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BMW stops selling all its motorcycles in US except for electric motorcycles
Electrec ^ | Sept 21 2023 | Micah Toll

Posted on 09/22/2023 9:31:56 AM PDT by cba123

BMW Motorrad has issued a “stop sale” notice for all of its internal combustion engine motorcycles in the US. The notice covers both new and used models, and specifically lists the BMW CE 04, an electric motorbike, as the only model still for sale from the company’s dealers.

(Excerpt) Read more at electrek.co ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bikes; bmw; chat; ev; motorcycle; shootoneselfinfoot
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Another move toward electric transportation
1 posted on 09/22/2023 9:31:56 AM PDT by cba123
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To: cba123; martin_fierro

PING!........................


2 posted on 09/22/2023 9:33:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: cba123

The article says that BMW says it’s temporary. Maybe they found some kinks in the gas bikes that have to be worked out.


3 posted on 09/22/2023 9:33:44 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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Let me know when Harley, Indian and Honda do the same..............


4 posted on 09/22/2023 9:34:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Another move toward electric transportation.

Another move towards bankruptcy, sell, sell sell.

5 posted on 09/22/2023 9:34:48 AM PDT by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: Tell It Right
temporary

15 days to flatten the curve ...

6 posted on 09/22/2023 9:35:04 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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That sucks. I loved the BMW motorcycles I’ve owned.


7 posted on 09/22/2023 9:35:17 AM PDT by CodeToad
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temporary

"Nothing is quite so permanent as a temporary government program"

Milton Friedman.

8 posted on 09/22/2023 9:37:37 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: cba123

The Germans are jealous of our garages. They want them burned down.


9 posted on 09/22/2023 9:37:45 AM PDT by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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It's an issue with the evaporative emissions system. Not a safety or performance issue, just a federal emissions compliance issue.

BMW of North America is dedicated to providing vehicles to our customers that meet their expectations. To ensure that our vehicles are of the highest industry standards, BMW performs ongoing testing and evaluation.

Following a recent quality analysis, BMW is pursuing measures to further evaluate the material used in a component of its motorcycle evaporative system, which may not have been produced to material specifications.

As a result, BMW of North America is issuing a temporary, voluntary stop sale for all new and pre-owned BMW motorcycle models in dealer inventory, except for the CE 04.

This temporary stop sale is not safety related and BMW owners may continue to ride their motorcycles as normal.


10 posted on 09/22/2023 9:41:08 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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Upon hearing this news, the management at Honda decided to celebrate with a very long lunch break of all-you-can-eat sushi and all-you-can-drink sake.


11 posted on 09/22/2023 9:43:02 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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Has to do with the charcoal cannister for the evap system. That’s one of those things that gets ripped out and the tubing back to the throttle bodies gets cut and plugged the first time you tear your bike apart.


12 posted on 09/22/2023 9:43:07 AM PDT by Christopher
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Well this sucks

would have loved one of these to go with my H2, GS1100RS, and GPZ bore and gassed cafe/drag puppies

48-AB947-B-28-CF-467-E-9-E5-A-C663401-B40-E2

13 posted on 09/22/2023 9:45:02 AM PDT by wardaddy (Why so many nevertrumpers with early sign ups and no posting history till now? Zot them PTB)
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You’ll all be forced into driving electrical appliances which will also eventually be regulated out of existence as well. Severely limit freedom of movement/travel which is all part of their plan to put everyone on public transportation.


14 posted on 09/22/2023 9:45:52 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Deliberately deceptive headline. I. E. Piss poor journalism


15 posted on 09/22/2023 9:46:31 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: Tell It Right

Oh I see from a later post.

Apparently this is TEMPORARY


16 posted on 09/22/2023 9:46:37 AM PDT by cba123 (Tôi là người Mỹ. Hiện tôi đang ở Việt Nam)
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BMW CE 04, an electric motorbike


17 posted on 09/22/2023 9:53:15 AM PDT by Pollard (The US government has US citizens as political prisoners!)
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To: Red Badger

Id take a Harley ‘Live Wire’ if someone gave me one. Specs look good. I wouldn’t get rid of my sportster, tho’.


18 posted on 09/22/2023 9:55:22 AM PDT by Republican in occupied CA (We had enough government in 1789)
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Maybe BMW should do something about the breaking frames. BMWs are more likely to have problems than HarleyDavidsons.


19 posted on 09/22/2023 9:57:14 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: CodeToad

My BMW R100 was the only reliable European vehicle I ever had. Plus it was easy to work on.

What I don’t understand is this stop order is for ALL BMW motorcycles. They have a bunch of different engines not just the flat twin.

Did they screw up their entire line of motorcycles? Who is their engineer, Joe Biden?


20 posted on 09/22/2023 10:12:59 AM PDT by packagingguy
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