Is it a van, is it a car ... no it's a motorcycle!

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  • Опубликовано: 18 дек 2024

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  • @DavidChaffe
    @DavidChaffe 2 месяца назад +7

    Are a member since 1979 to prescent .It's a great life with M.A.G.

  • @AlexOnABoat
    @AlexOnABoat 2 месяца назад +14

    I'm sure we've all heard that taking a motorcycle test is expensive and that's why young people are put off motorcycling but I'm not convinced that's the case.
    DVSA research shows that people need around 46 driving lessons to pass their test. At an average cost of £27 per lesson this equates to £1242 plus the cost of the Theory and Practical tests.
    Compare that to the cost of a five day Direct Access motorcycle course at about £1000 and there's a not insignificant saving.
    Of course, there's the fact that a young person will have to take multiple tests, but this is often misrepresented, and it's perfectly possible for a young person to get on a motorcycle aged 17 and by 19 be riding a perfectly capable machine having taken only one test.
    How? Start with a 125cc machine and a CBT at 17. When the CBT needs renewing after 2 years, take the Theory test and Modules 1&2 on a machine between 20 & 35KW and gain a full A2 motorcycling licence.
    Of course, the rider is still restricted to motorcycles producing 35KW or less, but with 400-600cc bikes springing up in all categories from the likes of Triumph, Royal Enfield CFMoto and many more there's a great choice of perfectly capable machines on the market today that should be cheaper to buy and cheaper to insure and still give as many smiles per mile.
    Yes, it may be ridiculous that someone can do their car test in a Nissan Micra and be driving a Ferrari the next day but in practise unless Daddy is a multimillionaire that's not going to happen, the costs alone restrict a young person to a moderately powered car. This doesn't apply to motorcycles in the same way, for less than the price of a secondhand Micra a young person can buy, if not easily insure, a motorcycle that will spit them into a hedge quicker than you can say Kawasaki, so restricted licensing makes sense.
    What we need is a shift in the mindset of the average biker, the motorcycle media in particular and even the manufacturers away from the idea that big is always best, that motorcycling is all about speed and power. We need to start talking about the freedoms that two wheels brings no matter what the engine size, to start promoting smaller capacity motorcycles not as beginner bikes but as perfectly viable machines. No one describes a VW Golf as a beginner car, no one says you're not a proper driver unless you're behind the wheel of an Aston Martin, we need as motorcyclists to start welcoming machines of all levels as equal, and sharing that actually it's perfectly possible to get on the saddle of a very capable machine for less than it costs to get behind the wheel of a car.

    • @750triton
      @750triton 2 месяца назад +4

      £27 a lesson? I think you need to at least double that. The average number of lessons for a car when I took mine in 1990 was 12. My sons mates at college are paying around £4-5,000 for their first year in a 1.2 hatchback. My son paid £940 first year, which dropped to £400 for second year on a 125. A2 test, including bike hire and the instructor riding it there was £190. Figures not to be sniffed at. He bought a 600 Bandit for £750 and restrictor kit for £40 and he's still quids in before car lad has even bought his car

    • @danglebum
      @danglebum 2 месяца назад +3

      I agree with Alex, you are spot on with your assessment, there is an obsession in the UK for litre sports bikes of which most will spend their time on less than 50% throttle. Some of the best bikes I had were 400 and 500cc machines. More than enough for our roads and still faster than most GTIs of the day

    • @AlexOnABoat
      @AlexOnABoat 2 месяца назад +2

      @750triton maybe lessons were longer back in the day. But you've made the point even better, with practice on a CBT and a 125 it should be possible to get an A2 licence for well under the price of a driving licence, then get a cheap bike for less than a car and pay far less for insurance.
      The question is, how do we get this over to people when the industry still seems to be obsessed with POWER-R-R?

    • @AubreyHill-km3cw
      @AubreyHill-km3cw 2 месяца назад

      ​@@danglebumAnd possibly only 10% of the year riding them too.

  • @williamhuxley
    @williamhuxley 2 месяца назад +14

    Unfortunately there's a mindset of certain motorcyclists who 'enjoy' a good winge but prefer other people to spend time and effort championing the cause and actually put their hand in their pockets. When you think what you get in the magazine alone, the annual subscription is more than worth it. It would also be helpful if Government made it cheaper and easier to obtain a licence. It's ludicrous to think a young car driver can go straight from passing a test to theoretically drive a supercar. We need a good dose of commonsense, an attribute sadly lacking these days.

