Legislative Update

TO ALL BIKERS AND BIKE SHOPS
Deadline to take action is June 21st, 2006

BY 2010 YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ADJUST HOW YOUR BIKE RUNS IN YOUR SHOP. YOU CANNOT CHANGE YOUR EXHAUST OR RUN STRAIGHT PIPES WITHOUT BEING IN VIOLATION OF THE EPA’S STANDARDS

THE EPA IS ALLOWING EACH AMERICAN TO BUILD ONE KIT BIKE PER LIFETIME THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO MEET EPA STANDARDS AND YOU CAN’T SELL THE BIKE FOR FIVE YEARS AFTER COMPLETION.

YOU CAN NOT TAKE A FACTORY BUILT EPA APPROVED BIKE AND REBUILD IT. IT MUST BE A NEW ENGINE



IF YOUR KIT BIKE IS WRECKED, STOLEN, OR LOST, YOU ARE OUT OF LUCK. YOU ONLY GET ONE KIT BIKE IN YOUR LIFETIME.

THE EPA IS ALLOWING BIKE BUILDERS TO PRODUCE ONLY 24 CUSTOM BIKES PER YEAR/AND THE BIKES CAN ONLY BE LEGAL TO RIDE ON THE STREET IF YOUR RIDING IT TO A BIKE SHOW. BIKE #25 AND ONWARD MUST MEET EPA EMISSION REGULATIONS.

AS OF THE END OF 2006 HARLEY DAVIDSON INC. WILL REMOVE ALL AFTERMARKET PARTS FROM THEIR DEALERSHIPS AND WILL PLACE A COMPUTER CHIP IN NEW ENGINES THAT WILL KEEP IT FROM RUNNING IF THERE IS ANY CHANGE IN THE AIR INTAKE OR EXHAUST, OR FUEL. THEY DID THIS ON THEIR OWN.

TO STOP THIS WE ARE ASKING ALL BIKERS AND SHOPS TO SEND TYPED OR HANDWRITTEN LETTER’S TO:
Marianne L. Horinko
Enviromental Protection Agency
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
N.W. Washington, DC 20460

DO NOT COPY THE SAME LETTER AS THE EXAMPLE ATTACHED, EACH LETTER MUST BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS.


EPA Example Letter for Bike Shops

MRF -- EPA Questionnaire