Noise regs

[Griffin]

Those that sit behind desks trying to warrant their existence by making new rules for the masses to abide by wont be happy until we are all driving around in a small, economical, earth friendly, low noise, low cost, low impact, crash resistant, speed governed, mass produced vehicle that is government approved and micro chipped. The rules that govern the production and subsequent sale of this vehicle to the NZ public will be cited as the Can Not Be Too rules. ie

The vehicle can not be too:

big
powerful
shiny
noisey
different
tall
wide
colourful
interesting
old
american
fun
cool
cruisy
modified
costly
smokey

Im sure there are plenty of others to add but you get the idea... and when it comes to bikes, well, we probably shouldnt be on the road at all cos were all gang affilliated hoons with a penchant for death by adrenalin.

[rudolph]

Well, there might be several objections to this.

Firstly, it is $200. I am a poor impoverished old man eking out a frugal and penurious
existence on the smell of an oily rag (and oily rags aren't so common since they stopped making Triumphs at Meridan). $200 is a lot of money

Secondly , it is time. There are not many of these certifiers. There are bound to be delays

Thirdly, if I have a nice chrome zorst I don't want someone bashing holes in it for affixing plates. Bound to rust.

Fourthly, the existence of a plate is prima facie indication of a modified exhaust. That might be a bad thing on a classic bike. Devalues it.

its ok they just drill some holes and rivit a 100mm x 50mm to your niceley painted frame in a place where everyone can see it

[crusa]

I have 2 sets of pipes as i kept the originals,put the factory ones on for WOF now ,then back on with the louder ones.

[FJRider]

I have 2 sets of pipes as i kept the originals,put the factory ones on for WOF now ,then back on with the louder ones.

If any vehicle is found (by an enthusiastic law enforcer)to be not up to warrant of fitness standard (regardless of a current sticker being displayed), and this will include a noisy exaust. It may be ordered off the road / impounded for testing, by a certified testing station.
Some "boy racer" checkpoints are set up in various places to do just that.

[crusa]

If any vehicle is found (by an enthusiastic law enforcer)to be not up to warrant of fitness standard (regardless of a current sticker being displayed), and this will include a noisy exaust. It may be ordered off the road / impounded for testing, by a certified testing station.
Some "boy racer" checkpoints are set up in various places to do just that.

Didnt realize that,obviously i have been lucky as have been past mr plod a few times over the past year now and not stopped.

[MSTRS:Me]

Didnt realize that,obviously i have been lucky as have been past mr plod a few times over the past year now and not stopped.

Better believe you've been lucky. Or your non-standards aren't that loud as to draw unwanted attention.
Most people seem to forget that the WOF sticker only indicates a standard was met at the time of issue. As the bullshit regs continue to tighten, watch out for WOF testing 'anytime, anywhere'. In other words, your vehicle must pass a WOF, current sticker or not.

[sunhuntin]

My bike can be heard for at least 3 blocks.

I take it out for a fang just to make sure shes all shipshape and the wife tells me I never went out of earshot....Something tells me i won't be bother to get warrants from here on in.

im not sure i know your bike, but there is one in town that has mega volume on it. when i worked at the bp by the spash centre, i could hear him leaving the lights and coming up towards the roundabout. if i recall, he was an HA prospect with apes. it was loud to the point where you actually couldnt hear it properly, know what i mean? sounded good til it got too close, lol.

OP, maybe try a different testing station? i dont trust any of em to do the job correctly [heck, the last one had me doing most of the checks while he ticked the boxes. i dont call walking around the bike with a torch a good check over]

[The Stranger:Me]

I hear tell that they test at 4,500 RPM.
Is this correct?
if so is it appropriate that one be tested at 25% duty and the other at 60%?

Also, I note that the factory exhaust on the XT is supposedly 95db, fark, doesn't leave much wiggle room to modify it at all.

[ajturbo]

the last two WOF times, i have had to re-pack my pipe before the next wof....

some day i will get around to it.........honest..

[Headbanger]

im not sure i know your bike, but there is one in town that has mega volume on it. when i worked at the bp by the spash centre, i could hear him leaving the lights and coming up towards the roundabout. if i recall, he was an HA prospect with apes. it was loud to the point where you actually couldnt hear it properly, know what i mean? sounded good til it got too close, lol.

OP, maybe try a different testing station? i dont trust any of em to do the job correctly [heck, the last one had me doing most of the checks while he ticked the boxes. i dont call walking around the bike with a torch a good check over]

Well no, thats not me. My bike is far too loud for my liking, and I generally don't fat around town on it. The few times I have arrived at work on it I have been immediately sent home to get the work wagon and the tools taht are carried on it.

There is a picture of my bike in my profile.

Anyway, The prior owner had removed all teh packing from the pipe, I was intending to put her all back in when a few months ago the entire internals of the exhaust blew out the back of the bike, resulting in a huge open cone effect.

I took her to a shop to fix the baffle and gave them explicit instructions to quiten her down, Against my wishes they decided not to as in there words it would "affect performance", Told them I wasn't happy and it was too loud, They in turn told me it was fine.

I must have been mistaken as to whose wishes were to be respected.

Anyway, After weighing up the fact I was about to lose my cool in an unfortunate manner and the fact the bike actually ran a billion times better with their tune-up I let it slide and hit the road.

I still have to do something about the noise though, even without these new regulations I'm not happy about attracting attention to myself or my bike.

[MSTRS:Me]

I hear tell that they test at 4,500 RPM.
Is this correct?
if so is it appropriate that one be tested at 25% duty and the other at 60%?

I've having a look for this...best I can find seems to be 'halfway to redline or 4500 for inline 4s'

[The Stranger:Me]

I've having a look for this...best I can find seems to be 'halfway to redline or 4500 for inline 4s'

Ah, thank you. That sounds more realistic.

[MSTRS:Me]

Ah, thank you. That sounds more realistic.

Yep - I 'checked' my 750 with it's Yoshi TRS at 5000 and it came out at 87dB. Most of us won't have any problem with the noise regs.

[sunhuntin]

Well no, thats not me. My bike is far too loud for my liking, and I generally don't fat around town on it. The few times I have arrived at work on it I have been immediately sent home to get the work wagon and the tools taht are carried on it.

There is a picture of my bike in my profile.

Anyway, The prior owner had removed all teh packing from the pipe, I was intending to put her all back in when a few months ago the entire internals of the exhaust blew out the back of the bike, resulting in a huge open cone effect.

I took her to a shop to fix the baffle and gave them explicit instructions to quiten her down, Against my wishes they decided not to as in there words it would "affect performance", Told them I wasn't happy and it was too loud, They in turn told me it was fine.

I must have been mistaken as to whose wishes were to be respected.

Anyway, After weighing up the fact I was about to lose my cool in an unfortunate manner and the fact the bike actually ran a billion times better with their tune-up I let it slide and hit the road.

I still have to do something about the noise though, even without these new regulations I'm not happy about attracting attention to myself or my bike.

very nice. dont recognise it off the top of my head though. id love to know what shop that was? you going on the triumph ride this weekend? i was going to go, but cant afford the gas. will go down and give them a donation though.

[Headbanger]

Shop was in the direction of Wellington, In fact far closer to Wellington then Wanganui, I was working down that way for a few months.

Not going on that ride, first I have heard of it, But I generally don't participate in much, When I get the time to go for a ride I just head for the hills and disappear for the day.