# I am so sick of loud motorcycles **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 15, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-sick-of-loud-motorcycles/618886 "2012-04-15T21:57:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![irae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-sick-of-loud-motorcycles/618886/201 "2014-06-17T20:07:02Z")
Rider since 1977 and proud member of the 100,000 Road Miles club chiming in: If, after you’ve gone whole-hog on defensive driver training and visibility upgrades, you still find your motorcycle frighteningly unsafe sans loud pipes, you’re just never, ever going to be ‘cool’. Condolences. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-sick-of-loud-motorcycles/618886/202 "2015-04-27T00:50:58Z")
Thanks to the continuation of this damn winter, all the loud asses are currently still in hibernation. Maybe peace here in NH will extend into May! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-sick-of-loud-motorcycles/618886/203 "2015-04-27T03:35:36Z")
Folks who like to feel the wind blow through their head’s hair don’t wear helmets. Folks who like to feel the wind blow through their armpits’ hair cling to ape hangers. Folks who like to feel the wind blow through their pubic hair wear patch vests, and only patch vests. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-sick-of-loud-motorcycles/618886.md?page=10)