How are people handling this new NYS law. Basically they are saying all after market exhaust are now illegal. https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-legislation-cracking-down-noisy-illegal-mufflers-and-exhaust-systems
The debate about whether you would be illegal or not has already begun from what I have read.It is not loud but I guess I would have failed inspection?
Down where I live its at the officers option whether to give a ticket or ignore it or issue a warning. Very very few get cited. Down here they are more concerned about the check engine light that is on you car that will fail inspection and get you off the road quick. I have told the story of when i was getting my car smogged checked and an idiot in a pick up truck with the mufflers so loud it shook the smog stations windows and he passed and they sent him on his way. So no most aren't worried about noise.If I'm not mistaken, vehicles certified for sale in the USA must meet some standard dB test during the process of certification for sale in the USA so the noise limit and how to measure it is probably already codified in the Code of Federal Regulations for every vehicle type sold from new in the USA. This is where jurisdictions that enact local noise restriction laws run into enforcement trouble. It's hard to measure noise in the field in the exact same way as the DOT standard does in a test environment. The test equipment, training or equipment that operators or enforcement officers receive, and measuring environment conspire to send most locally enacted noise ordinances into the dust bin after someone challenges the law in court. New York state will have to somehow find a path to enforcement that differs from the past or the enforcers will have trouble with this one just like many that went before. Tread lightly and don't cut off the pipes below the foot pegs and you are probably good.
There are Federal EPA certifications for emission requirements too but they are separate from noise. Harley lost their case because dealers were selling and/or installing equipment that altered fuel mapping thus emissions and so violated EPA law, not specifically DOT law though it probably goes hand in hand that noisy modified pipes and mufflers remove or gut catalytic converters that also circumvent EPA law. This EPA enforcement is the hill that the feds have chosen to take because it's easy to document dealer sales and dealer installation of aftermarket non-EPA approved fueling software and hardware. It's a different animal to tame noise levels with random roadside checks or a once a year inspection prior to license renewal.
Another thing is have you noticed mainly on the Harley Davidson crowd the pipes are so loud that the radio has to be at max volume in order to hear it. How stupid is that?Lots of variables, at least 50 states, and of course ensuing confusion.
I all about liberty, but let's face it -- loud pipes lose rights.
(And if loud pipes actually DO save lives, just imagine what learning how to ride that thing could do for ya!)
Me I just never got the loud pipe thing. Is it because its percieved as cool? Saves lives? to fool you into thinking your bike has more power or to get attention. If its the latter for me I don't want that attention when I'm coming home from bike night after a few adult beverages.Don't get me wrong, there is a huge difference between after market pipes and someone removing the baffles and/or straight pipes.