Re: [St] The Future of Motorcycling

[JES_VFR <jes_vfr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:11 AM 3/21/2008, you wrote:

>I think we need a new class of cars.  VW's trike demo got 45mpg and out
>handled any car on the road.  If it had a optional roof, it would have been
>perfect.  Oh yeah, $18,000.  that's it!
><snip>

Blah, If I wanted a trike or a quad, that would be what I would own. 
Oh wait I do its called car.

I do not think that legalizing the trikes or quads here in the US 
would be a good idea. Mostly because of our irresponsible public. 
Most drivers don't want to be held accountable for their parts of 
causing collisions right now. For the most part these people are 
protected by their vehicles. If we put them on these open trikes and 
quads, they will get hurt or killed.

>And just to pi$$ you off, the new SMART car, which gets 60 mpg (gas) in
>Europe, only gets 40 mpg here in the US. "Weight and Emissions" so they
>say.  Hmmm... Doesn't Europe have stricker emissions restrictions than the
>US?

The emissions changes could be related to crap gasoline that we have 
here in the US? European fuels are refined differently and supposedly 
have less sulfur and stuff.
The weight issue is purely US DOT crap. US spec bumpers, door guards, 
etc that all weigh more that the Euro parts.
Not to mention the idiotic US mileage testing.

more weight, crappy fuels, different tune for emissions, poorly 
structured tests all add up to less mileage on the sticker.



JohnS
A Dragon Ascending
"Forging my body in the Fires of my Will"

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