AMA & Motorcycle Exhaust Sound Laws

[marko138]

Originally Posted by derf

Damn, thought I replied to this earlier....

Anywho, there is a town near here called New Hope that has an 86 db motorcycle limit Only motorcycles, does not apply to cars or trucks). And while I can sympathize with anyone who wants a sound limit, when a company (achem Harley achem) makes a bike (achem StreetGlide achem) that comes from the factory at 100db. Unless specific federal standards are put into place this is really a waste of their efforts.

The town by me, New Hope, set their limit at 86 db, and there have been crazy reports of cops testing motorcycles wrong, holding the DB meter directly behind the bike at 10 ft instead of the correct way, 50 ft at a 45 deg angle. hundreds of tickets set at $300 per pop has been a huge revenue boost for the town. Not to mention that some street cars from the factory can beat 86 db easily, and trucks would blow 90 or 100 away with no problem.

Anyway, one federal standard from a certain model year and all bikes after that, that is what is needed

That Ninja of your brother's is pretty damn loud.