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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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Did anyone hear about this?
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-1248

This was a bill to include bikes in cash for clunkers.....

But the requirements almost leave harley out of it based on price...


(10) NEW FUEL-EFFICIENT MOTORCYCLE- The term ‘new fuel-efficient motorcycle’ means a motorcycle--

(A) the equitable or legal title of which has not been transferred to any person other than the ultimate purchaser;

(B) that carries a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of not less than $7,000 and not more than $20,000; and

(C) that has a manufacturer’s estimated combined fuel economy of at least 40 miles per gallon.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 07:36 PM
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now this thread is funny, thanks for posting.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 08:21 PM
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More sad than funny....

No co-sponsors.... and appreantly geared to exclude most of the HD bikes....
 
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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Maybe it's a plot to get even more Sportsters off the road?!?!?!?!?!?!
 
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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yea but it excludes all the other manufatures with the 40mpg
 
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 08:54 PM
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Interesting, so if I traded in my 1999 on a 2009 in March I would wonder if I might be entitled to get something for buying a newer fuel efficient motorcycle. I realize that this bill was read twice and then sent to another committee. The bill was sponsored by Sen Robert Casey from PA maybe to help Harley and avoid them moving from York. Not sure but it might have been around this same time frame that they were openly discussing moving out of York.
 
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