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Ok, so just a random question but: Whats the deal with bikes? How come they're allowed to have the loudest exhaust this side of the space shuttle, and yet some fat man will give you grief over a car exhaust thats still not even as loud as someone yelling? Are bikes exempt from noise pollution laws?
Also, whats up with the rubber trousers? How do they not stew alive in their own juices?
Originally posted by SSMOWS6
i mean, you can always fly wes out there and since he's a tool sometimes, fashion him into a plow for the maro
[annoying voice] Loud Pipes Save Lives Man! Plus it just sounds sweet [/annoying voice]
:bike farts as he rides away:
I honestly don't know why, but Harleys are usually the loudest around here. And they act like they never learned how to drive in their life. They pull out from a stop like Mustang drivers.... gas gas gas gaasssssss gass gas clutch gas gas go.
Ok, so just a random question but: Whats the deal with bikes? How come they're allowed to have the loudest exhaust this side of the space shuttle, and yet some fat man will give you grief over a car exhaust thats still not even as loud as someone yelling? Are bikes exempt from noise pollution laws?
It's all about safety. People have enough trouble not hitting other full-sized cars, so you can imagine how hard it would be for people to be aware of those on motorcycles. So, if a deafening exhaust is what you need to make sure some moron on a cell phone doesn't merge into the back end of your bike, so be it...cops understand that, so should you
It's all about safety. People have enough trouble not hitting other full-sized cars, so you can imagine how hard it would be for people to be aware of those on motorcycles. So, if a deafening exhaust is what you need to make sure some moron on a cell phone doesn't merge into the back end of your bike, so be it...cops understand that, so should you
Is that actually the reason? Or are you just pulling :bs: outta your a$$.
Originally posted by SSMOWS6
i mean, you can always fly wes out there and since he's a tool sometimes, fashion him into a plow for the maro
Is that actually the reason? Or are you just pulling :bs: outta your a$$.
Yes. Ask any cop.
Originally posted by TheGr8Schlotzky
If that's true, then i should be able to have as loud an exhaust as i want, because my car is black, and at night, it's stealth.
Your "stealth" camaro is much more visible than a bike at any hour, and you'll sustain alot less serious injuries if you get clipped in your car, as opposed to someone who get's clipped on a bike
My exhaust is slighty modified, not much louder than stock I think it's a nice balance. And for those that argue loud pipes save lives someone actually studied it and discovered that riders with louder pipes actually were hit more often. Don't ask me to quantify it I just read it on the Interweb. I can believe it though especially if you have ever ridden behind someone with loud pipes for an extended peroid of time, it actually wears you down faster.
When I ride any distance I usually have my XM hooked up through headphones that also kinda double as ear plugs.
The federal government actually was trying to get some pipe laws passed sometime back, the makers of aftermarket exhaust admitted they make it too easy to modify (read: remove baffles) from their exhausts. This is why most are loud, they weren't made that way but with a few minutes and a small allen wrench you can take out the baffles and have what amounts to no muffler.
Now on the rubber trousers thing, I think you are talking about chaps, they aren't rubber, (at least I hope not) they are leather and they slip over your jeans, they are dual purpose as they keep your legs warm when riding and provide some extra protection, you'd be amazed what flies up and hits your legs when going down the highway. Personally though I would rather wear a good textile riding suit, much more versatile and at highway speeds just as safe not to mention weather proof. I have a pear of chaps that look like crap thanks to a rain shower and my rainsuit not covering the bottoms of my chaps. Good riding gear ain't cheap!
-Brad
98 Firebird - gone from mod mode to keep it running and useable mode.
2000 V-Star Custom 1100
If all else fails use a bigger hammer!
:rock:
I honestly don't know why, but Harleys are usually the loudest around here. And they act like they never learned how to drive in their life. They pull out from a stop like Mustang drivers.... gas gas gas gaasssssss gass gas clutch gas gas go.
That couldn't be more true. I think they have to do that to keep them running... :p
Anyway, I got a ticket for the exhaust on my bike. I have a sportbike though so I pretty much have a target painted on my back for cops.
Then again, as black98v6 has stated, my exhaust system came with removable baffles, just by removing a C-clip. Takes 30 sec to go from legal to race pipe pretty much. As you can imagine, I lost the baffles prob 2 min after I installed the pipe :p. If it brings more attention to me while im in your blindspot, then bonus. But I'll admit thats not why I did it. I'll guarantee you though that its 10 times less obnoxious then those Harley's with straight pipes.
Ok, for all this bull**** about safety: There is a difference between loud (you know, being audible) and a saturn five rocket. Guys go over the top and when you have to stop your conversation for 5 minutes cuz some a$$hat with a flat(ulance) twin is riding next to you, it gets to the point where you might run him off the road on purpose. :rant:
If your bike is so loud you need to wear earplugs with your gay pants (chaps) then you need to be shot. Period.
i agree with fireball27, bikes tend to be too loud. doesn't take much to be able to hear something, and quite frankly im able to see all those bikers just fine. thought semi-drivers might have that problem, but isnt that why bikers have to have their lights on at all times? and if being louder made them more visible, then why wouldn't the manufacture put loud exhuast on them from the get go? the point is, they shouldn't be as loud as they are... it's obnoxious, and it's because of them being so friggin loud, damaging our ears we can't hear anything else.
Ok, for all this bull**** about safety: There is a difference between loud (you know, being audible) and a saturn five rocket. Guys go over the top and when you have to stop your conversation for 5 minutes cuz some a$$hat with a flat(ulance) twin is riding next to you, it gets to the point where you might run him off the road on purpose. :rant:
If your bike is so loud you need to where earplugs with your gay pants (chaps) then you need to be shot. Period.
Sounds to me like your just butt-hurt over the fact that cops have ticketed your mostly-stock F-body. As a matter of fact, re-reading your first post, that seems to be exactly the case: You don't care about the reasoning, you're just mad you got a non-moving violation in your sterile car. Stop driving like Speed Racer and you won't have problems
Sounds to me like your just butt-hurt over the fact that cops have ticketed your mostly-stock F-body. As a matter of fact, re-reading your first post, that seems to be exactly the case: You don't care about the reasoning, you're just mad you got a non-moving violation in your sterile car. Stop driving like Speed Racer and you won't have problems
I was waiting for someone to make that assumption, and it makes sense, but actually i have not been ticketed for my exhaust.. and i'm not likely too either cuz its not really loud (esp. compared to all the cars and trucks being driven around little mexico).
"butt-hurt" lol
Originally posted by SSMOWS6
i mean, you can always fly wes out there and since he's a tool sometimes, fashion him into a plow for the maro
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That couldn't be more true. I think they have to do that to keep them running... :p
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