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Rolling, rolling corn dog. You ain’t nothing but a corn dog. Right. Sorry. Just emailing the uh budget bite by battle. Our one winner there. Yeah. Well, they’ve been won, haven’t they? They’ve been won. They’ve been won. I’ve I’ve I’ve lost my my gorgeous Abrillia is gone to um Adam. Lovely man. And he’s going to use it daily to commute in and out of London. Poor bloke. Um has he ridden it yet? Uh I watched him waddle off round the corner. Was it crabbing? No, it’s perfect bike. Nothing wrong with it. Nothing wrong with it at all. And it’s the winner. Anyway, in some ways, yeah. Anyway, welcome to the news. We’re back straight in. And um here we are. Great intro. I thought we were just chatting for a minute, but just we’re going Well, well, we can chat. This is the best That’s the best part about it. Yeah, it’s like a news podcast, isn’t it? Really? Cast. Yeah. A podcast from the news desk. I’d just like to do an honory uh not an honory, but a mention about I went to Goodwood Revival at the weekend for the first time ever and I really enjoyed it. It’s a great event. It’s a really good event. I would have thought there was too many people there for you. Uh no. Well, they were kind of classy and everyone was dressed up. I actually, this was my outfit I wore. I didn’t wear the tie or the wig. Um but I thought I’d go for a bit of a tweed. Very nice. It’s very nice. Yeah. Yeah. My friend’s getting married uh next weekend and um I’m wearing this as well. I’m going to get my I’m going to get the maximum out of my Moss Bros purchase. Is it Moss Bro is it? Very nice. And the shirt’s a fitted shirt. Anyway, enough about me. Um the Goodwood Revival, if you haven’t been, is a fantastic event. Like there’s a lot of crossover between cool cars and cool bikes. People generally if you like bikes, you’re probably going to like a cool car as well. And even just getting through the car park with all the cool stuff that’s on display took quite a long time. Uh I was wearing white loafers and it did get a little muddy. So I definitely get some I don’t know like some barber wellies or some sort of hunter hunter wellies probably the best one. Um but generally I had no complaints about the event whatsoever apart from it was a little pricey to buy drinks. Well that’s just any event now isn’t it? I mean it was 20 quid for a tiny little glass of champagne. tiny expensive tastes. I mean, you go anywhere now. I mean, it was I can’t remember what was it Moto GP. Everyone was It was like 15 quid for a pint. And I mean, it’s just that’s just the nature of the beast, isn’t it? Yeah. And a And a breakfast sandwich was 15 quid. I mean, it was all delicious. It was all delicious. Was it? But you’ve already spent, you know, I think I spent £110 on a ticket. It’s quite a lot. It’s a lot. That was just for one day. So, apart from the money side of it, um it was it was still worth doing 100%. So, if you haven’t been, go to Goodwood Goodwood Revival. Loved it. It’s sometimes you have to make the effort though, I think, to get part of it cuz if you don’t make the effort, you stand out like a sore dick. I mean, you feel like a bit of a not out of I reckon there was only 2% of people that I saw that weren’t drif at all. Yeah. See, the last time I went was probably 10 12 years ago. And there was a lot of bus a lot. There was a good sort of 25% that that didn’t dress up and they just they you could see the embarrassment on their faces. It was just that awkwardness. But um Yeah. Yeah. Get involved. Get involved. Yeah. So, what’s next on the agenda? Uh breaking news. Um we’ll get to the MCIA sales figures in a minute, but uh there was quite an interesting press release sent to us the other the other day by our friends at Potsky Media. Now, we get sent a lot of press releases and as you would have seen by the news, sometimes we read them out. Most of them stay in the bin in the junk and uh and get deleted. This is quite interesting though, which leads us onto the next subject of bike sales. But there’s uh the M combined with the MCI figures. So, around 40,000 people took their test in 2024. So that is impre in years gone by that is a they’re not good numbers. They’re not good. What would what would have been an average 15 years ago? Does it say that? Um just so we can get a you know statement. I don’t know that. I don’t know that. Um maybe we’ll put it here in the in the I’d imagine it’s probably half as half the amount it was 20 years ago. Probably. Yeah. Um, now interestingly, a lot of test centers and training centers reckon that a lack of instructors stop people getting into