NSW MC - exhaust repeal

[strife]

some things heading in the right direction...

http://www.mccofnsw.org.au/a/174.html

NSW motorcyclists have finally been relieved of a stupid NSW Regulation.

In July 2000, the Environmental Protection Authority (now part of the Dept of Environment and Conservation) introduced a retrospective law demanding that aftermarket replacement motorcycle exhausts be specially labelled and then authorised the Police to issue fines of $200 to riders who didn't have this label.

In it's justification, the then EPA claimed this labelling requirement allowed the Police and EPA officers to readily identify less effective mufflers that may exceed the prescribed noise limits

EPA made no provision by which riders could obtain such a label. Riders referred to this law as “the sticker tax”.

However, after 6 years of protest by the Motorcycle Council of NSW, Clause 19 from the Protection of the Environment Operations Regulation has now been repealed.

[Sonnymad]

Damn ,

i,m about to buy a new bike,does this mean i cant put a sports pipe on ?,i was fined $200 last time for my micron pipe,bike was 2 days old !

regards sonny

[Merlin]

No it means that you now can. Previously you needed a sticker ($20) saying that your aftermarket exhaust was legal. Now the law has been repealed after lobbying.

[Lucky]

Sonny,your aftermarket pipe will still need to be ADR compliant for noise.
This repealed law was about the sticker not the DB output.
If they defect you for noise you will still need to have it tested.
Ciao

[Yas786]

Question that just popped into my mind while reading this, Harley's with loud exhausts, are they legal? Has anyone riding a Harley copped a fine for noise?

Thanks

Yas

[Avalanche]

for some reason those chrome things with wheels dont seem to be under the same regulations as ather road bikes.:mad:

[VZKOOP]

Question that just popped into my mind while reading this, Harley's with loud exhausts, are they legal? Has anyone riding a Harley copped a fine for noise?

Thanks

Yas
Yes they are governed by the same rules as all other motorcycles. Anyone not conforming can be pulled over by the EPA tested and fined on the spot.
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/vehicle_noise.pdf

[ACT_Cross8]

Question that just popped into my mind while reading this, Harley's with loud exhausts, are they legal? Has anyone riding a Harley copped a fine for noise?

Thanks

Yas

Coppers don't have the balls to book Harley riders for noise. If ever there was a revenue raising opportunity, that is it.

[VZKOOP]

Coppers don't have the balls to book Harley riders for noise. If ever there was a revenue raising opportunity, that is it.
I have been pulled over at the bottom of the Macquarie pass on numerous occaisions - never fined - and seen dozens of Harleys being handed EPA fines. As well as dozens of sportsbikes too.