Sounds more like a get your numbers up ticket to me. Two bs tickets on one stop. But we can guess at a cops motive for giving us a ticket till the cows come home. Fact is we'll never know why.

Maybe he caught a biker with loud pipes banging his wife.

 

go after criminals not loud pipes, are you kidding me?

 

He cited section 24951(b) which only says that

Any vehicle may be equipped with a lamp-type turn signal system capable of clearly indicating any intention to turn either to the right or to the left.

The following vehicles shall be equipped with a lamp-type turn signal system meeting the requirements of this chapter

(4) Motorcycles manufactured and first registered on or after January 1, 1973

This says nothing about separation between signals. all it says is that they have to be clearly seen, but it doesn't say from how far away.

 

Could be. Either way, it sounds like he cut the guy some slack by writing "fix it" tickets instead of traffic violations. Looks to me like the guy was just doing the job he is paid to do. Somebody has gotta do it.

 

One way of looking at it. We don't have fix it tickets in NJ so I don't know the difference in fines vs having to remove an expensive aftermarket exhaust system.

If somebody "has to" write tickets for loud exhausts, seems alot of cops aren't doing their jobs. Here in NJ at least it's quite rare to find a Harley that has street legal pipes on it and also rare to hear of anyone getting a ticket for it.

Fortunately, at least for now most police here have higher priorities. Hope it stays that way

 

Hey Chris that sucks... I ride through El Cajon every day on I-8 also. Never been stopped yet but my pipes are barely above stock in sound level. Not sure what your's sound like but I guess they got his attention.

Swap for some quieter slip-ons to get the ticket signed off and later you can change them again, but always have a set of stock pipes handy for just such things.

 

I thought everyone messed with the bubbleheads. Isn't the saying something like "A sub is the only Navy vessel that leaves with 200 men and returns with 100 couples"?

 

Thats fine and all , but without an actual decibel reading by a qualified officer , where's the hard beyond a doubt proof?

 

Update:

I talked to a Sheriff buddy of mine and he told me that San Diego PD is cracking down on loud pipes all over. Told me that a few of the guys he works with (also Sheriff's) got tickets too. Hopefully this wont be an on going problem, other wise Ill have to get some legal pipes, and that's no fun.

 

I came up with the distance ? based on your original post "I pulled over and wrote me for CVC 27150(a) no or inefective mufflers (correctable) and CVC 24951(b) Turn signals not being 9" appart (I bought an intigrated tail light and ditched the OEM signals). "


If you're not sure how from what distance they have to be visible then how can you "fix it" If you're signal is to the "Left" or "Right" of the actual tailight that would be an indication of the direction. You need to get a "no s**t" decision from gthe DA's office so you don't get another "fix it" for the same "violation".