What Am I Missing?

[cebeu]

I spent too many years paying taxes in Milwaukee...I can't hear a fucking word you typed.

[mitch]

It's not about the "loudness" of the pipes when riding. Its that chest-thump at 45 degree intervals when going along the road...and god help you if you are next to me when we go under an extended overpass, or through a tunnel

[Irving]

Loud pipes saved my life once....but I was in a 1979 Super Beetle.

[Scanker19]

So loud pipes allow you to do whatever you want on the road? Don't ride in my blind spot. I'll share the road with you but you need to share it in return as well. I don't drive in the blind spots of Semi trucks, know why......cause they can't see me.

I accept bikers (except crouch rockets) but "sharing the road" is a two way street.

[Mazin]

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.

[TheBelly]

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.

[brianakell]

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.

[Scanker19]

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.

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.

i.e. http://cbrforum.com/forum/sights-n-s...graphic-44930/

[Byte Stryke]

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.

i.e. http://cbrforum.com/forum/sights-n-s...graphic-44930/

Officers said there was no indication that drugs or alcohol played a factor in the accident, it was pure stupid.

fixed!

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.

[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