Should Sport motorcycles be banned?

Question

There was a bill put forth in Florida giving stiff penalties (and confiscation) of motorcycles going more than 30MPH over the speed limit.

What is your opinion? Should these bikes be banned, or should they have special licensing, or what? You tell me!

Answer 1

No.
Bans are bad. All types.
Perhaps it's time for graduated licenses.
To be honest, I think if we do begin with graduated licenses it should be across the board. All vehicles. Not specifically one type (motorcycles). Make them drive slow small cars first. Want a bigger car? Prove you can handle it. Want a pickup? Prove you can handle it. Want a larger motorcycle? Prove you can handle it. There actually is a graduated system of sorts in use in the States already. Called a CDL. If you want a tank, get the endorsment. Air brakes, endorsement. Larger truck? Different class of CDL. It works. We live in a world where buttheads and politicians abound. The two will cause something we don't like unless we do something about it. But what?

Answer 2

Wow, foolishness if I ever heard it before. The actual stats show, if you take the time to read them that new riders are the dangerous ones. A kid on a rocket and a 50 year old on a harley have nearly identical accident rates. What would you like to do, ban all new riders. I have been riding sportbikes for nearly a decade and have yet to go down, which many of the people on here do/did in there first year. I know one of the biggest harley honkers on here totaled a few bikes on the short time I have known about this site, should we ban those bikes and or rider demographic. I do not think so. I noticed an equally foolish question about baning Harley's earlier and can only hope this is in response to that one, not an actual opinion.

Answer 3

I would say no! That and if they pass that law in Florida it's going to make people open the throttle even more to get away from the cops because they've gotten caught. Hell, if my bike was going to be taken away anyway I would do the same thing. Have at least one hell of a last ride anyway. Just because one is going 30+ over the speedlimit doesn't mean they're being reckless. Cages do it all the time on the open road but you don't see the pigs autioning off their vehicles when they pull the people over for going 30+. Why should they do it to motorbikes? I think they need to give equal rights to all motorists on the road and make sure everyone can actually drive a cage instead of just handing them their license and the keys to their new murder mobile!

Answer 4

there is no reason a bike needs to be capable of going from 0-triple digits within 2 seconds or less. there's no reason for race type bikes to be sold to the public. u'll never see a formula1, nascar, or other racer sold to joe shmo. 650cc's is plenty for a rice rocket....and even that is too much for the typical squid that has no clue how to ride.
cruisers isnt geared like these rockets, and they're much heavier. it's the squids that's the #1 reason why the non-riding public HATES bikes of all types....cruisers or sport. especially these morons doin the 1 mile wheelie down the i-10, lane splitting at mach 1, passing in clearly marked no-passing zones...and in a blind corner to boot. obviously, joe taxpayer has been lightin a fire under some politician....or should that be 'comrade' to do something about the squid problem.

in the states, if u want to drive a 18 wheeler, u have to seriously earn the privledge....and everything else that goes with that truck. u cant drive a semi that has air brakes unless ur endorsement on the cdl specifies u can do air brakes.....or tankers, or double/triple trailers, etc. we have no system at this time for bikes. maybe we should do the way of the uk....if u want a high powered bike, u best be able to settle for riding a 'leaf blower' for a couple years.

Answer 5

Of course not! As many have said, motorcycles are inanimate objects and as such do not have malice as part of their nature. They simply do what the rider tells them to do, and with shows like SuperBikes! (or StupidBikes) on television making every 17-year-old think they can be an instant stunt rider it's no wonder bills like this are suggested.

It takes skill and time to learn how to ride a motorcycle well, and teens rarely posess the patience or experience to keep themselves and others safe when they twist the throttle. I have a better proposal: don't issue a motorcycle endorsement to anyone under 25. Their insurance would be cheaper (and so would ours when the statistics swung closer to reality), they would have a few years behind the wheel of a car learning about traffic and other dangers, and the flood of testosterone would have subsided a bit.

Motorcycles are a priveledge, not a right; you should be required to earn it.

Answer 6

You can go 30 mph over the speed limit on any bike. I don't see what sport bikes have to do with it. It is just another way for the police to get more money out of us. They are nothing more than roving tax collectors these days. A motorcyclist running 90 is not nearly as dangerous to the general public than an SUV running 90. The reason they are picking on the bikes is because more people tend to get a wild hair and speed more on their GSXR than they do in their car/truck. It makes an easy target and then they can hit you with huge fines and auction off your ceased bike for even more revenue.

Answer 7

It's the riders of sportbikes that are breaking the laws, not the bike.
You can do just about anything on different types of bikes, as you can do on sport bikes.
Anyone that breaks the law, should be penalized.
If you want special restrictions on sportbikes (which is similar to racial profiling and immoral), insurance companies charge a higher rate for sportbikes.

Answer 8

No they shouldn't be banned. I hope ABATE or AMA can do something down there. If they want to confiscate motorcycles for reckless op., then they should confiscate cages for the same offenses. I don't think the leasing companies would allow that.

Answer 9

no. If you ban sport bikes why not cruisers or touring bikes.The problem today is that there has been a huge influx of new riders who have no experience and only want to show off.Hence we who ride suffer for a few bad apples.Go after the rider not the bike.

Answer 10

Like the person said above its the drivers not the bikes. You cant ban everything that can possibly break the law otherwise there would be nothing on the road.