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Old 11-02-08, 12:50 PM   #1
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Default After Market exhausts illegal?

Just reading through the pepipoo forum (bored at lunchtime )
found a post talking about a guy in got an asbo for having an exhaust that was too loud:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?...5&#entry220685

Road Vehicle (construction and use) Regs 1986 were mentioned:

Regulation 54 - "every exhaust system and silencer must be maintained in good and efficient working order and shall not after the date of manufacture or be altered so as to increase the noise made by the escape of exhaust gases".

Regulation 97 makes it an offence "to use a vehicle in such a manner as to cause any excessive noise which could have been avoided by the exercise of reasonable care by the driver".
Enforcement of these requirements is by the police and in the case of maintenance, at MOT

So if you change your exhaust and its louder than standard you can be fined.

Is this true?
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Old 11-02-08, 12:51 PM   #2
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As far as I know... yes... but its mostly ignored, after all there would be no chav's in Novas on the road.
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Old 11-02-08, 02:11 PM   #3
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yes but that c**k must have been constantly not taking notice of warnings as to get an ASBO take a bit, first he would have had his car/ bike iezed and paied to get it back that is after he would have been given a first warning about it. So this chopper must have been going to the same spot night after night and reving the tits of his bike and generally being a pain. If he is stupid enough to constantly do it he got all he deserves.
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Old 11-02-08, 03:13 PM   #4
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If I remember correctly, only if it doesn't confirm to the MOT sound regs...
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Old 11-02-08, 06:46 PM   #5
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Just reading through the pepipoo forum (bored at lunchtime )
found a post talking about a guy in got an asbo for having an exhaust that was too loud:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?...5&#entry220685

Road Vehicle (construction and use) Regs 1986 were mentioned:

Regulation 54 - "every exhaust system and silencer must be maintained in good and efficient working order and shall not after the date of manufacture or be altered so as to increase the noise made by the escape of exhaust gases".
Regulation 97 makes it an offence "to use a vehicle in such a manner as to cause any excessive noise which could have been avoided by the exercise of reasonable care by the driver".
Enforcement of these requirements is by the police and in the case of maintenance, at MOT

So if you change your exhaust and its louder than standard you can be fined.

Is this true?

Hee hee.................so according to that our stubby is ok, but all those who have cut their original cans up are very, very bad boys
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Old 11-02-08, 06:50 PM   #6
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all I can say is one bike o mine is a fully legal baffle in and out one, and well my other one has nothing in it........but still legal cause the m.o.t says so....officially I am a good girl, so who knows.lol
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Old 11-02-08, 06:53 PM   #7
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but still legal cause the m.o.t says so....officially I am a good girl, so who knows.lol
Lol but when the MOT man saw it "it had the standard can on it" Honest

The ART can has NFRU stamped on it, so it'd never pass an MOT if the tester was a muppet.
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Old 11-02-08, 06:56 PM   #8
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I'll let you know when my bike needs an MOT in 2 1/2 years
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Lol but when the MOT man saw it "it had the standard can on it" Honest

The ART can has NFRU stamped on it, so it'd never pass an MOT if the tester was a muppet.
if you say so, I just take it there, and it passes....besides my bike passes its m.o.t every year with nasty shock etc, and bearing in mind the same station has passed the srx it must be blind......and can't read what the can says anyway!!!
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Hee hee.................so according to that our stubby is ok, but all those who have cut their original cans up are very, very bad boys

It's only bad when you get caught.
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