Announcement imminent on the ban of petrol-powered motorcycles! Are MPs listening?
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- Government plans to end the sales of new ice motorcycles are getting ever closer. The suggestion is that the announcement on the consultation results is imminent.
MAG was invited this week to attend the MCIA’s annual conference. We were treated to a line-up of politicians talking about the industry. The internal combustion engine question was of course a leading part of the conversation, watch to hear what they had to say.
With 90% of motorcyclists are opposed to the ICE ban, MAG represent the vast majority of riders who are opposed to this proposal.
See the survey results here.
MAG survey results: wiki.mag-uk.org/images/2/26/P...
FEMA survey results: www.femamotorcycling.eu/wp-co...
There are 1.4 million motorcyclists in the UK, all entitled to vote in the coming general election. We ask you all to take the time to write to your MP, make sure that they are listening to your views.
You need to let the politicians know, in a way that they cannot deny just how much this policy will impact your voting decision. We live in a democracy and our politicians are voted in by us, they are there to work for us.
If you have never been a MAG member, have let your membership lapse, or are thinking you need to save some money by not renewing this year, we would love you to join, re-join or stay with us. If, like us, you are passionate about motorcycling, want to see motorcycling continue in the future, and want to preserve all that you love about it, we hope it will be an easy choice to make. MAG’s strength is in numbers. The riding community can demonstrate strength when it unites. If you want to say you played your part to defend motorcycling, please… join MAG today at mag-uk.org/ - Авто та транспорт
No banks, no cars, no motorcycles, no cash, no personal responsibility, no say, no country.
yes. thats it absolutely
welcome to the illusion of "freedom"
Equals a One World Government and total control of the useless eaters that survive
Welcome to a simulated reality
You are correct, but alas it's a concept that most people cannot grasp. I despair.
A big middle finger to the WEF puppets.
We e got one running this country.
You wait til ‘the new soldiers’ are given theyre uniforms and weapons!
From Canada here is what I think. Multiple big middle fingers to the WEF puppets/retards. I may not reside in the UK but I am here to support my UK friends/motorcyclists.
And repeat.....
WEF marxist elite
🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
As a 65 year old biker & car driver l am sick to death of this government telling us what to do, Labour, Libs would be no different. As bikers, we need to lobby hard.
The will come after everything, what we drive, what we eat, what we drink, what we smoke, where we go, who we see, who we are, what we think, what we read....
This is all in the plan.
@@scoobyflew Soap operas and football are the main diversion for the majority of gullible people. They do not notice the way that our freedoms are being slowly yet inevitably eroded. Perhaps we motorcyclists are seen as an easy minority to attack, the thin end of the wedge to disrupt the right of everyone's ability to travel at their own free will.
When person freedom is restricted and we have to rely on state controlled transport and 15 minute cities then the bastards really do have us in the Gulags of the 21st century.
Indeed, the whole western world's governments have been 'penetrated' by the globalists and their new world order agenda.
Not looking like such a conspiracy theory any more, is it?
@@scoobyflew Agenda21 is in full flow but thewy are pushed too hard and they are actually eating themselves alive. The days of the big corp WEF, UN, WHO terrorist cabal are very numbered and they are all crumbling as the world watches.
@@scoobyflew 'they' are few, we are many, to hell with their net zero BS, if the people don't follow like sheep they can't enforce anything.
We're NEVER going to vote our way out of this one lads. This ONLY ends when we end it - it really is that simple, ALL else is just hot air.
Tar & feathers
Spot on.
@@tomg6284 On the nearing horizon I can see a rather large Mussolini Line on Parliament Square Lawn
Correct
In my 72nd year, I've been a motorcyclist for 56 yrs, Living in spain for 39 yrs, I totally reject any of the climate BS and am sure this will not happen in Spain and the rest of Europe, but UK bikers need to do some French style protesting whilst you can..🤬👺👺🤬
Let’s face it the elephant in the room is that they want to do away with personal transport. They know that EV motorcycles will be way to expensive for young people and for that matter a large proportion of other aged motorcyclists. Manufacturers with out volume of sales will simply either go bust or pull out of markets that only let EV motorcycles to be sold . It’s all about control folks and we sleep walking into it
Totally agree
The same is true of cars, the penalty charge that is going to be levied on ICEs will make them as expensive as EVs and once nobody is buying cars the factories will close down.
The UK Government could not afford to "do away" with personal transport. For starters, they would lose the £35 billion they rake in each year from the UK motorist. Why would they want to abolish one of their most consistent tax income streams? Then there would be the loss of millions of jobs - 800'000 in the UK car production industry alone. Then there would be the jobs lost in oil refineries, petrol stations, car dealerships, garage workshops, the AA and RAC, car body repair shops, tyre fitting depots etc. There could easily be anything up to 5 to 10 million more unemployed. How could this be in any way advantageous or beneficial to the Government? Did you think it was as simple as just getting rid of cars?
@@colinmartin2921 Exactly what "penalty charge" are you referring to?
@@Brian-om2hh your argument would also apply to cigarette smoking and alcohol sales as they are also big tax earners for the government however smoking is virtually non existent and pubs are closing I accept the health benefits but the government are using the same argument to ban ICE vehicles.
I’ll never vote for a party that wants to ban ICE motorcycles.
We don't live in a democracy, we live in an undemocratic Globalist controlled dictatorship where corporate criminals control our morally and financially corrupt MPs to their will.
