Just looked at the U.K. requirement for unlimited power motorcycles. If you have not been qualifying on small bikes then you have to be TWENTY FOUR to ride a bike like the Ninja 1000
So you can marry at 16, have 5 kids by the time you are 24, have voted 5 years previously at age 18, and have done three tours of duty in the military, and still not be allowed on a Ninja 1000
Yes the death toll of motorcyclists in the U.K. and in Wisconsin is horrendous, but in my observation, brains-out idiots can be found in ANY age group. Heck I am closely related to one so I know.
Example: He wanted a Honda 1000 to ride in Spain. I told him he didn't have a license and had zero experience. He said " I have, I bought one in a pub last night for 50 Euros".
I don't think that being able to handle a powerful machine is anything to do with age, and its all about temperament and a modicum of experience but not 8 years experience.
Almost all the Spitfire pilots in the battle if Britain and all the US bomber pilots of 4 engined 'heavies' would not have been qualified to ride a Ninja 1000 at the end of their missions
Let's hope that the authorities are cleverer about this subject in the U.S.
Here is the link > ONE HP is about a third more than a Kilowatt KW
https://www.gov.uk/ride-motorcycle-moped/bike-categories-ages-and-licence-requirements
So you can marry at 16, have 5 kids by the time you are 24, have voted 5 years previously at age 18, and have done three tours of duty in the military, and still not be allowed on a Ninja 1000
Yes the death toll of motorcyclists in the U.K. and in Wisconsin is horrendous, but in my observation, brains-out idiots can be found in ANY age group. Heck I am closely related to one so I know.
Example: He wanted a Honda 1000 to ride in Spain. I told him he didn't have a license and had zero experience. He said " I have, I bought one in a pub last night for 50 Euros".
I don't think that being able to handle a powerful machine is anything to do with age, and its all about temperament and a modicum of experience but not 8 years experience.
Almost all the Spitfire pilots in the battle if Britain and all the US bomber pilots of 4 engined 'heavies' would not have been qualified to ride a Ninja 1000 at the end of their missions
Let's hope that the authorities are cleverer about this subject in the U.S.
Here is the link > ONE HP is about a third more than a Kilowatt KW
https://www.gov.uk/ride-motorcycle-moped/bike-categories-ages-and-licence-requirements