there's been tons of talk lately about some pretty signifcant things, epa and fair-trade...quality and the disparities between the various options of drivetrains.
some important stuff...to the MB'er, surely. but also important to the different agencies I'm sure are watching us.
"they're gonna shut us down"..."don't let so much info go public"...examples of concerns raised when we talk about stuff.
well, it's my opinion that as our numbers grow, there won't be one definitive thing we can do or NOT do to change whatever's going to happen
I feel that we need to keep it out in the open.
A discussion elsewhere got pretty heated when epa-stuff became a focus. i apologise for my heated part in it but not for voicing my strong views about fair-trade, but as a result i'm willing to concede that legitimate epa/carb-compliance for "SORE's" should be an accepted minimum for our vehicles. note i said legitimate...and if it IS legit the proof should remain on the engine as originally shipped. matter of fact, yes this was a private dig at someone who has actually made this issue so bad because there is info being removed from engines before the end-user gets them. if you make a claim, then don't remove the labeling that backs you up. that's just wrong to let folks go on with seemingly proper assumptions because you're hiding "something else" about the engine. it makes you responsible for the ensuing discourse, which was mostly based on that lack of available info. and...that "missing" label could be the difference between your customer getting in trouble or not.
enough...you'll accept my new (and admittedly more realistic) position or you won't. it was conjected that we're asking for too much attention, i think we're gettin' that attention anyways.
so now i'd like to talk about "where is all this really going?"
we have many many differnt kinds of bikes and riders within our community, and many many more who never get on the internet but are still out there having some influence on how things go for us.
so...the numbers are huge, noone's going to be able to keep this under the radar, something is going to happen with the law sooner or later, it could be as gentle as some stricter restrictions on the engines we can use or it can be as bad as complete "revenoor" legislation that makes us a motor-vehicle in every legal sense of the word...
from a laws & legislation viewpoint: assuming that this movement is so large that we are beyond self-regulation and the ability to choose our destiny...what do you think will happen?
some important stuff...to the MB'er, surely. but also important to the different agencies I'm sure are watching us.
"they're gonna shut us down"..."don't let so much info go public"...examples of concerns raised when we talk about stuff.
well, it's my opinion that as our numbers grow, there won't be one definitive thing we can do or NOT do to change whatever's going to happen
I feel that we need to keep it out in the open.
A discussion elsewhere got pretty heated when epa-stuff became a focus. i apologise for my heated part in it but not for voicing my strong views about fair-trade, but as a result i'm willing to concede that legitimate epa/carb-compliance for "SORE's" should be an accepted minimum for our vehicles. note i said legitimate...and if it IS legit the proof should remain on the engine as originally shipped. matter of fact, yes this was a private dig at someone who has actually made this issue so bad because there is info being removed from engines before the end-user gets them. if you make a claim, then don't remove the labeling that backs you up. that's just wrong to let folks go on with seemingly proper assumptions because you're hiding "something else" about the engine. it makes you responsible for the ensuing discourse, which was mostly based on that lack of available info. and...that "missing" label could be the difference between your customer getting in trouble or not.
enough...you'll accept my new (and admittedly more realistic) position or you won't. it was conjected that we're asking for too much attention, i think we're gettin' that attention anyways.
so now i'd like to talk about "where is all this really going?"
we have many many differnt kinds of bikes and riders within our community, and many many more who never get on the internet but are still out there having some influence on how things go for us.
so...the numbers are huge, noone's going to be able to keep this under the radar, something is going to happen with the law sooner or later, it could be as gentle as some stricter restrictions on the engines we can use or it can be as bad as complete "revenoor" legislation that makes us a motor-vehicle in every legal sense of the word...
from a laws & legislation viewpoint: assuming that this movement is so large that we are beyond self-regulation and the ability to choose our destiny...what do you think will happen?
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