Might have to drill some holes in the box.... 

Y'know for mounting an under tail kit...... 


make the beast with two backs this shit! Nanny state to the Extreme, There is talk of this shit here in Australia, I'll take a hammer to the this bastard of a speed limiter before they can put anything like this on my bike, I have lost count how many times I have had to crack the throttle to get away from some Idiot cager.

People say to me "Why not just hit the brakes?" Because I can see exactly what's in front of me, I don't have to waste time scanning mirrors/turning head to locate exactly where all the other Idiots in cages are, and most people here in northern Australia assume it's there god given right to tail gate.

People should be very worried about this for several reasons.

1) Does anybody really think they will stop at just putting GPS units on bikes? Cars will soon be signed up for the same program.

2) GPS unit in/on your vehicle? If your vehicle knows where it is, then it can also tell somebody else where you are - like Big Brother. This has the potential to be even worse than cameras, as people have to monitor cameras, but a GPS unit can log your vehicles location automatically 24x7. How would you like an attorney to subpoena your vehicles history in a nasty divorce fight?

People are already having problems with their car's black box's recording incriminating evidence during accidents.

This is why I get pissed every time they cite "speed" as a factor in a crash. Can't they just cite stupidity and an inability to appropriately operate a motor vehicle? Like a car/bike/whatever suddenly explodes when it hits 80 miles per hour. Fact is, as we all know, it is quite possible to exceed the speed limit and still be responsible and in control and safer than some inattentive schmuck doing the speed limit, eating lunch, talking on the phone and beating their kids.

sorry for the rant. I was only only child and hate the idea of a big brother.

We in the UK are pretty much powerless to do anything about this, when it was first being trialed, it was proven that it could be dangerous the government announced that it would not proceed. In typical fashion they have reneged. Popular protest counts for nothing, millions of people protested by petitioning the Prime Minister when it was announced that this system would also be used to tax people when they used the roads. At that time the government stated it would abandon the system, we were overjoyed democracy works yeah right, it was recently disclosed that the government is still developing even more sophisticated technology to track our every movement, they have facial recognition that can identify you even if you grow facial hair.
And we can do nothing about it, we have no constitution, we have no bill of rights, there has never been a successful popular uprising in the UK, the state has always prevailed.

Quote from: Capo on September 22, 2008, 04:14:25 PM

And we can do nothing about it, we have no constitution, we have no bill of rights, there has never been a successful popular uprising in the UK, the state has always prevailed.

Us yanks will always welcome you across the pond 

Quote from: someguy on September 22, 2008, 04:18:52 PM
Us yanks will always welcome you across the pond 

You know, I like the U.K. a lot, but they do go a bit too far with the nanny shit.

People said the same thing about speed/red light cameras, "That would never happen in America"

It has its just eased in so nobody notices.

It would be deadly to limit a bike to the speed limit then cut power, so I don't think it would happen in any country.

But I can see a register of GPS chips tracking your speed and sending you a ticket for speeding in the next 20 years.
Or traveling with an unchipped vehicle.

Quote from: Capo on September 22, 2008, 04:14:25 PM

And we can do nothing about it, we have no constitution, we have no bill of rights, there has never been a successful popular uprising in the UK, the state has always prevailed.

uh you did have a popular uprising in the kingdom... and we kicked your butts JK seriously though, we did

Quote from: Capo on September 22, 2008, 04:14:25 PM
And we can do nothing about it, we have no constitution, we have no bill of rights

- Well, ours is being shredded by both parties.  Those documents don't do you a whole lot of good if they're not followed.

Does this mean I won't be able to go 140 on my 695 anymore?

Quote from: paradisecity on September 23, 2008, 06:33:58 AM
Does this mean I won't be able to go 140 on my 695 anymore?

Didn't he have a 620?

Quote from: 13 on September 23, 2008, 09:20:51 AM
Didn't he have a 620?

Yeah, but you gotta update the joke for the new model year - yah know...

Quote from: 13 on September 23, 2008, 09:20:51 AM
Didn't he have a 620?

Yeah, but now he has a 1098.

In Indy he told me it'll do 240.

Quote from: Capo on September 22, 2008, 04:14:25 PM
we have no constitution, we have no bill of rights,

Don't worry the way things are going over here in a few years we won't have those either.  Guess this means that you'll just have to ride older bikes that don't have all the garbage built into them.

This has been a topic amongst EU politicians, but was trashed after someone (bikers organisations I think) pointed out the dangers of interfering with a bike's power which it depends on to stay upright.