Exhaust limits for motorcycles..

[909Evo]

I just noticed in a lot of threads about exhaust related tickets that many people complain about profiling. Namely people complain that motorcycle riders do not get harrassed. I can't count the number of times I have heard "Why is it that the harley with straight pipes doesn't get pulled over, but I do?"

So to prevent having to answer this question any more, I decided to post this.

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(b) For the purposes of exhaust systems installed on motor
vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of less
than 6,000 pounds, other than motorcycles, a sound level of 95 dbA or
less, when tested in accordance with Society of Automotive Engineers
Standard J1169 May 1998, complies with this section. Motor vehicle
exhaust systems or parts thereof include, but are not limited to,
nonoriginal exhaust equipment.


I should also say that I now understand why cops are ignorant when it comes to vehicle modifications. Basically, you guys can thank ricers, freeway fly-by's, and all the innocent people they have killed.

On the plus side, no one had a damned clue what an evo was...

[thisxguy]

for some reason when i read those codes they dont register...maybe becuase i'm tired, or because i dont care. haha

[Mike W]

Motorcycles have noise restrictions too and their ricers and stunters get hassled for it too. Along with blinker mods and other silly stuff. Cops being the good old boys that they are just typically love pick up trucks, mustangs and harleys. You can fight the system or roll with it. Get one of the vee-hicles that they like and you can get away with driving on the sidewalk in a school zone. Since I have had a v-twin I have not been hassled or even questioned about noise. And my bike is effing loud. Dont hate the players, hate the game.

Mike W

[thisxguy]

thanks for clarifying that mike...i thought it said something like that. well, thats one reason why i HATE cops. sure there are good ones...but in my book they can all kiss my ass

[Dagul]

IMO... This isn't going to stop people from bitching... :D

Insult to injury, motorcycles don't have to be smogged either... :crazy2:

[909Evo]

No but they're is that bitch of a law that says if its a 49 state bike it has to have over 7500 miles before you can register it in CA.

[thisxguy]

bikes dont have to be smogged..damn.

well about that 7500 mile thing...drive it without cali plates for a while. lol

[javinsMR]

hey guys, where do you get that info... i'm curious and wanna know more about the laws lol
any websites perhaps??? tnx

[909Evo]

Well, for starters...

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/vctoc.htm

But i own one of these

http://www.lawtechpublishing.com/webstore/media/06VEHICLE%20CODE%20UN.jpg


You can also purchase a vehicle code for like $6 at the local DMV.

[Enyth]

now we cant complain about harleys and their loud exhausts

[silex]

Yeah we can. Just that no one that knows any better will listen, haha.

[Enyth]

hahah tru dat