Posted by Champ on May 6, 2006, 5:28 pm
On Sat, 6 May 2006 22:15:17 +0100, ginge
<snip>
>Then (I think in 2005) they added Laguna Seca to the schedule, and
>thanks to Californian emissions law, don't take any of the 2 strokes
>there.
That's not the reason they didn't take the two strokes to California.
It's becaue they figured the yanks wouldn't pay to watch a bunch of
yurpeens they'd never heard off on little bikes that sounded funny, so
when they have the GP they also schedule a round of AMA superbike for
the same weekend.
"Cos it's different in America".
--
Champ
Posted by ginge on May 6, 2006, 5:30 pm
news@champ.org.uk says...
> On Sat, 6 May 2006 22:15:17 +0100, ginge
>
>
> <snip>
>
> >Then (I think in 2005) they added Laguna Seca to the schedule, and
> >thanks to Californian emissions law, don't take any of the 2 strokes
> >there.
>
> That's not the reason they didn't take the two strokes to California.
>
> It's becaue they figured the yanks wouldn't pay to watch a bunch of
> yurpeens they'd never heard off on little bikes that sounded funny, so
> when they have the GP they also schedule a round of AMA superbike for
> the same weekend.
>
> "Cos it's different in America".
Ahh, OK.
I seem to recall 2 strokes *are* illegal in Califonia though.
Posted by Bear on May 6, 2006, 5:34 pm
On Sat, 6 May 2006 22:30:12 +0100, ginge said ...
> news@champ.org.uk says...
> > On Sat, 6 May 2006 22:15:17 +0100, ginge
> >
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > >Then (I think in 2005) they added Laguna Seca to the schedule, and
> > >thanks to Californian emissions law, don't take any of the 2 strokes
> > >there.
> >
> > That's not the reason they didn't take the two strokes to California.
> >
> > It's becaue they figured the yanks wouldn't pay to watch a bunch of
> > yurpeens they'd never heard off on little bikes that sounded funny, so
> > when they have the GP they also schedule a round of AMA superbike for
> > the same weekend.
> >
> > "Cos it's different in America".
>
> Ahh, OK.
>
> I seem to recall 2 strokes *are* illegal in Califonia though.
Road ones used to be subject to some lunatic emission controls, yes,
*if* they were /registered/ there. Then they stopped you registering
them there.
The trick used to be to have a mate in Oregon, and register it there.
I dare say they've closed that loophole now ... oddly, LA is still smog-
bound on bad days, so the plan may not be working.
--
Bear
BMW 740iL - Stately Progress For The Mature Gentleman
Posted by muddy on May 6, 2006, 6:48 pm
> On Sat, 6 May 2006 22:30:12 +0100, ginge said ...
> > news@champ.org.uk says...
> > > On Sat, 6 May 2006 22:15:17 +0100, ginge
> > >
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > >Then (I think in 2005) they added Laguna Seca to the schedule, and
> > > >thanks to Californian emissions law, don't take any of the 2 strokes
> > > >there.
> > >
> > > That's not the reason they didn't take the two strokes to California.
> > >
> > > It's becaue they figured the yanks wouldn't pay to watch a bunch of
> > > yurpeens they'd never heard off on little bikes that sounded funny, so
> > > when they have the GP they also schedule a round of AMA superbike for
> > > the same weekend.
> > >
> > > "Cos it's different in America".
> >
> > Ahh, OK.
> >
> > I seem to recall 2 strokes *are* illegal in Califonia though.
>
> Road ones used to be subject to some lunatic emission controls, yes,
> *if* they were /registered/ there. Then they stopped you registering
> them there.
>
> The trick used to be to have a mate in Oregon, and register it there.
>
> I dare say they've closed that loophole now ... oddly, LA is still smog-
> bound on bad days, so the plan may not be working.
I don't think you can buy a 2-stroke bike anywhere in the US now.
--
Mike
DL1000 Combat Touring Special
UKRMMA#22
Posted by Krusty on May 7, 2006, 10:59 am
muddy wrote:
>
> >
> > The trick used to be to have a mate in Oregon, and register it
> > there.
> >
> > I dare say they've closed that loophole now ... oddly, LA is still
> > smog- bound on bad days, so the plan may not be working.
>
> I don't think you can buy a 2-stroke bike anywhere in the US now.
Someone should tell ATK[1] to stop making the Intimidator then!
[1] http://www.atkusa.com/ProductsIntimidator.aspx
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Krusty.
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>thanks to Californian emissions law, don't take any of the 2 strokes
>there.