Australian Road Rider

ATTRACTING YOUNGSTERS TO MOTORCYCLING

"IT’S A LOT EASIER TO PLAY FOOTBALL THAN IT IS TO RIDE A MOTORCYCLE LEGALLY"

The barriers to becoming a road-riding motorcyclist these days are huge: onerous licensing requirements, years of restrictive rules and costs which many youngsters can’t bear, along with about a million other popular activities which didn’t exist when us oldies started riding.

To attract more youngsters to riding, the industry needs to remove some of the barriers.

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