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Posted by Tfrank59
- March 15, 2017, 09:38:39 AMQuote from: CDNRatMan on March 15, 2017, 06:51:56 AMIt's true going out of your way to attract attention isn't smart, but I was reading about some guys that were riding between cities here in Washington state, minding their own business (presumably not breaking any laws), got pulled over by our state patrol and the one guy got a "fix-it ticket" for not having a rear deflector. Of course he felt he was unfairly singled out but the fact remains he was just riding along on the highway and got pinched. It happens. Most would say it just depends whether the cop had his donut and coffee.Again they do not stop everyone, they are targeting a select few. They are looking for the dumb a$$'s.
Couple years ago we went for a group ride over to the QC side of the border. I will say half the group had after market pipes. The SQ were right on the Main Street of the small town we were riding through, and one lad decided to impress the 12 and 13 year old girls on the sidewalk and rapped it and rapped his throttle hard. So the group got stopped he was singled out. after the testing of his pipes he was given the option of turning around and going back into Ontario, or having his bike taken to impound....he could chose.....
Posted by Tfrank59
- March 15, 2017, 08:22:10 AMQuote from: CDNRatMan on March 15, 2017, 06:51:56 AMAgain they do not stop everyone, they are targeting a select few. They are looking for the dumb a$$'s.
Couple years ago we went for a group ride over to the QC side of the border. I will say half the group had after market pipes. The SQ were right on the Main Street of the small town we were riding through, and one lad decided to impress the 12 and 13 year old girls on the sidewalk and rapped it and rapped his throttle hard. So the group got stopped he was singled out. after the testing of his pipes he was given the option of turning around and going back into Ontario, or having his bike taken to impound....he could chose.....
Yes getting pulled over and shaked down by the police always impresses the girls 
Posted by RockinRollin
- March 15, 2017, 08:01:33 AMWhen I had the safety on my bike I had to put reflectors on the rear side fenders, then I put bags on that covered them up and have never had an issue with law enforcement. Probably the same in the US as Canada, if you purposely go out of your way to attract attention from law enforcement they will find some reason to give you a ticket otherwise you're fine.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 15, 2017, 06:51:56 AMAgain they do not stop everyone, they are targeting a select few. They are looking for the dumb a$$'s.
Couple years ago we went for a group ride over to the QC side of the border. I will say half the group had after market pipes. The SQ were right on the Main Street of the small town we were riding through, and one lad decided to impress the 12 and 13 year old girls on the sidewalk and rapped it and rapped his throttle hard. So the group got stopped he was singled out. after the testing of his pipes he was given the option of turning around and going back into Ontario, or having his bike taken to impound....he could chose.....
Posted by Tfrank59
- March 15, 2017, 05:49:22 AMSure yeah that does it for me, thanks. I'm gonna stay south of the border. 
I do like those round reflectors better than the square ones in fact I've got some round ones on order. Oh yeah I've heard how they check your noise level on the spot. Just guessing, my bike would probably not pass.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 14, 2017, 23:15:31 PM Now to see if I can get this correct for you. If the bike is bought with the reflectors on then they are supposed to stay on. But guys will remove them and say they never had them. The rub here is some place and each province is slightly different, some Service centers that do the Safety checks will insist that the vehicle have reflectors for their safety check. Then people remove them.
I swapped my square ones out to round ones over the winter because I like to have as much visibility at night as I can have. Same as the stickers on the bike other than the VIN number plate they can be removed, like the ones about the chain and then the ones on the back fender they can be peeled off.
Signal lights on the front have to be clear or amber lens, rear ones if they are a combination marker signal light they need to be in red, only signal light then amber or clear. So my front ones are amber, my rear ones are red.
Now as far as riding your "American" bike in Canada,now this is normally they will not bother you for something so simple as reflectors, same as my spot lights are on all the time, I have never been stopped for that or questioned about that in all my rides. Now that being said.....you can not be an a$$ hole and be doing dumb a$$ stuff.
In Quebec you can be stopped and your exhaust checked with a hand held device for db levels, you can just pass and if the Suerte De Quebec (State Troopers) want to be pricks they then ask to see your helmet and it had best be a proper DOT approved lid or you are getting a taxi home......lol...
Does that answer your question......
Posted by Tfrank59
- March 14, 2017, 22:52:44 PM So this is kind of a weird one but do you guys up there in Canada have to have reflectors on your bikes to be legal? Down here in the US and as far as I know that's most of the states but definitely here in my state of Washington we have to have side and rear reflectors or we'll get ticketed. Reason I ask is I see videos on YouTube of what I think are Canadian bikes and you guys don't have to have, or maybe you do but have removed, the stock reflectors, and you've changed over some of your signal light lenses to other than amber. Are you guys pushing the envelope or is that OK with law enforcement up there? I'm trying to do some things to my bike, not quite stripping it down to a bobber, but remove unnecessary stuff and I wish I could take off those darn side reflectors. 
I don't really want local law-enforcement to pull me over for anything, even something as minor as equipment.