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I had the revelation today that my wife married an outlaw.  In some ways I am amused, and in others I am disappointed as a Rule of Law kind of guy.  I have no idea how my head got shove up my arse so far, but I have mentally convinced myself that the Futura was legal to ride.  It’s not.  I still have not passed emissions, and in turn, I haven’t even transfered the title yet.

Again, I have no idea how this slipped my little pea-brain but it did.  I had the revelation when I got to work this morning with th odometer just turning past 9k miles.  That nice round number got me thinking about how many mile it had when I bought it in January.  The answer is 6000.  It arrived at my house with 1000 miles from my buddy riding it back from NorCal to Phoenix.  The math - I have put on about 2k miles with Kalifornia plates.  Most commuting, but some mountain twistie miles.

On one hand I am mildly amused that I haven’t had any legal problems.  First of all, the bike is red.  Second, its reasonably loud (a Staintunes system with an H-pipe) even with the baffles in.  And third, the AZ police are not kind to out-of-state plated vehicles.  The AZ plate fees are so high that people keep their out of state plates for as long as possible.  I guess you wouldn’t keep a Kalifornia plate as a means to save money…

On the other hand, I am a little disappointed at how big of a moron I have been.  Not that I ride like a mainac on my commute, but still I am the +9 over the speed limit kind of guy on highways.  It would have been a messy set of tickets I am sure.  Its also worth noting that my job depends on a clean license (OK there is a little margin there) to drive our lease and test vehicles.

The reason is that I have not passed emissions yet.  Once I clear that hurdle, I’ll get the thing transfered into my name.  But I am taking action this week(end).  The solution is two-fold.  First, I am burning some smog-reducer additive in this current tank of fuel.  Second, I will be loading the original “01″ map into the ECU tomorrow as its the leanest version.  I am hoping that solves my problem.  I am also hoping that I do not lose or screwe up my existing map as the bike runs real strong.  It amy be running too strong as I am only getting about 35mpg right now.

I’ll fill in the details of success or failure with the TuneBoy software tomorrow.