(A) All provisions of Minn. Stat. Ch. 169, as it may be amended from time to time, pertaining to motorcycles and other motor vehicle equipment shall apply to motorcycles except those which, by their nature, can have no application.
(B) Provisions of this section shall not apply to persons during their participation in a parade for which parade a permit or other official authorization has been granted by the city or other governmental authority.
(C) Every person operating a motorcycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to a motor vehicle as provided by state statutes, except as to those provisions which, by their nature, can have no application.
(D) (1) Except as hereinafter provided otherwise, no person shall operate a motorcycle unless it is equipped at all times with a muffler in good working order which blends the exhaust noise into the overall motorcycle noise and is in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise.
(2) The exhaust system shall not emit or produce a sharp popping or crackling noise.
(3) This section does not apply to organized races or similar competitive events held on:
(a) Private lands, with the permission of the owner, lessee or custodian of the lands;
(b) Public lands and waters under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner, with the Commissioner’s permission; or
(c) Other public lands with the consent of the public agency owning the land.
(4) No person shall have for sale, sell or offer for sale on any new motorcycle any muffler that fails to comply with the specifications of the Commissioner after the effective date of these rules and regulations.
(1992 Code, § 715:05) Penalty, see § 71.999