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.............. POLLUTION CONTROLS (Continu ed from page 31) that th e " con tr ol stra tegy" th ey are looking for is th e fo ur stroke engine. Yamaha has alre ad y com mi tted itself to a total co nversio n of all its ro ad m odels to four s tr o kes, an effort tha t will even t ua lly gobble $80 mill ion. S u z u ki projects that a sim ila r c o nversio n is ine vi table fo r its on-road m odel line, also, at a cost ove r a 10 year peri od of $65 m illion. Suzu ki is fighting desperately fo r th e tim e to do it, and nee ds to sell tw o stro kes in the mean time in order to keep cas h flow in th e system. Oth erwise , th ey 1l be attem p ting to dig th e needed m illi on s ou t o f a d ry wel l. What th is mean s to Bult a co, Ossa, Maico, Husqvam a, CZ, Can-Am, Montesa, Rickman and o the r sm all firms is impossibl e to calcu la te, Nort on -Triumph , a lthou gh Harley-Davidson, an d Su zuki all m ade p leas on behalf o f th e sm aller m an u fac tu rers. Th e board members rem ain ed im passive d uring calls for a • U2 DI:lI iii: DI:lI ..:I t P pin'lheelies is Easyl l{) eCl Cl c-r ->., ~ Tab le I. 1974 new mo to rcy cle registrations and estimated certi fica t io n costs New Reglstra - 19 74 U.s. Mfg. Honda Yam Kaw Suz H·D Nor-Tri BMW Hod Bul Jawa Hus Guzzi Benelli Ossa Chap SST Rupp Ducati Stee n's Bron co 433 .838 205,072 129.638 108,458 57,929 13.891 9.669 7.689 4.254 3.754 3.087 2.717 1.158 1.9 50 1.561 1,208 1.033 9 71 384 40 ti o ns'" C~ I . Cert . Cost IS / bi ke !. U.s. Cal . 2 S18 58.740 $ 18.576 4 45 8,496 6 84 7 111 7.002 5.208 6 62 1,517 9 86 N/ A" 29 N/A 8 N/A 92 N/A 121 N/A 105 N/A 48 N/A 39 3 N/A 33 N/A 42 N/A 54 N/ A 63 N/ A 268 N/A 179 N/ A 1625 ILeaml How by Reading CYCle els You ShOu , 1001 * Source : R. L Po lk & Co. ·"' N/A ~ No t ava ilab le SUBSCRIBEI lim ited-p ro ductio n exemption, even though the board's own figures indi cate certificatio n co sts of o ver $1 ,000 per motorcycle if those co sts have to be borne by a small builder and spread over a limited annual production. (See T able I. Note these arc only the costs o f proving compliance to the governmen t, over and above the cos ts of developing lo w-emissio n engines. Note also that it's going to cost everyone a lot less if California waits fo r EPA to act, r a t h e r than requiring separate certification fo r California.) DEPT. SUB. P.O. BOX 498 LONG BEACH. CALIFORNIA 9 080 1 Outcome After hearing the testimony , the board dismissed the EPA sliding-scale standard as inadequate and went on to debate other alternatives, including the forementioned two month hold, an announcement of "intent to set a standard", and a blan ket 5 gm {km standard as well as the one finally adopted. In their debate, the mem bers see med as mu ch or more co ncerned with how "hard o r "soft" o n poilu tion th ey migh t appear than with how much dislo cat io n they migh t be causin g the motorcycle in du st ry . Through it all ran the thread o f - " We don 't trust the EPA to do an ything, th ere fore we must shake every body up. " As far as the shaking goes, they • have their wish. CYCLE NEWS WEST (1 yr.) • . • • • •• 512.50 CYCLE NEWS WEST (2 yrs. ). • • ••• • 22 .00 CYCLE NEWS WEST (3 yn.) • • • •• • • • 30 .00 LJ 0 0 0 0 0 Via lst class mail for one year • •• ••• • 40 .00 Via air mail for one year • • • • • • • • • • • • 50 .00 Th is is a Renewal Please bill me 0 0 I enclose check or money ord... Name (Please pr inll ~iblvl It Addr eu City State Zip 41 "'