California Senate Bill 435 (motorcycle exhaust) has been amended yet again The latest version would require a stock exhaust/EPA stamp for all bikes built on or after January 1, 2011. Despite repeated failures to garner support for past versions of Senate Bill (SB) 435, Senator Fran Pavley (D-CA-23) continues to unfairly target riders with anti-motorcycle legislation, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. The Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Transportation has scheduled a hearing on SB 435 for Monday, June 28th at 1:30 p.m. in room #4202 of the state capitol. The most recent version of the SB 435, as of June 22, will require stock/original equipment manufacture (OEM) exhaust systems on all motorcycles constructed on or after January 1, 2011, and mandates a “fix-it” ticket for any owner who is found to be in violation. While the latest version of SB 435 is much improved, the bill will still result in unwarranted ticketing of riders because there is no requirement within the bill specifying a location of the stock/OEM exhaust/EPA stamp when manufactured, which may prove difficult to enforce in the field. Law enforcement officers will have to conduct visual inspections in less than ideal conditions in the field. Road film and dirt will quickly obscure any label on an exhaust system, something that makes a visual inspection and verification even more difficult or impossible. “Simply put, it is unfair to expect a motorcycle owner to display a ‘readily visible’ label if one is not delivered that way from the factory” said Nick Haris, the AMA’s Western States Representative. “Many EPA stamps are very difficult to locate on new motorcycles. It is unreasonable to expect a motorcycle owner to partially dismantle their motorcycle on the side of the road to prove the exhaust system is labeled properly.” California residents can find contact information for their elected officials at ~http://americanmotorcyclist.com/legisltn/rapidresponse.asp~ by selecting CA in the drop down menu. A pre-written e-mail is available for you to send your State Representative immediately by following the “Take Action” option, scrolling down and entering your information.