No smog or mechanical inspections like a lot of you deal with yearly. New you change anything it voids the warranty unless the parts are CARB approved. The feds have upped the game recently working with CARB as of this year so a lot of performance parts suppliers won't ship to Ca. anymore. You can still get performance goods just a dance doing it. Older machines anything goes as long as you can get it.

 

It's not easy like in the rest of the country...

Luckily, although they have tried several times, CARB (California Air Resources Board) has not required motorcycles to pass any SMOG tests.... yet..

The last real attempt was in about 2011. They then negotiated with the manufacturers, lobbyists, and consumer groups. The result was the requirement that all motorcycles manufactured after Jan 1, 2013 must have an EPA compliance stamp on all exhaust mufflers. Then CA passed a law that any 2013+ motorcycle, without that stamp on the mufflers, is in violation of an equipment violation. Even if you had an EPA compliant muffler, but the manufacturer for whatever reason decided not to put the stamp on it... you were violation. LEOs no longer had to prove it wasn't in compliance, just that it didn't have the stamp. Luckily most LEOs don't give a crap. Some smaller cities will push for tickets by their LEOs, but the vast majority won't look twice... unless of course you're being an idiot... then all bets are off..

As for visual inspection, while there are a few exceptions, the first time any bike is registered in CA the bike is inspected for the CA. CARB emissions sticker. That CA CARB sticker is the only visual inspection, done at the DMV (or certified by a dealer)... And once it is checked, as long as that bike remains registered in CA, there are no other inspections. Probably a good thing, because the few bikes I bought that needed to be inspected, the DMV inspectors were pretty clueless...

The hardest part here in CA, is getting parts. Any performance part, must have a CARB executive order that proclaims it to be in compliance with EPA and CA CARB restrictions. It is an expensive proposition to have a part tested and certified by CARB to be emissions compliant. CARB went after a few shops in CA, almost shut down a couple I know of. It's a big dollar fine. Then CARB started going after shops/vendors that were shipping non-CA compliant parts to CA. Right now, there are very few vendors (usually just some smaller ones) that will ship a non-CA compliant part to CA.... Just not worth the hassle for them.

It's not against the law to possess a non-CARB compliant part. It's only illegal to put one on a street driven, registered vehicle in the state of CA. Well, it's not illegal to possess the parts .... yet...

Of course, I never break the law... But I suspect there are a bunch of motorcycle riders in CA that may have an address, or a friend, that lives in a free state... let's say maybe AZ. They will have the parts shipped to that address, then pick them up, or have a friend reship them to CA.

 

My CVO SG is way! better. I did the cam work myself so that makes it faster because I didn't have to pay a Harley crook to put one in. CVO! Way to Go! You don't have one. I do have a CVO! The paint won't slide off the bags because it's CVO paint properly applied to stay on like the space shuttle. What a rocket! CVO YAY!

See how stupid you and he are? You deserve each other. Let me know how it goes tomorrow.

CVO or go home!

 

I would ignore loud mouth co-worker. Turn a deaf ear to him.
I know 2 guys like this and they are boring to listen to.

 

Ride your ****, go to cool places and hang with cool people. Wash rinse and repeat over and over.
That’s the best way to handle guys like that. Maybe he wonders why you don’t invite him. Maybe he doesn’t. Who cares. I don’t have time for people like that in my circle.

Oh and laugh your *** off and be ready with a handy quip when he goes to sell his salvage title bike and gets about 1/4 what a CVO is worth.

 

same bikes. ****. grow up.

 

I was grown up when you were still in diapers. Maybe you still are.

 

HTFU and love your ride. At least you're on a good one...!

Enjoy it!

 

ok bud. have a nice day and dont forget to change your depends. nice to see they let you on the wifi from the old age home. do they put "motorcycles" in the rec room for you to sit on while murder she wrote reruns play? or is it matlock reruns?

 

I hope those aren’t in the order of importance …..