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CLIMATE CHANGE

Well done Chris Moss, for facing up to the enormity of climate change and the task we all face in combatting it (MSL, April issue). However, there is an elephant in the room. In fact, there were three of them on the cover of that same issue of MSL – the K1600, Gold Wing and Harley Ultra Limited.

The fact is that our industry of petrol-powered motorcycles simply isn't compatible with a zero carbon future, certainly not at its current scale. That doesn't mean we all have to stop riding, but we've certainly got to change what we ride, how far and how fast. Electric motorcycles are part of that solution. Many studies have shown that the lifecycle emissions of electric

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