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All You Need To Know About Moped Riding in Britain: A Step by Step Guide.
1. First things first, you need to get a licence. This is the easy part as all you need to do is get a passport photo of yourself signed by someone professional such as a teacher, lawyer, policeman or doctor and pop down to your local Post Office, fill in a form and pay for it. If you already have a valid passport you can even apply online.
Are Scrappage Schemes A Waste OF Energy And A Waste Of Time?
Scrappage is a relatively new scheme which has been introduced by several governments on both sides of the Atlantic. Under the scheme citizens of each country involved are offered several thousand units of currency toward the purchase price of a brand new car. In exchange for this money they must trade in their old car which has to be at least 10 years old. The old car is then immediately crushed.
A Twenty First Century First. A Harley Davidson With Brakes!
The year 2008 was Harley Davidson’s 105th anniversary which isn’t a particularly well recognised milestone I’ll admit but that didn’t stop them celebrating it with style as they have done every 5 years since God Knows when. It also happened to be the 25th Anniversary of H.O.G. – the Harley Owners Club – which was arguably more significant.
The Honda Valkyrie Rune: A rare and almost unique used motorcycle.
I’ve just seen what may possibly be the most individual, and maybe a little scary, motorcycle ever built. And it’s a Honda! The Valkyrie Rune looks like something that leapt out of the pages of a 1980’s sci-fi comic. Or a Sylvester Stallone film based on it. Wide tyres, wide tank, wide bars, wide everything! It’s a beast which begs you to break the law. So it can judge you.
