Originally Posted By: userfriendly
You just explained why in the next few years the EU will cease to exist.
The wealthy Liberals in big cities again, calling the shots for everybody.
You make your political orientation quite clear. However, you didn't make the case that the EU bringing the same noise and pollution standards to their motorcycles that they brought to their cars 10 years ago will cause the imminent fall of neo Eurpean civilization via conspiracy.....Nah, not going to happen. It may drive up the cost of entry level motorcycling but at least two EU motorcycle manufacturers are on target to outsell Suzuki worldwide in over 500CC bikes this season or next. KTM, BMW, Ducati, and Triumph are growing worldwide sales at a faster rate for large displacement bikes than any of the Japanese "big 4".
Alex at, it will be interesting to see just what models the Japanese actually bring to EU market for 2017. I don't know or claim to know, and that seems to be something the motorcycle journalism world is
anxious to find out. I'm betting the Japanese pare down their EU model offerings considerably.