Uh-oh, watch out lads

[The_Dover]

Like fuck it'll be 100dB cos my GSXR750K6 is rated at 102dB stock.

Wankers.

[Ixion]

Yep,the rule has been there for ever - but there is no way to put it into action.The only way they are going to be able to get any rules on exhausts is to make it compulsory for the vehicle to have the standard exhaust it was complied with - this means you will NOT be able to change the exhaust system from standard.It's coming - all the new rules are being based around compliance standards.It's coming,keep pushing and it'll come even sooner....

The rule's been around for ages. But it's next to impossible to enforce, because noise measurement is such a complex pig of an exercise, doing it as part of a WoF would put the cost up beyond what is politically acceptable - Every WoF place would have to have a special testing facility.

Homulgation is one route, as you say. But the problem here is that NZ has such a dog's dinner of different models of vehicles, there is no way the most of them are going to be abel to get OEM replacement zorsts after they get to be a typical NZ age. Fine for vehicles a few years old- but try going and getting a new OEM exhaust for a 20 year old car.

So that in practical terms means allowing after market mufflers, and they're not going to be willing to go through the very expensive process of homolgation for the few units they'd sell per year.

No politician is willing to say to 50% of the vehicle owners in the country "Your car is no longer going to ab able to be used. Scrap it". Political suicide.

[diggydog]

Like fuck it'll be 100dB cos my GSXR750K6 is rated at 102dB stock.

Wankers.

I talking to this guy that worked for something transport dept going back a few years,he did a test on a truck, it was as noise inside the cab as it was out side truck, he said that it was just big joke.

[skidMark]

as the law currently stands for a wof and i'm guessing the same for a cops ear....it is not the db when it is being revved that is tested but infact the idle decibals....when it comes wof time if you have a noisy as hell bike a little trick is slow your idle righttttt down so the poor thing will only just run....

this is basically how harleys can pass though is because the test must be performed at idle and not at revs....

helps to be nice to your WOF man too

[Motu]

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Homulgation is one route, as you say. But the problem here is that NZ has such a dog's dinner of different models of vehicles, there is no way the most of them are going to be abel to get OEM replacement zorsts after they get to be a typical NZ age. Fine for vehicles a few years old- but try going and getting a new OEM exhaust for a 20 year old car.

So that in practical terms means allowing after market mufflers, and they're not going to be willing to go through the very expensive process of homolgation for the few units they'd sell per year.

It'll be Grandfathered in - from X date....in 10 years it won't matter.Remember high stop lamps and rear seat belts? The cars that don't need them are practically off the radar,and we were so upset about it at the time.Aftermarket car exhausts now have Db ratings....although with Southwards now dropping their exhaust plant all our mufflers will now be sourced from overseas (now where have I heard that before....another local industry lost to us) A big overseas plant will be hammering out rated exhausts for a world market,it will just be so easy to fit us in - EVERY exhaust imported into this country WILL comply! The local exhaust industry will be frogmarched into compliance.It's a done deal I tell you,everything is in place.....all waiting for public complaints to tip the politcians into action.Bikes???,just make them follow the same rules as the cars.

[Lou Girardin]

Like fuck it'll be 100dB cos my GSXR750K6 is rated at 102dB stock.

Wankers.

Is that on the noise test sticker? Most overseas limits are less than 95.

[The_Dover]

Yes Lou. It's there in black and white so as not to be racialist.

[Lou Girardin]

Yes Lou. It's there in black and white so as not to be racialist.

What'd the sticker cost?

[The_Dover]

What'd the sticker cost?

It was fuckin expensive, but the free bike was worth it.

[Quasievil]

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.....

Okay, now where is that spare $4500 gone ?

[MWVT]

.The only way they are going to be able to get any rules on exhausts is to make it compulsory for the vehicle to have the standard exhaust it was complied with - this means you will NOT be able to change the exhaust system from standard.

How does one know if your exhaust is OEM or not. Apart from the ludicrous noise it makes of course

[Motu]

It will be marked as such - with make and model and the standard it complies with.If it has no such marking it will be out,and you'll have to buy a complete new system.Do you hear all the bleating and moaning about brake hoses on this site? - it will be nothing compared to the hue and cry about exhaust systems.