Caledon By-law a DONE DEAL!

**bonzo** · 10-12-2010, 07:57 PM

I think they can bust you for unnecessary noise should you decide to do this. Also, keep in mind 12k rpm in first might be a stunting charge at the forks depending on the bike.

My cent and a half.

Originally Posted by KrazyBones

another tool for the cops to ticket you even if you did nothing wrong. i LOVE how the penalty increases if you want to fight it....... you may be innocent, but do you really want a 150 dollar ticket to go to a 5000 dollar ticket. God i hate politicians.

I think im gonna get my pipe tested, if it passes i will ride the forks every-day at 12k rpm in first gear and pass everytime i am pulled over lol

**Rob MacLennan** · 10-13-2010, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by bonzo

I think they can bust you for unnecessary noise should you decide to do this. Also, keep in mind 12k rpm in first might be a stunting charge at the forks depending on the bike.

My cent and a half.

You are absolutely right there. Regular noise bylaws can also apply. They don't need to apply this new, one in such a case.

**Brian P** · 10-21-2010, 11:35 PM

THREAD BUMP

There is a testing session Friday Oct 22 6pm-8pm and Saturday Oct 23 9am - 11am. It is in Caledon East next to town hall on Old Church Road - intersection of Old Church Road and Airport Road.

Why this is important ... It has been discovered that there is a major discrepancy between SAE J2825 and the way Caledon wrote their bylaw. SAE J2825 specifies that the dB meter is to be set to "slow" response, but the bylaw specifies "fast" response. That might sound like a minor difference ... but it makes a major difference to the measurement. Basically, every time your engine fires, there is a pulse of exhaust, followed by a period of not much, followed by another pulse with the next cylinder, etc. The "slow" response averages out these pulses. The "fast" response measures the peaks - which are much higher!

I am bringing my stock-exhaust 2004 ZX10R, which we previously measured at 95 dBA "slow response" at 5000 rpm using the tachometer for the RPM reference. My rationale is that this is a stock-exhaust bike with a rather loud-ish stock muffler that is surprisingly close to their limit. If the error in the way the bylaw is written causes a stock-exhaust bike to fail ... the bylaw probably won't be enforceable "as written".

If anyone out there has a stock-exhaust single or twin cylinder bike, and the stock exhaust is "loud-ish" ... BRING IT. Ducati, Aprilia, big-bore dual-purpose and motard bikes, etc come to mind. If it can be shown that Caledon's error in writing the bylaw is causing stock EPA-labelled exhaust systems to fail ... that would be a motivating factor for them to fix their bylaw.

**nobbie48** · 10-23-2010, 07:04 PM

Targetting bikes is simple math. Most cages are compliant grocery getters so a waste of police resources to pursue.
I'm sure the occasional ricer wil get hit but the problem has been largely been caused by bikers and the reprisals will largely be borne by bikers.

**Splash** · 10-23-2010, 07:18 PM

anyone went out to get their bike tested?

**turbodish** · 10-23-2010, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by Splash

anyone went out to get their bike tested?

http://www.gtamotorcycle.com/vbforum...5-Test-Results

**DoubleJ** · 10-24-2010, 02:57 PM

So do they give you official OPP paperwork of the test and db levels your bike recorded. Might be nice to have!

**Brian P** · 10-24-2010, 08:27 PM

No, they did not, but they told you what the numbers were.

**lucky2** · 10-24-2010, 08:34 PM

**** the pigs, they will turn this into another tool to screw all biker one way or another

**AdRath** · 10-24-2010, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by lucky2

**** the pigs, they will turn this into another tool to screw all biker one way or another

They had the power to do that before this bylaw. I appreciate at least now what is legal and illegal is spelled out in black and white and not up to officers (non) expert opinion as before.