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Originally Posted by zx10guy
This has been an issue for a long time with sport bikes. You have what amounts to a race bike that the manufacturers slap on head lights, turn signals, and a tag hanger to make it street legal. Overseas, many jurisdictions require a graduated licensing system before you can legally purchase a big sports bike. Other places have either mandatory or gentleman's agreements from the manufacturer to significantly neuter the top end speed of superbikes.
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But we are talking about sport cars here. It’s true that in some places there’s a tiered licensing system, but often if you are above a certain age (def younger than 25), you can pass the test for a full license.
Gentlemen’s agreements are a thing of the past, and it only limited the top speed for Japanese superbikes at slow 186mph. Doubt it helps that much.
Another thing is that motorcycle don’t tend to mask your lack of skill, many will actually highlight it. You tend to run out of skill at much lower speeds than in a car, and for many people it’s where they quit riding or start to develop some common sense.
Anyways, tiered system will only help if there’s better training. In any event, this is a different problem we are discussing here, young sport bike squids are very different breed from the young jocks driving Porsche’s.