Will biking be legislated out of existence in the next 30 years?

Seriously, I’m not talking the usual MCN rubbish about biking being banned tomorrow but do you think biking maybe legislated out of existence in the next 20-30 years. I’m thinking difficult tests, speed limiters, high taxes that will just cause people to lose interest and then manufacturers will go bust.

High power 200mph bikes may have a short lifespan but looking at the way the future is going the CG125 will be the top seller in years to come.
Speed freaks may lose interest but enthusiasts will still find a way to fettle the small bikes, race them, meet up and talk about them etc... . It may even go a full circle for people in town and bikes will be the only affordable personal transport.

Huge Economy, congestion beating, disposible personal transport.
As everyone on this site knows 70bhp is more than enough to amuse yourself and it will be a long time before a humble chugger like the SV will be outlawed.

Could be some very interesting solutions to all these problems over the next few years.

I will of course be making sure I max a fireblade before they get banned though.

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IT will never happen, there would be uproar.

Even the most un-economical bikes are just as economical as supposedly good economical cars.

There is no arguement for doing it other than to make choices for others and take away someones freedom. If they were to do most of the stuff they propose it would likely be a case for the EU courts of human rights.

Thats why the trash they propose never goes any further than the trash that is the news stories in MCN. (Some of MCN is good though)

no one ever complains when a double decker bus is running with only one passenger on?
i wouldn't take too much notice of MCN, bikes dont cause traffic jams either.

Bikes make excellent sense as personal transport. In the future they will hopefully have electric ones we can use to get to work on that require virtually no servicing and go like rockets. or maybe not.

I can only see motorbikes increasing in the future in the UK.

We are having ever increasing congestion problems which more people on bike's can solve. Look at seriously over populated countries (Take Tiawan for instance). The moped and bike rule the road. They get their own lanes and many other benefits.

We have the ever serious problem of Global warming... apparently. Again motorbike's although they are maybe not a solution they definately slow things down.

We live in a ever increasingly expensive country. Tax's are increasing, road pricing being introduced and all the other ways the government can stiff us. Bike's will never be as highly taxed as cars as the government can't currently justify it.... yet. Look at the congestion charge in London, and the M6 toll road. I went past the entrance to the M6 toll road yesterday in a cage. If I had been on a bike I would have used it as its so cheap.

The bike is going up not down.

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Originally Posted by Korben

I can only see motorbikes increasing in the future in the UK.

That was one of the theories behind increasing the difficulties of getting a biking licence.

They can also see bikes are getting more desirable hence A) increasing the cost of doing it to line their pockets B) increasing the standard to pass.

"Outlaw bikes and only outlaws will have bikes."

Ban them and you leave people little choice but to run anonymous, unplated black 200mph missiles that can outrun police choppers. A very bad idea IMO.

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

"Outlaw bikes and only outlaws will have bikes."

Ban them and you leave people little choice but to run anonymous, unplated black 200mph missiles that can outrun police choppers. A very bad idea IMO.

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Originally Posted by the_runt69

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+1, but does sound like fun