National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of ISO 21755‑3:2025.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee AUE/14, Motor cycles and mopeds.

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This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 November 2025.

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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 22, Road vehicles, Subcommittee SC 38, Motorcycles and mopeds.

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Introduction

Recently, exhaust emissions from tailpipes of motorcycles have been dramatically reduced. Accordingly, evaporative emissions have begun to attract attention. Therefore, measurement methods for evaporative emissions are specified as an International Standard for multi-application, for example, certification, research, developments and so on.

For motorcycles, the measurement method based on the sealed housing for evaporative determination (SHED) method was conventionally specified, but not for the variable temperature sealed housing for evaporative determination (VT-SHED) method, which matches the actual usage environment and has a high accuracy of the test system. This document specifies the basic measurement method by using the VT-SHED test procedure for evaporative emissions from motorcycles.

1 Scope

This document specifies a basic measurement method by using the variable temperature sealed housing for evaporative determination (VT-SHED) test procedure for evaporative emissions from motorcycles. It is applicable to motorcycles equipped with a spark ignition engine (four-stroke engine, two-stroke engine or rotary piston engine).

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Evaporative emissions

4.1 Description of VT- SHED test

4.2 Test motorcycle and fuel

4.3 Test equipment

4.4 Test procedure

4.5 Calculation of results

5 Calibration of equipment for evaporative emission testing

5.1 Calibration frequency and methods

5.2 Calibration of the enclosure

5.3 Analytical systems

6 Presentation of results

6.1 The evaporative emission

6.2 Test report

Bibliography

BS ISO 21755-3:2025

Motorcycles — Measurement method for evaporative emissions - VT-SHED test procedure

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Published:

30 Nov 2025