What Am I Missing?

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Originally Posted by boulderite

Ok I don't freakin get it riders not wearing a helmet, but DO WEAR leathers. HMMMM is this to protect there tats but they could careless about there head ?
I can not understand the logic please help me understand, since it makes zero since to me.
When I ride my protective gear is for head,elbows,knees,chest,feet,and hips. I also prefer low db pipes for my own and others hearing protection. KTM 300xcw

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Oh I agree, and no matter what you ride, be it a HD, Triumph Daytona, GSX-R1000, Honda Goldwing (which if you ride this you're clearly not right), etc. there will be d-bags that think they're cool or own the road whatever. I've known a couple SoS guys and sure they hate the fact that I ride a CBR600RR, but they respect the fact that I know the rules of the road and I don't ride like some clown (one wheel, stunts and being a tool cutting through traffic like a maniac). Too often I see guys doing that and they're always wearing jeans, riding jacket (latest Joe Rocket trend) and no helmet. Well if you want to be transformed into the flying spaghetti monster then go ahead, but I do feel bad for the firefighter that has to shovel what used to be your head off the highway. Helmets save lives, and there's nothing cooler than being alive as opposed to dead, regardless of what your helmet looks like.

I HATE loud pipes! They dont save lives. The only time I SEE them is when they are passing me or beside me at a stop light. I drive with my windows up and a/c on. I built a chopper when I was a teen and made sure it had quiet pipes because I had to sit on top of that noise. I have never understood that desire for loud obnoxious noise. I work as an auto tech and even with hearing protection I've lost 20% of my hearing. I don't need some stupid bike rider trying to destroy the remining 80%.[Rant1]

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Originally Posted by Cman

I HATE loud pipes! They dont save lives. The only time I SEE them is when they are passing me or beside me at a stop light. I drive with my windows up and a/c on. I built a chopper when I was a teen and made sure it had quiet pipes because I had to sit on top of that noise. I have never understood that desire for loud obnoxious noise. I work as an auto tech and even with hearing protection I've lost 20% of my hearing. I don't need some stupid bike rider trying to destroy the remining 80%.[Rant1]

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+1...
Having served in Afghanistan and lost some of my hearing (living next to an Artillery unit) I don't like having to roll my windows up and turn my music up to drown out the sound of some guy and his Hardley.

I can understand loud, if loud accompanies FAST. When I'm sitting at a light, and the bike next to me is idling so loud that it causes some ear pain with my windows rolled up....something's wrong with that bike. It's like somehow modifying a .22 so it sounds as loud as a .223 - why would you do it?

On the other hand, if you're accelerating up to 55 or 75 and your bike is pretty quick and gets pretty loud near redline, that's fine because you're not going to make surrounding traffic put up with that constant noise for 10 miles.

It does remind me of that South Park where Cartman explains that the only people who need to dress up and make a ton of noise so people will pay attention to them are Harley riders and 16 year old girls. Not true in every case, obviously, but true enough to be pretty funny.

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Originally Posted by boulderite

Ok I don't freakin get it riders not wearing a helmet, but DO WEAR leathers. HMMMM is this to protect there tats but they could careless about there head ?
I can not understand the logic please help me understand, since it makes zero since to me.
When I ride my protective gear is for head,elbows,knees,chest,feet,and hips. I also prefer low db pipes for my own and others hearing protection. KTM 300xcw

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Ever had a buddy in a wheelchair that drools on himself? Thats why. I would rather die than have a helmet HALF save my life. Umm, and btw, have you been to the track with your KTM? Most MX bikes are louder than any Harley I've heard... Althoug the x models are the slow quiet trail bikes i guess.

You're very angry in this thread Josh.

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Originally Posted by mx'r

Ever had a buddy in a wheelchair that drools on himself? Thats why. I would rather die than have a helmet HALF save my life. Umm, and btw, have you been to the track with your KTM? Most MX bikes are louder than any Harley I've heard... Althoug the x models are the slow quiet trail bikes i guess.

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Unfortunatly this has merit (the pipe comment). Also its why they place db limits on mx bikes and hopefully will lower it so we can stop losing land to ride trails on. There is a difference though, my ktm was loud but it was mostly because it was due to performance, most of the time i think the cruiser guys just get some pipes to advertise they are a mr joe cool.