Comments on: Kit Motorcycles, the EPA and the DMV http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/08/21/kit-motorcycles-the-epa-and-the-dmv/ Motorcycle News for Positive People Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: humanoid http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/08/21/kit-motorcycles-the-epa-and-the-dmv/#comment-88389 humanoid Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:51:38 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/08/21/kit-motorcycles-the-epa-and-the-dmv/#comment-88389 The market for counterfeit frame tags just took an upswing. Anybody have a spare die stamping press? The market for counterfeit frame tags just took an upswing. Anybody have a spare die stamping press?

]]> By: GenWaylaid http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/08/21/kit-motorcycles-the-epa-and-the-dmv/#comment-88388 GenWaylaid Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:42:10 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/08/21/kit-motorcycles-the-epa-and-the-dmv/#comment-88388 Would it be prohibitively expensive for custom shops to take the "Enron loophole"? Just create a new shell company every 24 bikes. Would it be prohibitively expensive for custom shops to take the “Enron loophole”? Just create a new shell company every 24 bikes.

]]> By: todd http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/08/21/kit-motorcycles-the-epa-and-the-dmv/#comment-88357 todd Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:21:33 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/08/21/kit-motorcycles-the-epa-and-the-dmv/#comment-88357 Tell you what; I'll buy a Harley and take it all apart in tiny little pieces. Now I'll sell it to you as a kit for twice as much so you can put it back together and feel all good about it.... Law is simple when you obey it. I've never had any issues with the DMV or CARB/EPA when building a custom Cafe bike. Of course, I have always started out with a street legal motorcycle. -todd Tell you what; I’ll buy a Harley and take it all apart in tiny little pieces. Now I’ll sell it to you as a kit for twice as much so you can put it back together and feel all good about it….

Law is simple when you obey it. I’ve never had any issues with the DMV or CARB/EPA when building a custom Cafe bike. Of course, I have always started out with a street legal motorcycle.

-todd

]]> By: Matt http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/08/21/kit-motorcycles-the-epa-and-the-dmv/#comment-88352 Matt Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:41:29 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/08/21/kit-motorcycles-the-epa-and-the-dmv/#comment-88352 Here's another reason the Roland Sands Super Single project a few stories down has so much appeal. If they can bring a conversion kit to market that can take an already street legal, and presumably titled, enduro and make a sweet sportbike it'll sell like mad. The title is already legal. The owner just has to make sure that all the street legal parts are present (signals and stuff). Here’s another reason the Roland Sands Super Single project a few stories down has so much appeal. If they can bring a conversion kit to market that can take an already street legal, and presumably titled, enduro and make a sweet sportbike it’ll sell like mad. The title is already legal. The owner just has to make sure that all the street legal parts are present (signals and stuff).

]]> By: Gladys http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/08/21/kit-motorcycles-the-epa-and-the-dmv/#comment-88337 Gladys Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:37:30 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/08/21/kit-motorcycles-the-epa-and-the-dmv/#comment-88337 I applaud the state of CA for its environmental laws. However, there seems to be suspicious targeting towards the motorcycle industry. Is someone high-up in the CA DMV subjectively targeting the motorcycle industry? I want to see the same aggressive approach taken towards the tuner cars and their exhaust systems. The same aggressive approach taken towards the trucking & bus industry with its noise and exhaust concerns. A lack of self-policing within the "louder-is-better" crowd undoubtedly got some bureaucrat's attention I applaud the state of CA for its environmental laws. However, there seems to be suspicious targeting towards the motorcycle industry.

Is someone high-up in the CA DMV subjectively targeting the motorcycle industry?

I want to see the same aggressive approach taken towards the tuner cars and their exhaust systems. The same aggressive approach taken towards the trucking & bus industry with its noise and exhaust concerns.

A lack of self-policing within the “louder-is-better” crowd undoubtedly got some bureaucrat’s attention

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