Those loud doggoned motorcycles........

Starise

 Or was that BAPBAPBAPUBAPUbapubapubapu?

Are you insinuating that when spoken rapidly my name sounds like flatulence?

Flatulence is a great ice breaker at parties. I use it all the time to liven things up.

UbiquitousBubba


If you're using flatulence to break ice, you might want to come inside where it's warmer.  In here, we only use ours to break wind.

Horsey!

I never had much success using it indoors... other than at church when I was a youth. Some people appreciate it for sure, but most don't know what to make of it and easily get offended... which is sad because i've seen flatulence defuse some very volatile situations lightning quick. A quick toot and all heads turn, tempers derail and fade into smiles, shaking heads and finally laughter. It's a powerful tool indeed and the ladies get a kick out of it.

LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES.... is a nice slogan I have seen on more helmets then you can imagine.

Read this story and then decide.     serious story


Loud Pipes   enjoy the sound of the pipes.


Straight Pipes  use headphones and turn it up to 10...

musicman100


+1 from a maxi scooter rider here, I wore YELLOW everything, Had the "strobe" headlight mod, Additional running lights, flashing brake light, loud exhaust, and the 4 wheeler still stares straight at you as he turns in front of you or pulls in front of you ...

+2 from a DRZ400s rider,dynojetted with an "E" pipe-i wear a flouro green vest over my leathers! 

Starise


 
  I said I would take up a subject  I mentioned in another post. Yes they mostly follow the law with DB levels. I know that nothing I say will result in anyone trading in their Harley, nor would I want anyone to,but you COULD put that muffler back on.
 
  So they can be quieted down but they are modified to actually make a noise and most still do from my experiences and most make a lot more noise than a car.
 
  I don't dislike motorcyclists in general but some of them are rude with this noise thing. I have in fact owned several motorcycles along with my dad being a HARLEY mechanic for several years.  Some of these bikes will hurt your ears if you happen to be close to one with your window rolled down.
 
 Here was my experience in a home I lived at several years ago that was along a route to a well known biker hang out down the road.
 
 SETTING- A really nice afternoon at home. Lays down for a nap,yawns slightly...getting....so....sleeeepy.....zzzzzZZZZ. Off in the distance ..........bbbbblblbl ...getting closer now....BLBLAPBLAPBLAPBLAPBLAPBLAPBLAPBLAP......starts to wake up...whaaaa.....BLAPBLAPBLAPBLAP...   now fully awake.....BLAPBLAPBLAPBLapBLapblapblapblapblblb.......... gone now starts to grow tired once again......nods off for a few seconds and then......the whole thing repeats itself.
 
 Or was that BAPBAPBAPUBAPUbapubapubapu?

+ 1

Most bank holidays I get a constant procession from Am 'til dusk making that exact noise.

These ain't 'Easy Rider's' like they once were, these are middle aged farts that should have blown off steam when they were teenagers. 

They blow inordinate amounts of money on the most impressive bikes you've ever seen, and only ever take them out on a sunny weekend and bore the crap out of anyone and everyone with an adrenaline pumped tale of how they took that last corner on their latest adventure out of their weekly mundane drudgery.  Usually this consists of a 'rebellious' twenty mile trip out of their suburban homes to seek out other like-minded emotionally repressed guys that should know better by now.

The exhaust tampering thing of course is merely an extension of clamping cards to the spokes of a bicycle wheel we used to do as kids.

Nothing wrong with the bikes themselves but many of the riders are long overdue for major overhauls it would seem.

Bikers need other vehicle operators to hear them. They need to be heard so they aren't killed by people that don't focus when they drive. As a biker I can assure you that they exist and they are plentiful. So don't expect a biker to take your opinion worth much. IMHO.

Agreed. Certainly holds true up here where I live.
We're 70% retirement communities and it's bad enough that there's a major car accident a few times a week. Sometimes containing some very large trucks and you wonder, how the hell did they not see the big white billboard driving next to them for the last few miles.  
Most people pay no attention what so ever to the world outside the interior of their car.


I'm all for it. Loud pipes save lives.


Mike 

Jonbouy


Didn't they once say that no crash helmets were the safest way to go?

That turned out to be a crock of BS too.

