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From what I gather low emission zones ( if the same as central London ) are not applicable for cars and motorcycles but if its an ultra low emission zone then you're right but then you can only have euro 3 engine ( yup foccing EU) which is about a brand new bike BUT how long before it's euro4 only which will rule out any 600 that's not the new R6

Yep, the FZS600 is fine until April 2019, then ULEZ kicks in and it'll then cost you to ride into the centre of London (current congestion charge zone). We'll need to move to something from 2007 onwards or euro 3 (though getting exception for a pre-2007 euro 3 bike currently sounds tricky). Little to do with EU, more London mayor (past and present) trying to reduce pollution and using a pre-existing euro emissions standard as line in sand. Yes, there is a fair chance the ULEZ may extend to area within the North/South Circulars a couple of years later, but it's still difficult to gauge what effect it'll have on prices. As I'm sure they'll still be plenty of buyers who do need to commute in the central London, most bike buyers do search reasonably widely and so I expect any impact on value to be fairly localised to inner London.