Re: [St] The Future of Motorcycling

["Joel Ashman" <ashmite@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, yes you did!

Australia also put the stops to Orbial Engine's 2-stroke 4 cylinder car
motor which supposedly got better mpg, had lower emissions, had more HP and
less weight than a similar sized 4 stroke.

Orbital and the Aussy Gov were testing something like 100 cars w/ the
motor.  I never saw the results so who knows why the project was ended.
--Joel


On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Jeremy Witt <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Wait...what?  The state minister feels that people using more efficient
> forms of transport is bad and should be stopped???  Did I read that right?
>
> Jeremy Witt
> CNS Partners
> http://www.cns-partners.com/
> (o) 603-703-0399
> (c) 603-475-4228
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of BrettWilson21@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:03 PM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [St] The Future of Motorcycling
>
> In a message dated 21/03/2008 11:09:31 AM AUS Eastern Daylight Time,
> matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> > You'd think $4.00 gas prices would have the motorcycle dealership
> > floors empty. What a stupid country we are.
> >
>
> That has been happening here in Oz and there has been a concerted
> government
> effort to stop people getting onto bikes. Petrol (gas) is $1.40 - $1.60
> per
> litre. $2.00 per litre isnt far away.
>
> In the state of South Australia, there was a massive increase in people
> going
> through compulsary rider training to get their bike licence. The training
> scheme is subsidised by the state government. Their response to this
> increase was
> to remove the subsidy from the licence scheme, effectively doubling the
> cost
> of getting a bike licence. A state minister went on record as saying "due
> to
> the increasing cost of fuel, more and more people are turning to
> motorcycles as
> a cheaper form of transport. If we dont do something, this trend will
> continue..."
>
> Brett.
> _______________________________________________
> Triumph Sprint ST/RS mailing list
> Send list posts to ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Change your list options at www.Triumphnet.com<http://www.triumphnet.com/>
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG.
> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.8/1337 - Release Date: 3/20/2008
> 8:10 PM
>
>
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG.
> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.8/1337 - Release Date: 3/20/2008
> 8:10 PM
>
> _______________________________________________
> Triumph Sprint ST/RS mailing list
> Send list posts to ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Change your list options at www.Triumphnet.com<http://www.triumphnet.com/>
>
_______________________________________________
Triumph Sprint ST/RS mailing list
Send list posts to ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Change your list options at www.Triumphnet.com