The trouble is you can’t vote for a party that DOES want ICE motorcycles
Conservatives:
"Vote for us and we'll raise the motorway speed limit to 80mph"
*gets enough votes to stay in power
"Ah well, we've had a rethink and decided not to do it."
Reform are anti green madness.They're a long shot but the only hope.
You can't trust any of them.
It’s all about money, nothing else. Net zero is total nonsense 100%.
Lets make Net Zero, ZERO
Its about control of your life .these so called people I like to call them something else .are completely mad .they all talk out of their arses and they are killing off our lives with Lie's .what their end game is I don't know .but when theory wake up and see their mistakes it will be to late
When the farmers revolt in the UK
We (motorcyclists) need to join them
Bit like the fuel protest of 2000, a Group of similarly affected people joining forces ..
@@stuartd9741 Then they gave Brinle weaponised cancer and it was business as usual for the masonic scam.
Count me in on that . Every motorcyclist in the UK heading into London.. Lovely Job 😊😊😊
@@chrisbutlersmith9970 Like a little gang together whilst you guys make up 20% of road casualties for 1% of road users. Spreading ptsd and trauma to those that have to scrape you off the road. Meanwhile EVERYBODY else is wrong and you are right...
@@nospoon4799 think your talking about the hells angels.
Motorbikes are low emission compared to cars.
Banning them would result in negligible Co2 reduction...
There will always be irresponsible or inexperienced riders.
What we want is Irrelevant --- Their bosses in the WEF have already decided.
The WEF are not a legislative organisation. They cannot make, impose or enforce laws in any nation.
The WEF, UN and WHO the greatest big corp terrorist organisations the world has ever seen and they are eating themselves alive their days are numbered indeed.
Replies are hidden FYT.
WEFminster is the home of the Davos Uniparty
Sounds like the people will have to destroy the WEF
This is getting totally out of hand now! Net Zero for UK? While other Countries ignore the plan! Ridiculous!
UK equates to 2% of global carbon emissions. It doesn't matter how green we are unless other continents follow. The UK is trying to chase an impossible and pointless status. Enough is enough.
Given the fact that far from the lies they tell, if CO2 has an effect at all it is positive.
NET ZERO SECRETLY MEANS YOU BE WORTH ZERO ONCE THERE FINISHED WITH THIS FACISTS AGENDA
It is plants' food.@@arthurarsekey6634
To get an idea of what massive countries like Pakistan and India are doing, you should watch a UA-cam channel by Mark Travels. Ironically, he's travelling the world on an electric motorcycle. No one else is riding electric bikes or driving electric cars there.
It’s not about what powers transport. It’s all about getting more and more control.
You mean Agenda 2030?
It's about freedom to have what you want ,travel when you want, and not be impeded in any way .
You are only here once, and it's for living .
I dont want to live in a homogenised vacuum of a world where every minutiae of peoples lives are monitored and controlled.
Unfortunately for you and I, most people are Ignorant money chasers.
It is now .wake up .we are and have been s!eep walking and now its closing in on us .there are far to many mad over paid idiots in power
If you are voting for the LibLabCon then you are actively supporting these policies.
You are voting to lose your personal freedoms.
ONLY voting for an alternative party will send the message they need to hear.
We MUST drain the swamp and remove the WEF stooges!
Who do you suggest ?
Reform! They advocate the end of the net zero crap!
How about the absence of an alternative party?
Who then ? You don't know do you
It's a personal choice, I'll be voting Reform, as I feel we have to make a change, the current parties are not working in the best interests of British Citizens, which is their only job.
Now some will say that it is a "wasted vote", but I shall sleep well at night knowing I voted for change, for an end to Net Zero and The Boats madness.
If you vote LibLabCon, then don't be surprised when you're caged in a 15 minute zone, eating bugs and tofu, getting your monthly jabs, not allowed to smoke or drink alcohol, trying to increase your social credit score so you can apply for a pass for your 3 yearly trip to the beach, and you won't have a car or motorbike only the chosen few will be allowed that..
May all sound very tin foil, but all of the pieces are in place, and it's quite opening spoken about by the WEF.
Lets vote these traitors out of power , they are interfering with our lives , lots of people ride bikes in this country , if they cant be bothered turning up to discuss our concerns then it tells you everything that there not interested in our views, No one voted for this B S net zero , no one wants Electric motorcycles,
Motorcycles to some people are a way of life , some bikes these days are free from emissions or very low are more economical to run and are a stress buster , i have been around bikes all my life from the age of 16 and before and im 73 still riding , strange how they want to save the planet and then threaten us that World War 3 could be starting within the near future , whats the point , this B S net zero dead line needs scrapping its a pipe dream for politicians to control us , no thanks sooner do away with politicians first .
Net zero is the biggest scam after the nasty flu we had a few years ago.
Buddy, we are not voting our way out of this sht. That is not where the answer to our problems will be found
Doubt voting will make a difference, the criminals running this narrative operate outside democracy, Globalist NWO is what our treasonous MP'S have signed into, the only way to change this is to take all Government out of commission and drain the swamp.
Vote? You still believe we live in a democracy? The WEF and the Climate Gestapo control all the European govts including our own.
you know it m8.
Sunak flies everywhere but somehow a cb125 making 90mpg is somehow the problem.
Politicians; listen? There's more chance that they'll donate their pay rise to the homeless living on the streets.
i am 74 and still ride . my wife 72 rides her own vespa . we will never stop until we cant .
