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Old 09-27-2012, 08:50 AM
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I read the whole brief too - and several things come to mind.
The old adage: "The Law is an ***".
Insurance regulation.
And the very last sentence: "No one in their right mind voluntarily surrenders complete liberty and accepts in its place a set of regulations. XX"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion." Edmund Burke, 1784.
Sounds much like today's electoral process, no?
a.) the people gave it up, and
b.) there it is.
 
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Old 09-27-2012, 09:02 AM
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We have plenty of Birkenstock wearing, Prius driving, tofu eating tree huggers here in MN.

These folks want to sit on their decks of recycled wood and drink organic herbal teas from thier re-purposed jelly jars and quietly listen to the Prairie Home Companion Show on NPR without being violated by the sound of smog producing, green house gas emitting, scary, loud, god I say, fun machines.

Why can't we all understand this? Com'on Man!
 
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Old 09-27-2012, 10:59 AM
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That brief was something wasn't it? If anyone wants to know the Late Justice Warren W. Tolman served on the WA supreme court from Saturday, May 11th, 1918 to Monday, September 20th, 1937.

I sincerely doubt if it applies in today's world. Not sure I would want it to either.
 
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Old 09-27-2012, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by bks6721
orly? I hate quiet pipes, they offend me greatly. I'm scared when I can't hear a bike thats riding in my blind spot. So stop violating my rights and put some damn pipes on that bike!
I hear ya...problem is......the guys that can't exercise a bit of common sense in neighborhoods, etc., give us ALL a bad name.

I'll be honest and state...that on a work night, I don't need to hear the "sweets sounds of Harley Davidson" at 1 a.m.

I have no tolerance for *********.

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Old 09-27-2012, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by m i k e
thanks for serving, i like the " shoot em in the face " quote
another good 1 i like is " dump the chumps"
Actually the "shoot em' in the face" quote was out squadron motto for a long time. I was in a combat squadron so no females and we had some pretty raunchy marching cadences as well. You should have seen some of the looks we got when we were marching to our barracks after a ceremony when there were other units wit females around us.
 
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Just bought a 78 shovel that's currently running 2" staggered straights. Way too loud, for me. Absolutely hate changing the look, though....any baffles anyone can recommend would sure be appreciated....or even better, small slip-ons...
 
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Originally Posted by txfxstrider
I have never heard a Harley that was too loud. And certainly never heard one that sounded obnoxious. The person riding it, yes. The bike, no. Are you sure it wasn't the noise from the radio playing on your "Tourer"?
I have. Guy pulled out behind me from a light the other night, came up behind me and the next light pulled up slightly in front of me in the left hand turn lane. Had these short pipes that turned out to the right and up in front of the tire. He sat there and blipped the throttle and I could FEEL the shockwave on my eardrum. First time ever for something like that and I didnt like it much.
 
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The assholiofication of the rude inconsiderate biker is upon us.
 
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Rude inconsiderate bikers.

The world is just going to HELL in a handbasket these days...
 


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