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Was just in there picking up a few parts for the cars. They have a couple of dozen bright, shiny, new Chinese minis and ATVs sitting there on the floor just begging for new homes. Not one CPSC warning in site. Lots of friendly, helpful salespeople.
It still a stupid law, but I think the Japanese OEMs' legal departments have overreacted. I doubt there's a court in the land that would uphold application of that law to a motorcycle.
It still a stupid law, but I think the Japanese OEMs' legal departments have overreacted. I doubt there's a court in the land that would uphold application of that law to a motorcycle.
Is there some kind of hidden agenda here?
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One possibility- nobody is enforcing the law, but the manufacturers are acting on the old "abundance of caution."-- and pulling the units themselves.
Being essentially foreign companies maybe they are spooked by the whole thing because the CPSC outlawed 3 wheelers and has had ATVs in their sites for a long time. No foreign company wants to mess with the US feds--- individual people like Malcolm Smith are different!
no dealers have the machines on the floor and no parts to be had.
of course the chinese knock off stuff is readily available.
go figure
my hat is tipped to Malcom.........IF i was a dealer and could afford it, i would do exactly the same. In Fact groups of dealer should get together and say we are selling our product.....what would the oem's do fire them all???? doubt it.
I agree but the OEMs are seen as "deep pockets" companies and my guess is that dealers have orders to push the mini's in the back room and shelf them for now.
it's almost like they are using this law for something else...hmmm.
"ain't got no money cuz of this lead law"
"we can't race anymore cuz of this lead law"
"bikes are so much more now because of the no lead requirement they made us do"
etc....
Please clear this up for me.
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If I owned a dealership, I'd definitely ignore it. The chances of it going against you are slim and none. In fact, I'll bet it would be really easy for the MIC to fund an "insurance pool" from premiums paid by their dealers to pay for a defense in the event it ever was tried. Somebody ought to look into that.
and in other genre's that cater product to under 12 year olds, i have seen it gone entirely ignored..... if anything, the typical motorcycle retailer is the rarity in removing their inventory ment for 12 and below from their showrooms... in most other genres, nothing has been tested, nor removed.... in other genre's, simple "this product ment for 14 years and older" stickers have been applied to every product they sell, including those obviously ment for the under 10 crowd......
if....... if the gov were to pursue the CPSC law, it would have to tackle not just hundreds, but thousands, and perhaps tens of thousands of retailers that have to date ignored the law....
go figure
dead on and i laughed my ass off...thanks.
btw, isn't that the way it always happens?
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