BIKER UNITY

Did you realise that in the Chancellors recent pre-budget report road tax rates for motorcycles are set to increase this year. Motorcyclists are to be faced with a Vehicle Excise Duty increases of between 4% and 6% - and this at a time when the Consumer Prices Index is only 1.9%! Yet again motorcyclists are targeted, whereas the car industry gets money via the car scrappage scheme.

Help stop this further tax increase on motorcycling by signing up to the petition set up by the British Motorcyclists Federation on the No 10 website asking the Prime Minister to intervene and stop the increases.

The bmf are asking that in this an election year, all motorcyclists should sign-up to show the strength of feeling over motorcyclists and motorcycling being treated unfairly. The petitions says:

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop the increases in motorcycle tax proposed for 2010

Given that the motorcycle industry is facing some of its darkest days with sales slumping by around 25-30%, it makes no sense for any government to increase taxes on motorcycle ownership as is proposed in the Pre-Budget Report. We petition the government to support the motorcycle industry as it has the car industry and freeze or lower Vehicle Excise Duty and provide some other stimuli for the industry and not to attack it further by increasing the cost of ownership for law-abiding citizens.

The petition can be found at: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/motorcycleved/

Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://inter-bike.blogspot.com/
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

Sachs has announced an "RS" version of it's Speedjet sports scooter, equipped with black, white and red livery, red brake calipers and matching rear shock absorber, along with 10-spoke alloy wheels and lightweight alloy footplates and a new catalysed sports exhaust.

The Sachs Speedjet RS is due in UK showrooms from March 2010.

Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://inter-bike.blogspot.com/
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

A few weeks ago inter-bike was invited to the governments independent test facility where all the SHARP (Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Programme) motorcycle helmet testing is carried out. We got the opportunity to quiz the Government officials about the scheme. So to find out whether we here at www.inter-bike.co.uk think the scheme is just Government PR or a positive contribution to the safety of motorcyclists read our full article here.
Ride safe.


Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://inter-bike.blogspot.com/
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

Husqvarna has launched two new models, the new Husquvarna TE630 and the Husqvarna SM630 i.e. at the recent NEC Bike Show.

Ride safe.


Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://inter-bike.blogspot.com/
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

New for 2010 the Royal Enfield Woodsman EFI is the UK designed variant of Royal Enfield's Bullet which was launched at the recent NEC BiKe Show. It is powered by the new fule injected unit construction engine.

Ride safe.


Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://inter-bike.blogspot.com/
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

KYMCO UK launched two new models at the recent NEC Bike Show, they were a new scooter the LIKE200i and a new 125 the KR Naked 125 which has a new double beam cast aluminium alloy chassis, which weighs in at a mere 8.9kg, a 30% saving on the standard steel frame.

Ride safe.


Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://inter-bike.blogspot.com/
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

For 2010 Honda's retro styled naked bike the CB1300SA comes in two new colours:

- Graphite Black (Mono-Black with stripe)
- Pearl Sunbeam White / Candy Arcadian Red

Ride safe.


Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://inter-bike.blogspot.com/
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/