And this track guy tested it or some shit... wierd

Yeh there was a 99db limit

somehow I doubt any Harley comes from the factory with a 100db level. Mine is pretty damn quiet.

But I would bet the % of Harley riders who buy exhausts is even higher than the % of sportbike riders who do.

werd. Apoc's crossbones is very quiet.

My buell was louder stock, and it sounded like an out of balance sewing machine.

If the bike is stock, there's no way those noise tickets are legal. A town can't make illegal what is federally (DOT) legal.

Ummm... I don't know, I think a city can make stricter restrictions... Hell, just like Myrtle has a helmet law even though neither SC nor the Fed Gov't do. If they could get the support, they could ban motorcycles period for that matter... look at California emission laws for example...

They can do anything they want, but it will cost a bunch of money, lots of time. and legal expertise tot get it thrown out of court. The noise ordinance in New Hope cost $100 under what the starting cost for a lawyer around here is, so why pay for a lawyer to get the tix dropped vs paying off the ticket anyway. I heard of a few folks that challeneged it in court and won, but I'm guessing they are s,art lawyers or payed more for the lawyer than the ticket cost.

I agree.

As far as HD loud. Ask the NERally peeps. I think Marko's buell was louder than mine. And I know the EX500 with micron was. That was the loudest bike there. THat being said, you couldn't even hear Tommy's aprilla run.

The Fed doesn't have a law stating that riding without a helmet is legal. Anything the Fed does not rule on, the states can. But if the Fed has a law, the states cannot overrule it. Technically medical marijuana is illegal because pot is federally illegal, no matter what the states say.

Yes, the CA emissions laws are legally questionable, this is exactly the argument Detroit has been making for decades.

As Derf noted, they can make a state or city law, but that doesn't mean the law is constitutional and it would take money and a legal fight to overturn it.