California model vs other models

[RTnger]

I understand BMW has to send CA model specifically made to meet California standards.

 

Anyone knows the VIN number designation for CA model or non-CA model

 

What does a CA model have than others don't?

[mneblett]

Cars yes, motorcycles no.

 

California's emission requirements have certainly driven a number of U.S.-specific things (airhead SHED vapor recovery system, K-bike and 4-valve boxer charcoal canister vapor recovery system and catalytic converters), but I don't remember any California-specific bike, going back to the airheads (maybe the first of the SHED-equipped airheads, but even that I'm not sure of because IIRC all of the later airheads were SHED-quipped).

 

I understand that the reason is basically too few sales in the U.S. to justify separate CA vs. 49-state models, so they were/are all California-compliant.

 

So, no VIN-identifying numbering to be looking for..

[dirtrider]

Morning Fernando

 

 

Unless things have changed with the 2015 models then ALL BMW (motorcycles) imported to the U.S. are California compliant.

 

Long ago BMW decided it was easier & more cost efficient to make all BMW U.S. motorcycle imports all-state emission compliant.

[Bill_Walker]

Note, BTW, that the same is not necessarily true of other brands. For example, many bike models have an evaporative emission charcoal canister only on California units.