I was a little hesitant to post this,however since I had already opened the proverbial can of worms and said I would make another post here it is. 

  Undoubtedly a subject like this will draw some flak but we are all mature here (well some of us are) ....

  Yes I think that this whole thing falls into the same category as the loud subwoofers and the ice cream trucks. Whenever someone either knowingly or unknowingly becomes a pain in the arse category I guess.....Usually its knowingly and uncaringly IMO.

  Sometimes being human, certain things do get me going but not to any great degree,and I'm not a constant complainer. I just made an observation out loud on the CH. I am glad to see I am not alone on some of of the ideas. I have about 10 more but I don't want to start WW3 lol.

  While on the subject though I agree with what someone else said that loud pipes might help save a life but its not really likely because the same type of person who plays music in the car or is glued to a cell phone or putting on makeup(that ain't me)  will not look twice before pulling out.

  Fact- Riding a motorcycle puts you at risk no matter what. Your chances of being seen are less and you should always drive defensively.

  Coming back from the Jersey shore a few weeks ago two women lost their lives. We were coming the other way and had to be detoured. When they turned us around all I could see were bodies under white sheets. Apparently a group of bikes were coming around a blind curve and someone was too far over the line resulting in a collision with a truck coming the other way. This is purely a hypothetical guess on my part- I think that MAYBE the bikers were doing what I always see them do when they ride in packs and hanging either right on or over the yellow divider line. I admit it could have also been the fault of the truck being too far over or a combination of the two...I'll probably never know. A biker can do everything right and still get hit.

   When I was just a boy, my father had a very serious motorcycle accident. It put him in the hospital for three months and they had to operate on his brain removing three blood clots. They didn't expect him to live but he did. At the time helments were the law. His helment was broken into about 10 pieces.

 Motorcycle owners.yeah its a free country,you don'y have to wear a helment but if you don't want scramled eggs for brains I strongly suggest it.

  I have also broken bones on motorcycles and other stuff I won't go into here....suffice it to say I am a little biased about what can happen on a bike already let along those guys who think they are tough with loud pipes.

Jonbouy

I remember when I loved it.....sure ain't gonna **** now even though I've changed.

Time lends perspective...

Nothing wrong with changing ones mind with the benefit of increased knowledge and greater experience.

There's plenty of stuff I used to love and now **** about.

With hindsight I feel grateful to be in that position.

How right you are sir. I don't know how I made it this far....and can still function.
I did try ****ing....no one listened.

I have noticed that on-line one does read many statements that tag bikers....such as "bad-ass".
"they think they're _____this or that" ( fill in with whatever)
The only thing I know for sure about every biker I've ever met was they loved to ride and did it for that
reason alone. I'm not sure really why people want to label them and assume all the things they do.
It's really no different than "people in the music industry are nothing but drug heads and love to show off"....
geeze I sure have my doubts about humanity.

The truth be known......I think aliens that used most all of their brain power had to do something with the population
that was functioning on a small percentage...they planted them here. edit(on Earth) With all the indications I've seen, we are the ****ed
and handicapped descendants of an alien race. ( while I duck and run for cover)

Jonbouy

With all the indications I've seen, we are the ****ed and handicapped descendants of an alien race.

That certainly best explains Mooch Mooch Mooch Bapu...