I was watching Two Wheel Tuesday last night and they had a segment on licensing in Europe. Over there, you can't just hop on any bike and tool around town. At 16, you can ride anything up to 50cc. At 18, you can ride anything under 36 horsepower (how they determine that I don't know). Then after riding that for two years, you are free to ride a real bike. The guy said there is legislation pending that would make it even more restrictive. I believe if you are over 21 you are exempt from these rules, but I'm not sure.
I'm thinking it would be a good idea here in the US just to shut up everyone on here that is always preaching damnation to anyone who starts out on more than a 250 :neener
If anyone else saw the show, did you see that guy going cross country on his R1?!?! They showed him taking that through mud I wouldn't drive a Jeep through and he still had his street tires on. There was one video of him after he walked it through 3 foot deep water and as he cranked it, water was pumping out the exhaust. It finally fired up though! Crazy stuff. They gave a link to a website about it, http://www.r1goesextreme.com/
I'm thinking it would be a good idea here in the US just to shut up everyone on here that is always preaching damnation to anyone who starts out on more than a 250 :neener
If anyone else saw the show, did you see that guy going cross country on his R1?!?! They showed him taking that through mud I wouldn't drive a Jeep through and he still had his street tires on. There was one video of him after he walked it through 3 foot deep water and as he cranked it, water was pumping out the exhaust. It finally fired up though! Crazy stuff. They gave a link to a website about it, http://www.r1goesextreme.com/