Loud pipes just follows the logic that if everyone was louder than everyone else we'd all be safe.

???



The point is over here at least is that exhaust tampering is in fact illegal, but these twerps flout the law like they are above it and are nothing more romantic than a nuisance.

If you are using a mode of transport that requires that you need to sound like an artillery barrage just to be safe then perhaps you should start taking the bus.

The no helmet being safe was brought about by the support of doctors. Many riders were being killed by the weight of the helmet. It would break their neck.
I legally have to wear a helmet in Louisiana but one block away and I could take it off in Arkansas....if I choose to. In the US the helmet laws
and the sound level of the bike change from state to state.
Naturally things aren't the same everywhere when it comes to laws. When you make a choice of what sound your bike will make
by choosing a muffler from the Harley shops around here- they are legal pipes for this area.

Choices that one makes to feel safe on a bike......they are theirs to make as the law allows. Whether the safety devices or
practices that we make with any motor vehicle are going to keep us safe...?....well who knows that for sure?
By the death will all see from operating equipment I think it's safe to say that logic has nothing to do with it.  If it does then
maybe we should all be drunks....they seem to be the ones that walk away...

Personally I grew up riding shortly after I learned to walk. I've always paid attention to people when they
talked about bikes or riding. Sometimes the conversation can be of value and sometimes it's just a waste of time.

If you want to see some crazy moto riders... visit Argentina.

Some of the stuff I have seen there would amaze you... 4 people on a moped..... a mom (pregnant) with 3 little kids holding on and in the middle of traffic...... people on mopeds zipping between traffic stopped at a light.... and gunning it as they get to the light cause they see a break in the traffic crossing them....

I was cringing....


I got pictures, but need to find them....

Wouldn't it be better if no one knew you were coming or going?

Exactly!

I have a neighbor with a Harley and when he opens it up there is no doubt that he rides a loud machine.  But when he comes into the neighborhood he has the discipline to keep his noise to a minimum.  You know he just rode by, but the noise is in no way objectionable.

The ice cream truck driver on the other hand can destroy a nice quiet evening in my backyard.  I have to listen to "Row, Row, Row You Boat" and similar songs repeatedly until I want to vomit.  You can hear him drive up and down every single street in the subdivision for a half hour or more.  Should be outlawed.  Parents should buy ice cream at the store instead of triple-priced crap from this rolling nuisance.

Don't get me started about the brain dead ****s with the boom-boom car stereos...

Jonbouy


Loud pipes just follows the logic that if everyone was louder than everyone else we'd have a Bapu mix motorcycle.

Kinda like that?

Some one mentioned earlier the two type of bike riders (Harley for one prime example).

The Doctor, Lawyer and Indian Chiefs who purchase the full dressed street bikes, chromed to the max, and ride in their riding clubs, wearing leathers and dewe-rags. Milk toast gentleman.

The real bad ass bikers riding Harleys , who wear leather dew rags AND club colors I give them wide berth. Many of the gentlemans clubs(aka strip clubs)are owned by these type biker clubs I dont roll down my window and tell them to quieten down

The real bad ass bikers riding Harleys , who wear leather dew rags AND club colors I give them wide berth.

Most of the hardcore bikers i've known were OK, I was in a small club when I wasin my early 20s. The only ones who scared me were the Outlaws MC... they were the real bad boys but I have not seen any Outlaws MC in years now that I think abot it... maybe they are all in prison now.  
edit: Nah, I guess they are still around... http://www.outlawsmc.com/
Julien

57Gregy

Old55


Like hybrids and elctric cars, they can be too quiet.  I almost hit a guy on a motorcycle because he was in the blind spot of my van when I changed lanes.  He'd been coasting down hill and I couldn't hear him even though I had my window rolled down.  Fortunately, it was just a close call. 

They sometimes startle me when I'm sitting in traffic and they roar by my window in between lanes.

Except for that first situation--yes those things are entirely too loud.  They should have a volume control! 

Loud motorcycles probably cause a lot of divorces because the spouse heard them come home late, too.
 
 
 
 
When I lived in California (1978-1982) lane-splitting was legal. Is it not legal now?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

It's legal in the San Fransisco Bay area.