CA wants to smog check motorcycles

[pdog]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...ory?track=rss~.

Nothing pisses me off more than someone who removes the catalytic converter on their bike to lose 2-3 kgs but dramatically increasing the pollution they emit.

Motorcycles account for 3.6% of registered vehicles in the state and make up just 0.8% of vehicle-miles traveled, yet account for 10% of passenger vehicles' smog-forming emissions, according to the California Air Resources Board, which backs the measure. Although fuel-efficient bikes emit significantly less carbon dioxide per mile, the ARB says they are, on average, 14 times more polluting per mile when it comes to emissions of oxides of nitrogen and hydrocarbons -- smog-forming pollutants that have been shown to trigger asthma attacks and worsen respiratory and cardiac illnesses.

[Rider]

I notice you ride a bike that does not have a CC.

[zed]

if they don't measure the output of bikes, how do they know how much they are contributing?

well, someone thought it through.

Tim Buche, president of the Motorcycle Industry Council in Irvine, said the aims of the test could be circumvented more easily by motorcyclists than by other motorists: Aftermarket exhaust systems, which cost $1,000 to $4,000, can be removed in several hours and reinstalled after the test.

[pdog]

I don't see what I have to do with this story, aside from having my own opinion.

Originally Posted by Rider

I notice you ride a bike that does not have a CC.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by pdog

I don't see what I have to do with this story, aside from having my own opinion.

You said nothing pisses you off more than people removing their CC. If they are so important to you why don't you ride a bike that has one?

[pdog]

I said remove what was already there. I didn't say anything about bikes that don't come with them stock.

Originally Posted by Rider

You said nothing pisses you off more than people removing their CC. If they are so important to you why don't you ride a bike that has one?

[pdog]

Stay classy, Dave.

Originally Posted by Dave

don't breed

[pdog]

Yeah, that certainly can be a problem. I'd like to see the OEMs and aftermarket guys work on exhausts that can be a little louder than stock while keeping all the smog gear on there. i.e. the header or midpipe contains the CC while the endcan can be changed out. Then everyone wins.

Originally Posted by zed

well, someone thought it through.

[Smittie61984]

How about aftermarket exhaust manufactures coming out with catalytic converts to put on bikes that dont' come with them stock???

This bike emits no polution at alll and cures any guilt you might have experienced after watching "An Incovienent Truth"

[t-homo]

Originally Posted by pdog

I said remove what was already there. I didn't say anything about bikes that don't come with them stock.

What is the difference between buying a bike without one and removing one from a bike that does?