Charon wrote on 07/24/08 at 14:37:43:Government, in the guise of the EPA, has been playing this game for decades. I had an '81 Honda Twinstar, which had a "tab" on the idle mixture screw limiting the adjustment. You could lean it, but not enrich it. Strictly speaking, removing that tab or removing the cover over the idle mixture adjustment screw on the Savage/S40 makes it illegal to operate the machine on the road. Doesn't matter whether you adjust the screw - the fact that it can be adjusted in such a way as to make the machine emit more exhaust pollutants is what counts. The "white spacer modification" is equally illegal, let alone any mods that increase the sound level (loud pipes) or alterations to the intake tract that increase noise.
Is that a federal regulation or just particular to some states? And I'm curious as to who is going to inspect the bike and press charges? Certainly not the cycle shops I'd go to for inspections. I mean, is this a bureaucratic regulation we're talking about, or a piece of signed legislation? Not trying to be an ass, just curious.
(As if it's anyone's d***ed business what I do to my bike: because, seriously, a single volcanic eruption puts out more greenhouse emissions than the entire history of industrialization combined. Let's see the EPA outlaw THAT! Now, when it comes to the noise issue, they have a point in certain localities to legislate the issue, but c'mon are the cops running around with decibel-o-meters??? I mean, they're the ones making all the noise when they drive past my house with sirens blaring at 3 in the morning.)
I'll be d***ed if I risked my life for freedom, and then my own government strips it away. F those MFers
. (The Sailor Jerry is talking again...)
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