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A nice quiet exhaust would be the course to go, unless you're an *******
A very real pro quiet pipe groundswell seems to be developing. Online.
Personally, although I appreciate the sound of some bikes, I think it's a dbag move to put loud pipes on a street bike.
If that's true then you've already beat the noise meters. The standard is very, very low (ie allows very noisy bikes).But most assuredly I'm not at d*******g level.
I haven't been stopped yet so I don't know the exact procedure but it's not hard to imagine how it plays out. So you're sitting there, the fuzz is fixin to measure pipe noise, you know your bike is LOUD, how do you wiggle out of that? I have a plan. If I share it the law will eventually legislate a workaround. Anybody have any ideas?:glasses2:
During idle chatter (no pun intended) I mentioned my "plan" to yesterdays riding partner to underwhelming enthusiasm. The "plan" involves a hidden kill switch. You disable the bike as you engage in pretest formalities. When prompted to start bike for test.....oops, somethings amiss, bike won't start! Dafuq?! Sincerest apologies for wasted efforts! So on and so forth.
They could probably issue (forgive me if I use the wrong terms here) a mechanical summons. This can be done for equipment issues where you have to present the vehicle for inspection within a certain period of time. Sounds like a lot more work to have your bike towed (it's broken remember, how could you ride away) and then taking it to a testing location than just passing a road side test.
Disabling half the ignition system may get you 3 dB if you can keep the bike running.
I think that's what my riding partner said but I wasn't really listening.
After finding out your age in another thread, couldn't you just try and say that the batteries in your hearing aids died, and you couldn't hear how loud your exhaust was??
What? I knew my age even before that thread. Did you redo your driveway?
Driveway?
I'm old and confused, I thought somebody said you re tard it.
During idle chatter (no pun intended) I mentioned my "plan" to yesterdays riding partner to underwhelming enthusiasm. The "plan" involves a hidden kill switch. You disable the bike as you engage in pretest formalities. When prompted to start bike for test.....oops, somethings amiss, bike won't start! Dafuq?! Sincerest apologies for wasted efforts! So on and so forth.
This is the SAE test procedure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KdYUhH3JSoI haven't been stopped yet so I don't know the exact procedure but it's not hard to imagine how it plays out. So you're sitting there, the fuzz is fixin to measure pipe noise, you know your bike is LOUD, how do you wiggle out of that? I have a plan. If I share it the law will eventually legislate a workaround. Anybody have any ideas?:glasses2:
This is the SAE test procedure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KdYUhH3JSo
The Caledonia bylaw was written for that test.
Do you still think you can beat it?
You quoted me, posted a video and asked an unrelated question. Checkmate?
I haven't been stopped yet so I don't know the exact procedure
When I was tested at the FOC last year I was pulled over by the OPP and was escorted into the community centre parking lot and was checked by the DOT. The officer was present but at no time was my actual RPM checked as I don't have a gage. This maybe something new, but last year neither one had a portable tach to determine.When I had my bike tested, the person doing the testing had a tachometer that he could attach to determine your RPM in case your bike wasn't equipped with one.
During idle chatter (no pun intended) I mentioned my "plan" to yesterdays riding partner to underwhelming enthusiasm. The "plan" involves a hidden kill switch. You disable the bike as you engage in pretest formalities. When prompted to start bike for test.....oops, somethings amiss, bike won't start! Dafuq?! Sincerest apologies for wasted efforts! So on and so forth.
They could probably issue (forgive me if I use the wrong terms here) a mechanical summons. This can be done for equipment issues where you have to present the vehicle for inspection within a certain period of time. Sounds like a lot more work to have your bike towed (it's broken remember, how could you ride away) and then taking it to a testing location than just passing a road side test.
Disabling half the ignition system may get you 3 dB if you can keep the bike running.