Does anyone know if this includes new bike sales???   If not, why the bloody hell not?   I have a 21 year old golf gti and if i could trade it in on a new medium size scooter for going to work it would be great!   This would be more economical than another car and reduce my carbon footprint!   Isnt that what the Goverment wants us to do????                                                                                                                                                                                 

2wf - have you not realised yet that the Government doesn't really like us biker types?                                                                                                                                                                             

I make the Govt right... you're a bunch of ne'er do wells and no mistake!                                                                                                                                                                               

*posts petition for 200% tax on sparklies*                                                                                                                                                                              

Bugga...                                                                                                                                                                              

Think i should take me golf to No 10 then leave it their, yep your wright TC funny how they can be positively prejudice to all other road user's, 22million car owners can do what they like, they moan about fuel prices! But do they do any protesting NO, there too chicken S**t to do that!   Might go to a Honda dealer here in swindon and get then to do the donkey work on New bike for Old car?????                                                                                                                                                                             

2wf - Google "The Government's Motorcycling Strategy" from the Department for Transport... makes interesting reading. Unfortunately I don't think there is a chance in Hell of getting a scooter under this deal - the main premise of the scheme is to boost the UK car/van sales figures (although there are secondary objectives too - believe what you will). The motorcycle industry DID ask the government for help but I do not think it has been well received: UK Motorcycle Industry Calls On Government To Boost Market Confidence In Two Wheels Mon, Mar 9, 2009 The UK motorcycle industry is asking government to suspend vehicle excise duty (VED or road tax) and the first registration fee on all new mopeds, scooters and motorcycles for a minimum of one year to support the market and recognise the green advantages of motorcycling. A tax holiday on new powered two-wheelers (PTWs) would cost only £13 million* but protect 15,000 jobs by providing an urgently-needed boost to the UK’s motorcycle industry. Encouraging the sales of new PTWs would also help meet greener transport targets - all new PTWs having to comply with strict EU rules on CO2 and pollution emissions. Support for the UK’s motorcycle industry is now urgently needed. While the market has shown great resilience to date, figures released today by the Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCI) show that registrations dropped by 25 per cent in February 2009 compared with the same month last year. The UK motorcycle industry employs over 15,000 people and turns over more than £3 billion a year. Triumph is the largest, solely UK-owned, automotive manufacturer in the UK. Despite this, government support packages have been aimed at the car and commercial vehicle sectors, overlooking and in some cases excluding the motorcycle industry - a situation that must now change. A VED holiday would also help the government to realise its environmental goals. Recent research into the CO2 outputs of new PTWs of all sizes has revealed that, with an average CO2 output of 110 grams per kilometre, motorcycling has already beaten the EU’s 2012 target for CO2 reductions from the automobile industry***. February is the fourth consecutive month in which new registrations have fallen compared with 12 months ago. While winter is traditionally a slow sales season, and the February market is affected by potential buyers waiting until March to get the latest registration number, the size of the market decline this month is a warning sign. The number of mopeds registered in February 2009 fell to 900, a drop of 33 per cent on February 2008. 3,205 new motorcycles were registered, 931 fewer than this period last year, and a fall of 22.5%. For the first time since the credit crunch began to bite, the fall in the motorcycle market is greater than the fall in the new car market (21.9% in February 2009). Registrations of all styles and engine sizes have fallen, though naked, scooter and supersport styles have fallen less than the average. The MCI’s Sheila Rainger said: “The motorcycle market has held up well in the recession, but cannot struggle on alone. Since November we have seen small but steady monthly declines, with a much steeper drop last month. “A VED and first registration holiday would cost relatively little and really help to encourage customers into dealerships. A tax break on new sales will also encourage people onto brand new ‘Euro 3′ motorcycles which have even lower emissions and more fuel efficient engines than older models “The environmental and congestion-busting benefits of motorcycling are unarguable and are worthy of support, as is an industry which employs so many people, predominantly in small and medium-sized businesses.”                                                                                                                                                                               

*tut*... more nasty, noisy motorcycles on the road? Whatever next!!!                                                                                                                                                                             

More big hard hairy bikers!!! LOL                                                                                                                                                                              

TeeCee & 2wf until we have a bike riding PM and other *leaders* in power we will ALWAYS suck the hind t*t , if only we had an California style "Arnie" at no. 10...lol                                                                                                                                                                              

  Wasn't he the one who said 'I'll be back'? lol                                                                                                                                                                             

The scrappage scheme was borought in to help the "ailing" motor industry and is apparently working (depending on what figures you read) As for the excise duty,I find it hard to believe that my bike costs me £65 a year yet the lorry I drive only costs my firm £165! Ok so the lorry has been down-plated to 34 tonne mgw from 44 to make this saving but that is still around 33 3/4 tonnes more than my bike!