motorcycleycling. Now, that in the kindest possible way is the biggest load of bollocks I’ve ever heard in my life. Remember when you thought your life would be a certain way by 30, 40, even 50, which I’m very close to now. And then when you arrive there, it’s not quite how you thought it would be. You think back to all the things you should have achieved, what you should have done, where you should be, how much money you should have, how big your house is, how many motorbikes you’ve got, and it’s quite hard to navigate those feelings, and it can certainly have a detrimental effect on your mental health. This is why I use therapy to help me even just talk through problems. It’s not always about crisis management. When something catastrophic happens, it’s very, very helpful to me to be able to quietly work out my problems, talk about things with professionals who know what they’re doing. A therapist will listen, ask questions, and help you see things from a new perspective. They can give you advice and techniques to make positive changes in your life. I’m getting attacked by a wasp here. Get off. 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Certainly, I’m not going to let my boys ride until they’ve driven a car and understood roads and everything else properly. And then uh what was the third reason? I’ve already forgotten it. So So they’re saying, “Oh, the reason bike sales and all that stuff.” No, not bike sales. The industry is suffering. Yeah. But that that’s just not true cuz a friend of mine took her test and she failed the first bit of it. I can’t remember what it was. So she had to postpone it. I don’t I can’t remember. Uh she fell off better. Uh and the uh but she managed to rebook the proper test within like a a week and a half later. Yeah, test is different. What what this is saying is that there’s not enough uh kind of instructors and training centers that available that that can get people through the door quicker. That’s what essentially what they’re saying, right? Talking as a whole like this press release is, I I just I just can’t see that. Well, and and I mean the biggest one is insurance. Surely. Well, that was the other one. Yeah. Sorry. Insurance. Yeah. Because that that I mean it’s I I’ve been riding I don’t know whatever 20 years. The uh even if I wanted to buy an S,000 and I live in a quite a nice area with a garage, it’s still 1,200 quid a year to insure the thing. And I’ve got like more than that, isn’t it? 10 years no claims. Oh, sorry. You talking about actually you now? Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. Me now. Yeah. Me now. Um, let’s not go there. Uh, yeah, me me now. Um, so it is horrifically expensive. So, you’ve really got you really got to want to get on that bike, which is which is which is a shame. And I was um on my local village walk the other day. I was uh chatting to Terry. Um Terry Sidewinder. Terry, he’s one of the locals. He went to we were chatting about BSB and he went to watch Moto GP in Donington when Rossy was there. He was a good old good old boy. And um we were just commenting on how not only dangerous the roads are, but how low quality all the work that gets done. We’ll come on to road works later because there’s a lot going on, but just the level of quality is shocking. Like shocking. I’ve never laid a road in my life, but I’m pretty sure I can do a better job than that. Disgusting. All the chip and seal still floating around. Then they just paint over the top of it. And what’s with all the all the white lines everywhere? Why do we need these hazard white lines everywhere? I don’t get it. I think it may be they’re trying to get the white lines on all roads so self-driving cars can see where the edge of the curbs are. Well, it might, you know, we were just talking about this off camera. The the way the light lane assist is working in all new vehicles, I mean, it might as well be a living self-drive vehicle, isn’t it? Yeah. Yeah. You might as well have just some some mad drunk person just grabbing the wheel next to you. Yeah. That’s what it feels like. It does. Uh but yeah, second part of the story on to MCI figures. MCIA figures. Now, this is the press press statistics uh for August 2025. So, what do you reckon the damage is, Chris? Cuz there’s no point beating around the bush there. You know, sales aren’t going to be down. Doesn’t feel boring, does it? So, we’re going compared to last year, are we? Compared to last year, yeah, I reckon down 16%. I mean you are in theory correct because motorcycles uh moped scooters etc are down 16.5%. However scooters are up 3.5%. Just are you going to say it or should I? You can say it this time. It’s all the just eat um riders delivery drivers. Delivery drivers. