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You know I've heard that same stupid "pipes point away from your front...so can't be heard Bull SH!T Argument so many Fkin times it makes me want to puke till my fkin balls shoot out my nose...and the blood from them dis-lodging chokes me a bit before I hurl a huge clotted mass out....So what your saying is loud pipes can only be heard from behind the bike....then your puke harley riding neighbor must be waking up the whole fkin town at "6:30 sharp" by backing on to each fkin lawn and aiming his pipes at the windows the reving the motor as he goes by each and every house!!!! stupidest argument I have ever heard...they don't point forward so they cant be heard....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I gues thats why I can't hear that bike comming up behind me on the Highway either...OH WAIT YES THE FCK I CAN...!!!!! 
FKIN AMA WERETHENICEGUYS ARGUMENT!!! Now I know why I can only see Harleys and other motorcycles approching AND THEN when THE PASS is when I get to hear them....up untill then it's like someone hit the FKIN MUTE mute button on my world... I guess I got to get my horn on my truck out from under the hood pointing at the ground cause that explains why no one ever hears it ...it AINT POINTING AT THEM!!!!! PERHAPS I should carry a portable marine air horn so I can direct the sound at the intended target!!!! 
Ok Rant over...
Ok Rant over...
Okay, you have convinced me - go take your blood pressure medicine, and I'm heading for the muffler shop to put straight pipes on my cars so I can be safe and save lives no matter what my ride. Yes, that left turner heading towards you will hear your loud pipes - I understand that there has never been a biker taken out who was running a loud exhaust system by a left turner. It's a wonder our dumbass legislators don't mandate loud pipes for safety. Yes, the City of Daytona Beach, Florida agrees with your assessment, and as a result will write your silly a$$ a ticket for your loud pipes.
By the way, we are signing up members for our new debate team - your application has been denied! 
I know you have a closed mind on the issue, but you might want to read this perspective:
http://www.virginiawind.com/byways/loud_pipes_save_lives.asp
And perhaps this:
http://www.noiseoff.org/motorcycles.shtml
What is happening is that more and more communities are enacting legislation against motorcycles - some have even banned them. Guys like you will make it such that eventually I will get ticketed in a place like Daytona for running relatively mild TOR exhausts!
Having said the above, I'm sure you can find endless articles by ABATE and people with interests in selling you loud exhausts that will support your groundless point.
BTW, it would be a wonderful environment out there if suddenly groups of automobile drivers decided that they are safer with very loud exhaust systems. I wonder if those guys with their music so loud that the sides of their cars buckle in and out think they are saving lives also?
Motorcycling IS an inherently dangerous activity, but as bikers we accept that risk. Our activity gives us no special right to disregard exhaust noise ordinances, and disturb the non-riding (and more than a few riding) public. If you can't ride without making lots of noise, use your car!
I am a skydiver with 657 jumps. Skydiving is inherently dangerous, and every time I jump I have to save my life. I have personally watched three people die while engaged in skydiving. I accept the risks, because I love the sport. I accept the risks of motorcycling because I love to ride. I get no special dispensation by virtue of that love to noise pollute our environment!
And finally, I know that one can never win a debate or perhaps find even one supporter when speaking against loud exhausts on a motorcycle forum. It would be like going on the NRA forum and arguing that members shouldn't be able to have a certain kind of gun. So what I guess I am trying to say in conclusion, save your further rants folks, because I know that you disagree, and I have heard every reason imaginable as to why you do. And again, I thought like you for many years, so I do understand your invalid points! 
Last edited by pedalmasher; 06/09/2007 7:57 AM.
