CA wants to smog check motorcycles

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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.