Let me now throw a spanner into this little discussion.

I just heard today that Shanghai authorities have decreed that from 1 July 2010, all motorcycles registered in the city will have to meet China's Level 3 emissions standard, which is actually more stringent than whatever the Level 3 European standard is called -- EC3? More to the point, of the seven or eight models in the H-D shop, only 3 meet this standard.

I'm hoping that for the JH600, it will be a simple step of refining the algorithm in the Bosch ECU. I suppose this is something Jialing will have to pay for...

Is Shanghai alone in this, or are other cities making similar moves?