I always thought that motorcycles were part of the solution!
They are part of a solution to ease conjestion and emmisions but the commy establishment have another aim CONTROL
Enough of your common sense 😂
They are, It's the politicians that are NOT
They don’t give two hoots about bikes. We are a fly spec to them.
I am going to declare myself as a transvestite nun, and my motorcycle is merely a self propelled lectern to read from
I have a motorcycle MOT station in London. It gets harder every year, but I’ll keep it up because I love the bike lifestyle and my biker customers .
it looks like every motorbike in the UK is coming to London on a ride out
Take ur car instead, that'll make an even bigger statement.
Even better, take ur car with a trailer with ur bike on it everyday until this proposal is redacted
I suspect that a similar percentage is in favour of keeping ICE cars. Remember that if ICE cars disappear, there will be no service stations or garages to deal with ICE bikes. We are all in this fight together.
What makes you think it is a fight? What makes you think you can WIN? I mean Really??
Where are you going to buy petrol or gas? Both will be treated like a Class A drug. Getting caught driving a banned ICE vehicle and you will lose your licence.
What amazes me are that people think they can win, or are smarter than the Govt Elite.
I disagree, the changeover has already been implemented. Dealerships are servicing ICE vehicles and EV’s and their is no reason for this to change for many years yet. ICE vehicles will be welcomed as with EV’s only very basic maintenance is required. The phaseout will be very gradual and then there will be independents that will specialise in older ICE vehicles. It will take decades for ICE vehicles to disappear entirely.
Net zero is bollocks anyway.
@@peterpage7322 Share prices in EV's are tumbling as we speak, car manufacturers now realize they were wrong to invest in them.
@@Mr.Grimsdale yes, some EV’s are loosing value mostly due to the volatile market following the covid lockdown that inflated car prices unnaturally. Market prices always tend to right themselves in the end and are swinging the other way at the moment. What we are seeing now is Tesla coming out on top and way ahead of the competition who will struggle to catch up. There is also so much false information being banded around about electric cars which also has a detrimental effect on the market. The proof of the pudding is in the tasting!
Politician's dont care a 💩💩💩 about bikers😡
politicians dont give a sh*t about anyone but themselves
Correction : politicians don't care 💩💩💩 about anyone who isn't in their little back-handers club.
Or anyone they are not related to !
Or anyone else for that matter.
Politicians don’t really care about anything but themselves they are corrupt that goes for 50% of them
We need a protest like the farmers in Germany, Holland and France. I would be willing to ride from Cumbria to Westminster just to protest against the whole net zero con trick.
We are the government and we are here to help (ourselves).
forget about what words the politicians say, watch what they do. I see the likes of Khan and what he is doing regardless of public opinion and we're in a dictatorship when it comes to environment taxes/ restrictions. The government will gladly make the vast majority of the country poorer to benefit the few (AKA the rich).
All part of the nasty plan preaching net zero whilst they fly around in their private planes not paying air tax whilst we do !
The Govts puppet-masters the big Corp Terrorist Cabal. The cabal being W£F, UN & WH0.
I certainly appreciate MAG's efforts and representation. I'm not sure the politicians are listening or even interested. There's no one we can vote for in this so-called democracy, that's not ultimately pushing for the ban.
We are past voting our way out of any of this.
You cannot vote your way out of tyranny as the old saying goes.
Democracy.
Two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner...
Vote Reform
Vote reform
What politicians and non-motorcyclists don't understand is, that riding a motorcycle is not just a way to go from A to B. It's the vibrations, the mechanical sympathy, the freedom, the 'journey'. The fiddling, the changing things. A motorcycle is so much more personal than a car and politicians and non-motorcyclists just don't get that.
I returned to motorcycling during lock down. With my wife in a nursing home and my being unable to see her, knowing she had just months to live. That's something I will never forgive the lying politicians.
Going out for a ride helped me cope. Motorcycling should be made available on prescription, providing they are powered properly.
Ride an FJR1300 certainly get vibrations...
Couldn't agree more. I'm also a cyclist, it's the same thing there too.
Creating a world so safe, no one can live here.
Remember "You'll own nothing and be happy"
You'lll own nothing, you'll go nowhere, you'll eat ze bugs and be happy.
He will own Nothing, and I will be happy, when He Goes Away.
@@cloudbasenirvanathey will own everything and you will be happy.
You mean Agenda 2030?
"Own nothing, have nothing? Life getting you down? We have a pill for that. You do have health insurance?"
I say that we tell all MP’s who are on board with the stopping of production of new ICE motorcycles, we will campaign to vote them out, an we turn up en masse to Parliament as we did in September 2019 as part of Rolling Thunder!
You still think your vote counts. Really? LOL. Yeah, nah.
@@dropbear9526 Don’t bother doing anything then, or you could just put your head in the sand?
@@jeffmason I do a lot more than you. Actually, I should say a lot less.
I don't pay tax so they can use it against me. Or, you.
I don't use banks.
I don't use social media.
And I don't comply with any of their bs.
Etc etc etc.
You want to vote for people that are openly working against you? Yeah, that'll help
🤣
I'd strongly suggest you're the one with your head in the sand.
@@dropbear9526 you don’t use social media, yet you’re here! Lmao, what a load of shit you spout! 😂😂
This will backfire...badly. They can push the common man only so far.
