0 a bar with curved ends forming handles that turns the front wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle so that it points in a different direction
1 the bar along the front of a bicycle or motorcycle that a rider holds in order to balance and turn
It has handlebars and a motorbike-shaped body, and the rider’s position is similar.
The appellant was holding the handlebars while the other boy tried with a crowbar to force open the chain and padlock securing the motor cycle.
That would make it easier for pedestrians and cyclists to see without any barriers getting in the way of handlebars.
I pointed out that mirrors normally fitted to handlebars do change their attitude but vibration is also a problem on motor-cycles.
The limitation does not strengthen the regulation but seems to say that if you have not dropped handlebars you need not keep a good lookout.
Unless the cyclist is holding the handlebars carefully, he can be dislodged by the impact, or the items that he is carrying can be dislodged.
In the case of motor cycles, the notice could be attached to the handlebars or to the windscreens which many motor cycles now have.
I have no power to prohibit the sale of drop-type handlebars.
