CA wants to smog check motorcycles

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Originally Posted by pdog

Explain to me where the government makes money on this? You, the driver, pay for a smog check until you pass. The payment goes to the business doing the smog check, not the gov't. A cop can't give you a smog ticket because he can't check the emissions levels.

The article was quite clear: motorcycles are used for 1% of the total mileage but emit 10% of the total pollution. It's obvious something needs to be done to make them cleaner.

And, because it's written on the internet it must be true.

I find that number a little bit difficult to believe. REALLY difficult to believe. A cop can, RIGHT NOW, give you a ticket for an aftermarket exaust on your motorcycle that has the words *for race use only* on it, which are the majority. You did know that, right??