Easy - if bikers want to keep riding motor bikes, then do not vote for the Cons, Labs, Libs etc..
No it's not that easy actually.
They don’t want personal transport to be part of the future. Their whole agenda is disturbing to say the least.
They can't afford *not* to allow personal transport. They rake in £35 billion per year from the UK motorist. Do you really think they want to throw that away? What other taxes would need to increase to make up the shortfall? There would also be millions of jobs lost, if personal transport was abolished. What do you think would happen to the Government who decided to abolish personal transport at the next election after they did it? They would be out of office quicker that sh*t goes through a goose. It would be political suicide.
Ideology comes before profit.
It's not political, it's a religion..
They will tax the crap out of you to finance the electric busses you’ll be riding because they keep catching fire and will need frequent replacement.
@@Brian-om2hhwef wants 75% reduction in private vehicles by 2050. How do you think that they will achieve this. The worst blind men is the one that doesnt want to see is a popular saying in my country.
@@Brian-om2hh you really think that, boy you need to dig deeper. Davos and WEF , kicked off March 2020 🤔
Politicians have zero interest in rejecting the policy
Total madness (and I don't even ride a motorbike!).
I have 14 bikes ranging in age from 1922 to 2018. These bikes bought with my hard earned money are my life long passion. They are anything but just a means of transport. I don't want to have a battery bike, which may just catch fire and destroy my property. I buy bikes because they move something in my soul(if that's not too flowery). I am nearly 73 years old and go racing at Hillclimb events in Switzerland. What right do these politicians have to take away my hobby, passion and way of life, just for some utter BS idea, that it will save the climate, but destroy an industry and way of life for so many in Britain? I might add, that I have been a Conservative voter all my life, except for 2 Euro Elections. I have always believed in a free market and people should be able to buy whatever they like with their own money. I used to sit on two industry body committees, so I know how the wheels work.
I agree, wholeheartedly with your sentiments, but Jesus Christ, you have no idea how the wheels work.
They won't ban them, and you can still run them. They will ban the production of internal combustion engines - ICE
which may just catch fire and destroy my property.
Bullsh%t. Batteries don't just spontaneously catch fire, the same way tanks of petrol don't just spontaneously catch fire
I have always said that the British Government does not like people having fun, especially on motorbikes . They don't know how to have fun. Instead they want you staying at home in a box, watching a black box and being zombified! We must fight for this freedom and push motorbikes to the top of the popularity list. We must push, the freedom, the health benefits, good for mental health and many more. Will the Americans give in so easily? They will fight and stop this situation from happening to them.
the rich who are calling the shots have fun shitting on the poor us lot the working class
Basically it. I see some comments here echoing what i've always said re: freedom, happiness etc., that's the exact opposite of what politicians want from its public. They want good little drones who'll shuffle along to work in their metal coffins, do their jobs and not answer back. Not once will they ever give a solitary f*** about anyone's 'freedom', that's been a bone of contention since the day dot.
In Mericka they have guns..
Hi from Ireland where us bikers are less than 2% of all road vehicles I've been riding bikes since 16 and still riding at 60 (touch wood) I am an all season rider and for me the ban on ice bikes will be the end of my lifestyle
It's not an outright ban buddy don't panic, it's about a ban on the sales of new bikes.
If i were you dude stock up on ice bikes i currently have 4 2 in storage and 2 to ride now f**k tje lot of them maybe a revolutiin is on its way thes woke commy arseholes havent factored in the will of the people they never do
Matt, it’s the end of the ICE bike if companies aren’t making money selling their products they won’t be interested in service and parts for the old ones either. Also they will introduce ways to make old ICE vehicles too expensive to use. They want us off the road, period.
@@goldilocks913yep - ICE motorcycles are being attacked in the same way that ICE car drivers are. Net zero can't be reached in any practical sense, in any case and the amount of our money that the Government intend to waste trying to reach said goal, will far outwiegh any meagre benefits, if indeed there are any at all !
@goldilocks913 that'll take decades, think about old bikes and cars that are still about because of love people have for them. My point is don't panic, we have a lifetime of riding ourselves, I do feel for future generations though.
With ICE car sales set to be reduced by 80 % in six years, motorcycles must follow a similar strategy. It's the beginning of the end of personal transport in the UK. The fight is not for what type of power train you can use it's the right to operate a vehicle of any description, as availability reduces market forces will price most people out of any form of personal transport, correction you may be allowed a push bike, peasant!!
You mean Agenda 2030?
i will ride Sunak's wife if i have to mate 🤣🤣
How will people get to work if they live or work in rural areas?
People I suppose will be forced to adapt!!! That's why the current time scale is totally unacceptable/ unworkable.
“We’re committed to listening to your thoughts and concerns” is politician speak for, we’re not going to listen to you and just do what we and the environmentalist want !
Why they worried about motorcycles ? They should sort cars, trucks and airplanes first.
Aeroplanes are how they get around!
Look up how much fuel a luxury yacht uses.
Doesnt matter what M(ad) P(uppet) you talk to if he/she has a WEF hand controlling them.
Have I got something wrong here? Aren't the government supposed to work for us? We direct them NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!!!
Yes they should serve the public, unfortunately governments answer to the NGO's.
@@Julie-ol3jenot even NGOs just whoever pays them, or whatever makes them look reelectable.
@@CrusaderSports250 So true.
