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I say LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES!!!!!! I live in Salt Lake City and we have a similar noise restriction on the main road thru town. I avoid the area to avoid a run in with the local law.
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It becomes a question of "how loud is too loud." From time to time, I think my pipes are loud. Then, I'll go riding with my Harley friends and mine seem quiet. I think it's the people trying for "loud as you can" that cause most of the negative reaction. I live on the water and I can't stand the Cigarette type boats that have 2 or 3 open exhausts - it's ridiculously loud. This is what causes noise
ordinances - a minority that's going too far!
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I think it's the people trying for "loud as you can" that cause most of the negative reaction. I live on the water and I can't stand the Cigarette type boats that have 2 or 3 open exhausts - it's ridiculously loud. This is what causes noise
ordinances - a minority that's going too far!
I couldn't agree with you more. Also, I tend to think that loud pipes do save lives, up to a point. In no way does that mean that the louder your bike is the safer you are.
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I don't think loud pipes save lives all that much to be honest. A person in a car can't hear your pipes till you just about next to them, so if they don't actually see you, and go to change lanes, you better be skilled.
They can hear ya commin if there at a cross street, but they still have to spot ya. I think a headlight modulator does much more to keeping you safe then loud pipes.
Note, I have extremely loud pipes, and have people change into my lane with me right next to them all the time.
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Couldn't have said it better myself, Bob. I sometimes...err...make that ALL THE TIME wonder what personally flaws some riders possess in their character that causes them "the need to be noticed" THAT MUCH, whenever I hear some Harley rider(and let's face it people...it usually IS the Harley riders out there riding with "open" pipes) who I can hear literally coming more than a mile away, when you'd think anyone with ANY sense at all would be able to figure out that hearin' them coming, umm, let's say a QUARTER of a mile way would be sufficient to quote..."Save their lives", wouldn't ya???  I mean...HELL! As many of you people around here have probably figured out by now, I'M somewhat of an attention-seeking egomaniac myself...BUT, EVEN I know when my antics are disturbing the VAST NUMBER of people around me!!!  (Okay! Yeah, I KNOW! I've just opened myself up for a whole ration o' sh*t after THAT statement, haven't I?!)   Cheers, Dwight (hey, and besides...remember: one can't HEAR the written word a friggin' mile away, now can they?!) 
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I think the "Loud Pipes save Lives" arguement is what people claim in order to justify the anti social noise that is coming from their back end.
I hate loud pipes. Which is why i guess i tend to ride alone, in the quietness of my stock Triumph pipes.
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anti social noise that is coming from their back end.
My sweetie alway complains about the "anti-socialness" that comes out of my back end, and I always blame it on her cooking!
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Realize its not about being noticed or character. Its about that sound! the 383 stroker in my 29 chev has straight pipes and it sounds AMAZING! I think the people who like the sound of loud pipes are also the ones who love the sound of an dragster at the track or the roar of 20 bikes. Its the sound of power and freedom.
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I think the people who like the sound of loud pipes are also the ones who love the sound of an dragster at the track or the roar of 20 bikes.
Good point BUT!
Personally, standing on the main straight at the Indianapolis Motorspeedway and hearing a Ferrari V10 F1 engine charging by at 19000 rpm is as good as it gets. But that is at a race track. I expect a race track to be loud.  
But sitting on my deck on a lazy sunday afternoon the last thing i want to hear is a bunch of loud bikers roaring by disturbing my afternoon.
Man, i must be getting old
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But sitting on my deck on a lazy sunday afternoon the last thing i want to hear is a bunch of loud bikers roaring by disturbing my afternoon.
Man, i must be getting old
Must be getting old - should be out riding instead of sitting around on the deck. 
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Which is why i guess i tend to ride alone, in the quietness of my stock Triumph pipes.
And there was me thinking it was cos you were a miserable git!
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And there was me thinking it was cos you were a miserable git
Argh, bugger. You figured me out
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Cops Crackdown On Excess Noise In Ft. Lauderdale
During the course of the enforcement, officers focused on loud noise coming from motorcycles, motor vehicles, and large trucks.
The enforcement was not just aimed at music, but any loud sounds coming from the vehicle, such as amped up engines.
The police department has worked closely with the city and various homeowners' groups to address this issue.
The department has also utilized the use of electronic message boards to alert drivers of traffic enforcement and noise enforcement along the beach.
Since it's inception over 490 citations have been written for various noise and traffic violations.
The police department will continue addressing the noise violations and traffic issues for the safety of its citizens and visitors.
Get a life, I wonder how many Hardlys got a citation then 
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I wish they would start poppin people in my town... I'm sick of the booming rattlebucket car stereos and the way too loud straight pipes that seem to just ride around the block... maybe I'm getting old but I do remember a thing called common courtesy, just because you can get away with offending and annoying 90% of the people dosent make it right... loud pipes dont save lives they compensate for small d!cks
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I wish they would start poppin people in my town... I'm sick of the booming rattlebucket car stereos and the way too loud straight pipes that seem to just ride around the block... maybe I'm getting old but I do remember a thing called common courtesy, just because you can get away with offending and annoying 90% of the people dosent make it right... loud pipes dont save lives they compensate for small d!cks
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I bet thats a law that never gets passed in Daytona or Ormond Beaches.
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But sitting on my deck on a lazy sunday afternoon the last thing i want to hear is a bunch of loud bikers roaring by disturbing my afternoon.
Man, i must be getting old
The wife and I were sitting on the back deck when we hear a bunch of loud bikers roaring by, she looks at me and says "oh go take a look". See to some loud bikes are noise and to others they are muuusic, and I am old
We all look at life through something!
