Originally Posted By: Mik
it would be funny were it not for the fact that these noise makers are beginning to really harm motorcycling in a society that is ever-increasingly obsessed with quietness, right to quality of life and curbing noise pollution (which is EXACTLY what it is) .... if they only ruined it for themselves I truly couldn't care less, but when it causes bikes to be banned from an increasingly number of neighborhoods, towns and other public areas for those who ride in a repectful manner, it pi**es me off (and obviously, many others too).......
Maybe aim some of that anger at the government officials responsible for banning bikes from those areas in your country. Sounds like common sense sure went out the window with the creation of them. While I do not like overly loud pipes and prefer just ones with a pleasant grunty exhaust note, I do not disparage those that do own bikes with loud exhausts because I believe in both freedom of expression and the pursuit of happiness. I say live and let live. Ride what you want and enjoy it. There have been loud Harleys and other bikes forever.
it would be funny were it not for the fact that these noise makers are beginning to really harm motorcycling in a society that is ever-increasingly obsessed with quietness, right to quality of life and curbing noise pollution (which is EXACTLY what it is) .... if they only ruined it for themselves I truly couldn't care less, but when it causes bikes to be banned from an increasingly number of neighborhoods, towns and other public areas for those who ride in a repectful manner, it pi**es me off (and obviously, many others too).......
Maybe aim some of that anger at the government officials responsible for banning bikes from those areas in your country. Sounds like common sense sure went out the window with the creation of them. While I do not like overly loud pipes and prefer just ones with a pleasant grunty exhaust note, I do not disparage those that do own bikes with loud exhausts because I believe in both freedom of expression and the pursuit of happiness. I say live and let live. Ride what you want and enjoy it. There have been loud Harleys and other bikes forever.