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um but you know it’s all going money back into the industry, isn’t it? So, uh, so, so motorcycle is down 16%. Yes. Yeah. Wow. Now, this is something that And it wasn’t great last year either, was it? To be fair. No. No. But there’s something there is something that will make you smile. Okay. So, um, electric bike sales m are down 28.3%. When, in fact, and we’re going to save this for masturbate, aren’t we? I don’t know what you’re saying. No. No. Well, I think we’ll just save the whole uh electric argument for masturbate because this this is getting me really really riled at the moment. Is it? Yeah. It’s really I mean, not only bikes, but cars. I mean, the infrastructure, how what we three years away, three and a bit years away before we get to They’ve kicked that down the road already. It’s not going to happen. Exactly. It ain’t never happen. It’s never going to happen before. It was like get your co jab before you get fired. They just kept changing the deadline, didn’t they? What do you reckon the bestselling bike was in August this year? I mean, it’s it’s traditionally been a GS adventure. Correction. Yeah, it is. And how many do you think they sold in August? This is the disturbing bit. This is really quite disturbing. Uh 112 89 oh GS’s. And that is apart from Honda’s PCX125 of course which has sold 260. The GS is the bestselling bike with 89 sales. Is that it? When does the number plate thing come in though? Was that would that be September? Okay. So some people would have been waiting to register it. Yeah. So September would see a boost. September is the real kind of uh tester, isn’t it? Well, I think you’d average wait to come back next month. You’d average the both, wouldn’t you, to get a true Yeah. data set. Yeah. But 86 by that that’s always, isn’t it? 89, but I’ll give my teen. That’s awful. Yeah, it’s awful. It’s just Yeah, awful. Yeah. So, I went to Misano MGB, which we’ll get to later on. Mason Moto GP uh couple of things there, but also went there for the launch of the Diavo V4 RS and Multi V4 RS. And while I was there, I chat to some people from Dicati and they were saying that they will never manufacture in China. And that is why the price a lot of the reason the prices are so high because I mean I’m struggling to think of a manufacturer that solely manufactures in their home country. I can’t in fact I can’t think of any. But then I mean define manufacture that’s that’s where it all gets a little bit built. Yeah. Because I I guarantee you the semiconductors and all that stuff Oh yeah. Yeah. Come from China. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But any we’re diversing here. Um should we should we go on to M&P? Yes. Which is quite breaking news. Yeah. Another I mean we we lost what was it early early last year? We lost a lot of motorcycle dealerships. Um feeling the postcoid pinch all of that stuff. And another big boy has gone down. We’re hearing. Um I don’t This is literally yesterday I think as we film this. So the information is still coming out, but M&P and I think they also run the online shop M&P Direct, which I believe is still going to continue as a online store, but the 20 years plus whatever of motorcycle sales from a massive um Welshbased dealership which had I think BMW, KTM, uh, Dicati. It’s not good. It’s not good. I mean to to be fair, the company was struggling. I think they were bought in January this year by a different entity and now well that didn’t last long were we? 9 months later. Um so yeah, hearts go out to all um all the staff and stuff involved. And there’s I think there’s there’s going to be from what I’m hearing, not going to say it now, but from what I’m hearing, I think there’s some interesting information which is going to come to light, which is all a bit sad really, but um yeah, it’s a it’s a sad loss for the industry and and um all the people they supported down there. So, sorry. Breaking news, we got some new bike news. Um, if you haven’t seen the video, you should go and check out the Multistra V4S, V4 RS, and Diabo V4 RS. But Chris spotted something quite different on the other end of the spectrum, didn’t you? Yeah. Which is right up your stasa. I mean, yeah, it’s got a historic benefit to me. It’s It’s linked to the past. And um, it’s linked to the BMW C1. Now, if anyone remembers Budge Battle 5, I think it was five. Yeah. uh when we had the scootery things and uh we travel around the country and I wrap mine pink and had the most amazing time on the motorcycle scooter with a roof. Now BMW have released I mean