Loud Pipes

A while back I placed a post that detailed my displeasure with an experience
I had with loud pipes in Key West. I talked about how some communities are
getting fed up with the straight pipe crowd and how some of them are
beginning to pass laws banning all motorcycles from certain areas. Here's an
article that appeared on the AMA's website concerning this very thing. It's
just one of several articles I've seen on this subject lately:

http://www.ama-cycle.com/news/2005/noisemeeting.asp
___________________________________
Mick McHam Houston, Tx
'01 ST1100ABS STOC# 1134
'99 ST1100ABS (4 Sale Soon)
'99 VFR800FI
website: http://www.hal-pc.org/~mmcham

 

Group Hug .. Trash... Now .. go **** yourself..

 

Why is enjoying the ride you like posing. Just because you don't enjoy it
doesn't make everyone else a poser. If that's true than everyone here is a
poser because we all don't like one thing or another on how another person
rides.
Now I've run straights on a couple of bikes and I can tell you that rapping
the pipes did wake people up as compared to the horn's little peep. I don't
live by the loud pipe safety issue any more than I believe a loud horn can
save my life. I figure you can either toot or avoid, I'll avoid. "Big
Mistake many make, rely on horn instead of brake" Berma Shave
Since I've got neighbors now, I have baffles. I also like my neighbors, well
at least most of them.

 

Congrats What'd ya get?

 

Just one more item about negative thoughts. Here is a quote by you about
this type of subject.

"I just get tired of negative people. Some people ride for the love of it,
some ride for a sense of belonging. Some people define themselves, some let
others define them. Whatever, It has absolutely no effect on me."

If it has no effect then why did you bother defining a group of people you
have no idea who they are?

 

Someone actually loaned you a motorcycle? With your record for getting them
repo'd, I'm surprised anyone would let you ride theirs for a weekend.

Did you ride a big KZ1300 on the dirt, or did you take a Valkarie out to the
track to ride?

Texgays, I'm surprised at all the lying you've been doing!

 

I like my neighbors too....that's why I don't sit out in the driveway
revving the shit out of the bike. I also don't pull in and out of the
neighborhood revving the crap out of the bike.

I have one neighbor that when they first bought their house, they had some
teenage kids who had "friends". And those friends would come over every
Friday and Saturday and have a party. We would have cars stacked up on the
block. One night I heard some talking while I watched TV. I followed the
talking and found it was coming from my front door. I opened the door and
found about 30 kids in my front yard having a party. I cleaned my yard right
then. On my way out into the yard, I started hollering next door that the
"party's over". The dad over there drove up about the same time and saw what
was happening. Between he and I, we had a bunch of kids scattering.

Right now, the only teenage kids we have near us are a couple blocks over.
The kids now are about my kid's age and with the parents they have, I don't
think we'll have a problem when they hit "party" age.

 

Elmer MeGeegan and texdays arguing an interesting point, I think.-------texdays writes------
Its posing. People who think loud pipes are a safety feature are the
same people who think scraping down the pavement on your side is better
than being upright on 2 wheels to avoid an accident. Oh well. By the
way, got me a new motorcycle so i'm back in the game. Rode all weekend,
life is good.------------Elmer responds------
Just one more item about negative thoughts. Here is a quote by you about
this type of subject.
"I just get tired of negative people. Some people ride for the love of
it, some ride for a sense of belonging. Some people define themselves,
some let others define them. Whatever, It has absolutely no effect on
me."
If it has no effect then why did you bother defining a group of people
you have no idea who they are?----------------bjay down here says------
Elmer I like your argument above.
We have to watch ''generalizing'' at times.
BUT, what I really like and respect,is, you presented a good argument,
with proof, to back up your response, and didnt Just tell texdays to
''**** him self''.We all have our opinions. We all like to offer them, and it's nice when
we can throw proof into someone's face,& at times, it will be thrown
into our faces. Just part of it! Good show! ----bjay----

'Ya'll take care'' --BJAY--

 

I'll do it! If it would make you happy to have that coming through your
neighborhood at 2am, I'll do it!

I'll even sit outside your house and rev my quiet motor while that music is
turned up....maybe even do a jig in your front yard with the floppy shoes.
What about spot lights? Would that be good for you at 2am?

 

