23 Sep 2021

Study: Mental, economic benefits of riding motorbikes

From First Up, 5:17 am on 23 September 2021

A new study out of the UK is highlighting the economic, social and mental benefits - of owning and riding motorcyles. The study, from Oxford Economics shows that around 389,000 jobs are supported by the motorcycle industry in the UK and Europe, with production and manufacturing of the bikes, parts, clothing and equipment taking the lion's share of those jobs. And it's not only financially beneficial, the environmental impact of riding a motorcycle is shown on average to be nearly one-third of what it would cost to use a car. Nathan Rarere asked actor, writer and old-skool motorbike tragic, Peter Elliot when he was first bitten by the motorbike bug.