  • @steve00alt70
    @steve00alt70 2 месяца назад +11

    We need the American style licence. If it is easier to get a bike licence than a car then more people will start buying them up.

  • @grast961
    @grast961 2 месяца назад +3

    Huge and ever increasing insurance costs for young riders, at 21 and a full “A” licence my son found that most insurance companies wouldn’t insure him for a 700cc bike at 23 even though he had a full car licence since 17 and full no claims on both bikes and car insurance. Motorcycle dealers closing across the country and over complicated electronics are playing a major role in the demise of the motorcycle.

  • @davecarrera
    @davecarrera 2 месяца назад +1

    You forget one human aspect that is a driver of the lack of motorcycle uptake. COMFORT.
    Modern peoples have become very used to very comfortable cars.
    I work where there are 100+ peoples and only 3 ride bikes, inc me.
    They admire our “spunk” as they say in the colonies, but say they would never do it, young or old.
    This morning, 04:12, I have slipped on my thermals, putting on my waterproofs and will be riding off into the dark North London streets, dodging some half-drunk drivers from last night binging.
    I could of course take the family car. Put on the heating and my fave radio station and half think my way to work dodging motorcycles I see through the rain drops.
    See what I mean.....
    Anyhoos, anyone like me cocking a leg over their beast today, I wish you well and safe journeys.

  • @fabianmckenna8197
    @fabianmckenna8197 2 месяца назад +1

    With regard to diminishing motorcycle use,............
    In the 80's the streets were full of despatch riders with traffic lights being meeting up places as we roared off to our next jobs.
    In the following decades, the number of companies dwindled with the advent of the internet destroying the whole point of immediate delivery.
    Nowadays the streets are full off electric bicycles delivering pizza, burgers and shopping........ No licence, insurance or special gear required.

  • @AubreyHill-km3cw
    @AubreyHill-km3cw 2 месяца назад +1

    Something that troubles me and is having greater effect than any legislation or promotion of motorcycling is the alarming rate at which motorcycle dealers are closing nation wide.

  • @brettlha
    @brettlha 2 месяца назад +4

    Thoughtful and valuable video as usual, thanks for your hard work. But by the way, which way are your mirrors pointing!?

    • @Nooziterp1
      @Nooziterp1 2 месяца назад

      Yes I wondered about the mirrors. Mirrors are for seeing what is behind you. Positioned like that they are useless.

    • @philhawley1219
      @philhawley1219 2 месяца назад +5

      @@Nooziterp1 The camera is using a wide perspective lens which distorts the image towards the edge of the picture. Look at the way the street lights look so bent as he rides down the road.

  • @thewonderer8315
    @thewonderer8315 2 месяца назад +4

    We need proper ministers 😮

  • @davetdowell
    @davetdowell 2 месяца назад +5

    Sorry, but I can't support any organisation that did what you did to the riding community when you supported the licensing changes, that very specifically are a deterrent to anyone taking up riding.

    • @AubreyHill-km3cw
      @AubreyHill-km3cw 2 месяца назад +1

      Then to make amends could you write to your MP and state your case for support of motorcycle promotion as possibly the only viable personal transport means, elevating congestion, reducing pollution. You know the things that us riders know and politicians don't.
      That would be a great help.
      Ta.

    • @davetdowell
      @davetdowell 2 месяца назад +5

      @@AubreyHill-km3cw Happily, just after you all explain to us all how you ever believed making riders pay the same fee for the same test three times over would improve rider safety?
      Or maybe you'd like a more current recommendation, explain how restricting CBTs to only two (CBT and CBT+) will encourage people to take up riding motorcycles. To the rest of us it just looks like you're all in bed with the DVSA in trying to discourage people from riding bikes.
      Ta.

    • @michaelarmstrong4099
      @michaelarmstrong4099 2 месяца назад

      The last big change to licensing was 2006 with the European Driving Licence Directorate. Can you tell me how MAG supported these licensing changes?
      Michael Armstrong
      MAG National Political Officer.

  • @karlchapman7754
    @karlchapman7754 2 месяца назад

    Could anyone give me an example of anything MAG has actually achieved to better motorcycling