Didn't take these today, but at the Microlise Transport Conference on May 17. First time I've had a chance to look at the pictures.
First time I've seen the 'new' BSA Gold Star in the flesh. Microlise sponsors various motorcycle racers, and has some kind of tie-up with BSA.
The bike has that 'cast iron' look...could almost have rolled out of Small Heath in the late 1950s.
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Worryingly, one of the star speakers was a woman called Loveday Ryder (pornstar name, but not pornstar looks). She's CEO of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Authority (DVSA). This was a conference for truck operators, but she made a point of saying that she was aiming for a big reduction in road deaths as part of DVSA's 'Vision 2030', that one-in-five of road deaths were motor cyclists, and 2/3rds of motorcyclists were killed on rural roads
We can expect some action on this, and it's not going to be popular with motorcyclists.
I'm guessing a blanket 40 mph speed limit for motorcycles on non-trunk roads.
Try not to make the stats any worse in the meantime...don't kill yourself!
