The officer told the rest of the party to wait ahead while he discussed our infractions. Now we both though we were pulled over for violation of DOT helmet law. Well that was only a small part of it; his main concern was the loudness of our pipes. Now I was running in the back of the pack in 6th gear tacking just less than 2grand, traveling at 62mph, the other bike was just ahead of me doing the same. All I heard was the wind in my ears. The officer stated the pipes failed the title 41 law (which I cannot find on line) and where stamped incorrectly.( gave us a picture of the official stamp) Now both our bikes were purchased at a dealer as well as the pipes “Victory manufactured”. He pulled out the db meter for measurements and said the passing range was 90bd… the funny thing when he showed us the meter the high-way traffic was already registering 90db. Started one bike and asked to rev, one bike read 104 db and mine was at 130 db. I do not believe this is the correct way the tool should be used if you rev anything it will be loader the 90db. The readings should be monitored at idle. Also stated the plates should be mounted horizontal and not vertical. Went in to along story on how Massachusetts resident are sick and tired of loud pipes and they had enough. So going forward there will be a crack down.
Now inspection is not due till the end of May, fortunately one of us had the inspection done already and showed the officer the paper work. Passing Plate and Pipes checks. Nothing said just “it’s not the law”. Again the inspection was done by the dealer. The officer even stated that Victory is building and selling bikes that do not pass the local law. Then he finally got to the helmets, which he only asked to read the tag inside and when you get home you will be purchasing a DOT correct.
After 30+minutes he let us go with a warning but told us to pass it on.|||This is the reason I moved out of Mass 25 years ago, the state just sucks. I'll bet you were near Newburyport when this happened, they had a huge blow up over motorcycles a few years ago when one of there inspectors pulled over every bike he saw and basically told them to never drive here again. That state is imploding as we speak and they are so hard up for money you are screwed if you get pulled over.|||Why is a set of drag pipes that have had baffles installed so they are not obnoxius are now illegal? That makes absolutely no sense. If they do not exceed the db limit, then they should be good. To flat out ban a style of pipes makes no sense. PATRICK AND THE REST OF THE LIBERALS IN MA HAVE TO GO!!
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|||thats why we have to as a nation get together and fight power! Buy more guns before you lose all your rights!|||You should be glad you were not ticketed. The law is the law. Your bike has to be %26lt;100db. The plate has to be mounted so it can be easily viewed (ie horizontal). The helmet needs to be DOT (or Snell). I ride in Mass all the time and can obey those laws. Just because you can afford a big buck motorcycle does not put you above the law.
Flag me if you want, but if can't live within the law you should not be on the street.
In Mass, you must have a baffle in the exhaust system of a motorcycle. Straight pipes are illegal. For motorcycles manufactured before 1986, 102 decibels is the legal limit, 99 decibels for motorcycles manufactured after 1986.|||ctpaddler is basically correct but I'd like to add something. It does not matter who sold you the pipes, or who made the pipes, if they have not been certified by the EPA and/or Fed DOT as meeting pollution and noise emission standards the pipes are illegal in most states. This means that the feds have actually tested, or have third party certified test results for the pipes in question.
Bogus plates on the pipes would be turned sideways and not contain the correct info or the plates would be in violation of federal law. The makers of the pipes and perhaps the shop that sold them could be prosecuted under feral law if the plate was a blatant forgery of an official plate. Also, none of my more than 10 motorcycles ever had a plate attached to the pipes The standards certification was stamped into the muffler when it was manufactured.
There is a standard protocol for measuring sound emissions that includes the engine being operated well above idle, at an RPM range of the bike as it is being ridden.
It sounds like you got a shake down, but by flaunting the law (pipes and helmets) you made yourself a target (and an example) for the state police.
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