Power to weight restriction

[Usarka]

so in lamens terms?

cant be bothered reading all the crap ill just get confused parapharse for me please?

Learners / restricteds can ride bikes above 250 (up to 660) as long as they are on the "list" which happens to be full of old shitters. And no two stroke 250 road bikes like rgv and rs..... 70km/hr limit is gone baby gone.

[JimO]

wouldnt want to have paid $6000 for a 15 year old 250 now

[vifferman]

25 demerits for not wearing a helemt (huh - when was the last time you ever anyone not wearing one ?)

Hmm.... now let me cast my mind back and see if I can remember....


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Ah yes!
Last weekend.
Two youfs were racing up, down and around our street, in shorts, t-shirts and token footwear (no helmets mind!) on two random dirtbikes.
Quite noisy they were.

Shame that cop what gived me a ticket for riding carefully and quietly home (albeit slightly above the speed limit) wornt around.

Question:
Is it legal to express your displeasure of noisy cars, random youfs riding in a dangerous and illegal fashion, etc etc. by heaving a warning cobblestone over the front wall of your section? (I'd throw a cowpat, or pie, but there aren't any of those stacked up behind my wall).

Before any of you red-reppers saddle up your hobbyhorses to sally forth, I'm not serious, just somewhat irritable.

[FROSTY:Me]

BLOODY GOOD IDEA.
Now heres a chance to make some money IF the govmint just says the bike must have maximum hp/weight ratio of -x to y
SO who's gonna be the first to come up with a restricter kit for CBR/GSXR/r6/636/tt600 etc to pull them down to the right HP level?

[Usarka]

were they wearing gloves?

[Gubb]

Couldn't find anything on the site about the 2-stroke thing, but why would they get rid of 'em if they are under the power to weight ratio?

[Mikkel]

I'm just wondering when these changes will come into full effect and how the new licensing periods etc. will affect people who are already "in the system"...

[jonbuoy]

Blimey - common sense prevailed!!

[Edbear]

"Mr Duynhoven said since 2001 there had been a 28 percent increase in the number of motorcycles and over the same period a "staggering" 80 percent increase in people injured in motorcycle accidents.

"These proposals clearly target novice motorcyclists because these riders face the greatest crash risk. They are paying far too high a price -- in 2007 motorcyclists and pillions accounted for 10 percent of all road fatalities."

He said more people were expected to use motorcycles as the cost of fuel increased. People aged over 30 were over-represented in novice accidents.
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ACC Minister Maryan Street said increasing visibility would make motorcyclists safer. They were not to blame for three-quarters of the accidents they were involved in.

The public will get a chance to comment on the proposals later in the year. The Land Transport Driver Licensing and Road User rules and Land Transport Offences and Penalties Regulations would need to be changed.

In a speech to the Automobile Association conference announcing the changes, Mr Duynhoven also repeated his view that compulsory third party insurance was needed.

He said the cost of uninsured motorists was between $53m and $85m a year. Most developed countries had compulsory third party insurance and young, novice and accident prone drivers paid higher premiums. Steeper premiums on higher performance vehicles could encourage drivers to opt for less powerful vehicles."

[fireball]

Blimey - common sense prevailed!!

now thats being silly wait for the full draft no doubt it will go to shit by then

[jrandom]

I do so want to see a learner on a Rudge Ulster of Goldie !

Or an MV Agusta 350!

But. I just gotta say...

FOOKIN 'ELL, the SXV 550 is gonna be learner legal?



Jesus H. Christ, that almost makes me wish I was back on my 6L...

[James Deuce]

Couldn't find anything on the site about the 2-stroke thing, but why would they get rid of 'em if they are under the power to weight ratio?

It's unlikely they will be.

RG150s yes. Anything V-Twin/Parallel Twin, Race Rep & 250cc won't be if it is the Aussie LAMS model being used.

I'm very pleased though. This is the first set of common sense rule changes I've seen for motorcyclists in a long time, and it totally addresses the vast discrepancy in bike values for 250cc bikes. Maybe now the 20+ year old bikes of all CCs will drop to reasonable levels. People won't be so desparate to get off their 250cc bikes and a vast range of different types of motorcycle suddenly become useful options for people starting in bikes.

[Mikkel]

- Improve the safety of novice riders by restricting learner and restricted motorcycle licence holders to motorcycles which do not exceed a power-to-weight ratio of 150 kilowatts per tonne. This is required because technological developments have meant the current 250cc restriction allows motorcycles which are very powerful. In addition to the power-to-weight limit an upper limit of 660cc is proposed to ensure that the approved motorcycles are not too physically large for novice riders;

LMFAO. Technological developments - there hasn't been made a new powerful 250 ccm road bike for quite a few years now...

[Joni]

Yeah Ixion posted about it earlier....

[James Deuce]

FOOKIN 'ELL, the SXV 550 is gonna be learner legal?

In restriced form. Not the 73HP, 60 hours of usage, total engine rebuild required form.