS muppet can go and get a gixxer thou.

Possible solutions to the problem? I don't think there is one, if you reduced the 2 years, then all the whingers would point at a 0.0001% rise in fatalities and shout a lot.

Any other hoops to jump through just makes Mr Brown more cash, makes it harder to get on the road, it's expensive and difficult enough already.
And lets face it, you can make tests as hard as you want, but it doesn't make anyone a better rider.