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Originally Posted by Woodsy
"...I. No person shall operate a motorcycle which has a measured noise level of more than [106] 95 decibels..."
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Note the change from 106 to 95 decibels: The quieter requirement is demanded by many automobile race tracks in Europe and the US.
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Originally Posted by brk-lnt
Would be funny to calibrate your law-required tachometer to read 2800RPMS when you're at 1000. In fact, it's the sort of thing that would be very easy to enable/disable with the flip of a hidden switch...
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LEOs couldn't miss the difference between 2800-RPMs and an idle of 1000-RPMs.
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Originally Posted by WeirsBeachBoater
"...Noise is Noise, but to ban any and all aftermarket exhaust is too far..."
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I agree that banning aftermarket exhaust isn't right, but the new tachometer requirement is begged by unwieldy demands on law enforcement within the old law.
Regardless of the State of one's residency, measuring motorcycle noise needs to have some practical measure: I suggest the presence of ripples on the surface of a cup of coffee supported on the ground by a doughnut at 25 feet.
The old law requires complexities reminiscent of a Romulan plot—hence these unworkable changes in the new proposal.