CA wants to smog check motorcycles

[Rider]

I grew up in LA. Smog inspections are ridiculous. One of my first cars was a Nissan 260Z. I had a triple Weber carb set up on it so I could not run the stock thermostatic air cleaner on it and I would fail the emissions automatically on a visual check. It was a huge hassle. I had to go to a "referee" station 20 miles from where I lived and I had to have them look at it. Eventually it got a waiver because the car was a certain age(at the time the car was 13 years old) plus to go back to the stock set up it would have cost over $500. It's a joke, the money goes to the state of California with the smog inspection station getting a nominal fee. Don't kid yourself by thinking the state has no financial gain on emission inspections.

[pdog]

I grew up in LA also. I remember the brown air.

They charge enough to pay for the system itself. I assume you are an expert in the CA smog process?

The actual rule: Standard CA Smog Fee of $8.25 plus the dealer may not charge more than an additional $50. Sounds to me like the inspector is the one getting the bulk of the fee. That's $4/yr/vehicle.

The brown air is mostly gone now due in part to that $8.25 fee.

Originally Posted by Rider

It's a joke, the money goes to the state of California with the smog inspection station getting a nominal fee. Don't kid yourself by thinking the state has no financial gain on emission inspections.

[Smittie61984]

I love living in the country. No smog inspections here and no smog. I remember our neighboring counties where bitching at us and one of our politicians mentioned how wind usually travels from west to east (we are east of Atlanta) and that we'd be glad to put up some giant fans and blow their shit back to them.

Don't like smog. Don't live in a city.