The middle east crisis in Egypt & Lybia has certainly triggered off some serious price rises in petrol & diesel again. Unleaded here in Cambridge has reached £1.34 per litre at main stream filling stations, more at the few village garages that are still selling fuel. One daily tabloid, the Express, has mooted an £8 gallon before the year is out.
So far there has been little evidence of prices having effect on motoring habits, the roads still seem chocker block with cars, & 4x4s. Not a significant increase in bikes, although the local bike training school seem to be busy, and with older riders.
I wonder if we will see a resurgance to motor cycles particularly for commuting? I suppose if it comes it will be with small capacity (125cc) bikes & twist & go scooters. There appear very few new 'grey porrage' commutor bikes available these days apart from Royal Enfield (now very expensive for still basically a 1950's bike), & CZ who market the only large capacity (350cc) two stroke twin. The big Jap manufacturers seem to now only market large capacity 'bum in the air resin rockets' that have the fuel consumpion of a large car & carry only two. Although Honda & Suzuki still do 125's in normal bike & step through scooter form. The Chinese are also getting into this latter market with cheap clones of Jap bikes.
Maybe Richard Deal of Greeves would do well to get into this market with a Chinese built Greeves badged lightweight. They are already available with the AJS badge.
So far there has been little evidence of prices having effect on motoring habits, the roads still seem chocker block with cars, & 4x4s. Not a significant increase in bikes, although the local bike training school seem to be busy, and with older riders.
I wonder if we will see a resurgance to motor cycles particularly for commuting? I suppose if it comes it will be with small capacity (125cc) bikes & twist & go scooters. There appear very few new 'grey porrage' commutor bikes available these days apart from Royal Enfield (now very expensive for still basically a 1950's bike), & CZ who market the only large capacity (350cc) two stroke twin. The big Jap manufacturers seem to now only market large capacity 'bum in the air resin rockets' that have the fuel consumpion of a large car & carry only two. Although Honda & Suzuki still do 125's in normal bike & step through scooter form. The Chinese are also getting into this latter market with cheap clones of Jap bikes.
Maybe Richard Deal of Greeves would do well to get into this market with a Chinese built Greeves badged lightweight. They are already available with the AJS badge.
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