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<blockquote data-quote="Black Flash" data-source="post: 26796" data-attributes="member: 433"><p>This is really sad news.</p><p>I always liked the English way of approaching things regarding cars and motorcycles. Over here in Germany riding a bike with different tire size or even correct ones from a supplier not listed in your vehicle documents means you are running without any insurance! Building an Egli-Vincent today is impossible as whatever engine mod you use it has to fulfill the 2011 exhaust emission laws and so on and so on.</p><p>I once saw a self built Trike in England being a 650 cc shaftdrive Honsukawamaha coupled to a Vauxhaul Cavalier solid rear axle with a nice numberplate on the diff housing and guess what, it was roadlegal, taxed and tested!</p><p></p><p>Those were the days when everybody could built a car/bike using commonsense and the testers also used common sense. Today we are all governed by a nanny state pretending to protect us ( not against cut throat bankers or taxmen though) all "because of Brussels". </p><p>I am sure that is because for many years all our governments used to send all their surplus, crap, idiot, imbecile, wan**s there instead of firing them, just for the reason not to loose face.</p><p>I am sorry I have to stop now, I can feel my bloodpressure rising when it comes to this topic and it does not do me any good.</p><p></p><p>Bernd</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Black Flash, post: 26796, member: 433"] This is really sad news. I always liked the English way of approaching things regarding cars and motorcycles. Over here in Germany riding a bike with different tire size or even correct ones from a supplier not listed in your vehicle documents means you are running without any insurance! Building an Egli-Vincent today is impossible as whatever engine mod you use it has to fulfill the 2011 exhaust emission laws and so on and so on. I once saw a self built Trike in England being a 650 cc shaftdrive Honsukawamaha coupled to a Vauxhaul Cavalier solid rear axle with a nice numberplate on the diff housing and guess what, it was roadlegal, taxed and tested! Those were the days when everybody could built a car/bike using commonsense and the testers also used common sense. Today we are all governed by a nanny state pretending to protect us ( not against cut throat bankers or taxmen though) all "because of Brussels". I am sure that is because for many years all our governments used to send all their surplus, crap, idiot, imbecile, wan**s there instead of firing them, just for the reason not to loose face. I am sorry I have to stop now, I can feel my bloodpressure rising when it comes to this topic and it does not do me any good. Bernd [/QUOTE]
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