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Consumer information – Polaris 2001 Victory Standard Cruiser User Manual

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CONSUMER INFORMATION

Motorcycle Noise Regulation

Tampering Warning: Motorcycle Noise Regulations

Tampering with Noise Control systems Prohibited. Federal law

prohibits the following acts or causing thereof:

D

The removal or rendering inoperative by any person other than

for purposes of maintenance, repair, or replacement, of any de-

vice or element of design incorporated into any new vehicle for

the purpose of noise control prior to its sale or delivery to the ulti-

mate purchaser or while it is in use, or

D

The use of the vehicle after such device or element of design has

been removed or rendered inoperative by any person.

Among those acts presumed to constitute tampering are:

D

Removal of, or puncturing the muffler, baffles, header pipes or

any other component which conducts exhaust gases.

D

Removal of puncturing of any part of the intake system.

D

Lack of proper maintenance.

D

Replacing any moving part of the vehicle, or parts of the exhaust

or intake system, with parts other than those specified by the

manufacturer.

This product should be checked for repair or replacement if the mo-

torcycle noise has increased significantly through use. Otherwise,

the owner may become subject to penalties under state and local

ordinances.

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