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Something that isn't often mentioned

Is that bikes are at least 10 times more polluting than cars on a grams HC/NOx per mile basis. Is that fair? The current emission standard for bikes is 27 years old and permits up to 8 grams per mile of HC!! SUVs today are limited to something like 0.3 grams/mile HC & NOx. Next year, the bikes drop to 2.8 g/mile and I don't hear any freakin' manufacturers sniveling. They'll sell the bikes regardless and pass the small compliance costs on to the buyer. No big deal.

If some want to revert to the nasty air quality days of the 60's and 70's, go for it somewhere else (like China). Me, I'm glad there is an agency willing to improve the air I breathe. Neither the AMA/MRF/club of choice does that.