Europe - ACEM, the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers, which is the trade association that represents manufacturers of powered-two and three-wheelers as well as quadricycles (L-category vehicles) in Europe, reports that EU motorcycle and moped registrations were down 3% in the first half of 2017. According to the latest figures released by ACEM, combined registrations of motorcycles and mopeds in the EU have reached 682,008 units during the first six months of 2017, representing a decrease of 3% compared to same period of the previous year. ACEM continue … [Read more...]
FIM Road Safety – Blue Screen
Europe - Italy - Blue Screen -The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) Europe reports that its 23rd Europe Congress in Rome (Italy) hosted the 11th edition of their Road Safety Conference on the 29th June 2017. The conference took place a month ago so you may be wondering why are we reporting now as the moment has passed. To answer your curiosity, our little Sony laptop which has travelled round Europe - by plane - by boat - by train and by motorcycle, finally seemed to give up the ghost and threw up the blue screen of death. Of course we had backed up … [Read more...]
Acid Spraying Moped Theft
London – In a long spree of motorcycle enabled crime on mopeds, motorcycle, scooter and moped thefts have come to a head with the latest reported barbaric acid attacks in London – five attacks in ninety minutes in one night by two teenagers - victims having their mopeds stolen – and 24 hours later a further report of a rider being attacked with a “noxious substance” in an attempt to take the rider’s moped. (As acid attacks appear to becoming a weapon of choice, a piece from Biker & Bike - Safety advice on bike jackings with acid) We take a look at social media … [Read more...]
Hanoi Plans to Control Motorcycle Emissions
Hanoï – Vietnam - According to the “latest” news hitting the internet news stands, Hanoi’s city council approved a decision to “banish" Powered Two Wheelers (PTWs – Mopeds – Scooters – Motorcycles) from the downtown city streets of Vietnam’s capital Hanoi by 2030. Officials are quoted as saying that in a city of over five million motorbikes, with a population of over seven million people, a population density of 2300 persons per square kilometre and that is expected to rise to nine 9 million by the year 2030, the “ban” is required to free the heavily congested roads and … [Read more...]
Does Size Matter?
France - Does Size Matter? Well in the world of French motorcycles and number plate size apparently size does matter. Even though our semi-permanent base is now in France, our interest in following motorcycle technical issues still abound, so we do pick up what must be the most continuous changes of rules and regulations, through legislative decrees, from the Ministry of the Interior, all which appear to be in constant flux. Our interest in this is also slightly self-centred as we start the process of permanently importing our UK registered bike to France, starting … [Read more...]
A Future Of Driverless Vehicles
United States - Washington DC - Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) - Here in Europe there are major concerns with the role of Driverless/Automated vehicles and their interaction with Powered Two Wheelers (PTWs - Motorcycles - Scooters - Mopeds) not just from rider groups, about their actual and experimental use on public roads. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) in the United States reported recently that legislators and the private sector, (made up of academics, attorneys, policymakers, researchers, regulators) examined and raised questions about regulations, … [Read more...]
Norway And Taxing Emissions
Norway – The Norwegian Motorcycle Union (NMCU) - formed in 1972 and the sole organisation looking after the interests of Norwegian road-riding motorcyclists – reports that its government has added to the CO2 (Carbon dioxide) emissions fee which will lead to a dramatic increase in tax on some new models from motorcycle manufacturers. The Norwegian government’s new budget sees the government introduce a CO2 component in the calculation of a one-time emissions fee (purchase/import/registration tax) from 1st July 2017 for motorcycles in line with the system for cars. This … [Read more...]
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