Sound ban in more places across the u.s

[zorkler]

Good article in american motorcyclist about loud pipes to sum it up more and more city, states and towns want almost silent bikes for example in new york its a $440 dollar fine if you can be heard from 200 feet away .In penn. $150 bucks if you rev your engine . Ih Honolulu all bikes have

to have stock pipes . In delray beach Fl. they want to close 5 blocks from7 am to 11 pm because of the sidewal cafes . its just going to go from state to state is what i think . I am from n.y.c and i never heard of the 400 buck stuff and how can you enforce it .Thats a very long tape measure

 

[Fred W]

Good article in american motorcyclist about loud pipes to sum it up more and more city, states and towns want almost silent bikes for example in new york its a $440 dollar fine if you can be heard from 200 feet away .In penn. $150 bucks if you rev your engine . Ih Honolulu all bikes haveto have stock pipes . In delray beach Fl. they want to close 5 blocks from7 am to 11 pm because of the sidewal cafes . its just going to go from state to state is what i think . I am from n.y.c and i never heard of the 400 buck stuff and how can you enforce it .Thats a very long tape measure

Yes, the big problem with a lot of this new fangled noise legislation being considered around the country is it isn't much easier to enforce than any of the old fangled noise legislation that is already in the books.

Here's my 3 step plan for recovery:

Step 1) Pull over all the loud pipes save lives guys with the straight pipes, etc. and fine the crap out of them.

Step 2) Repeat step 1 until there are no more straight pipe guys around.

Step 3) Consider creating new noise legislation if it is still necessary after step 2.

Any such legislation should apply equally to motorcycles, autos, trucks, buses, airplanes and boom boxes. ie all things that make noise, not just motorcycles. Noise is noise. Why do legislators feel they pick on the motorcyclists? (rhetorical question)

 

[FJRSTAR]

Good article in american motorcyclist about loud pipes to sum it up more and more city, states and towns want almost silent bikes for example in new york its a $440 dollar fine if you can be heard from 200 feet away .In penn. $150 bucks if you rev your engine . Ih Honolulu all bikes haveto have stock pipes . In delray beach Fl. they want to close 5 blocks from7 am to 11 pm because of the sidewal cafes . its just going to go from state to state is what i think . I am from n.y.c and i never heard of the 400 buck stuff and how can you enforce it .Thats a very long tape measure

I think that this is still in effect but recently, in Fredericksburg, Tx., they have a city ordinance that allows the police to fine for loud pipes in the city limits.

Most Cruisers without stock pipes will be targeted and those loud sport bikes as well without stock pipes.

Read some forums recently where the "loud pipes save lives" type are bitching and moaning. I think it was just a matter of time.

 

[Powerman]

I put Leo Vinci cans on mine. They came with one page of installation instructions, and a book of legal stuff. If I read it right, it says it is meets US noise standards?

They are really pretty quiet.

 

[Toecutter]

And what wedding isn't complete without some screamin' baby in the mix?

Can we legislate courtesy? I think not, but after over 200 years in the Country business, we're still making laws as fast as we can.

Loud pipes get passed. Asshats will be asshats. Passing loud pipes is also illegal. Guess I'm an ****** too....

 

[twistedcricket]

In my municipality an ordinance was passed a few years ago that targeted the rice-burners with $10,000 stereos you could feel in the next state. hasn't done much to curb their enthusiasm, it's a nuisance call to 911, which is so far down the priority list (we had 101 officers resign to get a nice pension) that it won't be enforced unless the LEO is sitting right there.

Everything is subject to opinion...and like a--holes, everyone has one.

 

[krashdragon]

Good article in american motorcyclist about loud pipes to sum it up more and more city, states and towns want almost silent bikes for example in new york its a $440 dollar fine if you can be heard from 200 feet away .In penn. $150 bucks if you rev your engine . Ih Honolulu all bikes haveto have stock pipes . In delray beach Fl. they want to close 5 blocks from7 am to 11 pm because of the sidewal cafes . its just going to go from state to state is what i think . I am from n.y.c and i never heard of the 400 buck stuff and how can you enforce it .Thats a very long tape measure

You don't need stock pipes even in Honolulu.... just don't ride thru Waikiki revving your engine....the cruiser guys do it in the middle of the afternoon, and the squids do it in the middle of the night... kinda noisy with all the buses and trucks, so the cops watch for motorcycles. <G>

I have Bub's Reinharts on my Harley, never got even glanced at. I'm not stupid enuf to rev up the engine sitting at stoplights, about the only place you'd get noticed.

Besides, my ex BIL works Waikiki police station... in admitting! <ROFFL>

Mary

 

[HotRodZilla]

I'm not too concerned with the noise issues, since like most everyone that seems to have posted here, I know when it is and is not appropriate to rev my bike. However, I know Denver recently passed an ordinace where if the pipes on the bike don't have an EPA sticker on them they will cite you. The article I read said basically any aftermarket pipes are not gonna have the appropriate labeling, so regardless of sound a cite may be given. Probably the best way to avoid a ticket is to not scream through downtown and not get pulled over in the first place. I can tell you - as a cop - we have enough to do without looking for every bike without stock pipes. USUALLY ordinances like this are to give us another reason to stop someone that is acting like a fool. So its like punishing the whole class cuz one person is raising hell.

 

[Geezer]

I saw a guy in a small convertible get pulled over in NYC for an excessively loud stereo. It was VERY loud, hurt my ears just being within 50 feet of him, but it still surprised me that the LEO took the time to pull him over.

I wonder how the custom cruiser builders are affected by this. Most of them just put hollow straight pipes on brand new bikes 'from the factory'.