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Doing your test on a loud bike

  • 08-04-2014 2:30pm
    #1
    jjmcclure
    Registered Users Posts: 573 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I have my driving test coming up in May. I'm a little concerned that my bike (Harley Dyna with Vance and Hines pipes (Very loud)) may in some way prejudice the examiner against me, especially if he is in a car i.e. not a biker?

    Any thoughts or experiences in this area welcomed. I will be taking the test in Navan.

    JJ


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  • #2
    Interceptor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Interceptor


    If it is too loud for public use then it is too loud. If you have to ask the question then you probably already know the answer. Can you rent/borrow an instructors bike for the test instead? I'm not against loud pipes, I just think they have their place and your driving test, arriving at a maternity hospital or following a hearse aren't the place.

    'c


  • #3
    goodlad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,224 ✭✭✭goodlad


    My SV is pretty damn loud and backfires a lot!
    I had no issue doing my test on it.


  • #4
    DaveD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 564 ✭✭✭DaveD


    Did my test on a Bandit which had a Scorpion can. Was loud enough but had no issues.


  • #5
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,031 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    jjmcclure wrote: »
    Hi,

    I have my driving test coming up in May. I'm a little concerned that my bike (Harley Dyna with Vance and Hines pipes (Very loud)) may in some way prejudice the examiner against me, especially if he is in a car i.e. not a biker?

    Any thoughts or experiences in this area welcomed. I will be taking the test in Navan.

    JJ

    IIRC once it's below 100db then it's road legal, do the testers check for the not road legal stamp? You can download a db meter for a phone and it'll give you an idea if it's too noisy, Google how they do the test. If your close I'd find some baffles or a different bike.


  • #6
    jjmcclure
    Registered Users Posts: 573 ✭✭✭jjmcclure


    Thanks for the advice. Will try to measure the noise, but I will most likely hire a bike for the test.


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  • #7
    ratracer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,306 ✭✭✭ratracer


    jjmcclure wrote: »
    Thanks for the advice. Will try to measure the noise, but I will most likely hire a bike for the test.

    If the pipes are stamped road legal then they should be fine, if they don't, don't turn up to the test with it.


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