HB-95 New Motorcycle Laws.... UGGH!

[Dave R]

My bike has a functioning tach and a stock exhaust, but I'd love to see someone try to attach an inductive pickup to one of my plug wires. After they go through the trouble of pulling the tank and removing the air-box, they'll discover that my plug wires are low voltage wires that feed 4 coils, one mounted directly on each plug. I'm not sure the tach would even work.

This is simply a bill written by a couple of Representatives trying to address the noise problem. It's not a feasible solution and will not likely pass the house, I can't imagine a Senator passing this thing, as written.

Most folks would agree that there are way too many loud bikes out there. Most of the annoying ones are cruiser style because they can safely make a lot of noise, through many gears, without moving very far or fast. You don't hear many sport bikes at WOT/redline because they can't do it for long. Many modern sport bikes are exceeding 100 MPH just to get to the redline in first gear and reach 150MPH in less than 10 seconds. There are not many places near population centers in NH with room to use WOT for long, and at 100+ MPH, the noise goes away really quickly.

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by Dave R

and at 100+ MPH, the noise goes away really quickly.

Via distance from the listener, or via demise of the rider?

[Woodsy]

Dave...

That was my point earlier... this bill is aimed squarely at the Harley V-Twin crowd... I doubt your sportbike barely makes noise at 2800 RPM... I know mine doesnt! LOL!

Woodsy

[Dave R]

Originally Posted by Woodsy

Dave...

That was my point earlier... this bill is aimed squarely at the Harley V-Twin crowd... I doubt your sportbike barely makes noise at 2800 RPM... I know mine doesnt! LOL!

Woodsy

True that, other than when at idle (1400 RPM) I run it at 3000 RPM minimum, it's barely ticking over and making little noise. The bill as written states that my bike would be tested at 3500 RPM, but even then, it's not making much noise. With the stock exhaust, even at WOT, it makes more intake noise than exhaust. I'm certainly not targeted by this bill.

Whatcha got? Mine's a 2001 ZX9R. The only thing loud about it is the candy lime paint...


I agree with who it's being aimed at. Frankly, I think it's richly deserved. A couple of these straight pipe morons go up the hill in front of my house at WOT all Summer. It's annoying during the day, but just plain rude in the middle of the night. $500 fine sounds about right.

[Dave R]

Originally Posted by brk-lnt

Via distance from the listener, or via demise of the rider?

That's a really good point... Seems to me, when it comes to sport bikes, the louder the pipe, the more likely the rider will wreck. The best riders I know all run OEM exhaust and have invested in proper gear, track time and training. They rarely wreck and ride often.

[trfour]

Originally Posted by Dave R

My bike has a functioning tach and a stock exhaust, but I'd love to see someone try to attach an inductive pickup to one of my plug wires. After they go through the trouble of pulling the tank and removing the air-box, they'll discover that my plug wires are low voltage wires that feed 4 coils, one mounted directly on each plug. I'm not sure the tach would even work.

This is simply a bill written by a couple of Representatives trying to address the noise problem. It's not a feasible solution and will not likely pass the house, I can't imagine a Senator passing this thing, as written.

Most folks would agree that there are way too many loud bikes out there. Most of the annoying ones are cruiser style because they can safely make a lot of noise, through many gears, without moving very far or fast. You don't hear many sport bikes at WOT/redline because they can't do it for long. Many modern sport bikes are exceeding 100 MPH just to get to the redline in first gear and reach 150MPH in less than 10 seconds. There are not many places near population centers in NH with room to use WOT for long, and at 100+ MPH, the noise goes away really quickly.

About the tach,.... Please!!.......... Nowadays, most motorized vehicles to include motorcycles, use [ EIM ] or [ ECM ], electronic ignition module, electronic control module, for engines. Such engines have an ECM port wired into the wiring harness. We, in the industry for years have used, what they call a PRO-Link.... To explain, a PRO-Link is a hand held minni, not to be confused with a Winni, computer with changeable software to facilitate ( year make model ) to not only check RPMs, but in fact set engine timing, increases or detune, decrease Horsepower and set road speed, Max-Min and a host of other performance parameters.

My point is, Whom ever is responsible for writing Law in NH, or where else, Please, double Please, get up to date!