Senior MPs have called for the government to look at introducing a range of measures aimed at limiting the pollution, nuisance and accidents caused by motorbikes.
In a new report the Commons transport committee said accidents caused by bikes are "far too high" and that "radical action" might have to include compulsory speed limiters.
Committee chairman Gwyneth Dunwoody said it was "unacceptable" that the biggest motorcycles were more polluting than cars and that the illegal use of mini-motos was "making life a misery for communities up and down the country".
Having examined the government's motorcycling strategy, the committee said that motorbike accident rates had been far too high for 10 years.
The report said it recommended the government commission "research on the viability of introducing speed limiters on motorcycles in order to stimulate a sensible debate of the options."
On mini-motos the committee said that when the police target these vehicles in an area, it can lead to a reduction in accidents and nuisance in the short term.
"In the long term, the results are not as conclusive. We recommend that the government undertake a review of enforcement against mini-motos to gauge whether police blitzes work to reduce anti-social behaviour in the longer term."
The MPs concluded: "If the problem persists, the government should make the case to the EU trade commissioner to restrict the imports of these goods if they are of a particularly low standard, as the (motorcycle) industry appears to think is the case."
