04-15-2007, 10:06 PM
[quote AllGold]It's a mystery to me. Police motorcycles are all Harleys... but they all have actual mufflers and are well within code.
When did that happen?
All BMW/Kawasaki's in California, and CHP does really rigid car/bike tests that the rest of the nation follows.
The Harley's couldn't pass the endurance tests and literally fell apart.
They even tried to legislate the Kawasaki's out by outlawing non-USA built bikes out of the tests that the CHP does before picking a new bike.
That didn't work, Kawasaki was the first foreign vehicle manufacturer(1974) to set up shop in the USA in Lincoln, Nebraska and Maryville, Missouri. Harley lost again.
Mostly BMW's now.
BGnR
Maybe you're channeling the 50's/60's/70's?
I haven't seen a Harley Police bike since the last time I saw a rerun of "Tales of the Highway Patrol".
When did that happen?
All BMW/Kawasaki's in California, and CHP does really rigid car/bike tests that the rest of the nation follows.
The Harley's couldn't pass the endurance tests and literally fell apart.
They even tried to legislate the Kawasaki's out by outlawing non-USA built bikes out of the tests that the CHP does before picking a new bike.
That didn't work, Kawasaki was the first foreign vehicle manufacturer(1974) to set up shop in the USA in Lincoln, Nebraska and Maryville, Missouri. Harley lost again.
Mostly BMW's now.
BGnR
Maybe you're channeling the 50's/60's/70's?
I haven't seen a Harley Police bike since the last time I saw a rerun of "Tales of the Highway Patrol".