this was a a month ago or so, but it does appear that I think this is actually going to go. It’s going to happen. Yeah. Um, so this is the BMW Moto ads Vision CE and um it’s look I actually quite I loved that C1 cuz it was funny and a bit silly. However, I like it but the absolute wankery of that’s it. The the state of what the marketing departments and how they’re positioning this vehicle is just off the charts. um Alevel marketing [ __ ] GCSE. GCSE. Not even O levels. Yeah. And it’s just it’s crazy. Like let’s read some quotes up because because I’m going to I’m with you. I actually when I saw it, I was actually that looks really cool. Then I learned it was electric, which I was like, yeah. But again, but then what we were saying, London, whatever. Quite cool. Yeah. Um, but I I don’t think I can get on board with it purely because of how it’s being positioned. I mean, this is a perfect example. So, they’ve got various It’s like a modular bike. You can do like loads of cool stuff and be your own person. And yeah, and um there’s quotes like freedom is multifaceted. And they’ve got one called the DJ. I mean, that’s that’s that’s the worst one for me. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. The Los Angeles is the worst one. I can’t wait to get to that. and and the DJ and this is this is you trying to buy this is a BMW trying to get you to buy into this. The DJ, the sunlight on your face wakes you up. You jump out of bed and get straight on your bike. At a lunch meeting with clients, you discuss the final playlist for this evening’s event. Quick wardrobe change, then you’re off to the venue. All of the guests will remember the party forever. Who the [ __ ] thinks of that and is and and is okay with that? going on to a the multinational biggest brands in the world. It’s It’s insane. They got the camper version. There’s RXie having a little fish out there. Yeah, this is it. This is the Los Angeles. This Yeah, the Los Angeles. This is I This I could see this actually being insulting to some people. The Los Angeles. Your business meeting went so well that you spontaneously decide to attend an opening event instead of going back into the office. Wow, renegades. Before that, you take a look into your favorite boutique as you pass and treat yourself to a new pair of shoes that perfectly match your bike. I mean, this the scary thing is I honestly think that looking at the next generation generations coming up, which are entirely wet flannels, that could that’s exactly what could happen. And they could they would look at that and go, you know what? I’m going to buy myself a BMW C1. Who needs to go to the office? You need to go back to the office for a meeting. I don’t have to. Yeah. Cuz it’s acceptable now just to sky off and go and buy pink shoes. I mean, I I don’t know. I think the youth will see straight through that. That that’s like something your dad would create, you know? Yeah. It’s awful. Absolutely disgusting. It is. I actually like the bike itself, but the whole the whole marketing, particularly that, I mean, and it’s like with the three little puffy dogs, and it’s just Imagine the [ __ ] Imagine the [ __ ] all over the [ __ ] everywhere. Yeah. I mean, I like I like I really like the concept and I really like the modularity of it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Not slagging that off, but come on. So, um it’s put me off buying one now. What do you think? Maybe I should just get the Los Angeles. Yeah. Done with it. Yeah. You can get the DJ. Well, boys and girls, we got a right treat for you. Say hello to the 2026 Dicati Panagali V4R. No massive surprises on how it looks, and no doubt the internet still hasn’t gone over the lack of single-sided swing arm, but that’s exactly what the V4R needed, side grip. Anyone who’s ridden the new Panagali V4 or V4S will know exactly what I mean. Obviously, Ducati course played a pivotal role in developing this bike, and that’s obvious from the corner side pods, which apparently help the bike turn during big lean angles thanks to aerero forces. They also make a great home for rabbits or badges on the road. And let’s all geek out at the racing gearbox, which places neutral below first gear to eliminate any rogue shifts into neutral during downshifting or upshifting. To engage neutral, the pilot has to operate a dedicated lever on the handlebar. Now, that is full factory. Peak power remains at 218 brake horsepower despite its new Euro5 plus certification, but there’s an average gain of around four brake horsepower from 4,000 RPM to just before the red line at 16,000 RPM. You poor Americans get the Teimu version that kicks out a mere 