tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post3122550916144408787..comments2023-10-28T19:42:01.039+01:00Comments on Going fast, getting nowhere: EU bike proposals - e-petitionRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-31023032629021596642011-11-11T18:12:44.667+00:002011-11-11T18:12:44.667+00:00Hi Jens
Sorry, but I am not an MEP, just an ordin...Hi Jens<br /><br />Sorry, but I am not an MEP, just an ordinary biker from the UK trying to publicise this petition. I am very flattered, though!<br /><br />Please keep in touch if you think we can work together, though.<br /><br />6896 and counting.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-85137170107713541982011-11-10T11:07:35.149+00:002011-11-10T11:07:35.149+00:00Dear Marta Andeason!
First of all, I have to say...Dear Marta Andeason! <br /><br />First of all, I have to say „sorry“ for my poor English, as an German I´m not very used to<br />write in English.<br /><br />Today I´ve read an interview with Malcom Harbour (MEP of Eu-Parlament) at fema-online.<br />It`s dealt about the Type Approval Regultation and there it is mentioned that a British MEP<br />has launched a petition versus this Regulation. So I checked the internet and there I found your name – so I guess you are the one who launched the petition.<br />I did the same! I sent a petition signed by 45 german motorbike riders versus the abs mandority to the eu-parlament. Please have look at my webside www.antifah.de.<br />It is in German of course in but maybe as a MEP you have the possibilty to translate it.<br /><br />I`d like to come in contact to – to find out if we can help each other or work together - in German there is a say, it means: Together we are strong.<br /><br />Best wishes from Berlin<br /><br />jensinberlin@antifah.dejensinberlinhttp://www.antifah.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-78449802419940180022011-09-29T22:01:38.476+01:002011-09-29T22:01:38.476+01:0020452045Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-38684713345617838912011-09-29T14:22:42.995+01:002011-09-29T14:22:42.995+01:00That's it! Prison for you!
Hehe.
1496That's it! Prison for you!<br /><br />Hehe.<br /><br />1496Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-72947431443674926532011-09-29T13:37:56.453+01:002011-09-29T13:37:56.453+01:00That's it, the baffle's coming out!:) Sign...That's it, the baffle's coming out!:) Signed.Monty Cristonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-32501356457781082752011-09-29T10:32:11.613+01:002011-09-29T10:32:11.613+01:00Apparently not. Someone, somewhere, had the freed...Apparently not. Someone, somewhere, had the freedom to do something that was not 'approved' by people who have never ridden a bike. That had to be stopped.<br /><br />1206.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-44447457291889011312011-09-29T09:33:07.163+01:002011-09-29T09:33:07.163+01:00That sounds crazy, what's wrong with the syste...That sounds crazy, what's wrong with the system we've got in place now? It's worked for all this time hasn't it?Tyreshttp://www.rezulteo-tyres.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-3184983476884558772011-09-29T00:08:26.987+01:002011-09-29T00:08:26.987+01:00This idea clearly has legs. Asterisks may be nece...This idea clearly has legs. Asterisks may be necessary for the message, as I think you could well be pulled for the original (and with my sensible hat on, rightly so), but something equally pithy and non-offensive would be good.<br /><br />I'll think of something.<br /><br />Agreed the idea of these roadside checks is ludicrous. Would these regs give the police the right to dismantle your bike to inspect your air filter? At the moment, they don't have the right to remove a cover to inspect your numberplate if you are parked illegally (if I remember correctly). The 'market surveillance' phrase in the title of the regs seems to suggest that they might be given exactly those powers. Will they have a database of all manufacturers' recommended tyre fitments when they check yours out?<br /><br />Hmm, Sir, your bike has a Bridgestone on the back. It's the right size, but Triumph only specified Dunlop or Avon. Right, let's be having you ...<br /><br />I suspect that they will not do it this way. It will be done by systems sealed at the factory with tamper-evident seals. They won't need to look hard, or have any expertise. If a seal is gone from the massive plastic moulding that contains your airbox and throttle bodies, or the exhaust headers, then you are nicked, Sir.<br /><br />"No user-serviceable parts inside."Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-40749913487306424032011-09-28T22:47:08.598+01:002011-09-28T22:47:08.598+01:00Signed - #770.
I can see I'm likely to be spe...Signed - #770.<br /><br />I can see I'm likely to be spending a lot of roadside time arguing that black IS high-visibility, given that the most accurate and sensitive visual receptors in the human eye are monochrome-only. Might just paint "FUCK THE EU" on the back anyway, though.<br /><br />And, seriously, who in the name of all that is sane thinks they're going to be taking my bike apart at the side of the road to see if I've got a fucking K&N fitted instead of an oem filter - people who've obviously never seen just how ugly one of today's standard small-plates-and-illegal-exhausts "inspection" can get?endemoniada_88https://www.blogger.com/profile/13636529919686267714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-84879415636422097662011-09-28T22:28:14.952+01:002011-09-28T22:28:14.952+01:00The more confrontational the better. I could just ...The more confrontational the better. I could just imagine being pulled by the plod for having an offensive message on my hi viz. It would be against the law if they told me to take it off. In fact, below the FUCK THE EU message would be a nice graphic of the finger.Rippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-31066669282860356702011-09-28T21:38:35.486+01:002011-09-28T21:38:35.486+01:00Good man. I was perusing the website you mentione...Good man. I was perusing the website you mentioned in your email, and I was thinking the same thing. If you have to wear hi-viz, then get a jacket with FUCK THE EU across the back. OK, that's a bit confrontational. How about I AM NOT SURE I FULLY AGREE WITH THE EU APPROVAL AND MARKET SURVEILLANCE REGULATIONS COM(2010)0542 IN THEIR ENTIRETY?<br /><br />Would need a small font. Perhaps I will stick with the first one.<br /><br />As to ignoring them - me too. If everyone ignored them, no problem. They can't arrest us all. But of course, most will say "it's for our own good" and fall into line.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-84006217966879848582011-09-28T20:40:00.506+01:002011-09-28T20:40:00.506+01:00Just signed the petition. If these regulations get...Just signed the petition. If these regulations get implemented I'll just be ignoring all of them. I'll order parts from the US and there's no way I'm going to wear hi viz, unless something really sarcastic about these regulations is written on the back.Rippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-73427464345167346072011-09-28T19:34:38.254+01:002011-09-28T19:34:38.254+01:00200 signatures when I signed. 439 now.200 signatures when I signed. 439 now.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.com