Who's gotten ticketed for LOUD PIPES?
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Who's gotten ticketed for LOUD PIPES?
Just got off the phone with the same friend who I was talking about got his azz kciked last week. Well, he was telling me he has been pulled over 5 times for LOUD PIPES. I am yet to see this bike but he says he has drag pipes. If it were me I would at least get some pipes that weren't quite as loud, or maybe even tone down the way I ride. I guess he probably has no self control on the bike. Oh well...
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A friend of mine did... but he had it coming. Riding through town, straight pipes and blipping and reving the throttle.
Served him right. He gives responsible bikers a bad name.
Served him right. He gives responsible bikers a bad name.
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ORIGINAL: anubisss
Just got off the phone with the same friend who I was talking about got his azz kciked last week. Well, he was telling me he has been pulled over 5 times for LOUD PIPES. I am yet to see this bike but he says he has drag pipes. If it were me I would at least get some pipes that weren't quite as loud, or maybe even tone down the way I ride. I guess he probably has no self control on the bike. Oh well...
Just got off the phone with the same friend who I was talking about got his azz kciked last week. Well, he was telling me he has been pulled over 5 times for LOUD PIPES. I am yet to see this bike but he says he has drag pipes. If it were me I would at least get some pipes that weren't quite as loud, or maybe even tone down the way I ride. I guess he probably has no self control on the bike. Oh well...
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I have had 2 in socal and both were from being stoped for totally seperate reasons:
1st one was because I stoped on the side of the freeway to zip up my jacket, but I didn't realize I had just pasted a cop sitting behind the toll booth, she lurked up behind me as I was rezipping my jacket (it came unzipped and was not working right). Walks up, says "where is your fastpass?" I say in my pocket... she says "well it didn't read when you went through the toll lane, I am going to have to give you a ticket for not having your fast pass properly mounted on the vehicle" and I see those aren't stock pipes? me: um... Ok? she says "well I am going to ticket you for not having EPA/CARB approved exhaust"
To make a long story not so long, she gave me the ticket but I beat both of them because there is no law or regulation stated by the toll roads like that and the judge threw out the whole thing.
2nd one was for speeding (and of course he added the exhaust ticket to it) and I beat that because the judge appreciated me beeing honest and admitting to speeding. But I travel that road every single day and they had just started construction that day and I convinced the judge that officer was speed trapping motorist that weren't slowing down in the very short warning time, for this construction zone that was poorly marked. he threw the whole thing out but of course in both cases I had to show up for the court date, sit for 3 hours and then pay a $10 court fee...
1st one was because I stoped on the side of the freeway to zip up my jacket, but I didn't realize I had just pasted a cop sitting behind the toll booth, she lurked up behind me as I was rezipping my jacket (it came unzipped and was not working right). Walks up, says "where is your fastpass?" I say in my pocket... she says "well it didn't read when you went through the toll lane, I am going to have to give you a ticket for not having your fast pass properly mounted on the vehicle" and I see those aren't stock pipes? me: um... Ok? she says "well I am going to ticket you for not having EPA/CARB approved exhaust"
To make a long story not so long, she gave me the ticket but I beat both of them because there is no law or regulation stated by the toll roads like that and the judge threw out the whole thing.
2nd one was for speeding (and of course he added the exhaust ticket to it) and I beat that because the judge appreciated me beeing honest and admitting to speeding. But I travel that road every single day and they had just started construction that day and I convinced the judge that officer was speed trapping motorist that weren't slowing down in the very short warning time, for this construction zone that was poorly marked. he threw the whole thing out but of course in both cases I had to show up for the court date, sit for 3 hours and then pay a $10 court fee...
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Nicely done sir!
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I got one for disputing with a cop that my Apes were legal. So I got nailed for the bars and the pipes...along with him calling in back-up. What a *****!
Anyway, for the Apes ticket, I took a pic of me on the bike with the bars pulled down a bit showing that they were lower than my hands. For the pipes I printed out a modified Ebay receipt showing that the pipes had baffles in them (they don't). Because the ticket for the bars was foolish and the fact that the cop is known for writing a ridiculous amount of tickets, both tickets were dismissed. I didn't even need to hang around for it. One of the judges cronies talked to me before the case was called and took care of it for me.
Lesson learned, next time he or any other dip$hit pulls me over to just let them write me the ticket and just beat it in court. Otherwise the cops panties will get all bunched up and to prove his manhood he'll have to write me other tickets...and call in back-up because he's scared I might hurt him. Jeez, what a freakin' wimp!
Anyway, for the Apes ticket, I took a pic of me on the bike with the bars pulled down a bit showing that they were lower than my hands. For the pipes I printed out a modified Ebay receipt showing that the pipes had baffles in them (they don't). Because the ticket for the bars was foolish and the fact that the cop is known for writing a ridiculous amount of tickets, both tickets were dismissed. I didn't even need to hang around for it. One of the judges cronies talked to me before the case was called and took care of it for me.
Lesson learned, next time he or any other dip$hit pulls me over to just let them write me the ticket and just beat it in court. Otherwise the cops panties will get all bunched up and to prove his manhood he'll have to write me other tickets...and call in back-up because he's scared I might hurt him. Jeez, what a freakin' wimp!
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RE: Who's gotten ticketed for LOUD PIPES?
Hopefully that cop doesn't read these forums.....then he will know that honesty doesn't go far with you. The "swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing BUT the truth"??
That applies to documents you present in your defense also.
That applies to documents you present in your defense also.
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I got one for disputing with a cop that my Apes were legal. So I got nailed for the bars and the pipes...along with him calling in back-up. What a *****!
I got one for disputing with a cop that my Apes were legal. So I got nailed for the bars and the pipes...along with him calling in back-up. What a *****!
Sounds like the cop was doing his job and you just didn't like it.
I have never gotten pulled over.
Loud is nice, but if you are buying pipes JUST to be loud then don't be surprised when the cops hassle you.