I don't know how MAG officials have the patience to deal with these mealy mouthed MP's who have no intention of changing their positions on these matters. Thanks MAG for all you do to try and protect the freedoms of two wheel enthusiasts.
The minister so committed that he couldn't attend the meeting, what a slap in the face. It's seem's many of our politician's have sold us out. That labour politician was doing very nicely, probably claim's everything on expense's. ?
Have a big protest .....I went to the big bike gathering at Hyde park in the 80s and guess what London virtually clogged but not a word in the press,a almost total news blackout so we are going to be a bit more inventive in the future....
The only party that is drawing back on the madness of Nett Zero is the Reform Party.
That's where we must put our vote, for this and many other important matters crippling this country that need to be stopped.
They need to be stopped
They are really gonna make me move country. Lift my head from grinding to see they try ban our dogs, ban our motorbikes and tax us for the privilege.
Londoners getting squeezed for 3.3k a year for 3rd party only and for that you are not even free to ride, only use as transport.
It may not be a crime to drive tired but it's a far greater risk to human life than someone doing wheelies on a 2 stroke in a parking lot. We need areas for people to explore the art of riding. If teens had that you would see less joy rides.
Move where? This is going to happen across Europe and in due course US, Australia, New Zealand, everywhere.
If it's anything like here, the only place you'll be left alone is somewhere poor and dangerous. Road trip to South America? Medellín has a wonderful bike life @@Rabchog
New York USA is just introducing congestion charging….
Scooter rallies used to see up to 5,000 revellers in the 80's and still attract a large crowd, the Bulldog bash used to see up to 50,000, motorcyle race events can see several thousand, and then there are all the other assorted enthusiasts, many of these groups are diverse in their mototcycling/scootering interests, but obviously all will be affected.
If the same enthusiasm could be found for all 2 wheelers for a well planned mass ride out and demonstration as there is for these other events, I would be up for it, and I reckon sometimes a show of force is what is required, as per the French/Dutch farmers etc.
You took the words out of my mouth. As farmers across the world demonstrate to protect the future of farming we may have to do the same for the future generations of motorcyclists.
Motorcycle Action Direct is the only language that will get results. The politicians don't work for us anymore.
time to ride to London...but the questions should have been, what were the influences on Party aims concerning the whole net zero , CCP pressure through UK based " action groups", WEF pressure , what data sources were used and what information has been ignored, has NH3 ICE or H2 ICE power units been investigated, which manufacturers have been contacted for better ECO ICE designs ....why haven't there been pushes to encourage motorbike over cars, are you trying to eradicate personal transport and freedoms, can you release minutes of all your meetings with any non UK entities regarding net zero...
Most of what I'm hearing is about generic motorcycling, but what we all want to hear about is their specific position on ICE bikes.. It's perfectly clear that when they all dance around this 'elephant-in-the-room' and vaguely claim they will 'listen to' and 'work with' the MCIA and their 'supply chains' that this is solely directed towards electric motorcycle production - Given that every year China's CO2 emissions INCREASE by more than the ENTIRE annual CO2 emissions of the UK I really fail to see how banning something that produces only 0.4% of the CO2 emissions of a country that itself produces less than 2% of total global CO2 emissions will make any difference whatsoever to the outcome of the so-called 'climate catastrophe' (a.k.a. 'Global Boiling' if you're a fan of the increasingly alarmist and ridiculous United Nations..).. To paraphrase the name of the eco-lobby's favourite target, I think that the 'Net-benefits' of motorcycling in the UK with regard to reducing congestion, health and wellbeing, freedom of movement, mobility and the economy in general FAR outweigh the relatively miniscule amount of CO2 it emits..
In response to the question 'what shall we do about it'.. Well, it's become abundantly clear in the past 3 or 4 years that our Westminster 'elite' (of all political creeds) only listens to the lobby that shouts the loudest, so it's clear we need to stop talking and start shouting too if we want to have any chance of stopping these virtue-signalling political eco-zealots taking away our chosen mode of transport, our chosen lifestyle/community and our right to freedom of movement.. Maybe it is now time for a mass ride-in to Westminster, to display to those lounging about within the deadly seriousness of our convictions and our stoic determination to defend them ?...
it would be interesting to see the percentage figures for UK motorcycles and scooters compared to the global figures. Lets see China and the Asian countries give up theirs first, because the UK numbers won't matter a jot.
100% that's always been my point. look at any tv footage anywhere in india, south east asia, africa etc and you always see plenty of folks on motorbikes. I dont have any figures, but i'd wager we in the uk contribute to a fraction of one percentage of worldwide riders who will just carry on after we face a ban on new bike sales. it's a joke how they can try and force this ban on us under a conning green banner when we all know it's bullshit.
There is no climate crisis
Exactly.
You mean Agenda 2030?
Don't get it. Car drivers are normally on there own during driving a car. So a motorbike can take up to 2 persons but they want to ban them. I own a car and bikes but use a scooter to get to work as it uses less fuel and it will produce less fumes. What do they want from us.. absolutely no common sense these do goodies so called MPs
Yes I agree that the politicians don't listen to what the motorcyclist wants , and I will be getting in touch with my member of parliament and discussing the issue.
We all need to get together and support MAG 100%
Used ICE motorcycles sales is going to be booming...such a shame
As I see it, even if ice motorcycles escape being phased out, if ice cars disappear, then so will petrol stations. Then we are fu..ed! ☹️
It’s a tough choice with the up coming election, with the main parties hellbent on this net zero bollocks.
