Am I the only one who hates loud motorcycles?

cossie1600

Sorry, I don't buy that one bit. I drive a Prius and had a Miata/Moped/Elise, which is way quieter than your bike and I get cutoff no matter if I am on gas or electric mode. Frankly, what gives you the right to annoy other people because you decide to drive a death trap? I don't need to be waken up in the morning by your piece of crap in the morning. It's one thing if you are doing it at a reasonable limit, but I shouldn't be able to hear you five blocks away. Most of the bikers are just narcissistic jerks who want attention.

Sorry to have to generalize, but I am sick of the crap these bikers are pulling. Why am I getting raped in the ear daily by these narcissistic SOB. This is not just for bikers, I absolutely can't stand the loud cars too (especially the slow ones)

dad

Very true! "It's look at me, look at me"!
Semi-trucks are less disturbing!

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cossie1600

This is with no disrespect to the people who are homosexual.

Baer383

After owning all of those you really want me to take your comment seriously.

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christian370z

I know a few guys who had built or bought custom bikes and they can be done tastefully, but I do hate choppers/Harleys that are ear splittingly loud. Not only do they deafen you as they drive by, but the exhaust sound itself sounds terrible in my opinion (just noise).

Not all choppers or Harleys are like that, but many are in my area. Sadly for them, CA emissions standards and equipment are going to hit those guys hard soon enough which is only fair in my opinion.

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Baer383

I have the baffles in mine and it's loud but when I remove them it's loud as sh!t so yeah I know what you mean just b/c it's loud doesn't mean it done tastefully.

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christian370z

That's true for many things, cars included! Are baffles the main way you control noise levels then? I always wondered how that worked as many motorcycles don't have any visible mufflers or resonators on the exhaust.

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m4a1mustang

Yeah I don't mind the noise either. Some of them can sound pretty good. I do understand the safety concerns too... Too many people don't pay attention to motorcycles.

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christian370z

^Good point about hearing what goes on around you, that is a big factor behind being aware and safe.

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Red__Zed

Yeah, as nice as it would be to assume other people will pay attention, you have to take that on yourself when you get on a bike. Maybe one day the driver's license requirements will step it up and get people driving safer, but I doubt it.

flashburn

You drive a Prius, of course you get cut off. I do that on purpose.

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cossie1600

I will just pass you right back when I slap these on in the corners

mark_taba85

It has never bothered me. It could be you are living in a bad spot or you are just getting old where you are becoming like those old grumpy neighbors that get mad over every little thing. Especially, the ability to hear the motorcycle about 1/4 miles away....WOW

I agree that most of the are cool people. You shouldn't judge them of being an "a$$hole" possibly by their appearance or because they enjoy cruisers. We should ban rice rockets for eye sores! I had a criminal justice professor who was a former chief justice rode a harley often.

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tranceformer

I always close my windows when I hear one coming up. All they do is convert gas into noise, IMO>

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Baer383

You guys are funny,you sit here and bash motorcycles being loud when almost every Z on this forum(including mine)has a very load exhaust.

If the cops aren't busting my balls about how loud my bike is then it's not a problem I think the problem is some of you guys just don't like it.

To bad.

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