28 horsepower. As before, the racing exhaust unlocks the V4 R’s full potential with 235 horsepower. And according to Dicati, you’ll see 239 horsepower by using their special race oil 4 bhp just from oil. Now, that is some claim. They also reckon that thanks to taller gearing, the new model’s top speed in race trim is 330 km an hour or 205 mph. And in case you’re not winning in, there’s plenty of chassis adjustment to play with. The swing arm pivot height can be adjusted to four positions in 2 mil increments. It’s available in red and nobody racing against one next year is going to see which way this bike goes. Anyone got a spare 40 grand? So, let’s go on to some racing news cuz there’s lots of it. Um the big big news is and I heard this last week at Masano and I thought it was a joke. Javier Beltran has been um dismissed from Honda. Now this is this is probably the biggest racing news uh not just Moto GP paddock not just BSP paddock but you know worldwide because that guy has been an absolute stalwart of Honda for 25 30 years and um yeah apparently he’s just gone like that. So can I just adjust your hair briefly? Oh that’s better. Oh that’s better. Is that better? Yeah. Oh yeah it’s way better. Why my dandruff? Uh but yeah, that’s uh that’s that. Second thing, the major news is Moto GP. As I said, I was in Masana last week and we’ve all seen or would have heard the Liberty Media takeover. Now, we saw we’ve seen kind of glimpses of it and the way that Moto GP riders and Moto GP paddock will they’re not going to mimic it. They’re not going to mirror F1 exactly, but there is going to be some similarities. And we’re already starting to see things like if you saw on Misano on the live on the grid when all the riders got in the U shape and had to go stand at the front of the grid for the Bman national anthem. I mean, they were really chuffed with that. I can’t wait. I bet they can’t wait to do it for another six, seven, eight rounds this year. I mean, that is what’s a load of bollocks. And that that we’ve we haven’t even touched the surface yet about what’s going to happen. I mean what’s your thoughts on I mean you were just like yeah and what but I mean there’s worse things coming than national there is and that’s my point. Yeah you know the no one I think I think all you got to do and I may be outside the club here and I’m not paying much attention to attention to it but I used to be a really big F1 fan and I just couldn’t give a [ __ ] anymore. I don’t find it exciting. It’s incredibly boring. the whole circus of it is I’m just not I’m just not interested in it. So that’s my main worry is that exactly if it goes if Moto GP goes down that route then we’ve all got a bit of a problem. But I don’t I don’t the the the national anthem thing I I haven’t got a problem with if I’m honest. I’ve got a problem with it per se, but just starting it halfway through a race season without any warning really. And and particularly the timing, it’s literally like it’s 5 minutes before the start of the race and you having to get off your bike, get out the zone, stand with a camera. It should be getting on to it should be going like when you get onto the grid. Yeah. Or even beforehand like between Moto 3, Moto 2 and Moto GP race, which we’ll get on to in a second. But um yeah, talking of F1. So the other rumors are and it’s already been this is nothing new, but I’m I’ve heard quite strong rumors that it will happen. The start of it being Moto GP and F1 in the same weekend, which I mean I it can only be a good thing for attracting faces and eyes onto Moto GP. That’s that’s the bottom line. That’s why they’re doing it because it is so much more exciting than F1. the no, you know, you watch Lando Norris um and all his family on the pit lane in Masano. They I mean I’m Yeah, careful what I say here. They were very excited, very excited and making all sorts of noises that I’d never heard before. But just uh that’s the first time they’ve been to a proper Moto GP race and that and hearing the bikes, feeling the bikes. It is, you know, it’s a it’s a far cry from from F1 and it’s great. you know, if we can get more people watching Moto GP and that’s that that can only be a good thing. I just don’t know how logistically they’re going to I have no idea, but apparently just getting the Moto GP crowd into a GP safely, efficiently, is difficult, especially Misano, mate, it’s a nightmare. I I’ll get to that story in a minute, but um yeah, it’s how how would they do that with a with another 200,000 people? I mean, my yeah, my only my only the other thing with that is that that means that F1 would have to go to good circuits again because