Some of you may be aware of the proposals being put forward by the 'faceless ones' in Brussels.
Not all bad, of course, but these stick in the throat a bit.
Compulsory wearing of 'dayglo' vests for all bikers.
A ban on GPS software advertising speed camera locations.
Massive new rear number plates. (8" x 10.5")
Virtually no modifications to bikes allowed.
Home servicing to be outlawed.
Special bolts on exhausts to prevent changes (they've never heard of angle-grinders)
ECU's to be sealed units.
European limit of 100bhp.
A ban on all bikes over 7 years old entering cities (I kid you not)
etc, etc.
Crazy, crazy world.
We had a national protest day in France last month over these proposals and over 100,000 bike riders were out there.
The next one will be even larger.
Rider organisations are pushing for better safety equipment, boots, gloves etc but this is falling on deaf ears. Some protesters went naked apart from a helmet and dayglo vest just to demonstrate how stupid some of these proposals are
