Is this legal?

[Chill]

Rode past near a cop parked up by the side of the road this morning.
30 seconds later was waved over by a second cop who was already parked up.

I pull over, turn the bike off and he comes up, says my bike is too loud, checks my rego & wof and tickets me $150 for pipes being too loud. Doesn't do a noise check - isn't even standing next to the bike when it's turned on - just says the other cop radioed to him that my bike was too loud.
My bike passed WOF with the same pipes.

Is there anything I can do about this?

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Rode past near a cop parked up by the side of the road this morning.
30 seconds later was waved over by a second cop who was already parked up.

I pull over, turn the bike off and he comes up, says my bike is too loud, checks my rego & wof and tickets me $150 for pipes being too loud. Doesn't do a noise check - isn't even standing next to the bike when it's turned on - just says the other cop radioed to him that my bike was too loud.
My bike passed WOF with the same pipes.

Is there anything I can do about this?

this the new law that is a huge grey area... do a search there are heaps of threads on it

[hayd3n]

you can contest it but could cost you more
maybe as an idea go to police station and have them prove it is or not

[Chill]

Cheers, I have searched the forums and read some stuff on it but not sure it related to exactly the same situation. Maybe I missed it

[Katman]

And so, it starts.

[Road Guardian]

I pull over, turn the bike off and he comes up, says my bike is too loud, checks my rego & wof and tickets me $150 for pipes being too loud. Doesn't do a noise check - isn't even standing next to the bike when it's turned on - just says the other cop radioed to him that my bike was too loud.
My bike passed WOF with the same pipes.

Is there anything I can do about this?

Ask your self, is the bike noisy when its idling?? Is it noisy when at say 4-5000rpm??

Has the bike been modified in anyway that may increase the noise level???
Go and get another WOF done, ask them to do a noise test.

[short-circuit]

And so it starts.

And so what starts?

[Tank]

Rode past near a cop parked up by the side of the road this morning.
30 seconds later was waved over by a second cop who was already parked up.

I pull over, turn the bike off and he comes up, says my bike is too loud, checks my rego & wof and tickets me $150 for pipes being too loud. Doesn't do a noise check - isn't even standing next to the bike when it's turned on - just says the other cop radioed to him that my bike was too loud.
My bike passed WOF with the same pipes.

Is there anything I can do about this?

I guess the REAL question is "are your pipes legal?"

If not you really cannot complain can you?

[Iggy]

And so what starts?

KATMAN?

[piston broke]

i think maybe,pick on biker year

[Swampdonkey]

need to prove them wrong......or pay the fine

[Tank]

i think maybe,pick on biker year

again - if the guys pipes are actually too loud - then its not really picking on bikers is it?

People choose to make their bikes loud. You take the risk and fines with it.

[Mully]

KATMAN?

nerna nerna nerna nerna. Katman. Katman.

[Tank]

I'm looking at getting a Suzuki Intruder 750 that has aftermarket pipes on it, quite small straight ones (sorry not sure what they are exactly) and they have a ring of discolouration on both of the two pipes.

Would these short straight pipes be the ones causing the problem?

[Chill]

They are after market pipes, they're loud but nice - not deafening.
They've passed WOF.

I was just put off by the fact the cop did no test or anything, I didn't even have the bike on when he came over to ticket me.