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Post by JerryScript on Feb 20, 2015 17:16:08 GMT -5
The EPA is planning on doing monthly inspections of incoming engines due to spot check inspections finding over 700 engines that do not comply with emissions standards. While scooters are not specifically mentioned in the article, motorcycles are which may include scooters. I just hope this doesn't impact any of our trusted dealers getting their product in a timely manner, small businesses can be dramatically affected by actions such as these! www.latimes.com/local/la-me-customs-engines-20150220-story.html |
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Post by shalomdawg on Feb 20, 2015 17:49:37 GMT -5
howdy, yup, i'm all in favor of reducing our impact on the environment but when you have regulations to enforce regulations to enforce regulations................ somethin' needs a brain to see that we're going to regulate ourselves off the planet...... and that is what some want......
not political or religeous or ethnic just fact or imagined fact or....
ken
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
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Post by jerseyboy on Feb 20, 2015 17:49:58 GMT -5
Ohh that link was killing my computer...lol...I hope that doesn't effect us much.
If so I will have to buy like 3 scooters and three extra motors soon..lol
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Post by wheelbender6 on Feb 20, 2015 19:49:38 GMT -5
ISIS is taking over Iraq, North Korea and Iran are building nuclear programs, high school graduation rate nationally is only 80% and unidentified immigrants pour over our borders with impunity. I'm so pleased the federal government has identified our biggest threat: 150cc motor scooters from mainland China..
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Post by ricardoguitars on Feb 20, 2015 20:56:31 GMT -5
ISIS is taking over Iraq, North Korea and Iran are building nuclear programs, high school graduation rate nationally is only 80% and unidentified immigrants pour over our borders with impunity. I'm so pleased the federal government has identified our biggest threat: 150cc motor scooters from mainland China.. How long until scooter riders are called terrorists and get bombed?  |
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Post by jerseyboy on Feb 20, 2015 20:57:32 GMT -5
I know ,,tell me about it,,Obama will sit their while ISIS is getting ready to expand into our country,,guess cause he doesn't want to offend his religion,,,and they are worried about these little pea puffer scooters and small engines,,anything to make a dollar  |
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Post by ricardoguitars on Feb 20, 2015 20:59:19 GMT -5
Gear up guys, this is gonna get ugly  |
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Post by ramblinman on Feb 21, 2015 0:22:43 GMT -5
North Korea and Iran are building nuclear programs, . good for them... maybe they will finally defeat the terrorist. |
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Post by JerryScript on Feb 21, 2015 3:09:07 GMT -5
So long as they allow dirty diesels (not the newer "clean" ones, I don't know enough to speak about those), there is no way they can justify to me the need for emissions controls on a 150cc or less bike. Dirty diesel, especially those modified to pour soot on unsuspecting people, put out more pollution in one mile than my scooters will put out all month. I personally have a 1967 stepside for two reasons, I was born in '67, and you don't have to smog anything up to 1967 in Nevada!  |
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Post by Jarlaxle on Feb 21, 2015 7:28:11 GMT -5
I would suspect that riding a 50cc scooter 50 miles pollutes more than the International I drive at work has in the ~105,000 miles on its odometer! No stock diesel after 2003 smokes.
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Post by RapidJim on Feb 21, 2015 9:46:55 GMT -5
Why does the EPA pick on scooters?  Cause they can |
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Post by jerseyboy on Feb 21, 2015 11:26:03 GMT -5
A 500 Cat Diesel with 80,000lbs behind climbing a 1 mile hill will put out more emissions than all of our scooters put together in one year...........thats not fact just my edumacated guess lol.
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Post by shalomdawg on Feb 21, 2015 17:30:20 GMT -5
howdy, so, how many scooters will it take to haul that same 80,000 up that same hill? and what that you eat or drink or wear or drive are you willing to give up to get that truck off the road?
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Feb 21, 2015 17:31:24 GMT -5
sorry, i guess that was off topic
ken
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Post by JerryScript on Feb 21, 2015 18:54:42 GMT -5
I think some people took my use of the phrase "dirty diesel" to refer to all diesel, that was not my meaning. I was distinguishing between dirty diesel which I hate, and the newer clean diesel which I think is great. The problem is that many older "dirty" diesels are grandfathered into existing laws, the other issue I have is with those who modify their diesels to "roll coal". One of these modded diesels probably shoots out more pollutants in a few miles than my scooter will in it's lifetime.
For those who own clean diesel engines, I apologize if my statement roused your emotions!
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