I have a 1979 XS650 Special that I bought with Iowa title, when I went to register it at AAA in southern California, they said it was missing the federal emissions placard and could not be registered. It has the VIN stamped on the frame neck and Federal Safety placard on the frame neck that states it meets federal safety standards at the time of manufacture and has the engine serial number on it. Does anyone know where the emissions placard is or what it looks like?
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scabber
XS650 Guru
That sure sounds like it. White sticker front of neck alongside the stamped number.
scabber
XS650 Guru
Take it back and tell the bozoo at AAA that was it 36 years ago.
So I took my 79 XS650 to the local DMV expecting the worse, well they only checked the VIN and engine number, which wasn't even on the old title, and did not even ask about the Federal Safety Placard or an Emissions placard and gave me my California registration and license plate. Either the AAA is going by the letter of the law or they are completely wrong. I don't plan on going back to AAA to complain though just in case they were right and they contact the DMV and screw up my paperwork.
angus67
Welder's penetrate deeper!!
Yup. Let sleeping dogs lay.
On 3 of my titles they say my 650 weighs 1,180 lbs.
On 3 of my titles they say my 650 weighs 1,180 lbs.
scabber
XS650 Guru
What I was conveying was they didn't have placards on the 79 Yamaha. If it is good enough for the DMV it should be good enough for AAA. I think the Feds didn't start the Emissions till the 80 models. Not from sunny California I from the east side we get swamp gas it blows in from New Jersey. 
You guys started the emissions laws. UCLA when the smog blows a way. 
You guys started the emissions laws. UCLA when the smog blows a way. 
