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<blockquote data-quote="Martyn Goodwin" data-source="post: 86060" data-attributes="member: 2433"><p>What "Threats' are you refering to? As I understand it the congestion charge applies to all road users - are you saying that in the past you had a privledged position and did not pay it??? Lets keep things in perspective, you are on about a flea on an elephants backside! The population of London is around 9 million and how many of those ride Vincents within London as a regular thing? 50? 100? Lets say 200 (which I think will be way over the real number) thats 200 out of 9 million or 0.002% Jolly small flea! The Elephant is 125,000 times bigger than it!</p><p></p><p>Now consider that the VOC is a global association and the globe has a population of around 7.5 Billion - That population of 200 Vincent riders becomes an unmeasurably small flea on the elephant. </p><p></p><p>Just take the TOTAL Global membership of the VOC - what percentage of them garage their Vincents inside London??? Without even doing the math - I think yet again the flea is bound to be tiny.</p><p></p><p>Actually I think the bigest threat to our pastime come from those within it. Those who hoard classic bikes of all makes and rarely if ever ride them. So let us have bit less of the negative and something just a wisker more on the positive side promoting the use of our bikes - never know a change of tone may even increase forum use and VOC membership.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martyn Goodwin, post: 86060, member: 2433"] What "Threats' are you refering to? As I understand it the congestion charge applies to all road users - are you saying that in the past you had a privledged position and did not pay it??? Lets keep things in perspective, you are on about a flea on an elephants backside! The population of London is around 9 million and how many of those ride Vincents within London as a regular thing? 50? 100? Lets say 200 (which I think will be way over the real number) thats 200 out of 9 million or 0.002% Jolly small flea! The Elephant is 125,000 times bigger than it! Now consider that the VOC is a global association and the globe has a population of around 7.5 Billion - That population of 200 Vincent riders becomes an unmeasurably small flea on the elephant. Just take the TOTAL Global membership of the VOC - what percentage of them garage their Vincents inside London??? Without even doing the math - I think yet again the flea is bound to be tiny. Actually I think the bigest threat to our pastime come from those within it. Those who hoard classic bikes of all makes and rarely if ever ride them. So let us have bit less of the negative and something just a wisker more on the positive side promoting the use of our bikes - never know a change of tone may even increase forum use and VOC membership. [/QUOTE]
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