Illinois Motorcycle Exhaust Law?

I just installed Vance and Hines Straightshots on my Suzuki Boulevard c50 yesterday and I LOVE the sound. The only thing I am worried about right now is getting pulled over for noise complaint/pollution. On the AMA website for Illinois law under exhaust noise:

"Maximum allowable A-weighted sound levels based on measurements taken at a distance of 50 feet (Sec. 902.122): 80-82dBA at less than 35mph; 86dBA at more than 35mph."



Basically I want to know if the straighshots are within legal limits or if any Illinois riders out there have any stories about getting pulled over for this.



Ride safe!Illinois Motorcycle Exhaust Law?
Contrary to Alan J's answer... Loud pipes DO NOT save lives!



They just piss off little old ladies who VOTE for ever more restrictive noise polution laws and make things that much worse for every legal motorcycle rider!!!



I love the sound that Vance %26amp; Hines pipes make on a properly set up V-twin motorcycle, but make sure you have the proper baffles installed, and stay with the laws, or you may be one of the idiots who contribute to more and more restrictive laws being considered in your state!
Loud pipes save lives.Illinois Motorcycle Exhaust Law?
Your best bet would be to contact V%26amp;H about the noise level. I HIGHLY doubt it is below 80-82dB, but it all depends on how you ride. Low RPM riding is obviously much quieter than high RPM, but you have to remember, for every 3dB increase on the SPL meter, your brain perceives the sound as being twice as loud. That said, it's highly unlikely any cop is going to be carrying an SPL meter around in his squad. If you're really worried, try pulling in the clutch and coasting past cops instead. I think that law is more for the truly obnoxious people who think that everyone in 3 counties has to know they are out for a ride, and rev the living beegees out of it to show off.
the fuzz wont bother u if u dont act like a moronic squid and crack the pipes just to crack em. i dont mind a little bit of rumble, but i cant stand some dillweed rappin on straight pipes just to set off car alarms or rattle windows at 3am.



these morons with loud pipes is causing more and more communities to pass very restrictive laws in reguards to pipes. denver colorado being one of them. they're setting the stage for it becoming illegal to take off the stock pipes. soon, the non-riders will call for a national law to put the aftermarket pipe sellers out of business....all because of idiotic squids.

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Jet Doc is Full of himself

i have had numerous occasions where people have heard me and NOT seen me and therefore did NOT pull out in front of me.

If he thinks all sound goes backwards, then why do deer and other animals snap there heads up when standing on the side of the road when they hear me coming?



Most police understand this, a lot of them ride.



As someone else said, don't be laying on the throttle when in residential areas, or around the cops.