Colac car and bike show yesterday. word has it the EPA were set up on the geelong side of town doing tests on vehicles heading to and from the show...wild guess is a few hundred bikes were about, and 80% were well above epa limits.  few hotrods would have been too.

i really hope the reports are wrong. Would be a sad day that the law uses car and bike shows to target noise levels. if it is true and many recieve noise fines then i reckon this show will have a poor showing next year. 

what was noticable also was the dozen or so quiet harleys that just didnt seem right. probably been pinged previously and who can keep paying the $700 odd if the epa get you . ill keep taking the risk till it hits my wallet then reassess

gota love victoria

 

cheers.

 G'day Cactus, 

Smells like a blitz on bikes to me, particularly Harleys. They were apparently set up yesterday in Sydney Road too, up the road from Harley CIty. Just thinking aloud whether this in reaction to the adverse comments from the Parliamentary Committee on Road Safety here? You are dead right about the penalties. Isn't it something like a $6,500 penalty and loss of rego if you don't comply? Strewth, you get less for murder here!!!

 

 

It seems to me like the Vic Gov is trying to keep riders out of their state. It's getting to the point where I am almost not wanting to ride into victoria for fear of getting pinged. Might need to plan my interstate rides elsewhere.

so there was a blitz, I like my bike loud and have 32 inch of un-baffled pipes, so when the day comes I get done, Oh yes, I expect it, I cant really complain knowing my bike will fail

there is a BAC blitz after most "day on the green" concerts yet they are still well attended.

to boycott events because your bike is illegal only hurts the organizers and you miss a good day, take your car

it is getting to the stage were we will all need header pipes to take slip ons for ease of change when we suspect the EPA are out. Then we will need a new map so it runs half right

You`d almost suspect them for being the fun police which is even then , unacceptable , but it`s a matter of safety for fucks sake , like someone said here abouts in another thread , the emergency services have the loud sirens and shit to be heard for " safety " so what`s the go with targetting loud pipes , enviromental reasons is just plain bullshit (i`d happily pay an extra emmitions tax if need be , but would china or india), take away our noise and we`re at twice the risk i reckon !
Same as they were logically complaining of electric cars and shit being too quite and the risk that pedestrians have more chance of being hit , in this fucked up day an age of hands free , ear muffs and head phones ?
The fuckers are backward in goin forward in this country and it all points to revenue , nothin more , nothin less ?

Even the California Highway Patrol have fitted all their Harleys with louder pipes than standard.  It has saved them something like 40% less traffic accidents.

Got pulled over for loud pipes back in 08.
Had to change them as the cop that got me lived near me as well.
One month later, I got T-boned by a P Plater.
One bike now has V&H Short shots and the other, Drag Pipes, been lucky with the cops since, knock on wood.