Stupid new MA inspection laws

[loyale93]

So integrated tail lights are no longer legal in MA. Anyone have a stock '02 F4i tail lying around?

I know this isn't in the FS forum, but I can't post there yet. I'm a big n00b... on this forum anyway.

[DuncanMoto]

Come visit me dude. We have cheap legal stocks and mounting plates in our shop. Lights $16 ea. and mounting plates $20.

1 Louise St.
Watertown, MA.
02472

open 2pm.-8pm. Thursday (today)

[kb1]

Integrated tails aren't legal? What shop did you go to? News to me...

[loyale93]

I've been informed that integrated tails themselves aren't illegal. However, the inspection requirements state that the blinkers must be minimum 9" apart.

I went to Greater Boston Motorsports in Arlington. They passed me with flying colors last year. Supposedly the law changed.

[imkindafkedup]

Take a trip to Breaklites in Peabody. I'm sure he has many tail light lying around that he won't mind selling you on the cheap.

[scubasteveRR]

I've been informed that integrated tails themselves aren't illegal. However, the inspection requirements state that the blinkers must be minimum 9" apart.

I went to Greater Boston Motorsports in Arlington. They passed me with flying colors last year. Supposedly the law changed.

Just jimmy rig some $20 blinkers on some "L" brackets comming off your plate mount and take them off when you get the sticker on. I have an intergated light myself and I didn't get a fail for that but if they did thats what I was going to do.

Take a trip to Breaklites in Peabody. I'm sure he has many tail light lying around that he won't mind selling you on the cheap.

It's not illegal to have the intergrated on so no need to get a new tail light as long as the brake works!!, just add some blinkers 9" apart, basically on the opposite sides of your plate which is around 7 1/2 i think!

[Degsy]

I've been informed that integrated tails themselves aren't illegal. However, the inspection requirements state that the blinkers must be minimum 9" apart.

I went to Greater Boston Motorsports in Arlington. They passed me with flying colors last year. Supposedly the law changed.

They have been illegal for years. The state is getting tougher, that's all.

[scubasteveRR]

They have been illegal for years. The state is getting tougher, that's all.

So even if you have separate blinkers the integrated is still illegal??

Sorry I guess i was wrong??

I was just speaking by my own experience, never read the actual rules though...

I had one last year on my old bike and the guy made me add the separate blinkers and i went back and he passed me. This year i went to a different place and they passed me without even saying anything about the integrated and i didn't have separate blinkers because i just got a new bike??

ANOTHER MESSED UP THING!!... The only plate light I had was on a fiberglass plate frame I made with LED's on it and it was the only thing he gave me shit about. made me take the plate frame off because you can't have anything covering the plate AT ALL but still passed me even though that had my plate lights on it.

[Degsy]

No, the integrated signals are fine, but you must have two more signals 8 or 9 inches apart.

So even if you have separate blinkers the integrated is still illegal??

Sorry I guess i was wrong??

I was just speaking by my own experience, never read the actual rules though...

I had one last year on my old bike and the guy made me add the separate blinkers and i went back and he passed me. This year i went to a different place and they passed me without even saying anything about the integrated and i didn't have separate blinkers because i just got a new bike??

ANOTHER MESSED UP THING!!... The only plate light I had was on a fiberglass plate frame I made with LED's on it and it was the only thing he gave me shit about. made me take the plate frame off because you can't have anything covering the plate AT ALL but still passed me even though that had my plate lights on it.

[DuncanMoto]

THE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS WERE UPDATED OCTOBER 2008.

CURRENT REGULATIONS

[loyale93]

October '08. I guess that'd explain why I passed last year with no problems.

http://www.bostonbiker.com/inspection.htm

[Jim]

go to a shadier place for a sticker

[Kham]

Come visit me dude.

if i visit you, will you give me sticker?

reminds me i haven't got new stickers yet.

[DuncanMoto]

if i visit you, will you give me sticker?

reminds me i haven't got new stickers yet.

I don't do inspections, but I sell parts to help you comply with the new regulations.

[noxin]

I don't do inspections, but I sell parts to help you comply with the newly enforced regulations.

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[WordTooYoMamma]

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read the updated "rules" and can honestly tell ya that it took gbm 5 minutes to give me a sticker, with the exception of them telling me my plate angle is unacceptable.(bent the fuckin thing down and goodtogo). So I dunno if they are using a team of 15 people to inspect my bike, just don't give a shit, or just relize that half of the rules on that document are bullshit. But either way there is no way people are checking everything.

[DuncanMoto]

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True, but there are some real changes too. Like the LED tails used to be illegal for bikes that did not have LED as oem equipement. That rule is gone now. Hopefully it stays that way.

[Woodsy]

They have been illegal for years. The state is getting tougher, that's all.

true that. bought the hawk in 07 with a tail like that and they had to convert the bike back to stock for me to inspect it.

[Mondo]

i got my sticker today at a place by a lake in wakefield.....

[Omahastylin16]

i got a sticker no problem

[MyBoyBlue]

I went to Greater Boston Motorsports in Arlington. They passed me with flying colors last year. Supposedly the law changed.

I went there last week and passed without any issues. My plate is pretty much under my seat and I have integrated signals.

[kb1]

It all comes down to who you get and what type of mood you're in I guess...

[xrocket21]

Ineed an inspection too...

[Jim]

True, but there are some real changes too. Like the LED tails used to be illegal for bikes that did not have LED as oem equipement. That rule is gone now. Hopefully it stays that way.

that's a good to know

[Pittenger5]

Having read that document, I can safely say I dont think theres a SINGLE motorcycle in the state of massachusetts that would pass if that were followed to the letter.