[Ducati] What the National Conference on State Legislature has to say about "super-sports"

[2vtwin at comcast.net]

When we get the common sensne to go to tiered liscensing and thus ownership in this country we will all be better off and while I'm on topic get some of the rules changed for scooters/mopeds 50cc and under so that the teenagers have someplace to start. Now back to regular programming - Gene

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From: "Rob Allen" <ducati.rob at gmail.com> 

> I'm sensing the words "supersport" or an "S" or "R" or "SS" designation on 
> any motorcycle henceforth being cost-prohibitive to insure. Not that we 
> weren't headed that way to start with. So far, Universal Underwriters still 
> seems solely interested in displacement. That was kinda weird when my 70hp 
> 900SS was costing more to insure than my 100hp 748. 
> 
> Hopefully they'll pay attention to the "average age of 27" fact as well, so 
> us 40-somethings who have been riding for two decades and have 150K miles 
> under our belts can get a break. :-D Too bad for the responsible 
> 20-somethings, though. Sucks that a few bad apples spoil it for the whole 
> orchard. 
> 
> -- 
> -- Rob Allen 
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> 2001 BMW K1200LTC "BatGirl" 
> 2004 Suzuki DRZ125L 
> 2005 Suzuki DRZ200 Dual Sport 
> 2007 Yamaha TT-R 50 (for the munchkin) 
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