Uh-oh, watch out lads

[scumdog]

"The sky is falling, the sky is falling...."

[Motu]

Are Ducati's fitted with Termigonis exempted ?????

It'll be pretty easy to find out - just go past your local cop giving it death,then he'll send you off to a testing facillity (user pays remember) and you'll be issued with a pass or fail.Then you'll have the proof on paper.....and entered into the police system as an electronic copy.Do it,go on...put it to the test.....

[sAsLEX]

86dbA Is not very loud.....

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0 The softest sound a person can hear with normal hearing
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10 normal breathing
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20 whispering at 5 feet
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30 soft whisper
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50 rainfall
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60 normal conversation
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110 shouting in ear
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120 thunder


Home

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50 refrigerator
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50 - 60 electric toothbrush
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50 - 75 washing machine
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50 - 75 air conditioner
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50 - 80 electric shaver
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55 coffee percolator
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55 - 70 dishwasher
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60 sewing machine
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60 - 85 vacuum cleaner
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60 - 95 hair dryer
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65 - 80 alarm clock
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70 TV audio
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70 - 80 coffee grinder
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70 - 95 garbage disposal
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75 - 85 flush toilet
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80 pop-up toaster
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80 doorbell
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80 ringing telephone
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80 whistling kettle
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80 - 90 food mixer or processor
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80 - 90 blender
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80 - 95 garbage disposal
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110 baby crying
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110 squeaky toy held close to the ear
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135 noisy squeeze toys



Work

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40 quiet office, library
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50 large office
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65 - 95 power lawn mower
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80 manual machine, tools
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85 handsaw
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90 tractor
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90 - 115 subway
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95 electric drill
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100 factory machinery
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100 woodworking class
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105 snow blower
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110 power saw
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110 leafblower
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120 chain saw, hammer on nail
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120 pneumatic drills, heavy machine
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120 jet plane (at ramp)
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120 ambulance siren
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125 chain saw
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130 jackhammer, power drill
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130 air raid
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130 percussion section at symphony
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140 airplane taking off
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150 jet engine taking off
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150 artillery fire at 500 feet
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180 rocket launching from pad



Recreation

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40 quiet residential area
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70 freeway traffic
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85 heavy traffic, noisy restaurant
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90 truck, shouted conversation
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95 - 110 motorcycle
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100 snowmobile
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100 school dance, boom box
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110 disco
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110 busy video arcade
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110 symphony concert
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110 car horn
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110 -120 rock concert
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112 personal cassette player on high
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117 football game (stadium)
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120 band concert
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125 auto stereo (factory installed)
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130 stock car races
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143 bicycle horn
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150 firecracker
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156 capgun
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157 balloon pop
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162 fireworks (at 3 feet)
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163 rifle
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166 handgun
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170 shotgun

[madboy]

Even the objective is subjective if enforced by someone who wants to find something to hassle you about, so I'll stick with my factory exhaust thanks. I had too many years of 130db+ car stereos, I'm not about to finish off what's left of my hearing.

But if some particularly anal cop-type wants to speak to the wanker who lives down the street from me with the drain-piped non-turbo Legacy... I can't understand how they got that car to be so loud!

[Squeak the Rat]

I actually thought the process sounds reasonably fair. As i read it, the officer makes a subjective call and it needs to be followed up by a testing authority.

Beats being given a ticket based on the cops bad hair day.

Not sure about the WOF side of things though - all bikers and boy racers will get sent for testing by default. Having said that, I'll guess I'll take my bike to a bike shop to get it's wof, they'll be a bit more sensible.....

[James Deuce]

heehee.

Thanks for the suggestion officer.

*goes home , puts oem canister on*

Goes to testing station.

Yeah, I've no idea why I got sent here either mate.

[Biohazard]

Are Ducati's fitted with Termigonis exempted ?????

Roflmao u have to buy a set first , but no Termi's are illegal slightly more than 86db.

[jimbo600]

I'm all for it. Bike exhausts including aftermarket ones are generally far less obtrusive than the shite you see on boy racer cars. I can't stand the sound of a shitbox rice burner with a crappy raspy exhaust. Plus as Scummy said earlier they fuck themselves by driving like wankers in built up areas.

Also I have a standard can and can't afford an aftermarket one so it won't effect me anyway.

[Big Chim]

whats all this?? speak up i cant hear you

[Patrick]

heehee.

Thanks for the suggestion officer.

*goes home , puts oem canister on*

Goes to testing station.

Yeah, I've no idea why I got sent here either mate.

Gets WOF, goes home and puts on bucket/chimney stack exhaust...., again......,

Lets play that game again!!!

Pretty much if its louder than original it "MAY" be a problem... see earlier thread from Scummy... pretty much how we see it....

[Motu]

It'll make it so much easier for us WoF inspectors,no more getting into an argument about how these were a stock system on this model,or the old ''You gave it a WoF last time!''.Now it's clear cut - ''You're an arrogant little shit aren't you? This system is possibly too noisy,you'll have to take it for a noise test....don't come back until you can prove it's not too noisy''.

''Go and sit in your car if you want to cry,it's not cool in public.''

BRING IT ON!!!!!

[sAsLEX]

I actually thought the process sounds reasonably fair. As i read it, the officer makes a subjective call and it needs to be followed up by a testing authority.

next day after passing the independant test, cop pulls you again and green stickers you again requiring you to pay for another test

next day after passing the independant test, cop pulls you again and green stickers you again requiring you to pay for another test

next day after passing the independant test, cop pulls you again and green stickers you again requiring you to pay for another test

next day after passing the independant test, cop pulls you again and green stickers you again requiring you to pay for another test

oh and this happened in Tauranga

[Big Dave]

"The sky is falling, the sky is falling...."

How many decibels does it make?

[sAsLEX]

How many decibels does it make?

How fast is it moving?

[ManDownUnder]

I actually thought the process sounds reasonably fair. As i read it, the officer makes a subjective call and it needs to be followed up by a testing authority.

Beats being given a ticket based on the cops bad hair day.

That what I was thinking...