Until legislation intervenes. Electronics means control.
In the US etc I can't say - but Europe will become more and more governed. In 2020 you'll emit more CO following a meal of sprouts than a car will.
The danger - and there has been precedents - is when it's all back dated. So affects older vehicles.
Plug and play does not have to be expensive - IF standardised components are enforced - but
That's part of the trouble babagris - its the business model, because at the end of the day Triumph, just like any company has to make money.
It's the "willingness to pay" - what do Millenials want in a motorcycle?
Is it a Harley Davidson LiveWire?
Are we as riders prepared to pay for a bike, knowing it'll run for a few years (hopefully) require only routine servicing and change out consumables such as tires, battery and brakes.
Then when its time to trade up or in, get rid of that bike and go buy another - with the latest extras package.
I'm guessing that's the profile and as long as it works to bring Hinkley revenue each year, the racing guys will play techno with Castrol and push the envelope.
The enthusiasts will climb on their Bonnies and go around the world, which makes for a great headline and lets the adventurers breathe in Kathmandu mountain air.
If you're a true enthusiast and nighttime or weekend tinker, then you'll be left with those 80's Cafe racers and your strobe light.
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" we had a high speed packaging machine that kept going into emergency stop all by its self and not display any alarms. It crashed a broke parts several times. The people who built it flew in their specialists from all over the world. They replaced all sorts of expensive boxes with blinky lights on them. Still no joy. Lost about two weeks production time in an industry where 2 HOURS is two much. One of our guys finally happened to be at the right place at the right time and caught it in the act. It was a bad plug in the triple redundant door safety circuit. Where I work now, we spend a great deal of our time troubleshooting sensors that are supposed to alert us to a problem. There is almost never a problem, the machine just thinks it has a problem. All that electronic wizardry is great until it stops working.
