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Old 03-20-2025, 01:10 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Andyman View Post
If a new two stoke engine could meet the emission requirements it may be accepted. With the recent changes at the EPA, that might be easier.
In fact it is possible to make an emissions-compliant 2-stroke engine, yet it would be harder to justify from a marketing standpoint after some countries effectively banned the imports of new 2-stroke motorcycles around 2008, and some of those countries in fact have a larger motorcycle market than the United States. Not to mention the latest successful 2-stroke engines became more concentrated around lower displacement brackets.
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