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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 48123" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>Before casting too many stones, it's not like any of us is innocent with respect to polluting the environment. In my state cars and trucks have to pass annual exhaust emissions tests, but motorcycles have been exempted for quite a few years. However, back before they were exempted it always was a dicey proposition whether or not my bikes would squeek through at the max. for CO2 and hydrocarbons. But my fuel injected cars barely registered at 100x lower than the allowed limit. So, if we really truly cared about the environment we'd have our Vincents recycled as scrap and drive eco-friendly vehicles instead. Yes, dumping diesel fuel on the roundabout rates very high on the irresponsible pollution index (as well as on the safety index), but simply riding an old motorcycle also rates fairly far up the pollution scale as well. And, how many old motorcycles have you seen parked that <em>don't</em> have oil on the ground under them? Presumably more than one innocent person over the years has slipped when they stepped in one of those oil slicks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 48123, member: 2806"] Before casting too many stones, it's not like any of us is innocent with respect to polluting the environment. In my state cars and trucks have to pass annual exhaust emissions tests, but motorcycles have been exempted for quite a few years. However, back before they were exempted it always was a dicey proposition whether or not my bikes would squeek through at the max. for CO2 and hydrocarbons. But my fuel injected cars barely registered at 100x lower than the allowed limit. So, if we really truly cared about the environment we'd have our Vincents recycled as scrap and drive eco-friendly vehicles instead. Yes, dumping diesel fuel on the roundabout rates very high on the irresponsible pollution index (as well as on the safety index), but simply riding an old motorcycle also rates fairly far up the pollution scale as well. And, how many old motorcycles have you seen parked that [i]don't[/i] have oil on the ground under them? Presumably more than one innocent person over the years has slipped when they stepped in one of those oil slicks. [/QUOTE]
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