2005 Minnesota Statutes - 84.789 — Requirements of makers of off-highway motorcycles; sound emissions.

     84.789 Requirements of makers of off-highway 
  motorcycles; sound emissions. 


    Subdivision 1.    Identification number.  An off-highway 
 motorcycle made after January 1, 1994, and sold in the state, 
 must have a manufacturer's permanent identification number 
 stamped in letters and numbers on the vehicle in the form and at 
 a location prescribed by the commissioner. 


    Subd. 2.    Registration number.  An off-highway 
 motorcycle made after January 1, 1995, and sold in the state, 
 must be designed and made to provide an area to affix the 
 registration number.  This area must be at a location and of 
 dimensions prescribed by the commissioner. 


    Subd. 3.    Sound emissions.  (a) On and after July 1, 
 2006, off-highway motorcycles, when operating on public lands, 
 shall at all times be equipped with a silencer or other device 
 that limits sound emissions according to this subdivision. 


    (b) Sound emissions of competition off-highway motorcycles 
 manufactured on or after January 1, 1998, are limited to not 
 more than 96 dbA and, if manufactured prior to January 1, 1998, 
 to not more than 99 dbA, when measured from a distance of 20 
 inches using test procedures established by the Society of 
 Automotive Engineers under Standard J-1287, as applicable. 


    (c) Sound emissions of all other off-highway motorcycles 
 are limited to not more than 96 dbA if manufactured on or after 
 January 1, 1986, and not more than 99 dbA if manufactured prior 
 to January 1, 1986, when measured from a distance of 20 inches 
 using test procedures established by the Society of Automotive 
 Engineers under Standard J-1287, as applicable. 


    (d) Off-highway motorcycles operating in closed course 
 competition events are excluded from the requirements of this 
 subdivision. 


    HIST: 1993 c 311 art 1 s 3; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 24