New Bill for Loud Motorcycles

[Chchadder]

Anybody have an ANSI approved decibel meter?  After reading through all of this and other crap I thought about getting one just to see how loud my ExBox is.  Then I decided I'd rather spend the money on other mods...   

Anyone have a pic of the EPA stamp from their stock exhaust?  I'm sure many of us would love to see it!!

[Howie]

Sign and leave a comment.  IMO, "loud pipes save lives"  won't cut it.  Remember, write your City Council Member too.

http://www.petitiononline.com/ccmsny/petition.html

[corey]

what gives them the right to just take your motorcycle?
do cops in NYC ride motorcycles? the bike cops down here in pittsburgh have pipes that are DEFINITELY not stock. pretty damn loud.

so much for this thing:

[Grrrly]

last I've heard the council have agreed to at least pull out the confiscation part of the draft.  Because NYPD does not have the ability to safely transport the bikes.

[Howie]

BUMP

E MAIL OR CALL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER!

[Grrrly]

THIS BILL IS NOT DEAD!!!!!!!!!!

If any of you ever intend to ever park your motorcycle (for any amount of time) on the streets of NYC, and do not wish to receive a $1000 ticket, you really need to come down to City Hall THIS WEDNESDAY, Jan 7th!  There will be NYC Council general advocacy sessions.

Meeting:  WEDNESDAY, Jan 7th, In front of 250 Broadway.

There will be 2 sessions.  The first at 11am.
We need people to show up before 11 and be prepared to go through metal detectors, so get there early!

The second session will be at 12:30pm.

Please try to approach your respective council member and explain why he/she needs to vote NO to Bill 416A!!
Please tell them that you care about this issue and that you VOTE!

We need bodies there to support this fight!

Howie and  2001chromo will be there, please come out and keep them company!

I cannot stress how important this really is!

For those of you in surrounding areas of NYC, don't think this won't affect you! 
If this passes in NYC, you know it will pass every where else more easily.

[Grrrly]

if you go bring a helmet, so they (council members) immediately recognize you ride!

[Grrrly]

Does anyone on here live in either Northeast Queens  or the Upper West Side?

I may be able to set up a meeting with Tony Avello, Council Member of NE Queens.  I need residents of his district to come with me, it will be much more effective!

Also if you live in the Upper West Side, I'm still trying to set up a meeting with Council Member Brewer to show my presentation of my survey to fight 416.  If I can being a large group with me, again, it would be MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE!!

PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA PM

[DoubleEagle]

Do Semi Trucks drvie through NYC ?

Seems to me that they are louder than any motocycle .

They pollute more. I'm sure they pay more in road use taxes but the people who they keep awake don't care about that.

What would happen if you took the tag off your bike at night if it's parked on the street?

Are the cops going to look until they find a Vin# to ticket it or just confiscate the bike ?

How do the cops know what decibel your pipe(s) are putting out if the bike is parked. ?

With all the noise in NYC why pick on a single Motorcycle or are there gangs of roving bikes with loud pipes ?

Best of luck. I'll be hoping for the best.

Keep us posted please.    Dolph

[EvilSteve]

Are the cops going to look until they find a Vin# to ticket it or just confiscate the bike ?

How do the cops know what decibel your pipe(s) are putting out if the bike is parked. ?

That's the problem with this proposed law, they can just confiscate the bike without testing how loud it is. Even if you you have the stock pipes on your bike, if they don't see the EPA stamp, they can impound your bike.

I live in Astoria ToXiK, happy to go to a meeting but obviously a bit late now. I already emailed my member some time ago and haven't received a response.

[Pakhan]

I'm in Richmond Hill. 

But my drivers license still has my Bronx address, does that matter?

[Grrrly]

I live in Astoria ToXiK, happy to go to a meeting but obviously a bit late now. I already emailed my member some time ago and haven't received a response.

D,
I haven't received a response from MY council woman either. So far Council Member Avello of Queens is the only one that has replied.
I'm still waiting on scheduling the meeting.  When it's scheduled I'll give you a shout.

Michelle

[Grrrly]

as for those in NYC willing to help:

I am willing to meet with your council member if you are able to secure a meeting with him/her.
Perhaps we can make a list of everyone's City Council District. 
I'm told the magic number is 20 people to get a meeting.  (now all 20 probably don't need to be constituents, but it would help if the person trying to arrange the meeting is).

to find out your district check here: http://council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtml

I'll get this rolling:

IndustrialGrrrl aka ToXiK- District 6
2001Chromo-  District 6

[Ferrell75002]

So, someone on another forum said that they didn't pass the law today. Is this true ?

[Howie]

The bill is going through a rewrite and will come up for vote again.  The bill is not dead, not even in a coma.  The fight is not over.