The BMW C1 was never a good seller in the UK, though you're more likely to see them in London than anywhere else.
Basically they were crap and you look stupid riding them - you've only got to look at the pillion seat on that dog! You'd look like you were humping it riding on the back of that.
The only bike I know with an 'X' seat belt / harness thingy!!
Scooters are major transport in European cities (London too).
There are bikes but not many, twist-and-go scooters are faster than pretty much anything when it comes to the traffic light grand prix!!
I recently saw some 'proper' bikes while in Rome, Ducati (natch) and a few Triumphs but scooters rule the roost.
The bikes you're more likely to see in London will be be psycho dispatch riders and yes, lane splitting
IS a given - Euro side of the Atlantic anyway