Have to agree as our local area within six miles circumference used to have loads of filling stations in the eighties but now we have six, mostly attached to supermarkets. One problem is very few electric charging points in them but we oddly enough have four on two main roads as well as a single point in local IKEA!
Reform party arnt as bat shit crazy on this Green lie, and it is a lie, if our Goverment was truly trying to save the planet, they would be planting trees and making new forests, and woods instead of building more and more houses on our green belt land. Vote reform if you want change
Good point about the fact there will be no petrol stations left, they won’t stay open just for bikes will they
It will endup being like Mad Max.
If its forced then its a scam.
What they forget is that we are not just bikers - we all have cars too…so we are paying large amounts into the public coffers, most of us only ride in the summer months (if we have one). The amount of emissions vs the ships and heavy freight that move goods around the globe is a tiny amount. This is not needed - electric is far more damaging to our planet.
There's a loophole here.
we can't buy new motorbikes with ice engines. So you import a bike registered to an owner in the EU. It is then 2nd hand and even if it only has 1 mile on the clock its 2nd hand and ok to buy/sell.
Used to do it in the forces with tax free cars years ago when out in Germany. Play them at their own game
Not if the EU has banned them too.
Do you think the EU (BMW, Ducati, KTM et al) will do this, especially the Italians?@@paulneedham9885
@@paulneedham9885 EU bikes will be right hand drive too😇😇
What makes you think they won't be banned in the EU too? They are even more WEF'd up than us..
Petrol stations? There won’t be any
When do politicians take any notice of the electorate , for example ;Railway ticket offices and currently reducing Post Office deliveries. Even the so called regulators take no notice of the electorate , their first concern is usually looking after whoever they regulate.
Just rejoined MAG on the strength of this. I ride a Triumph Rocket, so I'm not shy of a big ICE engine. I however do think that EV is probably the way forward, EVENTUALLY. However today, the batteries aren't good enough, there isn't enough range, there aren't enough chargers, and they don't charge fast enough. Until they can do a like for like with ICE bikes then EV bikes will not take off. The thought of doing something like the NC500 or a continental tour, on an electric bike today is ridiculous.
Once the ban on the sale of new ICE vehicles is all sewn up, then they’ll start on removing existing ICE vehicles from the roads through taxation and clean air charges. Your used motorcycle (and mine) are going to be worthless
Forcing motorcycle manufacturers to only make electric motorcycles will kill the industry just as its done with the now "billions in the hole" car industry.
The manufacturers follow the regulations from these unelected oligarchs and make only electric motorcycles. Next, the majority customers speak with their wallets and refuse to buy or use them. Within the next financial year the dealers have 1000's of them sitting on the sales floor with slowly degrading batteries further reducing their worth. To move them on they slash prices to a massive loss and the companies and dealers go bankrupt.
EVs are a bad solution for a non-existent problem!
On the other hand, China is about to launch a wide range of affordable battery-electric cars into the market, and will no doubt do the same with motorcycles.
They know where they can shove their bunny hugging 2 and 4 wheel milk floats sideways !! 🙁
@@richardsimpson3792affordable to who ? Are they a couple of grand ?
@@topfuelteddy Everything is financed. Can't get any new bike for a couple grand. 125s are almost 5 now.
@@dreamcrusher112 Oh , so financing cars has suddenly become really cheap now ? . Seriously I live in a different world to all the rich people out there , we actually do ok in life , but driving an older car is within the budget of doing just that .
Would this mean the end of the IOM TT, in time?
If ICE motorcycle sales are banned, where would the spare engines and chassis come from? How do the important newcomers realise their dreams? Imports would seemingly be stopped at the border.
Dark days ahead, I fear.
They already have a e v bike race. this would be an all electrical race meeting
@cedhome7945 True, they used to have an electrical bike race but it was canceled. Last time was in 2022, I think.
I prefer the machines that make a very loud noise, and can do two laps on a tank of aromatic fuel.
A whistling bike does nothing for me.
Probably on their little list.
they still have races for classic cars many dacades after production ceased don't they. if there's enough genuine interest, and i'm sure there will be, people will find a way, and IMHO things always come round again eventually. GL
I went to a steam rally last year. The organisers had laid on a supply of anthracite.
It’s time for revolution. The general public and the vehicle manufacturers need to rise up against this crass stupidity disciminating against all forms of ICE powered personnel and commercial transport which will, at best, provide minimal environmental advantage on a life cycle (build, usage and disposal) impact.
I wouldn't like to be the person who signs the paper banning ICE motorcycles in the UK. If he or she thinks there would be no extremely serious consequences for them (and anyone else involved in passing such a law), they are deluded beyond belief. The backlash against such a measure would be savage, make no mistake.
Lol, the paper was signed years ago, we are just going through the implementation phase now. You expressed your unreserved approval when you locked down, masked up and jabbed up. There will be no backlash, there will only be supine acceptance. Fucking hilarious If it wasn't so tragic.
@@alihenderson5910 Nailed it! They just cannot see for a second how their actions, or more accurately inactions have helped turbocharge and ensure all this nonsense and more WILL be implemented.
And then they will have the cheek to moan about it!
@@user-oh7tq4vn4w Yes indeed. All we have left will be the momentary pleasure of telling them 'I told you so'.
@@alihenderson5910 It fascinates me as much as infuriates me how people cannot join the dots.
