So I just talked to a customer of mine who is a motorcycle officer here in Orange county. And yes he was on duty when I talked to him, he even asked if I wanted to ride up toRSM city hall with him and he will tell me exactly how loud my bike is... of course he said he won't ticket me for it. He knows I am not a throttle blipper or as he called um "throttle jockey"
He told me they have officially started a major crack down on any and all motorcycles that specifically break the noise and C.A.R.B laws!
He said that Anaheim pulled the trigger 1st about 2 weeks ago to UP the official stance of "no tolerance" for illegal exhaust, especially LOUD exhaust and will be targeting the Carbon Canyon area! And now here in Mission Viejo/ Trabuco canyon/ Rancho Santa Margarita the CHP and Sheriff's office are running specific operations in and around Trabuco canyon (for all you Cook's corner go'ers) because of residents in thecanyon complaining about "thunderousmotorcycle traffic" going to and from Cook's Corner!

He even told me that in California the law for Db is 82Db of course we got into a discussion about "how do you know what is legal?"

Your going to love this....

He told me that contrary to all the 'Public interpretation of the law" it is very simple... he said he can write a ticket for any exhaust that is not "Bone stock" whether it says EPA/CARB/50 state legal or not! All HD's are supposed to come stamped with "original HD equipment" on the exhaust. If they do not say that on the exhaust then he writes a ticket and it is now that persons responsiblity to prove otherwise in a court of law!

WOW that is harsh!

Don't get me wrong he is a cool guy, he rides a Harley as well and said he even has aftermarket exhaust on it... but he said it is all about "public perception" meaning home owners, motorists, general public. If home owners start to complain to the right people then guess what... it is time for police to do what is expected of them!
He told me straight up... if your a throttle blipper/jockey or you have obnoxiously loud exhaust you will be singled out and not only get an exhaust ticket but the officer has been told to throw the BOOK at you! i.e. aftermarket air intake, license plate mounted wrong, non DOT helmet... what ever they can find that you are doing wrong!

Get this... he has even ticketed people for illegal sunglasses! yeeeup I am not sh*tin ya, I guess in California sunglasses have to have a certain amount of peripheral vision unabstructed...

WOW I guess your damned if you do and damned if you don't!

 

Glad to hear they've solved all the murders, rapes, robberies, etc... and can now focus on this great menace to society.

Politicians are scum. [:'(]

Cheers!
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I hate election years.

 

well there you have it in a nutshell

 

Right there with ya!

 

Cant say I am surprised. I would be interested in learning the statutes or ordinance they will be using. Next time he stops by see if he can provide them.

 

Why do I keep thinking about what the governor was just saying about raising taxes because we need more police to fight the gangs?

 

Don't sound like a cool guy to me.

 

yeah. the sunglasses thing sounds awfully, uh, fictional. vehicle code site would be very informative.

i couldnt find a VC that covered sunglasses.

kinda makes you wonder about the whole thing.

 

It seems we're seeing more and more post like this . I'm here in the mid west and I live outside the city , some the of the cars and especialy the trucks the kids are driving out here have drum busting exhaust on them and you never see them pulled over .The LEO's in town don't seem to bother the bikers either but there seems to be a growing trend against bike exhaust so we'll see . I wonder what would happen if everyone quit buying aftermarket Hi-Flo a/c's , fuel tuners and exhaust ?