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24-04-06, 02:28 PM | #1 |
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emissions regulations - roll on EURO 3 bargins?
With the impending EURO 3 emissions rules looming large on the 2007 horizon does this mean manufacturers/dealers will be trying very hard to shift non-compliant metal come the end of this year?
Does anyone out there in dealer land foresee a glut of slashed priced new bikes as old EURO 2 stock is peddled off the showroom floor? I'm wondering if I do a bit of saving between now and Crimbo could I realistically hope to snatch a seriously good deal on a EURO 2 bike, what's the word from the floor so? |
24-04-06, 02:32 PM | #2 |
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You will probably start get loads of pre-reg bikes at dealers.
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24-04-06, 02:54 PM | #3 |
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So which bikes don't comply then?
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24-04-06, 02:56 PM | #4 |
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Current SV650 & SV1000, i think, not sure though. I herd talk about the ECU in the SV having to be upgraded to make it past the next tests.
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24-04-06, 03:07 PM | #5 |
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From the Suzuki line-up I think the current model GSF 650 and Bandit 1200 won't meet EURO 3 requirments without work.
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24-04-06, 03:24 PM | #6 |
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for the little Bandit at last, I reckon. Though I keep on getting that wrong. Most of the easy emissions fixes will drop its power still further.
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24-04-06, 03:42 PM | #7 |
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Yeah surely this is the end of carbs?
What get-out clauses are there? What about 125cc 4 stroke learner bikes and mopeds? Surely it won't be cost effective to fit fuel injection and cats to them? Or the two stroke 50cc scooters? |
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24-04-06, 04:27 PM | #9 |
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Euro 3 doesn't have to mean FI, it's just easier to meet with it since they're potentially much more controlled. I think the Hornet's Euro 3 compliant with carbs, for instance, though i can't swear by it. Wee, understressed engines can be incredibly efficient too. Wee, hard pushed engines tend not to be though. The Virago/Dragstar 125 lump was Euro 3 compliant from the word go, if what I've read was correct, and Jesus learned on one of those.
It's all a bit daft, catalytic converters are pretty much a disaster on bikes- we cover small miles, mainly, so the environmental cost of making the cat is higher than the environmental cost of an un-catted bike. But the end-use emissions laws are tighter than the manufacturing pollutant laws, so for the manufacturers it makes more sense.
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I'm told that modern fuel injected 2 strokes are also good with regards emissions, but I'm not sure whether that's true or not...
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