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Old 07-16-2005, 09:26 AM
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Default I Need Education on Motorcycles, Mopeds

Anybody know good links on motorcycle and moped fuel economy? Also, I forgot that motorcycles are probably two-cycle engines.

A friend at the gym is considering a motorcycle to spend less on gas. It's strange to think the Insight gets better fuel economy than most motorcycles, yet weighs at least 1800 pounds.

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Originally Posted by Schwa
Most motorcycles are actually bigtime polluters, and really only get hybrid FE because of the general low technology and historical lack of emission regulation. Ozone, or smog will get worse if motorcycles replace cleaner cars, even if they are using slightly less gas... There are cleaner bikes, but not many are willing to pay the extra just to be clean. Honda is going to have a 100% fuel-injected line by 2007, so that will be an improvement, and hopefully the rest of the industry will follow.

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