And we, in Canada, can't be bothered to develop our own idiotic standards, our regulator simply says "yeh, what DOT said...". *sigh*
Quite. My wish list of bikes just keeps getting longer.
except for our lovely daytime running lights!
True, true.
I often wonder why functional fenders went the way of the Dodo. My new Yamaha XSR 900 covers the rear shock in dirt and gravel passing through just a little runoff. The rear "hugger" is pathetic and the Moto GP front fender is nearly worthless. Oh well.........
, but it will with the plastic ones fitted to most bikes nowadays.
Having worked in a plastic blow molding factory as the computer guy about 40 years ago, even then I could tell you that plastic parts are not expensive to make in terms of raw materials but they are considerably more than a few pennies.
Yep, one of the more stupid inventions is the "tail tidy"...... sounds like a personal hygiene product..
LOL I went through that phase myself. I was 10 years old and removed the fenders on my 20" bicycle to look cool. And I did look cool until I had to ride home in rain hardly being able to see from the spray in my face. Then my mother laughing at the "skunk stripe" up the back of my shirt! The fenders went back on the next day.
. Old? 
For reference notice the front fender which includes the extension as it came from the factory. That stylist must have retired.
