Cali motorcycle smog tests ...looks like they are really trying to do this

[Spidey]

LEOs in CA can pull over a motorcycle for pretty much any reason, and unless you have a 100% stock bike--no signals, no exhaust, all your reflectors--you're up for at least a fix-it ticket.  Giving them one more reason to pull your over and/or write you up isn't the end of the world (until, and if, the CHP starts using it as a punitive tool to get motorcyclists off the road).  And I'd rather continue the ongoing battle between law enforcement and motorcycles than deal with that particular draconian smog check law. 

[silentbob]

And I'd rather continue the ongoing battle between law enforcement and motorcycles than deal with that particular draconian smog check law. 

+1

[Popeye the Sailor]

LEOs in CA can pull over a motorcycle for pretty much any reason, and unless you have a 100% stock bike--no signals, no exhaust, all your reflectors--you're up for at least a fix-it ticket. 

[moto]

[Privateer]

i think this was posted elsewhere, but I didn't see it in general...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A California state senator has agreed to water down a bill that originally would have required smog checks for motorcycles.

The state Senate approved the legislation by Sen. Fran Pavley on Monday after she agreed to scale it back. It now goes to the Assembly.

Pavley, a Democrat from Santa Monica, wanted mandatory smog checks for motorcycles. She said they're more polluting than cars and that owners often make them worse by removing the catalytic converters.

Opponents said motorcycles get better gas mileage and that a smog check requirement would be the equivalent of another tax.

The latest version of Pavley's bill drops the smog-test provision. It now merely authorizes law enforcement officers to fine motorcyclists who remove the converters.

If the bill passes the Assembly, it would go to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a motorcycle owner himself.

http://www.kcra.com/politics/19628487/detail.html

[hbliam]

Looks like CA won't be making smog tests mandatory for motos.  However, the law has been re-worded to authorize law enforcement officers to fine motorcyclists who remove smog equipment from their motorcycles.   

http://www.dealernews.com/dealernews/Breaking+News/Senate-Rejects-Mandatory-Motorcycle-Smog-Tests/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/601278?ref=25

Uh, sounds like a good thing. The smog possibility would have been terrible.

[ghostface]

This bill would require the department to include model-year 2000 and newer motorcycles in the smog check program beginning January 1, 2012."

ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY....sons of pregnant dogs

If this is the case I'm I'm buying a pre-2000 M900 and swapping parts. Hell, I can divulge further into vintage bikes. 

[Howie]

What are the chances of the average LEO, or average anybody knowing exactly what equipment is on each bike and where it is located?  One time when i was pulled over I gave the officer my car registration instead of my bike registration.  He asked me when Volkswagen started making motorcycles.  No, he was not joking.  

[mbalmer]

Is there any update on this topic? I tried a search, but could only find threads from last year. I understand that it's a done deal now. My question is can I put my smog device on my 695 without changing back to the original exhaust? I have all the original stuff, but if I have to switch it all back, what do I do with the after market stuff?

[PhoenixS4R]

What are the chances of the average LEO, or average anybody knowing exactly what equipment is on each bike and where it is located?  One time when i was pulled over I gave the officer my car registration instead of my bike registration.  He asked me when Volkswagen started making motorcycles.  No, he was not joking.  

Slim considering the amount of motorcycles available.  Chance of the average peace officer to be cocky and assume he knows what he's doing and fine you, giving you the chance to fight or just pay the fine? Much higher.


It's revenue.


Please don't take my comment as a cop-bashing comment, just my limited experience with them concludes me to statement.

[Statler]

Slim considering the amount of motorcycles available.  Chance of the average peace officer to be cocky and assume he knows what he's doing and fine you, giving you the chance to fight or just pay the fine? Much higher.


It's revenue.


Please don't take my comment as a cop-bashing comment, just my limited experience with them concludes me to statement.

asking me to take it a certain way doesn't actually change the comment's nature.  This thread is almost done at this point.

[sbrguy]

classic, classic comment....

[avizpls]

I suspect that this bill is a back-door way to address motorcycle noise emissions, rather than greenhouse gas emissions.  Loud moto exhausts are a hot-button issue everywhere, and this is one way to tackle it.

I have no evidence (yet), but that's what my gut tells me.  

WIN. Anytime something is done for "GREEN" purposes, you should immediatley look to see what the REAL motive is.