49 state verses 50 state
#11
05-08-2010 | 07:23 PM
hook a drill to the speedometer and turn it over till it hits above 7500, hey they said you cant "drive" it to reach beyond 7500 LOL in the case of a elec speedo it uses a magnetic pick up to collect the revulution copunt so just hook a magnet to one side of the drill
#15
03-11-2011 | 05:12 PM
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 429
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From: California
No, you CANNOT 'down' grade your bike to meet Cali standards---- it must be factory certified for CA, and the appropriate manufacturer sticker attached to the bike--
No one can 'import' a bike into CA with less than 7500 miles on it- and if DMV discovers that you messed with the odometer, you will be denied registration in CA AND the bike will be 'black-balled' meaning that it can never be registered in CA.
My brother
is a car dealer and made a big mistake bringing a nearly new $80000 S-Class Mercedes into the state from Texas with 2000 miles--- not only did he lose the sale to the CA buyer, but had to take a loss when he had to basically sell it back to the Texas seller---
I spoke directly to the CA C.A.R.B. unit for my info as I wanted to bring in my dream-bike 2009 2-tone rootbeer Street Glide from Chicago-- really pisses me off!
What you 'might' be able to do is to have your (very cooperative) seller register the bike in CA as if he had moved here.... then buy it and register it. Can't guarantee that there isn't a 'gotcha' in that plan either...
I had heard that Harley was supposed to be making 50 state bikes, but can't seem to confirm that---
No one can 'import' a bike into CA with less than 7500 miles on it- and if DMV discovers that you messed with the odometer, you will be denied registration in CA AND the bike will be 'black-balled' meaning that it can never be registered in CA.
My brother
is a car dealer and made a big mistake bringing a nearly new $80000 S-Class Mercedes into the state from Texas with 2000 miles--- not only did he lose the sale to the CA buyer, but had to take a loss when he had to basically sell it back to the Texas seller---I spoke directly to the CA C.A.R.B. unit for my info as I wanted to bring in my dream-bike 2009 2-tone rootbeer Street Glide from Chicago-- really pisses me off!
What you 'might' be able to do is to have your (very cooperative) seller register the bike in CA as if he had moved here.... then buy it and register it. Can't guarantee that there isn't a 'gotcha' in that plan either...
I had heard that Harley was supposed to be making 50 state bikes, but can't seem to confirm that---
#16
03-11-2011 | 05:24 PM
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: So Cal The Golden State
I'm trying to do the same thing right now in California and I want to know if anyone has ever checked the box that the reads "not the actual mileage" and just said the the odometer has turned over once. That would save me a lot of pain if that works.
Does anyone know why the mileage is 7500? Did some law maker just throw an arbitrary number out there?
Does anyone know why the mileage is 7500? Did some law maker just throw an arbitrary number out there?
#17
03-11-2011 | 05:27 PM
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: So Cal The Golden State
No, you CANNOT 'down' grade your bike to meet Cali standards---- it must be factory certified for CA, and the appropriate manufacturer sticker attached to the bike--
No one can 'import' a bike into CA with less than 7500 miles on it- and if DMV discovers that you messed with the odometer, you will be denied registration in CA AND the bike will be 'black-balled' meaning that it can never be registered in CA.
My brotheris a car dealer and made a big mistake bringing a nearly new $80000 S-Class Mercedes into the state from Texas with 2000 miles--- not only did he lose the sale to the CA buyer, but had to take a loss when he had to basically sell it back to the Texas seller---
I spoke directly to the CA C.A.R.B. unit for my info as I wanted to bring in my dream-bike 2009 2-tone rootbeer Street Glide from Chicago-- really pisses me off!
What you 'might' be able to do is to have your (very cooperative) seller register the bike in CA as if he had moved here.... then buy it and register it. Can't guarantee that there isn't a 'gotcha' in that plan either...
I had heard that Harley was supposed to be making 50 state bikes, but can't seem to confirm that---
No one can 'import' a bike into CA with less than 7500 miles on it- and if DMV discovers that you messed with the odometer, you will be denied registration in CA AND the bike will be 'black-balled' meaning that it can never be registered in CA.
My brother
is a car dealer and made a big mistake bringing a nearly new $80000 S-Class Mercedes into the state from Texas with 2000 miles--- not only did he lose the sale to the CA buyer, but had to take a loss when he had to basically sell it back to the Texas seller---I spoke directly to the CA C.A.R.B. unit for my info as I wanted to bring in my dream-bike 2009 2-tone rootbeer Street Glide from Chicago-- really pisses me off!
What you 'might' be able to do is to have your (very cooperative) seller register the bike in CA as if he had moved here.... then buy it and register it. Can't guarantee that there isn't a 'gotcha' in that plan either...
I had heard that Harley was supposed to be making 50 state bikes, but can't seem to confirm that---
#19
01-26-2012 | 01:14 AM
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Joined: May 2008
Posts: 1,718
Likes: 1
From: manhattan beach
not sure whether this helps or not, but i found this executive order from air resources board of ca - that exempts several 2009 harley models from the smog rules... IF they do not have certain VIN components-
check this out and see if it helps:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onroad/...584_0d6_hn.pdf
check this out and see if it helps:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onroad/...584_0d6_hn.pdf
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