Bike Pipes - Page 2

cashncarry · 05-15-2008, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by itsbob

Please be specific as to WHICH motorcycles you speak of.

When they come from the dealer all bikes are fairly quiet, and sound good, it's the owners that make them loud and obnoxious, and usually not street legal.

I don't know what make of bikes, Harley's? but they rattle the windows in my house when they pass by and no I don't need new windows.

*kwillia* ^(Premo) · 05-15-2008, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by BS Gal

I love my loud pipes.

Desert likes them too cause it helps drown out your shrill yipes as you navigate traffic and left turns...

cashncarry · 05-15-2008, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Queenofdenile1

Yes. However, I've heard the same things, it's a "Defense" thing because motorists can't hear them. They change them out and put on different mufflers. I think sometimes it's just a way of being cool but it's obnoxious and loud. It startles me more than anything else. Can't STAND IT in a neighborhood.

I just heard a loud muffler coming south on 235, turned onto FDR Blvd., then Great Milld Rd., then onto Midway drive through Patuxent Homes. Hope the babies aren't trying to take a nap in that neighborhood with that bike roaring past. It would wake up the dead.

dn0121 · 05-15-2008, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by BS Gal

I love my loud pipes.

same here!

*BS Gal* ^(Premo) · 05-15-2008, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by kwillia

Desert likes them too cause it helps drown out your shrill yipes as you navigate traffic and left turns...

Sometimes, I even accidently honk my loud-arse horn when I really mean to put the blinker on.

cashncarry · 05-15-2008, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by BS Gal

I love my loud pipes.

WHY?

*aps45819* ^(Premo) · 05-15-2008, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by kom526

Aps and bob will be here shortly to answer this question....

Obnoxious is correct.

-As of July 1, riders in New York City are subject to a minimum $440 fine for having a muffler or exhaust system that can be heard within 200 feet.

-In Lancaster, Pa., starting this month riders - and all motor vehicle drivers - could be ticketed for drawing attention to themselves, whether by creating too much noise by revving their engines or doing hard accelerations. Tickets start at $150.

-As of July 1, motorcyclists in Denver could be ticketed $500 for putting mufflers on their bikes made by someone other than the original manufacturer, if the bike is 25 years old or less. These so-called after-market products can be louder than their manufacturer-made counterparts.

My riding club has started requesting the folks with aftermarket exhaust to ride at the back of the group. They can save each other's life.