Never a good thing.
I foresee a bunch of kits that use the stock housing and core out the guts of the stock exhaust, and aftermarket exhausts that are easily modified.
The law won't change the noise level of bikes on the road. It will just put a bunch of small businesses out of of the industry. How much do you think it will cost an exhaust company to get their aftermarket exhaust to be tested and get the approval to put on the label? The hardest hit will be the bikes that have small production numbers as companies will quickly recognize that they won't make their money back from getting the product developed, and now approved. I think we will see a bunch of the exhaust companies folding in 2 years, or at least their catalog will be about 1/2 of what it is now.
Can you imagine a full custom chopper with some silly stock exhaust glommed onto it?
Oh, then there's the enforcement side of things. Are we going to start seeing vehicle inspections for motorcycles like the EU has?
Hmm, another reason to keep the old bike running.
Happy New Year Counselor,
Phil
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> California Passes Statewide Law Governing Motorcycle Sound New law
> requires street motorcycles registered in California and built on or after Jan.
> 1, 2013, to have an exhaust system label certifying the motorcycles meet
> federal sound limits. American Motorcyclist Association Rider Report
> (http://www.ridermagazine.com/email.cfm?goto=/output.cfm?id=2692315&utm_source
> =cheetah&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=RDN10186_01012011) Pickerington,
> Ohio (September 2010) -- A new California law requires street motorcycles
> registered in the state and built on or after Jan. 1, 2013, to have an
> exhaust system label certifying the motorcycles meet federal sound limits, the
> American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports.
>
> On Sept. 28, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Senate Bill 435,
> sponsored by Sen. Fran Pavey (D-Agoura Hills). While motorcycle
> manufacturers have been complying with the federal law since it was effective in 1983,
> the new law now makes it a state crime to operate any motorcycle registered
> in the state that was built on or after Jan. 1, 2013, that doesn't have a
> federal Environmental Protection Agency exhaust system sound emissions
> label.
>
> In addition, the law requires aftermarket exhaust systems made on or after
> Jan. 1, 2013, to display the EPA sound emissions label, and therefore
> applies to individuals who seek to replace the exhaust system on affected
> streetbikes.
>
> To view the legislation, visit:
> _http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0401-0450/sb_435_bill_20100928_chaptered.html_
> (http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0401-0450/sb_435_bill_20100928_chaptered.html) .
>
> Thousands of motorcyclists utilized the AMA website at
> AmericanMotorcyclist.com first to oppose the bill, and then to urge Schwarzenegger to reject
> it.
>
> AMA Western States Representative Nick Haris expressed major concerns
> about the new motorcycle sound law.
>
> "Many EPA sound emissions labels are very difficult to locate on
> motorcycles," Haris said. "This motorcycle sound law could lead to a flurry of
> tickets for motorcyclists who have legal exhaust systems with EPA labels on
> their machines that can't be easily seen. It's unreasonable to expect a law
> enforcement officer to easily locate an EPA sound emissions label, and it's
> simply unfair to expect a motorcycle owner to partially dismantle an exhaust
> system along the roadside to prove the label exists."
>
> Violators face fines of up to $100 for a first offense and up to $250 for
> subsequent offenses. Judges have the discretion to dismiss the fine for
> first-time offenders if the violation is corrected.
>
> Also, a violation is considered a secondary offense, meaning a police
> officer can't stop a motorcyclist solely because the officer believes the
> motorcyclist is breaking the sound emissions label law.
>
> "Requiring that a motorcycle display a readily visible EPA label isn't the
> appropriate way to address concerns about excessive motorcycle sound,
> which the AMA has pointed out repeatedly," Haris said. "The only objective way
> to determine whether a motorcycle complies with sound laws is for properly
> trained personnel to conduct sound level tests using calibrated meters and
> an agreed-upon testing procedure."
>
> In 1972, Congress passed the federal Noise Control Act, which required the
> EPA to set sound standards for a number of products. It took several
> years, but the EPA eventually wrote rules affecting all new motorcycles sold in
> the U.S. beginning in 1983.
>
> Those regulations, which still stand today, required that all street-legal
> motorcycles be limited to 83 decibels at that time, with a stricter,
> 80-decibel limit imposed beginning in 1986.
>
> The AMA has long maintained a position of strong opposition to excessive
> motorcycle sound. In September 2009, the AMA developed model legislation for
> use by cities and states seeking a simple, consistent and economical way
> to deal with sound complaints related to on-highway motorcycles within the
> larger context of excessive sound from all sources.
>
> The model legislation offers an objective method to evaluate motorcycle
> sound based on the Society of Automotive Engineers' (SAE) J2825 standard,
> "Measurement of Exhaust Sound Pressure Levels of Stationary On-Highway
> Motorcycles." For more information, visit:
> _http://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/legisltn/Model_On_Highway_Sound_Ordinance.pdf_
> (http://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/legisltn/Model_On_Highway_Sound_Ordinance.pdf) .
>
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