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I wish the the bikers would respect our community, its seem like they have to much to prove to the right and left sides of the street, we understand you love the way your harley sounds but we don’t, not even the girls your trying to impress. —A person trying to relax
This article appears in May 14-20, 2015.
8 Comments
Why not just knock on the door and ask them to get quieter mufflers for their bikes?
THINK WACO
To suppose that bikers would respect your community is to radically misconceive the mind of the biker. A recent study has shown that while the biker community used to ride their bikes for pleasure, they have now formed organized criminal gangs resulting in the recent bloodshed in Waco, Texas. With a bit of luck, maybe they’ll wipe each other out.
Cheerio!
“Hey fellas! Don’t you love that Sons of Anarchy show? Pretty crazy stuff they get up to, those rascals! Hey, listen. Do you fellas mind getting some quieter mufflers for those ‘hogs’ you drive around? My wife, Barb, gets splitting headache when you cruise by. And the magnolia bush seems to be suffering for it as well. Thanks, fellas! You really are ‘Angels’ haha. Step into this alley? I don’t see the harm…”
It’s probably me that the OB is referring to…and to be frank, I don’t really give a fuck what you think. You don’t like the sound of my bike, get some ear plugs and stop your god damn whining. Or keep whining, I don’t care, I can’t hear it over the blat blat blat of my big V-Twin and de-baffled exhaust anyway.
The many times that my loud exhaust might just have saved my life really trumps my temporarily interrupting your solitude. You see, unaware motorists don’t always notice a motorcycle; in fact they can be looking right at you and not even see you. But they sure as hell hear me, long before they see me.
Don’t worry though OB, I’m moving to Halifax at the end of the week and will rarely be lurking around the Darkside after that.
Shitty annoying exhaust as a safety feature, good idea.
The loud sound of the bikes is actually useful for safety, such that drivers are better aware of cyclists. It is not to impress some prissy ass chicks, sorry. They tried to ban loud mufflers in Calgary awhile back but it was a big fail due to the very reason of safety.
I don’t own a motorcycle but I sure enjoy seeing the beautiful bikes and the efforts riders put into them. They don’t get a long season to ride so why not have some fun with it.
P.S. For bike lovers (and philosophers who value quality), read: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig. It is excellent.
*sigh*
As a biker, loud pipes rarely save lives, but admittedly increase awareness. Between the fact the noise mostly echoes behind the bike and the time between an accident with a fairly sound-proof modern car is relatively short: the loud pipe argument is an excuse to just have a cool, ear-shattering noise.
Noise?
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