Historic motorcycles should be exempt from mandatory periodical technical inspections, from low and/or zero emission zones and from road taxes, according to a large majority of the motorcyclists who responded to FEMA’s survey on the definition and use of historic vehicles.

Why this survey?
Different EU member states, other European countries, and the EU use different definitions to describe historic vehicles. For political purposes, especially when it comes to the position of motorcycles and other powered two-wheelers in both national and international legislation about road tax, low emission zones, periodical technical inspections et cetera, FEMA wanted to survey motorcyclists in Europe on the subject.

• 1.614 people from 31 countries responded to the survey.
• 95.61% of the respondents is male, 4.39% is female.
• The average age of the respondents is 56.07 years.
• The average age of the respondents’ oldest motorcycle is 46 years.
• On average each respondent owns 3.48 motorcycles > 50cc
• 67.60% of the respondents ride less than 3.000km/1,800mi per year.
• 66.35% of the respondents has a special old-timer or historic motorcycle insurance.
• 34.57% of the respondents is a member of an old-timer or historic vehicle club.
• 50.50% of the respondents is a member of a national motorcyclists’ organisation.
• 67.41% of the respondents think historic motorcycles should be exempt from mandatory periodical technical inspections.
• 86.92% of the respondents think historic motorcycles should be exempt from low and/or zero emission zones.
• 71.19% of the respondents think historic motorcycles should be exempt from road taxes.

Click here to see the full report (pdf).

Written by Wim Taal

Top photograph courtesy of www.classicbikehub.uk

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