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Seems especially weird considering motorcycles are naturally louder because the exhaust is shorter, the muffler is smaller, the engine’s exposed.

Maybe they went off of average engine size / power?

Funny thing is a smaller engine needs to rev higher to make any power. Small bikes are ridiculously loud in cities because they need so much throttle to go anywhere. A stock 50cc moped is way louder than a stock 1000cc adventure bike.



IIRC the decibel rating that is used in the official testing is done at a specific RPM, it isn’t the maximum sound level.


Ok but how would a street “camera” know your rating vs the noise you just made?


It wouldn’t, I’m just commenting on the origin of those sound regulations.




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