Yahoo Autos BMW Stops Sale Of Gas-Powered Motorcycles In The U.S. Over Emissions
BMW has issued a stop sale notice that applies to its motorcycles in the U.S. effective immediately. The stop-sale covers both new and used motorcycles at BMW Motorrad dealers across North America, according to Visor Down.
The stop-sale notably affects only BMW’s combustion-powered motorcycles, leaving the fully-electric BMW CE-04 as the only model that will continue to be sold by dealers for the duration of the stop-sale. The EV model is excluded from the stop sale notice because the problem that prompted one of the biggest bike makers in the world to halt sales in one of its largest markets in the world traces to the evaporative system of its motorcycles, as a statement from BMW North America reads. Per WebBikeWorld:
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This temporary stop sale is not safety related and BMW owners may continue to ride their motorcycles as normal.
The stop-sale is voluntary, meaning that the German bike maker hasn’t been told by U.S. regulators to halt sales. A major BMW dealer spoke to Jalopnik on condition on anonymity, explaining how this stop sale is unprecedented, and going on to explain that the stop sale doesn’t affect Mexico, where vehicles sold must comply with different emissions regulations (ahem, more lax rules):
Never in my life have I ever had an entire brand under recall. This is blanket for U.S. and Canada. They didn’t say anything about Mexico, Mexico is not involved. It even covers used.
This is either going to be something ridiculously piddly, or it could be huge. I think it’s going to be huge.
They [BMW] said it was quality control concerns on materials, or materials in a component. They did say something about evap or emissions, but it was a one-way zoom, we couldn’t ask questions.
When I look at this, it is potentially catastrophic...
