SeeAPierce wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:....Has anyone ver been pulled over by the Police for non-DOT equipment? I don't believe there are any post-purchase bike inspections in California, are there?
I don't know about motorcycles, but I submit for your inspection my dear wife's two cars:
The Beauty and The Beast.Observe The Beast, a 1972 Chevy Camaro RS. The RS is the split bumper version. The chrome bumpers you see are show pieces. The real bumper is the Urethane Nose around the grill. Which, being a $400 item, is stored in the back yard. We are running sans front bumper. Also note the side marker lights -- missing. Note that the yellow on blue California Plate
IS properly mounted -- we were nailed for that
8-10 three years ago, after
6-8 13 years of driving with the plate tossed up on the dashboard.
Wendy corrected me. Also the last time she got fined rather than just having a fix-it ticket; hence the compliance. We've been pulled over about 6-8 times over that period, and
NEVER been harrassed about no side markers or no front bumper.
I really doubt that they will bother about non-DOT turn signals, as long as you have turn signals.
For what it is worth, since she was forced under threat of continued harassment to mount the front plate on The Beast, The Beauty is running with a VW logo plate, with the DMV issued front plate sitting on the computer desk. Wendy wants to see how long it takes to get nailed for no front plate driving the nice car as opposed to her Cop Magnet.