----------Beamer Kiker-----------says---
Yep, I remember seeing street signs "No Cruising" posted in some suburbs
of
Atlanta Georga. When I first saw the signI was glad I had a touring bike but I found out later that it was not
for motorcycles. It was to keep carloads of kids, mainly blacks, from
going up and down the streets and disturbing the retirees. A lot of
these people, mainly in retirement home, forget they were young once.I dont understand why some bikers use straight pipes. It is a clear
"fishing call" to any LEO to come and check for anything out of the
ordinary. I think New Hampshire also pulls over cars for emmission
testing
so I doint think they are picking on bikers.
--
==============================================
Beemer Biker            
============================================== texdays says------
Its posing. People who think loud pipes are a safety feature are the
same people who think scraping down the pavement on your side is better
than being upright on 2 wheels to avoid an accident. Oh well. By the
way, got me a new motorcycle so i'm back in the game. Rode all weekend,
life is good. ---texdays--------Elmer Mc. says-------------
Why is enjoying the ride you like posing. Just because you don't enjoy
it doesn't make everyone else a poser. If that's true than everyone here
is a poser because we all don't like one thing or another on how another
person rides.Now I've run straights on a couple of bikes and I can tell you that
rapping the pipes did wake people up as compared to the horn's little
peep. I don't live by the loud pipe safety issue any more than I believe
a loud horn can save my life. II figure you can either toot or avoid, I'll avoid. "Big Mistake many
make, rely on horn instead of brake" Berma Shave Since I've got
neighbors now, I have baffles. I also like my neighbors, well at least
most of them.
--
Elmer McKeegan------bjay says--
from the stand point of a Motorist, I think
the Louder Motorcycles, make us more aware than a ''smooth,no noise
one''.If having louder pipes. in any small way, makes a motorist pay a little
more attention, then that is an added feature of having louder pipes,
versus ''quite'er pipes''????Ain't this another way to look at it(?)Personally, I drive a vehicle about
75% of the time,compared to riding my motorcycle. I am talking
''mileage''.
I am also talking through the many years of commuting here and there,
vacations, and bad weather, and yadda, yadda yadda-who.The average driver, drives 12000, to 15,000,per year! That equals 1100
miles a month, I think. I cannot believe very many motorcyclist average
that kind of milage? Even half that? A motorcycle to me, is my first
''priorty hobby''. I have 3 or 4 other hobbies.So, as a motorist, I guess what I am saying is, I notice Bikes with
noise, more than the others. I hear em' coming up from behind, I hear
em' riding by me, and/or coming towards me, a little more than, the
'quiet'uns''.But, I don't give a hoot,nor a holler, if they creat a degree of safety,
or not. I enjoy a motorcycle ''roaring down the road'', and in a few
days, mine will be equipped with sound. <grin> bjayKANA

'Ya'll take care'' --BJAY--

 

The flip side is that they give some people something to complain about..
LOL.. Take care Superfly.. hang in there, pard...

Your friend in Irving
Bill Walker

 

Know several people with them and none of them dislike it. Some are
thinking of the 650 version, but they like the 1k too.

 

Probably for the same reason you found it important enough to put out here.

 

I agree. Loud pipes are nothing more than a "feel good" accessory. If
someone is going to not be looking for you, they're not going to see you.
Personally, I don't care if they see me or not....as long as they aren't
coming up on me. If I'm coming up on them, I need to be worried about seeing
them, not whether they see me. If I'm in the car or van, that's a different
deal. But on the bike, I'm capable of watching out for someone and finding a
route to get through.

I don't like the super loud one's just like I don't like the
"ratttaaattttaaat" sound from a sportbike with cans. I like the rumble
without the annoying loud crap. I'm sure though, when I dig into my
throttle, it gets plenty loud...but I'm not behind me....now am I?

 

What laws are "sound level laws", texgays?

I'd like to see conclusive proof that there are "sound level laws" in Texas.
Who would one call for such a thing? And how is that measured?

I have an idea, why don't you send someone an email about it? I hear you're
good at that. Then if you don't get the reaction you were hoping, you can
deny it until it gets shoved back up your ass.

*Group Hug*

 

It's kinda hard to do "track days" on a dirt bike like that, isn't it?

I see pansy assed wannabes riding those things all the time. They wear their
hushpuppy shoes and flip-over satchel.

SUV of motorcycles? Puleeze! It's a cheap disposable dirt bike with some
lights and a two dollar instrument console. I have a bicycle that's better
equiped than one of those rat holes.

So, are you gonna get it repo'd like the other one?

 

(brian walker) in part)Loud pipes are nothing more than a "feel good" accessory. If someone is
going to not be looking for you, they're not going to see you.
Personally, I don't care if they see me or not....as long as they aren't
coming up on me. If I'm coming up on them, I need to be worried about
seeing them, not whether they see me. If I'm in the car or van, that's a
different deal. But on the bike, I'm capable of watching out for someone
and finding a route to get through.I don't like the super loud one's just like I don't like the
"ratttaaattttaaat" sound from a sportbike with cans. I like the rumble
without the annoying loud crap. I'm sure though, when I dig into my
throttle, it gets plenty loud...but I'm not behind me....now am I?
------brian------bjay responds------
-----When we were at Jefferson' version of the Mardi Grau, you know
there were mostly Harleys with their good sound, and some good sounding
''metrics'', no doubt right? When they all tootle through the streets,
looking for a place to park. And we know they're gonna ''rib'em'' up as
they rumble along.But, when I heard and saw six, sport bikers, 2 by 2, moving along fairly
slow, they would ''rib up'' theirs. Man, what a sound.When those 4-IN-one bikes, rib up, It turned some heads, just as much as
the others did. When they rib the throttles, there is a sense of power,
like no other, to me.And the bikers looked like they were gonna ''jump'' over something any
moment. To me, they have a look of thier own. Like em' or not'.

'Ya'll take care'' --BJAY--