Loud pipes

 

Legislative action is taking place in Maine on loud pipes. They will be
silencing loud bikes with inspections. They want stickers displayed on
the bikes. Right now we carry them stapled on the registration slip.
Other states cracking down?

 On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:21:46 -0700, Blazing Laser wrote:


Sky Londa! Rode through there last year -- nice place, great roads (esp. 84).

-- Larry

 I still have the stock pipe and will for quite some time.  My bike is
almost as quiet as a car (and quieter than some) when I keep the revs
down and the throttle mostly closed.  If I open it up and take it WOT
to redline, you will think an F1 car just raced by.

--
I will not be a puppet to a corporation! --- Faye006

 


First, I am not against loud pipes. I have a set of V&H Bigshots on my
bike, though purposely somewhat tamed with Quiet Baffles.

Second, isn't it illegal everywhere in the US for more recent bikes to
not have pipes that are not EPA approved/stamped, which is why some
aftermarket pipe makers stress that their products are for off-road
use only? They remove catalytic converters for one thing.  And
according to http://www.staintune.com.au/faq8.htm , "It is currently
illegal in the U.S. to remove emissions equipment on any vehicle".
Wouldn't that also mean that any shop that is a state inspection
station would also be barred form installing or carrying aftermarket
pipes for customers?

V&H admits on their site that their pipes do not meet Calif's CARB
requirements and state, "Until CARB approval is obtained, exhaust
systems that remove original equipment catalysts are legal in
California for racing use only".

Third, state inspection seems the perfect place to look for the EPA
stamp as most will be caught there, though you could reinstall the old
pipes on for inspection and then swap them out afterward. I just hope
other states don't follow suit.

Greg

 

On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:15:09 -0800 (PST), Great White Buffalo


Not Alaska.  While Alaska has had  a law for many years prohibiting
aftermarket exhausts from being louder than OEM, motorcycles have
never been required to have IM checks, the IM checks being our only
inspection.

My dad was stopped back in the 1970/1971 time frame for loud pipes on
his Honda 350, but the officer let him go.  The Man asked if the pipes
weren't louder than OEM, to which my dad replied he didn't know as
they were on the bike when he bought it.  My folks thought they got
off because they were in their 40s.


Yes, altering EPA stuff violates federal law at least.  While I agree
Mr. Inc could be participating in a crime by swapping out EPA parts
with non-EPA parts, I've never heard of anyone other than the owner
being held responsible.

Next to Harleys with straight pipes, autos with booming stereos are
the second most offensive noise makers on the road.  I've often
wondered why retailers are permitted to sell and install equipment
that has no other function than to violate noise ordinances.  To be
consistent, we should toss the retailers in the klink, just as we in
Alaska did to the owner of Black Market for selling smoking utensils
commonly used by marijuana users.

Life is not perfect, that's for sure.
Robert