Phasing out the 2-smoker?!!

[McJim]

It's for Kalifornia,but ultimatly their legistation filters down to the rest of the world...

Cool - Legal Spliffs. Me likee.

So are we prepared to give up 2 strokes for good if they legalise canabis?

[inlinefour]

Cool - Legal Spliffs. Me likee.

So are we prepared to give up 2 strokes for good if they legalise canabis?

I'm not giving up my 2 smoker for that shyte!

[TLDV8]

So it is the death for anything 2 stroke in California.

Not everything ? .. I believe the main focus is recreation/implements not road registered vehicles.

Jay Lenno at the Rock Store,Southern California.
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As far as New Zealand banning Two Strokes,i doubt it considering how many polluting Jap import 4x4 diesels there are..Not to mention factories that crank up the emissions once the sun goes down.

[sAsLEX]

I would say that if you'd already had it registered, or it had been produced before a certain date, you could re-register it if the registration lapsed, much like there are special exemptions on older bikes w.r.t. headlights and indicators etc.

It does seem a little bizarre though, that they'd ban 2-strokes... it seems odd to ban an actual engineering technology outright, even if it does produce a lot of emissions. One would think that with modern advances in technology there is still room to produce a relatively clean 2-stroke. Hell, what about all the lawnmowers/outboards etc out there? Why not ban rotaries while you're at it? No offense to you or your independant sources, but I'll be interested to see the official verdict if/when it comes out.

Very interesting.

I dont get it.

Two strokes are the most effiecient IC engines in the world with some getting close to 50% efficiency

Oh well shipping is going to get alot more expensive......

[sAsLEX]

I heard from a "boat expert" that they are trying to phase out the 4 stroke marine engines as they are more pollutent and less effecient than their 2 stroke counter parts.

The reason I am not worried is because the only two stroke I own is not road legal anyway

Your Boat Expert is a muppet then.

Most lakes in the states are banning 2 strokes from them, hence all the new 4 stroke outboards we are seing hitting the market about now since America is the worlds largets recreational boating market.

And they are banning recreational 2 strokes in Cali, so why wouldnt they do it here?

[Fryin Finn]

riding in to work I pulled up behind an older (early 80's) BMW car and the exhaust had an old musty smell (lead substitutes?) certainly not to my taste. Later on the motorway I was passed by an Aprilla 250 2 smoker. The scent from the exhaust reminded me of spring and all things beautiful. How could anyone want to ban anything that brings such delight to our atmosphere.