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| | | Gary | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 21/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 339 | | Location | : | Herford/used to be london, Germany |
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| | Posted : 07 Dec 2010 - 10:56 Post title : caught by the old bill in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland | | | Hi everyone,
What happens if you get caught by the old bill with the short exhaust from Triumph in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland?
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| | | Thatch | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 07 Dec 2010 - 11:04 Post title : Re: caught by the old bill in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland (Re: Gary) | | | I'm assuming you mean besides the roadside sodomy...
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| | | Druid | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 1,359 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 07 Dec 2010 - 11:05 Post title : Re: caught by the old bill in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland (Re: Gary) | | | Honestly mate I dont think they give a damn. Not only that but they wouldnt know an offroad pipe from a cheese omlette . The
Triumph short tors are quiet arround town anyway and concidering the HOG brigade are twice as loud and never get picked up
it honestly dosnt matter.
The only issue here is the MOT but my dealer has said , one, he dosnt know what they will do and how the emissions will look on
the TORs and two they will just put the stocks on for the exhaust test anyway if the TORs affect the readings.
My brother and I have been riding with short TORs for a year and a bit and never had an issue with the police here . That is even
when sitting next to them in traffic .
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| | | mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 07 Dec 2010 - 11:41 Post title : Re: caught by the old bill in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland (Re: Druid) | | | Like Druid said , they don't give a damn. Its too much like hard work to prove that they are right , its not a 'quick nick' for them and could end up a waste of time . As far as I know they have not introduced emissions for bikes yet so when they do it will only trouble those bikes from that date onwards.
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| | | Birdy68 | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 07 Dec 2010 - 12:18 Post title : Re: caught by the old bill in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland (Re: Gary) | | |
Gary wrote:
... What happens if you get caught by the old bill with the short exhaust from Triumph in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland?
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I would take it that you'll be German license plates - so basically I would think that they'll tell you to ride off quietly.
Law says that so long as the parts fitted are approved in the country that the bike is registered then there shouldn't be a problem.
E X C E P T Switzerland - they'll just tell you to turn around at the boarder! 
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| | | Thatch | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 07 Dec 2010 - 12:31 Post title : Re: caught by the old bill in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland (Re: Birdy68) | | | Birdy68 wrote:
E X C E P T Switzerland - they'll just tell you to turn around at the boarder!
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Hmmmmm, so what's the best way for me to 'sneak in' for our big road trip? How much hassle do the local police give the folks at Tridays?
*I wonder how many TOR or other alt exhausts are going to be in our riding group
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| | | Birdy68 | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 07 Dec 2010 - 12:57 Post title : Re: caught by the old bill in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland (Re: Thatch) | | | Thatch wrote:
Hmmmmm, so what's the best way for me to 'sneak in' for our big road trip? How much hassle do the local police give the folks at Tridays? |
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 I would recomend coming in over the Rheinheim/Zurzach crossing - after 16:00 hrs 
Otherwise - rollover nice and slowly, you shouldn't have a problem 
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| | | HoopsIRL | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 09/05/2010 | | Posts | : | 161 | | Location | : | Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland |
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| | Posted : 07 Dec 2010 - 16:26 Post title : Re: caught by the old bill in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland (Re: Gary) | | | Gary wrote:
Hi everyone,
What happens if you get caught by the old bill with the short exhaust from Triumph in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland?
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Absolutely nothing here! 
I had a stage 2 tuned SE-Ultra, PCIII, hi flow a/c & high flow V&H pipes....it made windows rattle & car alarms go off while cruising gently by. Did I get stopped for that?......not at all....only for speeding/small (partially hidden) plate - they certainly will not notice the pipes on a T'Bird!
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| | | Gary | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 21/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 339 | | Location | : | Herford/used to be london, Germany |
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| | Posted : 07 Dec 2010 - 17:35 Post title : Re: caught by the old bill in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland (Re: Birdy68) | | | Birdy68 wrote:
Gary wrote:
... What happens if you get caught by the old bill with the short exhaust from Triumph in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland?
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I would take it that you'll be German license plates - so basically I would think that they'll tell you to ride off quietly.
Law says that so long as the parts fitted are approved in the country that the bike is registered then there shouldn't be a problem.
E X C E P T Switzerland - they'll just tell you to turn around at the boarder!
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Hi Birdy,
they aren't legal in Germany or any part of Europe, if the Sheriffs stop you here in Germany they take the bike of the road straightaway and you have to walk home. 
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| | | Gary | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 21/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 339 | | Location | : | Herford/used to be london, Germany |
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| | Posted : 07 Dec 2010 - 18:05 Post title : Re: caught by the old bill in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland (Re: HoopsIRL) | | | Thanks everyone for your comments, its reassuring to here that I won't get nicked, as I will be coming over in spring or summer to Northampton to my mothers with my TBird again, but this time with short exhaust and probably will rid through Wales to Ireland to visit the rest of my family
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| | | Druid | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 1,359 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 07 Dec 2010 - 18:43 Post title : Re: caught by the old bill in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland (Re: Gary) | | | Nice, good luck and have fun. One word of warning when in Wales be careful if you are in North Wales . Do not under any circumstances speed because they will use that as an excuse to pull you over and give you a ticket. They have been told to take it easier on motorcyclists but as I understand they havnt taken any notice.
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| | | Kraftdinners | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 17/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 57 | | Location | : | Zimbabwe |
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| | Posted : 07 Dec 2010 - 18:55 Post title : Re: caught by the old bill in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland (Re: Gary) | | | Wel las long as you dont wind the crap out of your T`bird , specially in some village or Town center you will not attract Plod, I have had no problems with shorties on my T`bird , regarding the M.O.T I have the standard pipes in the loft here and my Dearler has said that they will pass the bike no problem with short tors on cos they realise that if not you will be back with the longs tors on and will refit the shorties again after a pass.. 
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