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STOP PRESS - Long-forked chops under threat from European CommissionThe European Commission has proposed that part of its controversial new 'Anti-Tampering' regulations, which will affect all future bikes registered for the road, should be re-written to prevent chop-builders from using 'long-forks'.The Commission now proposes that any bikes being put through the Individual Vehicle Approval test (the safety inspection made before non Type-Approved imports, one-off specials, etc. currently known as Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval) would have to complete a slalom and U-Turn before being registered, to prevent modifications tothe length of the forks....(tharr be more) Up to now, the draft regulations have only talked about requiring manufacturers to design the 'power-train' (engine, transmission, final-drive) so that it becomes difficult for owners to modify them from standard The UK representatives in the technical discussions joined FEMA and others in opposing the proposal, not least because the Commission cannot produce any evidence to show that modified bikes are unsafe.The Commission is expected to continue to seek further restrictions on the ability to modify bikes in future despite mounting criticism that it has failed to consider whether there is any demonstrable case for restricting riders liberty to modify their bikes to suit their own needs.MAG had previously warned that the vagueness of the Commission's proposals to restrict modifications could mean the ambitions of those who want to save us from ourselves might extend beyond the draft proposals that have been under discussion since 2010.For more detail on the latest developments on compulsory ABS, 'Anti-Tampering', Daytime lights-on, etc. see the FEMA report later in this edition of Network.MAG's campaign against the creeping scope of interference in riders' right to choose what kind of bike they ride continues in 2012 – make sure you know what's going on bysubscribing to our activists' e-mailing list, you can find it at www.mag-uk.org/en/newsACTION: add your email address to MAGs 'activists' mailing listPeer into the depths
Motorcycle Action Group</FO...> www.mag-uk.org
MAG - motorcycle action group is the leading riders rights organisation in the UK
Peeps need to sign the petitions posted.... This effects any type of modification to motorcycles and in reality the list is endless not just forks, power trains. Either sit back and let it happen or at least attempt to prevent it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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