APPARENTLY MY CUSTOM SIDE-DRAUGHT PIPE IS NOT WITHIN THE STIPULATED DEPT OF TRANSPORT DECIBEL LIMIT . . . . JINXED MYSELF BY BRINGING IT UP IN CONVERSATION ONLY TEN MINUTES BEFORE I SAILED PAST AN UNMARKED COP CAR AT THE LIGHTS . . . . SARGE DIDN'T LIKE IT, NOT ONE BIT . . . . COULDA BEEN WORSE, NO DEFECT NOTICE, JUST 'GET IT FIXED !!'

AFTER THE INITIAL EXCHANGE OF PLEASANTRIES AND LICENSE DETAILS COP CHAP HAS A DECENT PERVE AROUND THE PENIS MOBILE, THEN ASKS ME TO FIRE IT UP, I WAS MY ENTIRELY OBLIGING SELF, EVEN MENTIONING HE SHOULD ENJOY THE CRISP EXHAUST NOTE, HE LISTENS INTENTLY, DROPS TO ONE KNEE AND LOOKS BENEATH THE FRONT MUFFLER, MOTIONS FOR ME TO CUT THE MOTOR AND THEN POPS THE 'GET IT FIXED' COMMENT, POINTING TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE PIPE . . . . NOT PRECISELY SURE WHAT SARGENT PLOD MEANT BY THAT ONE, SLAP SOME MUFFLER TAPE ON IT, WELD ON A BIT OF THE APPROPRIATE GAUGE TIN OR GET MYSELF A BRAND NEW MUFFLER, HE WAS KINDA VAGUE GIVEN THE COMPLETE ABSENCE OF ANY D.B METER . . . . I GOT THE DISTINCT IMPRESSION HE THOUGHT MY LAW BREAKING POTENTIAL WASN'T REALLY ALL THAT SIGNIFICANT, I FELT ALMOST OFFENDED. I'LL GIVE IT ALL SOME SERIOUS THOUGHT AND GET BACK TO THEM IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME AND WE'LL ALL BE JUST DANDY, THANKS SARGE, GOOD JOB !!!