Europe Gone Mad?!

[Filipe M.]

We start this month's report with news of a plan hatched by the European Commissioners to restrict bikes to a single cylinder with a capacity not greater than 650cc. Coupled to this would be an automatic gearbox in an effort to reduce emissions...

Take a look here (http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=3435&Page=1).

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[lynw]

I suspect it wont get anywhere near implementation if the BMF conclusion is correct and its based on errors

http://www.bmf.co.uk/briefing/bmfresponsetoeupaperreductionofenergyuseintranspor t.html

You have to remember Germany has BMW, Italy has Aprilia, Ducati, Benelli etc we have Triumph. There is a very strong lobby for motorcycles from these countries so Id say the proposal has very little chance of implementation if Germany, Italy and the UK lobby against it.

[Abyss]

We start this month's report with news of a plan hatched by the European Commissioners to restrict bikes to a single cylinder with a capacity not greater than 650cc. Coupled to this would be an automatic gearbox in an effort to reduce emissions...

Take a look here (http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=3435&Page=1).

:?

lol thats never going to happen... surley cars are much worse and they would have to go about tackling them frist :)

[ethariel]

Aye, cars may be much worse BUT there are a hell of a lot less voters who ride bikes than drive cars..............

[Abyss]

you got a point there :(

[Gnan]

this was in the BMF "Rider" magazine this month and i believe this was a paragraph written in some energy research paper by an EC idiot who hasn't even sat on a motorcycle in his life, i wouldnt' worry about it.

no doubt it'll be in MCN next week though as "all bikes to be banned!"

[mudge32]

this was in the BMF "Rider" magazine this month and i believe this was a paragraph written in some energy research paper by an EC idiot who hasn't even sat on a motorcycle in his life, i wouldnt' worry about it.

no doubt it'll be in MCN next week though as "all bikes to be banned!"

It's already been in it (http://www.motorcyclenews.com/nav?page=motorcyclenews.articles.articleCategory.a rticle&articleCategory=NEWS_OTHER-NEWS&invariantID=4908342&categoryKey=MCN&refererType=article&resourceId=4908342&extendedPropertyValue=NEWS_OTHER-NEWS&extendedPropertyName=EAV&linkAction=createThreadAction&subject=Euro%20superbike%20ban) :wink: