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Doesn't matter if they do, it's my right to be as loud as I want.
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Do you believe Loud pipes make you safer

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Old 06-08-2007, 09:08 PM
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Absolutely.
I could record a new video for this every day riding around here in the mountains.
When a vehicle can't see a bike like mine, still with reflectors and shiny Diamond ice paint...
One bark from the pipes is all it takes.
I also give a bark if the vehicle in front of me at the light, changing, needs a wake-up.
Never done to offend anyone, simply for the same reasons the Choo Choo makes noise through town.
 
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Old 06-08-2007, 09:23 PM
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Yeah. They keep me awake on very long rides.
 
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I voted "Yes".

I have Screaming Eagle pipes on my bike and feel that they definitely make my position more evident to the cages around me. That and I love the sound.
 
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Old 06-08-2007, 11:07 PM
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I say yes and no. I have had cagers not see me or hear me in front but on more times than i care to recall i have used them to get the ahole off my tail and back off. A couple of times even avoided a rear ending at a light when they clearly weren,t looking at me when i was looking at them in my mirror.
 
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YES, but I would have them loud anyway,

Idiots in their cages hear what they do not bother to look out for,

Deer perk up their heads and stop in their tracks when I amon the bike, while in my Jeep they just plow on into the road,

Loud pipes,

Nuff said, they do their job,

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Yes I do.I also beleive the more light you have the better your visability is.
 
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I want pipes that Dyno the best. I don't put myself in a position to let someone take me out with a cage.
 
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Old 06-09-2007, 01:55 AM
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ORIGINAL: shovel pat

I want pipes that Dyno the best. I don't put myself in a position to let someone take me out with a cage.

I don't think most people do. Not knowingly anyway.
 
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Old 06-09-2007, 02:39 AM
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Dyno was the point. I'm just paranoid...they're all out to get me
 
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Hell yes loud pipes save lives.. makes them idiot other drivers wake the f' up and not run you over.
 


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