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to some loud bikes are noise and to others they are muuusic, and I am old
We all look at life through something!
Perfectly said!
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I believe that it was Fort Lauderdale that ran off all the "Spring Breakers" a few years back. Panama City. FL thanks them for that! They also began sponsoring THUNDER ON THE BEACH 4-5 years ago, & rackin' in the cash from it.
You might say "Loud pipes (& Boom boxes), saved PC's life!!"
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I believe that it was Fort Lauderdale that ran off all the "Spring Breakers" a few years back. Panama City. FL thanks them for that! They also began sponsoring THUNDER ON THE BEACH 4-5 years ago, & rackin' in the cash from it.
You might say "Loud pipes (& Boom boxes), saved PC's life!!"
When something's outlawed in one place, somebody else in another place gets to make money from it .
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Snert, well said. I live just off a state highway and summer is the best with all the sounds, the trucks with the open pipes and engine braking, the bikes of course, and the cars, the whine of a supercharger, especially when the car is just moving along. I don't like the subwoofer type systems, just got a used pair of Cerwin Vega speakers for the house with 15 inch woofers so I can educate people what real music should sound and feel like! But anyway, any sound can and should be taken at what it is, and appreciate what these people have done with their machines and enjoy it,life is too short to get upset about anything like this.
btw I am using stock pipes with a little something missing(baffles)!
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I don't think loud pipes save lives all that much to be honest. A person in a car can't hear your pipes till you just about next to them,
They also can't HIT you until you are just about next to them.
I have a half-hour ride to work. In that time, I notice at least ten cars or trucks that know I'm there by sound, not sight.
Phil, I've done a lot of riding on that stretch of A1A recently, and my bike is not exactly stealthy. Short-shifting and being light on the throttle are all that's needed. The biggest danger on A1A is bikini zone-out. It is, after all, Spring Break.
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The biggest danger on A1A is bikini zone-out. It is, after all, Spring Break.
Yes indeed. The blinded by mother nature's headlights syndrome.
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I enjoy loud pipes and loud music. I have produced a new pipe that makes my bike louder than any harley I know. I also have installed a dash on my bike with a 1000 watt stereo. I have put speakers on the handle bars, in the saddlebags and a bigass woofer on the luggage rack. I normally crank my bike up at around 0530 in the morning to go to work. I pull out around 0645. I can get away with this because I am a police officer and if anyone complains I threaten them with Police violence or unwarrented tickets for minor infractions like not putting their parking brake on in their driveway. Noone seems to complain anymore. I do need my bike and my stereo to be this loud because I wear heavy duty ear protection. I don't want to lose my hearing.
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I do need my bike and my stereo to be this loud because I wear heavy duty ear protection. I don't want to lose my hearing.
Thats funny.
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I enjoy loud pipes and loud music. I have produced a new pipe that makes my bike louder than any harley I know. I also have installed a dash on my bike with a 1000 watt stereo. I have put speakers on the handle bars, in the saddlebags and a bigass woofer on the luggage rack. I normally crank my bike up at around 0530 in the morning to go to work. I pull out around 0645. I can get away with this because I am a police officer and if anyone complains I threaten them with Police violence or unwarrented tickets for minor infractions like not putting their parking brake on in their driveway. Noone seems to complain anymore. I do need my bike and my stereo to be this loud because I wear heavy duty ear protection. I don't want to lose my hearing.
your like the cop that waves at me as I ride by. From an oficers standpoint, do you think loud pipes have saved lives?
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No but I think they make me cooler when I'm all decked out in leather and bandanas.
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Paul!! How the hell are ya doing? Good to see you haven't changed!!
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Just had to make sure you didn't forget how big a jerk I am. These fellows in the SW have no idea what they're in for.
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You got out of the service right? Still working medicine? Quote:
These fellows in the SW have no idea what they're in for
I'm sure you'll straighten that out ASAP!
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I'm still in the service. Not he AF. I'm in the Commissioned Corps. Didn't want to lose my retirement. They even promoted me. They don't know me too good yeessir.
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Uh oh, your buddy, backporch, has been rallying you up again! Good to hear from you again, Paul.... see you at the Ga. rally?.... Ride safe... and loud...Gordon
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Hi Paul! Quote:
I have produced a new pipe that makes my bike louder than any harley I know. I also have installed a dash on my bike with a 1000 watt stereo. I have put speakers on the handle bars, in the saddlebags and a bigass woofer on the luggage rack.
Is that so you can alert Dave and Greg to decreasing radius turns?
What's it been? Three years or so?
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yeah, it's been a while moe. wow, what a picture of my ex-wife. Can someone photoshop a bulls-eye on her so I have a target to shoot. Maybe one day I'll head on over to the east on my bike but I don't forsee that trip in the future. I have a new wife, a new 9 year old and a 13 week old boy. I don't get to ride much anymore.
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Yes indeed. The blinded by mother nature's headlights syndrome.
The rear bumpers are pretty spectacular too.
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Paul, when you get a chance post a picture of your new family. Good to hear from you... the Georgia mtns are calling you.... all the way to Arizona..... ride safe.... Gordon
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May be unpopular but I wanna be heard on the moon even if there is a party going on there!! LOL I have run straight drag pipes on every bike I ever rode except my BMW and my 2 50s Triumphs all the rest are LOUD and I love the sound. Has nothing to do with saving lives or what anyone else thinks I simply LOVE the sound!!!
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No but I think they make me cooler when I'm all decked out in leather and bandanas.
Would that be a leather "Gimp" outfit or a G-string with chrome studs on it? I remember you preferred the G-string...
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