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<blockquote data-quote="RSS Feeds" data-source="post: 15565" data-attributes="member: 49">Senate Bill 435 has just passed out of the&nbsp; Assembly and is expected to be sent to the governor's desk soon. Despite&nbsp; the author's claims, the bill will do little to address excessive sound&nbsp; or reduce emissions, and is still unfairly targeting motorcycle owners.&nbsp;In fact, the ability of law enforcement to even locate the federal&nbsp; label is simply not practical in a real world traffic stop situation.&nbsp; These stamps can be positioned in many different locations depending on&nbsp; the type of exhaust and/or style of the motorcycle. This will result in&nbsp; improper and unwarranted citations being issued.&nbsp;Furthermore, after-market exhaust systems are not always louder than&nbsp; stock systems and can be installed for a variety of legitimate reasons.&nbsp; Stock exhaust can wear out over time, be damaged, unavailable or&nbsp; prohibitively expensive. If passed, motorcyclists, and motorcyclists&nbsp; alone, will be forced to purchase Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)&nbsp; parts, while automobile drivers will continue to be allowed to install&nbsp; exhaust components from non-OEM sources like Midas and Meineke.&nbsp;This bill is clearly discriminatory and punitive, and will serve only&nbsp; to drive up the cost of ownership for every rider while doing little or&nbsp; nothing to actually address the issue of excessive motorcycle sound.&nbsp; Now is the time to contact the Governor's office and request a veto of&nbsp; this unfair legislation!&nbsp;For the latest on this bills status visit: <a href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_435&amp;sess=CUR&amp;house=B&amp;search_type=email" target="_blank">http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=s...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="RSS Feeds, post: 15565, member: 49"] Senate Bill 435 has just passed out of the Assembly and is expected to be sent to the governor's desk soon. Despite the author's claims, the bill will do little to address excessive sound or reduce emissions, and is still unfairly targeting motorcycle owners. In fact, the ability of law enforcement to even locate the federal label is simply not practical in a real world traffic stop situation. These stamps can be positioned in many different locations depending on the type of exhaust and/or style of the motorcycle. This will result in improper and unwarranted citations being issued. Furthermore, after-market exhaust systems are not always louder than stock systems and can be installed for a variety of legitimate reasons. Stock exhaust can wear out over time, be damaged, unavailable or prohibitively expensive. If passed, motorcyclists, and motorcyclists alone, will be forced to purchase Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) parts, while automobile drivers will continue to be allowed to install exhaust components from non-OEM sources like Midas and Meineke. This bill is clearly discriminatory and punitive, and will serve only to drive up the cost of ownership for every rider while doing little or nothing to actually address the issue of excessive motorcycle sound. Now is the time to contact the Governor's office and request a veto of this unfair legislation! For the latest on this bills status visit: [URL="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_435&sess=CUR&house=B&search_type=email"]http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=s...[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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