They’re behaviour during the deadly coof virus and thereafter has insured that all manner of crap is come their way. Fine. But it’s coming my way as well thanks to their stupidity and laziness.
I’m so glad I don’t have kids I really am.
They are 'listening and hearing', the clichés are so predictable. If all the political parties share the same view on a subject, then your vote is pointless as you are being offered no choice on the matter, because it's already decided. Don't ask for a delay, fight it all the way, because if you give an inch they will take a mile, because if you agree to a delayed change, it's just a conversation on timing.
It is true. Burning Hydrocarbons to propel machines will be no more. It is a waste of a finite resource.
The fractions that make up diesel and petrol will be used as feedstock for other plastics.
If you are that keen on driving ICE vehicles, there is always the choice to join the army, navy, or air force. Or you couild just bite the bullet and drive an EV.
For all the weeping and wailing and gnashing of the teeth, its coming. embrace it. There is NOTHING you can do about it.
The pain is only self inflicted fighting this.
In a couple of years, the market for ICE bikes and cars will fall through the floor. Petrol stations will close. Probably be better directing your energies at selling your ICE vehicles. By 2030-35 you will not ba allowed to buy or sell them.
Go out now and grab up as many spare bike parts as you can, especially those that can not be self fabricated. When the time comes rely on each other not the system.
look at how cuba kept aging american cars on the road for so long coz they couldnt get parts, so it can be done. I'd love to see a plethora of home built 'mad max' vehicles on the road, but by the time it all happens i'll be long gone.😀
The problem will be sourcing fuel/oil (if the WEF get their way).
@@mrnoisy4883Finally, someone who gets it. Kinda makes the other 90% of the comments on here irrelevant.
@@mrnoisy4883 i believe the market hates a void, and as long as there is a need fuel will be available. certain heavy industrial machinery & vehicles for one just are not able to run on batteries, and i doubt will be able to any time in the forseeable future. also what about ships and planes, it'll be a bloody big battery to fly a jumbo to australia lol.
Id like to point out our current transportation system is already fit for purpose. They are systematically setting about making it unfit for the future.
I went to Thailand recently. I never seen so many motorcycles before. I dare say that when they ban ICE bikes here there will still be just as many over there still while we're stuck in our 15min cities.
Of course they will have prise my HD from my dead hands first. I will not go quietly into the night!
Don't be ridiculous! The EU have stated that motorcycles do not figure in transport plans going forward, so gradually motorcycles will be banned, in the same way that ICE cars are being banned by reducing the number that can be sold each year, and the raising of levies on the ones that are.
Why are we being dictated to by the EU? I thought we were sold Brexit to get away from the namby nonsense!
sales of EV's are dropping at an alarming rate, and the second hand market for them is on it's arse, let's hope that as more and more people realise it's all a con and sales drop to a trickle the government won't have a choice, especially when the car industry applies pressure on them.
We can only hope and they will have to act once the income dries up. My worry is, if those Liebour w&nkers get in, it will be even worse.@@Bob-ts2tu
"Do you know whether Riders approve of your proposals?"
No... (why would we?)
This is about adhering to a fiction that will cost us freedom and money for zero benefit.
During lockdown when cars weren’t driving, planes weren’t flying and industry was closed , co2 emissions fell by 5,4%( ask google). So how restrictive do we have to be in order to have a significant effect on emissions? Just a thought.
In Australia the emissions change was a rounding error because 2/3 of the CO2 emissions are from stationary power and 9% from all transport including ships and planes. The variation in light passenger vehicle emissions were -10% which is of course going back up as the business council of Australia is screaming threatening and throwing tantrums about getting people back in to their shitty run down office towers.
Ok good one. Is it the emissions from driving to work or is it the economic need of rich assholes who own commercial real estate that we need to be saved from? Asking for a friend because you can’t do both at the same time
Soon there will only be Private Jets running ! But not for the PLEBES 🖕oh and Rishi’s 5 Range Rovers
So if she wants to work with 'us' then she'll know on the whole we don't want EV 'zero' Bikes..what more does she need to know.
It would be nice to have politicians fit to run the country, I have a 1997 1200 Suzuki bandit, that TFL wrote to me to inform me that it wasn’t ULEZ compliant, so £175 later & it passed the compliance test & is fit for ULEZ,it passed the emissions test a whole point below the threshold,I have no faith in either labour or conservative parties, between them they’ve had 78 years of government between them,so I’ll vote reform at the next election
Would it be possible for you to create a letter template with all of the arguments against the ban so we can sign it and send it on to our local MPs?
or something I can attach to a letter that details the facts in an easily consumed way.
thanks
We forgo a safer metal cage and a roof so we can get through traffic quickly and efficiently by filtering through stand still traffic come rain or shine. Yet we are the problem?
You are not compliant. Therefore you are obviously the problem. From a fellow biker with over 40 years of riding
what's wrong with doing the same on an Energica EGO RS or Experia? It got two wheels and goes like stink, efficiently
@@crabsodyinblue that’s more than a Panagali. Once battery tech catches up, costs are lowered and motorcycle charging infrastructure (not car charging infrastructure) has caught up then there’s a conversation until then electric motorcycles don’t make sense to a majority of riders.
@@theairstig9164 and your compliant and not the problem? Or hanged up the helmet for good?
These politicians can stick their climate worries where the sun doesn’t shine. An election will be with us shortly. I’m voting for a party who do not have a problem with internal combustion engines. I’m voting reform.
