Fortunately I don’t run across many loud pipes on bikes. In my neighborhood I’m more likely to hear some assmuncher’s loud radio with the bass turned all the way to maximum at 2 am than I am to hear a loud bike.
2003: I was driving to class and a bike was passing me on my left. Before he was at my side his engine was already drowning out my radio. When his bike was parallel to my car the noise from his engine was physically painful. No exaggeration. It’s the first and only time someone’s loud pipes went from being merely annoying to physically painful. Hell, it’s been nine years and I still remember it!
I attend a regular music festival here in Arkansas in a small town square with every band playing acoustic instruments. Quite frequently motorcycle riders will drown out the music while they’re looking for parking spaces. I’ve never heard one revving the motor on purpose but they still mess up the experience for everyone else.
I agree with you, digs - curly, if you want to snark at me about your views on babies, please do so in a thread where that is actually the topic at hand. It has nothing to do with this subject, and your attempt to cram it into this thread is both extremely obnoxious and frankly fairly bizarre.
I never had before, but the irony of him complaining about sweeping statements was just too much to pass up. Sorry!
And, of course you miss (or choose to ignore) the point, which is not babies, it is noise and sweeping statements. I note you didn’t bother to copy the rest of my post - how about you respond to that? Explain to me why it’s OK for you to make sweeping statements about things you don’t like, but others such as pikey pete are not allowed to in your world? And, BTW, your response to him was much more exaggerated than what you quoted, which does tend to be your typical post. At least it’s nice to have it verified that it isn’t just my posts you cannot seem to understand.
I can’t recall ever seeing a loud pipes biker wearing a bright lime green reflective jacket or vest. Black, yes. Dark brown, yes. Bright lime green reflective, no.
If the loud pipe bikers were so concerned about safety, they would wear bright lime green reflective vests, but the don’t, so their crying about how important it is for safety for them to have loud pipes sounds hollow to me.
Yup. In the US, the assholes blatting around on their loud bikes probably aren’t wearing helmets, either. Yeah, you’re all about the safety, you big hairy schmuck. :rolleyes:
ETA: Nice junior moderating, digs. You’ve got some real chops.
Hum, that seems true; I don’t ever recall seeing any loud pipe bike riders wearing some bright color. Which is sort of odd since it seems the whole point of loud pipes is to get attention, right? Why not blaze orange!
Hmmm, there is still that little red triangle over there…
I kid I kid! Tho whether or not both posters responded like adults is up to interpretation…
They already have. What’s that? You say you hear all kinds of loud pipes? :p:p:p:D
What is really needed id for someone to come up with cages that are soft like down pillows, so that when inattentive operators turn left in front of motorcycles we can all walk away.
This is a perfect case for government intervention. Cabin sound dampening devices and external airbags must be mandated for all automobiles. Problem solved!
I read a few years back that a Japanese company had invented airbag vests, for use by construction workers. When the vest detects that the wearer is in freefall, it automatically deploys airbags which protect the wearer’s abdomen, chest, back, and neck.
Oh god, really? I thought it was bad enough when they do dumb things like the one this morning, who split lanes while cars were changing lanes in front of him. Right in front of him. But texting? Jaysus.
