Morning,
a few years ago, when I worked in the bike trade, there was a fatality on the housing estate, near to our garage. The scooter was a 50cc Gilera and the rider was 16. We were asked to inspect the bike, to see if it had been modified at all, as witnesses said it was doing well in excess of the 30mph speed limit, when it crashed.
So we checked it out and found it had been fitted with an 80cc conversion, with a matching exhaust etc.
What hadn't been uprated were the brakes or suspension.
The rider was killed in the accident and no other vehicles were involved.
It appeared that the bike had been bought as a second hand 50cc model but the new owner, and his mates, bought the parts with his mums credit card (with her permission) and the rest is history.
Sad loss of a life and it show's that the parents were either ignorant of the motoring laws, or they ignored them.
Regards
Reggie
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