Yea they look at you in disgust cause you infringed on their cell phone conversation while driving

 

I don't have time to read all of the posts before I add my 2 cents so here goes:
I can recite too many occassions where my loud a$$ pipes got the attention I needed (blind spots in traffic, in turning lanes, ect.
As for my neighbors, THEY are not the ones riding the damn bike on the streets with cell phone drivers, make-up artists, DJs, ect. I am. If my pipes are too loud so be it. I have a Harley and don't care who hears it as long as the fact that it IS loud gets me home to my family. From what I have read, it sounds like maybe the loud pipe gang should be louder in legislation as well as on the streets.

07HC

 

I take it easy coming in or going out of residential areas in the morning or evening. Never had anyone complain. My bud comes over on his Big Dog sometimes, and he too takes it mellow. Never a complaint. Guess I am lucky.

I do think the fact that my bike makes a little noise is a good thing. People in cars around here are incredibly stupid, distracted, and unskilled. I need them to realize that I am near them. Bump into me in a car? Whatever. Bump into my bike, and I am going to the hospital or the morgue. I don't want to do that.

 

My feelings are that if a person so desires to run straight pipes on their new rides,then go for it.Eventually,the move to mufflers will prevail.

 

You can control some of the noise with rpms and clutch. But most times I likes to let them know I'am going on down the road.
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