Moto GP is all about safety and they’re not going to race [ __ ] street tracks in F1. Uh, but Moto GP aren’t going to race [ __ ] street track so F1 won’t. But I mean, look, it it might be one, might be two, might be three. Yeah. I don’t know. But the this is the big thing. This is this is what’s bored my piss when I heard it is that Moto 3 and Moto 2 might actually be European only and may even be standalone races because Moto GP is that’s the that’s the the bread winner. That’s the that’s what everyone watches apparently and if that happens then that is the end of Moto GP for me. I mean of course it will still happen. still of course it was still on but you know imagine getting riders feeding riders through a series and all these riders won’t be racing the circuits they’re the Moto GP bikes are racing it’s just a there’s I mean there’s a million and one reasons why it is just a catastrophic failure of uh of Moto GP but that’s just my opinion I mean it’s not good no but then um world superbikes does that they only have certain thing and Mo was only at certain venues as well. And I think the cost of getting Moto 3 bikes and all that team 2, some of the fur like fly away, they call them flyaway rounds, don’t they? Is quite high. It is. So, and what is the percentage? I mean, what is it? What is it? Let’s say 65 70% European rounds versus rest of world. I don’t know. Maybe it’s probably less than that. Maybe 75% I think actually. Right. Yeah. So, it’s still going to be you’re still going to have the feeder class. It is. But I mean, it’s not going to be the same. But let’s just remember, but if they did, okay, I’d be all for it if then they did three Moto GP races. It’s not World Superbikes, mate. Why not? It’s not. I want to see more racing. Uh, the other big news was the fact that uh, Moto E, a hatus on Moto E, I mean, that is brilliant news cuz no one really gave a [ __ ] about that at all. No, I mean absolutely awful. Dangerous, boring, probably the worst thing to come to Moto GP paddock ever. And then we’ve got King Baggers coming next year. Well, I mean, I’m all right with that, mate. It’ll be like the BMW Cup thing. It soon for the first couple of races, it’ll be brilliant. Then it’ll be like, “Oh, god.” Yeah, but then you got But I’m I’m up for more variety. And if you’ve got if you’ve got a circuit there with people, use the circuit. While we’re here, might as well discuss it. You you talking about the road bike class. Now, for world superbikes and BSB and any other superbike class, it should be going back to the old production days where you get a bike from a showroom, you rip the number plate off it, you put some race fairings on, you put an exhaust on, and that is it. And obviously you can change I mean you can change brake pads and things like that maybe, but I’m talking like it should come with the forks. Yes. You It comes with Yes. Yeah. And that’s that’s how we should go racing now. That would be interesting. Yeah. Yeah. And an adventure bike class. Yes. That would be brilliant. Yes. Masturbate. Okay. Master Bait. What are we doing then? What’s that look? We’re doing electric bikes. Okay. Cuz there’s so much to discuss. Okay. I don’t even know where to start. Okay. What’s the What’s the debate you’re saying? I just want to lay into them. Okay, go on. You lay because you lay away and I’ll be devil’s advocate because, you know, let’s just caveat this by saying for instance, bikes like this, I mean, I can’t even believe I’m saying it. The BM the BMW C1, you know, there are Vision CE, sorry, Vision CE, but it will be Yeah. Um, bikes like that where there isn’t a time and a place like I mean the start VG motocross bike, it is the fastest thing. I mean, when they get the battery life sorted, it will be a no-brainer. More and more people are buying into it. And of course, all the paddocks, of all the paddocks in the whole world, motocross is the paddock that will be the hardest to win over because of the, you know, it’s full of trades and um, you know, real kind of earthy characters and no power outlets. And no power outlets. Exactly. Um, but yeah, this is it’s the worst. it will be the most difficult paddock to to overcome to get into electric and I understand that but this start var has come along and absolutely destroyed everything. So, you know, it’s it’s only a matter of time, but at the same time, forcing us and forcing manufacturers to meet a deadline, a hugely unrealistic deadline, and when no one wants to buy or own or, you know, buy or own electric bikes, that is what’s pissing me off. You can also say bikes and cars in the same thing. It’s Yes, but it’s it’s different, mate. Well, for