nhchris Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Just curious: Are any of you folks required to have your motorcycle tested annually for tailpipe emissions? Not sure if Europe, the UK or Asia requires this. I don't believe any state in the U.S. so far has this requirement, certainly not NH. It would definitely put a crimp in the aftermarket exhaust business, but could it help the environment? 1968 Triumph Bonneville 650 1971 Norton Commando Roadster 2002 Harley 1200 Sportster 2003 Honda ST 1300 2016 FJ 09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilo3 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) As you may know, we are in a precarious position here in the USA with emissions. Spring of 2020 the EPA went gang busters on major car tuning companies. APR/Dinnan, Cobb, REVO,..ect all had to pull catless downpipes from their lineup and downgrade a bunch of software offerings. However, the smaller companies kinda fly under the radar. Which I think is where motorcycles will stay in the USA since no one is touching the helmet laws on a federal level as an example. Just not enough people doing with to raise a fuss. Edited April 12, 2021 by kilo3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey63 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 No Motorcycles are not exhaust emission tested (yet) in the UK. I said yet as who knows what the bast. government will bring in in the future............ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member keithu Posted April 12, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted April 12, 2021 49 minutes ago, nhchris said: It would definitely put a crimp in the aftermarket exhaust business, but could it help the environment? I doubt there would be any measurable improvement to air quality achieved by emissions testing for motorcycles. Motorcycles account for about 0.6% of all vehicle miles traveled in the USA. I heard Pennsylvania was actually considered dropping emissions testing for cars because the failure rate on modern cars is so low that the expense and inconvenience to car owners wasn't justified. Unfortunately, once a state has emissions or safety inspection laws in place it's nearly impossible to get rid of them. Inspection stations are usually private repair shops, and they lobby hard to keep these cash cow laws in place. Furthermore, if the auto industry shifts to electric as anticipated, the whole concept of emissions testing will be obsolete in ~20 years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garz747 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Automotive emission testing was finally dropped here in Ontario , Canada about a year and half ago.. Complete waste of 35$ plus tax of course. There is a hotline to report gross polluters if spotted on the roads - far more useful than the tax grab. Newer cars have little pollutants anyway. Motorcycles comprise a negligible portion of vehicles on the road. Back in the day I had a two stroke Yamaha RD350LC. Those were smokers when cold especially. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member knyte Posted April 16, 2021 Supporting Member Share Posted April 16, 2021 British Columbia, Canada, dropped it, too, for the same reasons. All the real clunkers died and have been shredded, and anything new runs wayyy cleaner now, including and especially bikes like ours. It's a shame they can't find the compromise with clean(er) emissions and the enthusiast / consumer market. I want to be conscious of clean air, but I enjoy the toys, too. I dunno, enforce catalytic converters, or something. I don't mind running toys with cats. I put one back ON my 92 Geo Tracker. No appreciable performance impact, and it doesn't stink nearly as badly on the trails. But to outright ban the largest mod / tuning sector seems a bit of an overachievement somehow. I'm sure a balance can be found. 2 2015 FJ-09 / FJR touring bags / oil plug mod / Evotech rad guard / SW Motech bash plate / GIVI DS2122S windscreen / Seat Concepts: Sport Touring / Vcyclenut ABS rings (speedo correction) / Cosmo RAM mount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igalmarino Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 In Costa Rica we have anual emissions testing for cars AND motorcycles .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member knyte Posted April 16, 2021 Supporting Member Share Posted April 16, 2021 15 hours ago, igalmarino said: In Costa Rica we have anual emissions testing for cars AND motorcycles .... how strict? 2015 FJ-09 / FJR touring bags / oil plug mod / Evotech rad guard / SW Motech bash plate / GIVI DS2122S windscreen / Seat Concepts: Sport Touring / Vcyclenut ABS rings (speedo correction) / Cosmo RAM mount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member estell Posted April 16, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted April 16, 2021 Washington state dropped emission testing for all vehicles a few years ago. 2015 red FJ-09: Cal Sci screen, Sargent seat, ECU flash, slider combo, cruise, Rizoma bars, Matts forks, JRi shock, slipper clutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted April 17, 2021 Supporting Member Share Posted April 17, 2021 1 hour ago, estell said: Washington state dropped emission testing for all vehicles a few years ago. I have lived here my whole life, I never knew that we had emissions testing... 🤷♀️ 1 ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteinpa Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) We'd all be in trouble if they'd start motorcycle emission testing in the US. Here in PA for cars etc. they plug into the PCM and check for codes. All drive cycles must be passed with no CEL. Edited April 17, 2021 by peteinpa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhchris Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) Interesting. Not sure what “CEL” codes are. Same as OBD codes? And I guess they do not reflect CAT or Ox sensor removal. One testing benefit I can see would be to silence all the straight pipe Harleys that Roar all summer around here! Edited April 17, 2021 by nhchris 1 1968 Triumph Bonneville 650 1971 Norton Commando Roadster 2002 Harley 1200 Sportster 2003 Honda ST 1300 2016 FJ 09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member keithu Posted April 17, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted April 17, 2021 13 hours ago, betoney said: I have lived here my whole life, I never knew that we had emissions testing... 🤷♀️ Maybe they only had it in certain areas? Oregon does emissions testing in the Portland and Medford areas, but not anywhere else. Fortunately I don't live in either of those areas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted April 17, 2021 Supporting Member Share Posted April 17, 2021 1 hour ago, nhchris said: Interesting. Not sure what “CEL” codes are. Same as OBD codes? Check Engine Light ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteinpa Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Forgot to add: Here in PA only some areas have emissions based on population density per county I believe. Makes complete sense to me. 😵😡 We're all polluting (or not) the same air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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