[Newsbot]

Title: Motorcyles go from sex appeal to green machines
Category: Environmental
Posted By: WDHIII
Date: 2009-08-29 10:37:45

[martin14]

60 mpg on a Harley ?
Wish I had me one of those...

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Geoff Crowther, a professor of consumer behavior at the University of Huddersfield business school, blames the downturn on manufacturers who push "high performance, aspirational bikes rather than bikes in the sustainable, low-cost area."

Bullshit, bikes are toys.

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"Absolutely we believe that's coming. In Europe higher fuel costs, more constrained roadway access and much less parking: it's much more practical for motorcycles," said Peter ter Horst, a spokesperson the American Motorcyclist Association.

more BS; considering I pay about 2x price for gas than Canada, and 3-4x the US, I havent seen the bike
revolution in Europe...

except for those fucking scooters

[ridenrain]

I'm glad you picked this out because I didn't want to be the first...
I spent almost 20 years commuting on bikes from 550 to 1200 and it's a load of crap.
Even if you have a 250 and your gas is less, in BC, your insurance is the same and you still paying for tires that are going to cost some $1200 every 2 years.

Maybe if you ride a scooter down town but anyone else is paying the same as a car and getting the privelage of suffering the weather.

Wet..Cold.. Expensive..

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.. loving every moment though.
This is the cable ferry between Needes and Faurquir.

[martin14]

lol, nice pic

[ridenrain]

Last to the rally that night.