The "problem" isn't actually ICE engines. It's the fact that oil will run dry one day. It is a finite resource, and won't last forever.
who ever told you that bullshit, deep under the ground oil flows like rivers..ask any Arab. @@Brian-om2hh
you vote means shit... they all bat for higher entities...that want full control over your slave life. The best thing you can do is not vote.
You might learn something one day,
'If voting made a difference, they wouldn't let us do it' - Mark Twain
Politicians, regardless of their party affiliations, do not listen to what the ordinary man or woman in the street has to say or wants.They are way more interested in hearing their own voices. What a pity we can't harness their hot air to power our vehicles.
Birmingham has had an original idea - build tower blocks on all the car parks so we'll be forced onto public transport.
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
They are coming for everything we enjoy
There is no replacement for ICE motorcycles. Best we have is 100 mile range with a one hour charge.
Yes. People need to unite and let their views be known about the monstrous infringement of liberty. Thus is the thin end of the wedge. Miss this opportunity to make your views known otherwise the system roller coaster will flatten you and all your freedoms.
Haha make your views known like it's a flippin democracy or something... You know you live in a monarchy right? 🤔
They are banning swords as well. It's almost like they're on a banning spree.
PS. I'm not from the UK, so sorry for any spelling misstakes. And it might not be in good taste to comment on other countries politics, but all these bans seem to be pointless and mostly aimed at various sports, hobbies and recreational interests.
Not to mention domestic trade. Reguarding banning swords, i know that various sword related hobbies like Historical european martial arts (HEMA), olympic fencing and historical reinactment is huge in the UK. I can imagine motercyckling is too.
I wish all you bikers the best of luck in fighting this. And the same to the sword community.
The tories are obsessed with banning things
Thank you for your post, your English is fine, far beyond anything I could have written in your own language, I really think it's admiral that non native speakers take the effort to use my language, you humble us and no apology is needed.
@@CrusaderSports250 Oh thank you. Very kind of you to say so.
I Sweden we learn English in school from early on, so it's expected to be good at English here. It is also a very handy language to know as some of the best humor shows are in English.
Thank you for the reply.
Most stabbings are kitchen knives , Zombie knifes may be scary but are less lethal !
These people are out of their minds!! Farmers to car, van, lorries and motorcycle riders should revolt against this nonsense!!!
You can see what's coming for car and motorcycle ICE owners/riders. Ban fossil fuels or tax it so high that only the very rich could afford it and put it out of reach of the commoner. Result: no need for ICE vehicles, no need for ICE mechanics, no need for new ICE vehicle sales, limited demand for tyres, parts manufacturers or customising shops. How many people is this going to throw on the scrap heap with no opportunity for employment.
Unfortunately there is not enough of us to make a difference. 1 million spread over all voting areas in the UK. I doubt it would make any difference on this issue and they know it.
They announced blanket ban on swords as well, just now. And i know that the sword community in the UK is huge. It makes me wonder if there are other hobbies and interests that has been banned.
I'm not from the UK, but seing announcement to ban both swords and non electric motercykles made me react. Maby there are more of you that has this issue in common. I'm going to mention this ban on bikes to whoever i can find in the sword community in the UK.
The Persians said that about the Spartans that saved Greece.
Politicians don't listen because they don't give a dam about our wishes as is ALWAYS the case.
The speeches where they were talking about working with us and plotting out a roadmap together didnt half remind me of the speeches I've had to listen to at work just before redundancies are announced.😢
The 1.5 million bikers should all descend on Westminster at the same time . All from different directions of course .
No, they’re not listening. The irony is that if the politicians got behind the motorcycle industry the savings could be potentially huge. Less congestion, less pollution and, potentially, less motor vehicle accidents. If a greater proportion of the population learn to ride, and there is a greater uptake, then, by default people will be more aware of motorcycles and how much more vulnerable people are on them. Motorcycling has the potential of an easy sell on so many levels!
1% of traffic that causes 20% of road casualties. Good luck with that sales pitch. I like motorbikes but would never ride one on UK roads. Far too many morons. Far too much rain and bad weather. Awful road surfaces. Corrupt police. I think you should join the real world.
It's to stop people travelling, how far can you go on a battery operated piece of crap..?
It's to induce fear of stopping people traveling. The 2020s will be the decade of fear and hot air.
I find it profoundly odd that there is absolutely no discussion on alternative fuels, biofuels have the potential to be “net zero” and produce fuels with near identical energy density to petroleum (see butanol), so why the avoidance and why is electric being pushed as the only solution?.
They're genuinely just stupid mate. Anyone with half a brain can see that fuels like hydrogen are the future, but these guys only know what's in front of them. Plus, they have to appear to look good in front of their peers, and that doesn't mean raising any awareness to fuels like hydrogen because someone will raise the issue of the costs involved in creating hydrogen fuels. Basically, electric fuel is an easy sell, it's current, there's no doubt it works, so they take the easy out and run with it, to hell with what the future and its potential ambiguity has to offer. Thankfully, they're also slow on the uptake, so by the time they've finished justifying their salaries in discussing this, we'll already have a bunch of hydrogen bikes that are better for the planet and there'll just be more evidence that these guys can't organise an orgy in a whorehouse as per.
It makes no sense to ban the smallest group of vehicles on the road. How much effect will that have on emmissions,about as much as a couple of private business jets.
politicians only ,isten to themselves!