Ticketed while traveling out of state?

[wandrur]

This might get moved, but I couldn't really find a more specific section to file it under...

Have any of you gotten ticketed while traveling out of state for having after-market mods done--pipes, a/c, etc.? For noise? Speeding and helmets I can understand, so I'm not really interested in that. I'm curious as I'm planning a trip in May from Colorado to Seattle, Washington (and other places, eventually), and I was curious if any of you have ever been busted for modding, EPA violations, noise, blah blah blah. Or random harassment? Got stories to tell?

[scott494]

I got pulled over once for not having front turn signals(my state doesnt require them), and he also said the ehxaust seem to be a tad loud whatever.. but since i was outta state-er , and my tags were from my home state and my home of record/license is the same as my tags, i dont think he could do much.

I usally reseach the states ill be going thru, and see how there policys are and I have print out of the states and there "laws"


Edit heres a site where i get most of my info:http://www.ama-cycle.org/legisltn/laws.asp

[Fackler Rebel]

Never had any problems with my V&H straightshots. Arkansas, where I did live, had no helmet law, but I personally think it's stupid to ride without one, yea when I was younger and lived in Texas, I thought it was cool, but got smarter. I drove across Louisana, Mississippi and into Alabama and back, like a bat out of hell. The only reason I didn't get a speeding ticket is I wasn't caught. If the had caught me coming into Birmingham on the way back to Arkansas, they would have probably taken me to jail as I was doing 100 to 105.

Stuck in Kuwait without my Sportster

Reb

[Billsxl1200c]

I got pulled over in Michigan for doing 5 mph over the limit! He actually wrote the ticket too!

This was the only ticket that I've gotten, and I'm grateful for the ones I didn't get but really deserved.

[xllent01]

Pulled over in Daytona Bike Week for front headlight not working by a motorcycle cop no less, with ticket book in hand he told
me i had 5 minutes to get were i was going or he'd write me a ticket

needless to say i didn't stick around for the whole 5 minutes!!

[Bob F]

Rode through many states and got stopped only once in Maryland for not have the correct goggles but was only warned.

[Rascal]

Been lucky I guess, knock on wood, haven't had anything since I got the sporty. Back in the day of Suzukis, I got speeding tickets a few times.

[83XLX]

I live pretty close to Tennessee, which has a headlight-on law. My bike's old enough to have a 3-position key switch, so I can ride with the lights off. I always have to remember to turn them on when I cross the state line. I've never been stopped in another state for an equipment violation, though (I don't have turn signals or stock mufflers, either).

[wandrur]

And what about handlebars--apes too high, that sort of thing? I guess I'm either trying to be prepared or I'm paranoid. I just like to know what I might be getting myself into before I get there. Thanks for the posts thus far. Good info.