Allen: the good thing about that particular pollution is that it quickly settles out of the air. The soot and smoke you can see has a short residence time in the air, while the super fine stuff hangs around much longer.
Most fleet operators would gladly correct the smoking issue; black smoke is wasted fuel, after all. However, injectors are expensive: ours are $1800 each assembly, x6 for one of our buses, and it is easily a two day job to remove and replace them. Kurt On Oct 6, 2011 10:24 AM, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: ** Personally I agree with the "smiles per mile". Until the make fleet vehicles get emissions inspected I wouldn't worry about all the bikes in the country. I know we have some diesel fans but yesterday I got stuck behind a dump truck that was laying down so much black smoke that I could barely see the road. It gave me a headache within minutes, and made me nauseous as well. You can't tell me that isn't air pollution, and just about every city bus is just as bad. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ________________________________ *From: * Javier Garcia <[email protected]> *Sender: * [email protected] *Date: *Thu, 6 Oct 2011 10:13:51 -0400 *To: *<[email protected]> *ReplyTo: * [email protected] *Subject: *Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: emissions - Motorcycle versus car If you compare a car and a bike with similar emission control devices, and you still get that the ... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
