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Motorcyclists decry proposal to regulate exhaust systems
Most after-market pipes not EPA-certified
BY BUD WILKINSON REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
Motorcyclists buy after-market exhaust pipes for a variety of reasons, including their looks, such as this fishtail style. Bud Wilkinson/RA
HARTFORD -- An unexpected effort in the General Assembly to crack down on noisy motorcycles is being met by opposition from the motorcycle industry.
Under language added last week to a bill involving off-road ATVs, the sale, registration or operation of a street motorcycle having most after-market exhaust pipes would become a fineable offense.
The new provisions, if approved, would require federal Environmental Protection Agency noise emission control labels to be displayed on all motorcycles, and would institute fines of up to $250 per offense for non-compliance.
