CA is canceling Red Stickers for 2022

[dedmiston]

This is bad news for anyone in CA looking to buy a new bike.

The good news though is that anything 2021 and older will be grandfathered into the Green Sticker program.

https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/new-california-rules-put-ohv-riding-in-jeopardy

[rexlion]

What will be the situation for out of state visitors with dirt bikes?

[dedmiston]

Gotta be careful with that. The hemp is more regulated than a two-stroke.

[Grit_dog]

I think I’m going to just change my hobbies to making granola and items from hemp....
Hopefully there won’t be a green/red sticker program developed for “personal” emissions, as granola can have a lot of fiber in it!

[dedmiston]

Wow - There's nothing left after deleting all the political junk.

It's like the thread just got its summer buzz cut.

It should be interesting to see how this change in the Green/Red Sticker programs pan out. Will the manufacturers stand up to CA and tell them to pound sand, or will they change their 2023 models?

The used bike market should do pretty well. I plated my WR450 years ago when our kids were a little younger (teens with new licenses) and we had more drivers than cars. Having the dual sport was a great convenience, but our local drivers still make me nervous. This should make that bike more valuable now if I decide to sell it (not that I'm planning to).

[Y-Guy]

Please keep this discussion non-political and on topic. This is a discussion about the red sticker program and the OHV that will be impacted.

Thank you.

[rlw999]

It's not like no one saw this coming -- the red sticker program was created in the 90's to give manufacturers time to come up with bikes compliant with emissions regulations. That apparently hasn't been the case, manufacturers have been happily selling red sticker bikes instead of investing in the technology to make green sticker compliant bikes more competitive (both in cost and performance)