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Harleys have disgruntled sound, try Ducati; although, Harleys are supreme for comfort.   Triumphs are not bad bikes, but BMWs motorcycles are even sweeter--silk, smooth, quiet convincing sound which masks their  deceptive rapid accleration.  The Japs have very fast bikes that younger guys seem to like.  BMW is it for me.

                            *ezekwe*

--- In NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, "N. H. Ibanga" wrote:
>
> Does this mean that I cannot ride my Harley Davidson motor cycle (which
> clearly is for fun, not profit) in town?
>
> Publius
>
>

> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:48 AM, dAme jOo thepeoplessister@...wrote:
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> > **

> >
> >
> > How many people have been kidnapped in Edo state and driven away on Okada?
> > The governor's rationale for enacting this draconian law
> > is highly questionable. Even with ongoing repair works on major roads in
> > the metropolis, many parts of the state are more easily navigated
> > on okada. One can only imagine the domino effect of this hastily
> > thought-out law.
> > There are more effective ways of eliminating crime and other vices in the
> > state without unnecessary punishing the majority of people who are law
> > abiding.
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> > Okada ban: Benin residents resort to bicycles
> > on JUNE 17, 2013 · in NEWS
> > 10:01 pm

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> >
> > BY SIMON EBEGBULEM
> > BENIN CITY — AS the ban on commercial motorcycle riders, popular known as

> > *Okada*, by the Edo State government commenced, yesterday, residents of

> > Egor, Oredo and Ikpoba Okhai Local Government Councils have resorted to
> > purchasing bicycles as alternative means of transportation.
> >
> > The transportation problem in the areas worsened after Governor Adams

> > Oshiomhole also banned the use of tricycles (*Keke Napep*) in the city,
> > declaring that it was not an alternative to* Okada.*

> >
> > However, the ban has inflicted hardship on the residents because there are

> > lots of areas where commercial buses do not ply. As a result, *Vanguard* observed

> > that residents have resorted to buying bicycles.
> >

> > *Vanguard* observed that the cost of bicycles has skyrocketed from

> > N18,000 to N30,000, while motorcycles are now being sold for as low as
> > N10,000 and N12,000.
> >

> > It was observed that the Hausa and the Chadians who are more into the *
> > Okada *business, are selling their motorcycles at give away prices and

> > going back to their respective states in the North.
> >
> > Governor Oshiomhole who warned against flouting the laws, asserted that
> > tricycles will not be allowed on highways in the state, even as he said the
> > ban on motorcycles extends to Aduwawa which is Uhunmwode Local Government
> > Area and Oluku and Ekosodin in Ovia North East Local Government Areas which
> > are in the Benin metropolis.
> >
> > The governor who disclosed this during a meeting with the leadership of
> > the state Okada Riders' Union at the Government House, said the state
> > government has set up a committee to work out various schemes for the
> > genuine Okada riders, including procuring vehicles.
> >
> > "Okada riders who were banned from neighbouring states in the North, in
> > the South-South and the South-West, found Edo as a safe haven and were all
> > rushing here in droves. The result is that we now have all kinds of people
> > masquerading as Okada riders. It has become extremely difficult to
> > actually register genuine Okada riders who are in legitimate business.
> >
> > "Even at this hour, I appreciate the fact that there are many bike riders
> > who are doing very honest job and actually contributing to the social
> > economic life of this state. I am never going to deny that they exist in
> > good numbers.
> >
> > "But unfortunately, it is also true that more and more people are hiding
> > under bike riding to troop to the state, use the bike for few hours and
> > then use the bike for all sorts of crime including rape, armed robbery,
> > kidnapping, all kinds of things and every week I get reports during
> > security meetings, I get detailed and graphical illustration of how, not
> > just people using bike, but okada riders, some also taking to crime and of
> > course they have not respected any of the things we have agreed to" he
> > stated.
> >
> >
> >
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