Yeah, Nick... It's my understanding that all aftermarket exhausts come with a blame-shifter pre-installed.



From what I'm finding out from a shop owner, this has been going on for a while.



CARB has sent cease and desist letters to major distributors demanding to either pay multi million dollar fines or comply with releasing information on who the leading dealers in aftermarket exhausts were. Last year OC Harley stopped selling aftermarket exhausts unless they were the own motor co's manufacturing. Bert's, chaparral, and most big box stores have already been effected with their customers alike. In a sad harrowing reality, what you are seeing isn't the beginning as this has been in process, but this definitely is not the end. It will effect the industry drastically



Just my experience , but in a local industry that isn't exactly thriving- many are turning a cold shoulder and trying to focus on moving on. Do the bare minimum to get CARB off our backs and focus on survival. Just this weekend Performance Motorsports closed their doors, and the possibility of more of the like is very high. Dealers are becoming sparse, and this definitely doesn't help. Unfortunately, nobody can afford to stand up and draw unwanted attention in a war that dealers cannot win. Redirection of focus for most seems to be the most logical way of dealing, but I think it has greatly contributed to the public not really being made aware of the issue.



I'm surprised that protest rides have not yet been organized.



J~