Dry Martini
Junior Member
Define proof. Corporate memos? No, just logic. The Big 4 and BMW, MV, and Duc had a meeting at one of the bike shows about 3 or 4 years ago. This was in response to the EU Bureaucrats talking (circulating memos) about restricting HP. Remember when a bunch of 74 (76?) HP Fz-6's were sold in France, I think. One of the major EU nations passed a law limiting motorcycles to 75 HP.
https://rideapart.com/articles/the-facts-behind-europes-pending-100-hp-motorcycle-limit
European Commission Could Be Considering 100HP Limit for Motorcycles
That was in 2010. The Bureaucrats wanted to cut HP in an attempt to reduce the carnage among young males on motorcycles. For males between 18 and 25, motorcycles are the #1 killer.
So the various manufactures agreed to restrict the HP wars before the government forced them to. BMW broke that gentleman's agreement with the 1000r (or S, I really don't pay much attention to euro trash).
BMW had the bike in development the whole time they were talking about voluntary limits. So the HP wars are back. That means the Bureaucrats will dust off their proposed regulations.
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So what you are saying is, the EU's much vaunted tiered licensing is not working?
Actually I was thinking you were talking about the US gov's crack down on high HP bikes. They don't care about the small number of people killed on any size motorcycle.
Actually there was a gentlemens agreement back in the early 90s to limit bikes to a top speed of 155. That agreement was broken by all the major players. Now another agreement has been a sham. I bet the EU cronies will be influenced by big money and we won't see anything come of this.
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