I'm just askin' ... why do most folks seem to want loud pipes? Does anyone (like me) like the idea of having a relatively quiet bike?
The hurt report was done by actual motorcycle riders who began self funding doing actual research, just google the hurt report.AZRenegade said:I don't know how sound travels and couldn't care less. All I know is that my incident rate for getting cut off or run out of my lane has dropped from (on average) once a month to rarely. Arizona drivers are nuts! Studies have been known to be biased based on who is funding the research. I don't trust "studies" and "experts." I'm the only expert that I trust. And I base my judgement on my personal experience.
Put me down for respecting my neighbors when I leave the neighborhood and the rest is none of their business. Besides, as someone stated above, most cages are sound proof so why all the fuss over loud pipes?
Another ditto to this.PhL0aTeR said:just something about blipping the throttle at a light and hearing the rumble.... cant explain it...
Very well said - both of youse!!!thebigbry said:I have to agreee with funbikerchic, not to mention more bikes with moded pipes are involved in accidents than with stock, that has been true since the hurt report in the 70's I like medium sounding pipes just for the sound, but I dislike loud pipes, they are no fun to ride with, they wake up baby's, irritate people, and perpetuate the irritating careless biker image. If you have them and diagree, that is fine, but when you do things that irritate people and you know it does, then at least make sure you own up to it and not get upset when they tell you.funbikerchick said::applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:Born2bWild said:Not THIS girl. I have loud pipes because I like them and it causes people to post things like "why do people have loud pipes" and gets all the pious people out of the woodwork to stand on their pedestal and proclaim how people with loud pipes are degenerates. Now how's THAT for brutal honesty? :lol:basshole said:well stock pipes suck and quiet pipes are for girls. how's that for brutal honesty? :lol:
To those who say the fact that they get noticed saves lives I say, by the time they notice you, you have already been hit. The sound comes out of the back of the pipe. They don't really hear you until you up up beside them. I have actually had a bike come up next to me in tight traffic and the blip of the pipes as they passed caused me to jump, which can cause the steering wheel of the car to be jerked. I didn't hear him approach. He was already next to me by the time I heard him. What good did that do?
Plus a loud horn is just as effective if not more so...
As you suggested, I looked up the report. I quote from the report "The only comprehensive motorcycle study ever completed in the USA was the famous “Hurt Report”, conducted by the University of Southern California under contract to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, back in the late 1970s." As you can see the report was prepared on behalf of the NHTSA. I could find no statement regarding "actual motorcycle riders who began self funding doing actual research." Frankly, I find it to be an excellent compilation of data albeit a little dated.thebigbry said:The hurt report was done by actual motorcycle riders who began self funding doing actual research, just google the hurt report.AZRenegade said:I don't know how sound travels and couldn't care less. All I know is that my incident rate for getting cut off or run out of my lane has dropped from (on average) once a month to rarely. Arizona drivers are nuts! Studies have been known to be biased based on who is funding the research. I don't trust "studies" and "experts." I'm the only expert that I trust. And I base my judgement on my personal experience.
Put me down for respecting my neighbors when I leave the neighborhood and the rest is none of their business. Besides, as someone stated above, most cages are sound proof so why all the fuss over loud pipes?
I've heard that... :lol:calan said:Some of us enjoy b!tching.....and are constantly looking for a reason. 8)
some of do have other hobbies beside riding. :lol: :lol:wiseguydave said:I've heard that... :lol:calan said:Some of us enjoy b!tching.....and are constantly looking for a reason. 8)
Bob Penn said:Hey bass did you pay your ticket yet?basshole said:well stock pipes suck and quiet pipes are for girls. how's that for brutal honesty? :lol:
Born2bWild said:He's waiting to sue V&H for his ticket because he had NO IDEA they were loud when he bought them! 8)
hahaha, I like him /\AZ MIKE said:THE LOUDER THE BETTER :twisted: I LIKE MY PIPES LOUD SO AS I CAN SCARE THE SH!T OUT OF THE OLD SNOWBIRDS
yea what he said :twisted:m@c said:f**k you if you dont like them!
What good does it do? Riding through town at the posted limit on a four lane, some of these idiots forget your there and will change lanes into you. The loud pipes are heard when your in their blind spot, they know your there even though they can't see you.funbikerchick said::applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:Born2bWild said:Not THIS girl. I have loud pipes because I like them and it causes people to post things like "why do people have loud pipes" and gets all the pious people out of the woodwork to stand on their pedestal and proclaim how people with loud pipes are degenerates. Now how's THAT for brutal honesty? :lol:basshole said:well stock pipes suck and quiet pipes are for girls. how's that for brutal honesty? :lol:
To those who say the fact that they get noticed saves lives I say, by the time they notice you, you have already been hit. The sound comes out of the back of the pipe. They don't really hear you until you up up beside them. I have actually had a bike come up next to me in tight traffic and the blip of the pipes as they passed caused me to jump, which can cause the steering wheel of the car to be jerked. I didn't hear him approach. He was already next to me by the time I heard him. What good did that do?
Plus a loud horn is just as effective if not more so...
Thus saving more lives! :wink:by Steve
Friday, December 21, 2007
The Board of Supervisors in Orange County, CA voted 4-1 to add a healthcare fee to all traffic tickets written by Sheriff's deputies.
This means if you get busted for speeding, running a red light, having noisy pipes, or looking too imitidating, you'll have to pay extra so that county-funded hospitals and clinics can service the ever-growing public dole.
Couldn't have said it better!m@c said:I have loud pipes cause i like loud pipes, plain and simple
f**k you if you dont like them!