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Whats wrong with sportbikes? Most of the guys i use to ride with always wear proper gear and followed the rules of the road, granted some sportbike riders are asshats.
If loud pipes save lives, imagine if all those guys knew how to actually ride their bikes.
btw, I ride a harley. I'm not going to be a MotoGP driver by any sense of the word. I DO know that if I act like a turd on the road, I expect to get into an accident.
I just need to ride predictably.
Audible pipes are one thing, loud pipes are another.
Just like diesel smoke is one thing, puking out a thick black cloud at will is another.
Both are ridiculous. But when my ears hurt when someone is 100 yards ahead of me, I'm glad I drive a diesel with an on-the-fly chip. 2 can play the obnoxious game.
Should have been more specific. Dudes that do 120mph on the interstate. At that speeds the people in the car aren't walking away either. I have no sympathy for people that get hurt on bikes cause of their recklessness.Originally Posted by Mazin
i.e. http://cbrforum.com/forum/sights-n-s...graphic-44930/
Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Haw haw haw?..
fixed!Officers said there was no indication that drugs or alcohol played a factor in the accident, it was pure stupid.
yeah when an object moving at 120 MPH collides with an object moving in the same direction at 40 MPH the result is the same as hitting a wall at 80 MPH
simple really.
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
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.
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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%.
+1...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%.
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.
"There is no news in the truth, and no truth in the news."
"The revolution will not be televised... Instead it will be filmed from multiple angles via cell phone cameras, promptly uploaded to YouTube, Tweeted about, and then shared on Facebook, pending a Wi-Fi connection."
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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