any police on here

[v-twin luke]

i fitted a scorpion yesturday and i was just wondering if police dont mind loud can if we are not revvin the sh*t out of them or will i get pulled my exhaust have no marking to say its not road legal, but no marking to say it is road legal if there is any police on this site please shine your light ](*,)
many thanks luke

[gettin2dizzy]

Depends entirely on the cop. Some are super cool (a few on here!) and understand, yet there are some *****s who'll try to fine you for everything!

[ASM-Forever]

To quote Rictus.....use the search :)

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=58936

[Blue_SV650S]

If I caught you I'd 'do' ya, why should I let you off????

I am not a cop, but if I was, why would I have anything other than that attitude?!!

[scorpion]

I had a scorpion on my K5 for 2 years with the baffle removed.......No problem just don't cane it everywhere and draw too much attention too yourself. I pulled up next to a meat waggon once and plod stuck his head out and said "that sounds much bigger than the bike is, nice one". You see, if you don't make childrens ears bleed in the high st. But give the odd knob end car driver a quick blast to let him know you're in his blind spot, that's fine by me and considered safe by all my plod mates :)

[Steve_God]

When I got done by a motorbike-cop for speeding, he walked round to the back of the bike where the two exhausts cleared said "For competition use only" and said nothing about them.
Very odd considering he said he was there due to complaints of residents about the loud noise of the road traffic! Guess he liked the sounds of them! :rolleyes:

[kwak zzr]

un baffled sv ain't offensive anyhow its just a nice deep motorbike sound, if it was clearly offensive then i could see this might be a problem, its like small plates, v v small will cause a problem but alittle smaller than standard will get over looked.

[SVRIDER07]

Ive ridden alsorts of diff bikes on the road and have never ever been stopped for anything (touch wood) and 99% of those bikes have had a race can on, best option nowadays with these removable baffle exhausts is to have the baffle under your seat then if they get abit funny about it when they stop you or you know there is a strong police presence around you can just pop it in and no worries!! thats what i do anyway.

[markmoto]

Ive ridden alsorts of diff bikes on the road and have never ever been stopped for anything (touch wood) and 99% of those bikes have had a race can on, best option nowadays with these removable baffle exhausts is to have the baffle under your seat then if they get abit funny about it when they stop you or you know there is a strong police presence around you can just pop it in and no worries!! thats what i do anyway.

What he said ;)

[hovis]

any police on here

yes

[Shellywoozle]

Dependant on if you get a local bobby or a traffic one I suppose. Some coppers who don't ride probably don't know about the "E" markings and therefore would be liable to let you off due to their ignorance.

Traffic bobbies are there to inforce the law, I suppose they have their descretion.

I say don't be too obvious and don't be too loud in built up areas. Save it for the open roads when you can open her up.

[husky03]

i'm a copper(somone has to) -you will probably only get trouble with a traffic cop or with a normal cop who wants to go to the traffic and is very clued up on the legislation-I drove by the traffic with my stubbied race can and show lights at four in the morning a few weeks ago and never got pulled but think this was more to do with me giving it very little throttle and heading away from them-think if your gonna ride your bike with parts fitted that are not 100% legal you must be prepared to take the ball kicking that might come when/if you get pulled-Iknow i am but i prefer my bike with a loud can etc.

husky

[markmoto]

Loud pipes save lives man, and imagine the world with everyone riding silent bikes :-(

[Jase22]

So long as you don't ride like a gimp you'll be right. My bike has a nice set of Micron headers and a Blue Flame unbaffled can, and it's damn loud. No bother with it thus far, but if I do get into any bother I'll just take it on the chin as I know it's too loud really. Doesn't stop me as I like the loud can, but I'm not under any illusion that it's legal just cos the cn has a BS mark on it.

Remove the baffle and you take your chance, but if you get pulled and get "done" don't complain about it.

[dizzyblonde]

both my sv's have loud cans. When suzy belonged to im indoors he was pulled over. the copper had a look over her and declared- well you do have to be seen and heard. suzy's yellow with an art can. The copper then told him to get on his way and said'nice bike'. unless your pulling wheelies and acting like a prat most police people have usually got something better to do, other than attempt to bag every biker with a loud exhaust

[the_lone_wolf]

i'm a copper(somone has to) -you will probably only get trouble with a traffic cop or with a normal cop who wants to go to the traffic and is very clued up on the legislation-I drove by the traffic with my stubbied race can and show lights at four in the morning a few weeks ago and never got pulled but think this was more to do with me giving it very little throttle and heading away from them-think if your gonna ride your bike with parts fitted that are not 100% legal you must be prepared to take the ball kicking that might come when/if you get pulled-Iknow i am but i prefer my bike with a loud can etc.

husky
hehe, i had a traffic car pull up behind me at the lights yesterday, you have never seen such a textbook low rev pull-away, 4th gear before i hit 25mph;)

like you say, you pay your money and take your risk, i ride with the exhaust and a black visor (when it's sunny, cloudy or evening and the clear one comes out) and you'll just have to take it on the chin if a copper is having a bad day and wants to bag you:cool:

[markmoto]

hehe, i had a traffic car pull up behind me at the lights yesterday, you have never seen such a textbook low rev pull-away, 4th gear before i hit 25mph;)

like you say, you pay your money and take your risk, i ride with the exhaust and a black visor (when it's sunny, cloudy or evening and the clear one comes out) and you'll just have to take it on the chin if a copper is having a bad day and wants to bag you:cool:

Hehe thats what i do!! nice and easy on the throttle does it :cool:

[gettin2dizzy]

I was being followed by one today, I gave him a wave- and he waved back!- a first! But he said nothing of my can....or plate....or dubious indicators (maybe because he couldn't see them at all). But I was driving carefullly - and not reving high, and he was obviously pretty cool about it. I think those motorbike cops deserve a lot of praise, it doesn't look like an easy job - and they're damned good riders!

[Blue_SV650S]

I was being followed by one today, I gave him a wave- and he waved back!- a first! But he said nothing of my can....or plate....or dubious indicators (maybe because he couldn't see them at all). But I was driving carefullly - and not reving high, and he was obviously pretty cool about it. I think those motorbike cops deserve a lot of praise, it doesn't look like an easy job - and they're damned good riders!

Do you lot live in a different world to me?!?!?! :o

[jambo]

Do you lot not wind cops up as much as me?:o

Corrected;)

[Blue_SV650S]

Corrected;)

How would me having a loud pipe wind up a cop more than anyone else?

[M.C.]

when i had my CBR i had a race can on it and i pulled up at the lights on the way back from a meet and a copper was standing by the side of the road, he came over asked where all the bikes were coming from, i told him and he just said nice bike and take it easy, but as people have said it all depends on the copper and the type of day he/she is having.

[Richie]

Click here for the police views... (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=58936)

[Sosha]

Not sure there is a way to make my bike quiet..... that said I've not had any trouble (touches wood)

Worst noise pollution was when my little rd125Lc blew all the fiberglass out of it's race exhaust on the way to Southhampton. That was truly offensive.

[kcowgergmm]

wondering from the topic a bit. My friend had a rx-7 with ls1 corvette engine and he had an electronic butterfly valve in the exhaust to change between a nice muffled v8 sound to an omg what the heck is coming at me. Has anyone ever done such a thing on a bike