Yep dude, that sure looks like a "California emissions canister" there, alright! Yep, just like the ones that were* on both my 1995 Triumph Sprint and my 2002 Bonnie America when I purchased 'em new here in California.
(*-"were", as in those suckers are now sittin' up on a ledge in the garage....you see, at present there are no yearly emission or safety inspections in California, as I understand there are in a few other states, and so those are often the very first things we Yanks in the Golden State yank off new motorcycles when we buy 'em.)
So, here's my guess as to how you ended up with one of those on your bike....
Both the country code of Canada AND the state code of California is "CA", right?!
And so dude...either somebody in Hinckley England(that's "GB", BTW) must've written "CA" in the wrong place(country code box v. state code box) on the shipping container your bike was shipped in, OR he thinks Canada is now part of the U.S....specifically, California!!!
And so, you have two choices here...EITHER you rip that thing off your bike, which BTW is a pretty simple process,(that is UNLESS of course those things are now mandated up there too AND you guys have to go through those yearly inspections which I mentioned earlier), OR you start talkin' like a californian and start callin' everybody "dude"!!! Yep, those are your two choices alright...dude!!!
