11-12-2018, 04:48 AM
I suspect Mr. P is right. I grew up with vinyl records, and now have CDs and MP3s and streaming services and satellite radio, but they're still also making records for those of us who may also have a turntable. Ditto film photography--not the dominant technology anymore, but a small industry still supplies those who want to do black-and-white darkroom stuff. When electric and hydrogen vehicles have become the norm, we'll still have our old internal combustion bikes on the road, and with vehicle emissions in general now reduced, there will be little incentive to regulate them. It's not government conspiracies--it's market forces. Perhaps boutique makers will still be coming out with limited numbers of new, expensive models to supply whatever demand remains. These operators won't be shunned, any more than the guy who today brings his Model T or 65 Mustang out on the road on weekends. I expect to see dino bikes on the road as long as I'm still alive, and into the future, consumers will no doubt decide whether there is demand for these vehicles and any residual refining of dinosaurs to go in them.