# Sound meter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [June 25, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sound-meter/245006 "2009-06-25T08:22:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sound-meter/245006/16 "2009-06-25T18:18:55Z")
> [@oh mister newman....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-mister-newman/19861/72): > > If it’s louder than the OE muffler that came on the bike then it’s illegal. > [@The many colors of the Carrera GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-many-colors-of-the-carrera-gt/19894/11): > > here is the law kids… pay attention. > > 94db- 20 inches from the tip, at a 45 deg. angle, revving to 3/4 throttle. > > your pipe is prob over the limit. 3/4 throttle is revving the balls out of it. i dunno how nys came up with this number, a lot of cars are well over the db limit. > > it is up to the discretion of the officer to an extent. if the officer isn’t a licensed nys inspector, its just a judgment call. i think that is a load of b.s. saying all aftermarket exhausts are illegal. Did either one of you read the WHOLE thread? :banghead He is talking about a track regulation not NYS laws. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sound-meter/245006)._