Long Beach Ca Police Crack Down On Loud Pipes
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Long Beach Ca Police Crack Down On Loud Pipes
According to todays Long Beach Telegram http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_9508923 the police are going to get tough on bikes with loud pipes.
LONG BEACH - Long Beach police said on Friday they will be beefing up their enforcement of motorcycle noise, particularly on Ocean Boulevard.
It is illegal in California to modify a motorcycle's exhaust to make it louder, and the citable limit for noise in the state is 95 decibels.
Cmdr. Jay Johnson of the Long Beach Police Department's South Division said more complaints have been reaching police in the past few weeks and some residents are doing noise-detector readings that show illegal motorcycle riding.
It is illegal in California to modify a motorcycle's exhaust to make it louder, and the citable limit for noise in the state is 95 decibels.
Cmdr. Jay Johnson of the Long Beach Police Department's South Division said more complaints have been reaching police in the past few weeks and some residents are doing noise-detector readings that show illegal motorcycle riding.
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RE: Long Beach Ca Police Crack Down On Loud Pipes
Two years ago a cop came along side and said our pipes were too loud and said that they would be carring decibel meters with them\\; but he did let us go.
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RE: Long Beach Ca Police Crack Down On Loud Pipes
95 decibels where? With the meter up a tail pipe? Inside their cruiser? At what rpm? Not enough information in the article. Also if they are going to target motorcycles they better target all loud noises. Trucks cars-boom boxes-etc. Selective enforcement is not acceptable usually and always gets called on eventually.
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RE: Long Beach Ca Police Crack Down On Loud Pipes
Hawaii tried to pass a similar ordinance, again there wasnt enough information. 95dB at how far from the exhaust, at what angle, and at what engine RPM?...
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RE: Long Beach Ca Police Crack Down On Loud Pipes
I have a friend who lives along the beach there, and she's said for years every weekend tons of bikes show up and rev all day long. That's asking for it.
What's stupid though is making new laws. Just enforce the loud noise ordinance and the job is done.
What's stupid though is making new laws. Just enforce the loud noise ordinance and the job is done.
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RE: Long Beach Ca Police Crack Down On Loud Pipes
I find the biggest factor in loud pipes tickets is the way the bike is being ridden. If the rider is revving the he** out of the engine it can mean a ticket. I'm getting less enamored of really loud pipes as I grow older. Right now I'm running Vance and Hines Long Shots with the stock baffles and also Smart Partz Hard Kore baffles. It quieted them down considerably and I have found it \\; makes for less fatigue on long rides.
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I agree, much of the sound depends on who's at the throttle.
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RE: Long Beach Ca Police Crack Down On Loud Pipes
I think it was Denver that solved the decibel meter/training problem by resorting to the EPA stamp rule. \\; Pipes not stamped= tickets. \\; \\; Other cities are following suit. \\; \\; Afraid it won't be long before all those loud \\;pipes are hanging on the wall in the garage.