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Why do we ride a motorbike?

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  • #32
    sleepysniper
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭sleepysniper


    D3V!L wrote:
    Of course they need a licence !!! Where did you get that from ?


    Maybe they meant motorbike specific licence. IIRC the B licence allowed to you to also ride a scooter up to 50cc...open to correction on that though. I thought that was the case once upon a time but that has probably all changed now.


  • #33
    nhur
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭nhur


    sleepysniper wrote: »
    Maybe they meant motorbike specific licence. IIRC the B licence allowed to you to also ride a scooter up to 50cc...open to correction on that though. I thought that was the case once upon a time but that has probably all changed now.

    indeed... used to be that if you had a car licence you automatically qualified to have a scooter licence...

    Anyway - my question still stands... is there a differentiation between motorcyclists and scooterists in the 'motorcycling' statistics?


  • #34
    lostboy75
    Registered Users Posts: 496 ✭✭lostboy75


    What else would I do with it?


  • #35
    TallGlass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,935 ✭✭✭TallGlass


    I have no idea ! I think I like doing things that seem challenging, and wanted to do something new


  • #36
    TallGlass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,935 ✭✭✭TallGlass


    nhur wrote: »
    indeed... used to be that if you had a car licence you automatically qualified to have a scooter licence...

    Anyway - my question still stands... is there a differentiation between motorcyclists and scooterists in the 'motorcycling' statistics?

    I would imagine it would be broken down by type of licence.

    I once heard that although we are the most vulnerable road users statistically, a high percentage of motorcycle accidents are not the fault of the rider but more so another road user.

    Just stay safe out there folks.


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  • #37
    Nancy Sweet Vacuum
    Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭ Nancy Sweet Vacuum


    TallGlass wrote: »
    I would imagine it would be broken down by type of licence.

    I once heard that although we are the most vulnerable road users statistically, a high percentage of motorcycle accidents are not the fault of the rider but more so another road user.

    Just stay safe out there folks.

    :rolleyes: you dont say


  • #38
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    Mikaela Crooked Throwback wrote: »
    :rolleyes: you dont say


    Doesnt hurt to remind people...the heat seems to affect a lot of racers riders....;)


  • #39
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Quite simple really, it's just a better more efficient means of transport.

    I can be in college in 18 minutes and work in 12. If I were in a car that would be 45 and 35 given I travel during rush hour a lot. I would then have to pay for parking and for petrol in a car carrying one person would be 3 times what I pay on the bike.

    Then there is the magic of taking it for a spin on a morning off into twisties not realizing you haven't stopped in 4 hours and are starving until you hop off. I lose myself on the bike, mindfulness is real, but the only time I can achieve it is on the bike.


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