So Blackpool Police are being arseholes...

[CaNsA]

And they are getting a slating.

https://www.facebook.com/BlackpoolPolice/posts/769305239766454?fref=nf

[wots]

[Hetzer]

Petty-minded scum. Go catch some burglars, you wastes of fucking oxygen.
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[DrSnoosnoo]

So all motorbikes will be stopped to run checks on everything without reasonable suspicion of anything? I reserve my right for this test to be carried out at a time convenient for me.
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[Hokum]

[stinkwheel]

[Ste]

It's the same thing with every police force across the country every year at the start of summer. It's so predictable and people raging on their bookface page are just increasing their publicity which is exactly what they want. Pisses off bikers but makes everyone else see that they're doing something about those pesky motorcycles.

It's all so predictable.

[krarkol]

Today is "talk on your mobile while driving" day. As they are occupied by looking and listening to your exhaust instead
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[dydey90]

Is there some sort of law that can be used in your defensive if they try to illegally seize your bike at the side of the road?

"Sorry sir, far too loud, undeclared, blah blah, look at my tiny willy, blah blah..."

"It has Kawasaki stamped on it."

"Rules is rules I'm afraid."
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[Dave500]

Just idiots being idiots and dickheads being dickheads.
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[Islander]

I have a fuck-off loud exhaust on my Ducati. It's not designed to provide any performance increase, it's just an aftermarket pair of cans. No rejetting no air filter mods etc. That's none of my insurance company's business.

Also it's just passed an MOT with the cans - the tester specifically said it wasn't a problem.

So...

[duhawkz]

is it stamped not for road use or race use only
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[krarkol]

Not sure if it was my insurance policy booklet thingy or somewhere online where I read it.

Pretty much said that aslong as there wasn't a performance increase of a certain percentage (<10%?), you didn't need to declare it. Only issue you'll have is if you have a tumble, you can't claim for it so they'd just stick a standard can on it.

My exhaust was "race use only" due to it putting out around 114db (tested at Oulton). Only thing the can had was a random serial number. Coppers pulled me one night, checked it over, asked if I did the serial myself, told me to watch out for some idiotic taxi drivers flying around then sent me on my way.
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[stinkwheel]

Due to an evening in fromt of a film with some metal polish. My end can has "FOR ROAD USE" stamped on it
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[Baffler186]

[Dibble]

Pre 1981 bike different exhaust rules btw.

[Islander]

[mudcow007]

funnily enough i was looking at my can last night (carbon scorpion) an didnt see any markings saying it was legal or for off road only

no marks means legit?

[wots]

My Micron on the '99 fireblade, which looks like it's been on a few years isn't marked either way.
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[duhawkz]

[Rogerborg]

They should have a listen to what the "legal" exhaust on Brother Borg's XKR-S sounds like.

Right, crib sheet.

It is an offence to:

Fail to stop for a constable in uniform (or a traffic womble).
Fail to give your name, address and date of birth.
That's it.

It's for them to form a reasonable belief that you're not insured. You aren't required to help them in any way.

Deferment of the test is covered under RTA 1988 S67 (6).

If they say that your exhaust is too loud, be aware that doesn't mean with them revving the tits off of it in neutral. There's a carefully defined ride-by test that has to be carried out under load at specific speeds under controlled conditions. I'd be surprised if DVSA (who's "VOSA"?) has facilities to do it in that area, let alone Plodforce. It's so involved that even I can't be doing with quoting it.

So I'd go with say nothing, refuse any FPN, and if it gets passed to the CPS, and if they touch it and if they file it with a court in a timely fashion, then you can invite them to produce their actual evidence of having carried out any sort of objective test. Constable McKilljoy may have had his steely speed estimating eye calibrated against approved devices, but his ears? I'd doubt it.

As to the insurance angle, well, they might get some traction on that before a Magistrate, or even a High Court judge. I'd expect it to have to go to the grown ups in the Court of Appeals before finding someone who will actually read the law.

Your ride, your risk.
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[goto10]

Put one of these over the 'race use only' stamps, won't make it any more legal but might help when confronted by police that aren't _really_ sure of the rules.

Sticker:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121359436037

Rivet:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151323014415

Weld:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390812029160
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[duhawkz]

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