Loud Pipes in downtown Chicago...
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06-27-2010, 05:30 PM
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06-28-2010, 07:36 AM
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I agree. There is a point at which the sound becomes ridiculous. Possibly the other riders should just stay away from this area. If I new a speed trap always existed in one area I would opt out.
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06-28-2010, 05:42 PM
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In Edmonton here they just passed a new law (first city in North America to do so) that is specific to motorcycles, the cops have bought six new DB meters and anything over 92 DB at idle or 96 DB at 2000 rpm gets a $250.00 fine.
Nothing in the law about loud cars, buses, trucks, music, chainsaws etc just motorcycles, it's total BS.
Here is a link to the news story if your interested http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Edm...724/story.html
Nothing in the law about loud cars, buses, trucks, music, chainsaws etc just motorcycles, it's total BS.
Here is a link to the news story if your interested http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Edm...724/story.html
Considering that a lawnmower is typically around 90 dB and 96 dB is the noise level for a friggin' jackhammer, I'd say that a limit of 92 dB at idle and 96 dB at 2,000 RPM seems rather generous.
Remember, dB is not a linear scale. An increase of 10 dB represents doubling the perceived volume, that is, 96 dB is double the volume of something that's 86 dB and quadruple the volume of something that's 76 dB. Most conversation is in the mid-60 dB level, so that 96 dB upper limit at 2,000 RPM is approximate 8 times louder than average conversation level, about 3 times as loud as noisy city traffic, and even 50% louder than a train whistle at 500'.
Unless someone is running drag pipes or has pulled the baffles out of their stock pipes, they aren't going to be hitting these limits. The pipes that do exceed those limits truly are nuisance items and really don't have any place on the streets.
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