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Updated on 01 July 2009

By Joanna Simpson

Bikers are out on the streets to protest at one council's decision to charge motorbikes for parking.

Motorbike protests (credit:Getty Images)

If you park in a council parking bay, you have to pay, right? Well, not if you park a motorbike.

But one council has now decided that is unfair, or a missed opportunity for earning revenue, depending on your point of view.

As a result, outraged bikers have been taking to the roads in leather-clad protest.

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