Industry Fights to Lift Youth-Vehicle Ban
Industry associations, manufacturers and dealers are doing their part to overturn the ban that put the skids on the sale of youth, off-highway vehicles. Their hope now rests with Congress.
Industry associations, manufacturers and dealers are doing their part to overturn the ban that put the skids on the sale of youth, off-highway vehicles. Their hope now rests with Congress.
Motorcycling is growing and rapidly becoming more mainstream at the start of the new millennium, according to the latest census of two-wheeling conducted by the Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC).
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced Monday an enforcement delay on the anti-lead law that put the brakes on sales of youth all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles. But industry officials said more is needed to protect what they estimate is a $14.5 billion industry.
The hard hit economy affected U.S. sales of new motorcycles in the first quarter of 2009, according to the Motorcycle Industry Council. Sales were down a total of 30.5 percent, compared to the same period last year, among 12 of the leading brands.
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