How much do our historic vehicles contribute?

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How much do our historic vehicles contribute?

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FBHVC mean any thing to you? It didn't to me until I read an article in the latest Vintage and Classic Motorcycle magazine from the VMCC. The Federation of Historic Vehicle Clubs to those of you like me who don't, is an umbrella organisation that looks after the interest of all historic road vehicles from cycle motors to PSV, HGV and military vehicles by way of motorcycles cars tractors and steam powered vehicles.

They work very closely with the government ensuring that our pride and joy can stay on the roads of the UK monitoring very closely any legislation that threatens use and ownership of historic vehicles. The latest government survey has published the following findings

a. There are 8.2m people interested in historic vehicles in the UK.

b. 34,900 people are employed in the historic vehicle industry in Britain.

c. The average mileage cover per historic vehicle in Britain is 1,124 miles.

d. There are circa half a million owners of historic vehicles in Britain

e. The estimated value of all historic vehicles in Britain is £17.8 billion.

F. There is £5.5billion spent yearly by the general public on historic vehicle related activity.

Worth remembering when someone is disparaging about our British iron and say the should not be on the road. Food for thought eh?
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Tis indeed.
There are lies, damned lies and statistics, but those figures don't look silly. And even if they aren't spot on, the numbers are BIG. Big enough to deserve a bit of respect.
Old doesn't mean good, of course - but even pretty awful things need preserving for posterity, so we can see, feel and smell them in all their horror and rationalise after the event why we didn't like them then - and still don't!
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FBHVC updates are posted in “Secretary's Scribblings” every couple of months when their new magazine is issued.
Our club is a contributing member to FBHVC 😀
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Tommy RE wrote: c. The average mileage cover per historic vehicle in Britain is 1,124 miles.
In my first year of classic bike riding I did something over 3000 miles on the trusty 16MS which would tend to suggest that either some of you are not pulling your weight or I need at least two more bikes in my collection to spread the load!

Well that seems as good an excuse as any, I'd better start looking! :D

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Not mention of VAT, income tax, jobs, sales via the likes of e bay, books magazines etc etc gained.
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Hi Rob, good point. My 650 has certainly done its bit for the UK economy since I bought it.

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Some parts and bikes sold many times over and over again for up to 100 years from new. A new bike from Japan perhaps sold once. After 10 years scrap.
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I'm not sure the Japanese bike situation is quite that drastic. Looking at various classic bike mags, Old Bike Mart etc. there are a number of older Japanese bikes for sale, dating back to when such bikes became available in the UK. there also seem to be a number of Japanese bike specialists supplying parts and services for such vehicles - another boost to the UK economy. the earlier bikes were simple enough to keep running over the years; whether that will be possible for today's bikes in 40+ years is debatable.

I suppose another thing with our bikes is environmental. They don't typically do that many miles per year, but those that the do are usually with a pretty good MPG. And then there is the Total Cost of Ownership - spread the raw material and manufacturing costs over decades and that's not much cost per year. And when they are finally scrapped, pretty much everything is either reusable or recyclable.

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Rob
I have to disagree on your point about Japanese bikes, I have just sold a 1981 Kawasaki which I had owned for 5 years. Prior to me buying it the machine had had seven previous owners and has now gone on to be used and ridden by someone else.
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[quote="Tommy RE"]FBHVC mean any thing to you? It didn't to me ... "

As has been the case for a few years, I post to links for the FBHVC magazine and MAG Networking publications here: http://www.jampot.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=44

These organisations, to which we pay an affiliation fee, are essential to the survival of motorcycling in general and classic motorcycling in particular.

If you haven't noticed these posts before you have a treat in the form of masses of catch up reading. If the weather ever breaks anyway.
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