Yesterday was the first time I've ever been stopped by a LEO in 58 years of riding, I guess you never know when it will happen. We were on our way to breakfast around 8 AM and on one of our favorite twisty roads to ride. We saw 3 motorcycle police about a 1/4 mile away, slowed down and as we got closer one of them stepped into the roadway and motioned for us to pull over. We were going the speed limit, had all our safety gear on, I know the bike is epa compliant, WTH ?
After looking the bike over he told us our mufflers were illegal, hmmm, HD Screaming Eagle Street Cannons. He proceeded to tell us that the motorcycle statutes in Florida require the bike to have no modifications to the exhaust system, how it comes out of the factory is the only legal way. I pointed out the mufflers are HD and EPA compliant, that didn't mean a thing to him and I'm starting to get more than a little pissed but kept my tongue.
He said since I co-operated with him I would only get a warning, I'm sure he knew that if he wrote a ticket I would have met him in court and had a field day. Anyway, we found out later that day the residents along that road had been calling the Sheriffs office on a regular basis because of speeding noisy bikes. The Sheriffs office got a "Grant" from the state to conduct "Safety Inspections" along that road and I became a statistic for them, as we were wrapping our up conversation a pair of crotch rockets came screaming down the road and he never even looked up, lol. I guess it was my time to get handled by the "Man"
I'm researching the statutes I was warned about, when I find them I'm going to print them out and carry them with me, I think he was BSing and knew it.
After looking the bike over he told us our mufflers were illegal, hmmm, HD Screaming Eagle Street Cannons. He proceeded to tell us that the motorcycle statutes in Florida require the bike to have no modifications to the exhaust system, how it comes out of the factory is the only legal way. I pointed out the mufflers are HD and EPA compliant, that didn't mean a thing to him and I'm starting to get more than a little pissed but kept my tongue.
He said since I co-operated with him I would only get a warning, I'm sure he knew that if he wrote a ticket I would have met him in court and had a field day. Anyway, we found out later that day the residents along that road had been calling the Sheriffs office on a regular basis because of speeding noisy bikes. The Sheriffs office got a "Grant" from the state to conduct "Safety Inspections" along that road and I became a statistic for them, as we were wrapping our up conversation a pair of crotch rockets came screaming down the road and he never even looked up, lol. I guess it was my time to get handled by the "Man"
I'm researching the statutes I was warned about, when I find them I'm going to print them out and carry them with me, I think he was BSing and knew it.
