by "Mister Win Blames People, Not Guns" (themarvelous1310)
Published 01/25/2017 at 11:27
by "Mister Win Blames People, Not Guns" (themarvelous1310)
Published 01/25/2017 at 11:27
Tags: Ride Free or DIE
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Hey there, American citizens! Do you like Supercross, flat-track racing or freestyle motocross? Are you a current dirtbike owner who would like a new one in a few years? Do you plan on learning to ride in the future, and want to be able to afford a new bike? Bad news.
This includes every Husqvarna and KTM dirtbike ever. This also includes Piaagio and Vespa, and those small displacement import bikes that smaller companies make a living importing and repairing, so we’re talking about thousands of small businesses in addition to the big off-road dealers. Also, if the -500cc tax passes, what’s to stop them from applying the same tax to ALL IMPORTED VEHICLES?!
There’s a petition to sign here, but the count seems stuck at 1 no matter how many people actually sign up. Instead, I propose that you call your local congressman-preferably a Senator, there’s less of them so their word probably means more than a Representative-and tell him or her that:
1) motorcycles have nothing to do with beef,
2) small displacement motorcycles are the life’s blood of motorcycling, from Supercross to city riding to trail adventures, and taxing them only hurts the small, locally owned businesses importing them for sale, and
3) protectionist political moves like import tariffs lead to strained foreign relations and awful domestic products, plus it’s Soviet-era bullshit a democracy as great as ours has no business involved in!
Here’s how you find your local representative. Here’s how to find your senator. Get involved, Opponauts and Lanesplitters, YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU NOW!
"450X_FTW" (mistermic)
01/25/2017 at 12:20, STARS: 0
Sounds similar to how Trump called out the auto industries with his “build the car in the US or pay the border tax” demands.
"Boosted2k - I Make Videos and Put Them on YouTube" (boosted-2k)
01/25/2017 at 12:31, STARS: 0
Steel frames, Marvin Musquin, Ryan Dungey, Husqvarna copies of KTM...meh!
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
01/25/2017 at 12:43, STARS: 0
fucking bullshit bill. Sadly, I cant do jack about it, being in canada :(
"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
01/25/2017 at 12:57, STARS: 0
If this goes through, look into setting up a business to import these bikes through Canada to the states. I’ll help.
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
01/25/2017 at 12:58, STARS: 0
*starts stockpiling CBR300s and ninja 300s*
"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
01/25/2017 at 13:13, STARS: 0
I think this is only intended to apply to European bikes. Stockpile KTM 390s instead.
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
01/25/2017 at 13:15, STARS: 1
hehe, yea. any KTM machine will now have a premium.
"sn4cktimes" (snacktimes)
01/25/2017 at 13:33, STARS: 0
I had a really long post but decided it went off the rails. So this:
I think there’s a reason KTM / Husky are leading Enduro series’s and are often leading Supercross. They make good bikes and hire good riders. I test rode comparable bikes in my Enduro Husky’s displacement class and the KTM/Husky copies blew the others out of the water.
Disclaimer: I’m more road and trail, less track oriented. Supercross does not really interest me.
"Bultaco's JMOD TownCar drives his pa to drinkin" (scandihoonigan)
01/25/2017 at 16:26, STARS: 0
I prefer outdoor nationals and hare scrambles, so I should be safe...