me it’s different anyway because bikes are an emotive form of transport. They’re not. So should cars be. They they should be, but I own a [ __ ] Ford Focus. That’s just gets me from A to B and that’s that’s fine. But bikes is where I get the excitement. And you know, you can have an electric car and I mean what? Look at electric cars. The the the screwed. It’s the the I can it’s very easy to summarize. Go on. Corruption. Yeah. But but it is it’s it’s all about money. It’s about trying to get people to spend more money to buy these new things. Because if anyone actually did, which I’m sure lots of people have, but it just gets suffocated. A proper it’s in the name of the environment, right? That’s how the whole movement came around, right? Because you can you’re the good guy if you’re doing something that’s great for the environment. But everybody with half a brain knows that the most environmentally friendly car, motorbike, whatever it is, is the one you’ve already got. Exactly. So it doesn’t matter if if you go and buy a brand new electric car, the energy required and all the CO2 stuff that’s got to be put into producing that and the battery chemicals and all that stuff or even a new petrol car, doesn’t matter. The the most the the most environmentally friendly thing you can do is keep your old car. Even if it’s a V8, doesn’t matter because by the time you’ve gone out and spent all of those carbon credits on a new one, you’d have to drive that car for another 25 years for it to make a difference. So that’s the answer, but nobody wants to tell you that answer because it means nobody buys anything and they don’t get any money. And it’s as simple as that, I’m afraid. So when when has when has the I mean I in my mind I’ve still got 2030 as the cut off for ICE engines. Well, they’ve they’ve they’ve moved it cuz they moved it for bikes. Of course it did. But for cars, I still thought it was 2030. It’s just never going to happen. It’s just not going to happen. And the and I I actually feel sorry for there’s two different people that buy electric. Let’s just talk about cars for a second. Two different people that buy electric cars. There’s corporate um business owners, small business owners that get a massive tax benefit from running an electric car. And actually, I can see how that works. Like my friend just bought a tan, whatever cuz the company car tax is very very little and charge it at work. Everything’s great. And actually, that that I can see how that could work. But then Mavis, who has just been force-fed information from the BBC, yeah. buy a [ __ ] electric MG to to to go and buy an in that horrible blue color. If you’re stuck behind an electric MV, electric MG, I I feel so sorry for you. We’ve all seen them and it’s them that have gone out and spent conned for60 70,000 for one of these SUV things and it and it is plummeted like they’ve lost the money. So the corporates, they can take that hit because of a tax break. But the poor poor old [ __ ] is absolutely screwed. Yeah. And it’s and and they and they think they’ve done the right thing. That’s the saddest bit. Oh, well, I may have lost £50,000 of my life savings, but I’m saving the planet. It’s like, actually, no, Mavis, you’re not. You’ve just [ __ ] it. Quite happy news today, wasn’t it? Yeah. Yeah. Should we go and buy a bike? I actually, you know, I actually have a hankering to buy a bike at the moment. I feel I think it’s the weather changing. It’s like, oh, oh no, depression’s coming. Here it comes. The the nights are getting like shorter, aren’t they? And it’s like, oh no, I need something to cheer me up. I think we should go and buy a bike. This is a good masturbate. Here’s a fictional £5,000 wallup. What are you going to go and buy tomorrow? Right now, or tomorrow? £5,000. It’s almost in the middle. It’s almost two in the middle. Um I’d probably go for a try and find a nice original street triple. Interesting. I’m not even going to say what keeps popping into my head. It’s awful. What does it? It just keeps popping in. What? And I was actually listening. It’s okay. It’s not okay. It’s not okay. We’re amongst friends. It’s not okay. Okay, but we’re going to have to end on this bombshell. Uh, I was on eBay looking at um R1200 RTS, but I’d like to I’d like to make it like a racy one. So, I apologize for that. Um, and uh that’s probably the most catastrophic news that the internet’s heard all year. But um there we go. So, thanks for joining us and uh don’t forget to like and subscribe and we will see you on the next news. Thanks. I’m going to go and shamefully wash my sins.
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