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Originally Posted by Person
"Technically" riding without a lisense? What does that really mean? My insurance stands up in an accident and stands up to the police. It's good enough for me.
Do you wipe your sons @rse as well? Bet you sit outside college for him as well on the dot ready to pick him up.
I rode for one year on a geared 50cc bike and i now ride a full power 400, well over 20000 miles under my belt, which may not seem a lot to you old folk, but it's a hell of a lot more than some 25 year old DASer whose just gone out and bought the bike with the most numbers in its name.
There is nothing to "handle" on a full power bike, it's not a weapon, it's a motorbike and if you don't have the skills needed to control it then you shouldn't be anywhere near it, limiting the power will do nothing other than make you accelerate a bit slower, you can still kill yourself at 100 remember. The throttle does go both ways.
You wrote a good reply and had some valid points, but you had to go and ruin it by adding a rediculous statement at the end didn't you.
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"Person"...
If you got that bloody great chip off your shoulder and thought logically for a few minutes you would realise that by riding an unrestricted bike with only a 33bhp licence (2 C's in licence by the way, were not the 51st state quite yet...) you are riding a vehicle for which you are not licenced; therefore "technically riding without a licence"..... Has that sank in ???
So, we take the situation that somebody is riding a motorcycle of say 65bhp, on a restricted licence, this also means that their insurance is also void, so in the case of a serious accident, they could find themselves with a pretty hefty fine and no licence. Possibly even eating porridge for breakfast and being careful in the shower for a few months as well....
I'm glad you thought I made some valid points, and the piece at the end was just there to try and get my point across. If everybody decided to do as they please because they didn't like a particular law then we would really be in some deep sh*t, wouldn't we.....
Whether YOU like it or not, the law is the law, and riding without a licence or insurance is bloody irresponsible and cannot be condoned.
I read with interest your comment
"There is nothing to "handle" on a full power bike". So does that mean that after you've ridden a 125 for a year you should be let out on a litre sportsbike ?? I just want to understand what you mean by the statement... The reason that somebody with very little experience finds it difficult to get insurance a powerful bike is for exactly that reason, most can't handle it and are not responsible to be left to do so.
In fact, one has to ask if you are irresponsible enough to ride without the correct insurance and licence, are you exactly the type of person the law was put there to protect ??
And just so you know, my son's been wiping his own backside for about 16 years now, but says thanks for the thought.
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