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Glorious day! I wish they would ban them where I live. I detest noise, but judging by the popularity of Harley's I must be in the minority.
by gerbilly 8y ago
Glorious day! I wish they would ban them where I live.
I detest noise, but judging by the popularity of Harley's I must be in the minority.
- howard941 8y agoWe are in the minority but there are places where motorcycles aren't welcome. The trailer park I live in during the week is one of them. It's a pleasure to arrive home M-F to a pastoral environment where the smell of lemon blossoms accompanies the birds chirping, but then there's this shock when I go home to the mortgaged place on a golf course with daily lawn mowers, blowers, and straight piped Harleys. There could be a middle ground: Allow lawn care only one day a week. That's what the $FAR_TOO_EXPENSIVE place down the road does.
- jfk13 8y agoEither your weather must be a lot more predictable than ours, or you'd have to be fine with mowing in a downpour if it has to be done on a predetermined day.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoI wonder if a simple "You can only mow on Mondays unless there's adverse weather conditions, in which case mow on Tuesday" could be effective.
- digisign 8y agoOr, heaven forbid, skip a week.
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- amyjess 8y agoLet's also add a time stipulation: all lawn care must be between the hours of 13:00 and 17:00. No loud noises in the morning and the evenings.
- firethief 8y agoBe "they"!
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- larrywright 8y agoIf we could band together and get motorcyles banned I would be ecstatic. Loud mufflers of any kind, really.
- codingdave 8y agoMotorcycles do not have to be loud. Many riders believe that loud pipes make them safer, but I haven't seen data to back that up. I've owned bikes for years, commuted to work on them (when I've had office-based jobs), and mostly my neighbors are surprised to find out that I ride them, because I don't sit outside and rev them up in the mornings before leaving, or gun them up to high RPMs while leaving the neighborhood. Motorcycles can be far more efficient than cars, so fight the noise, fight the obnoxious riders.. but not the vehicle.
- larrywright 8y agoReally my objection is to the loud noise. If Harley Davidson makes a silent electric one, I'll rescind my call to ban them.
- gerbilly 8y agoIf Harley Davidson made an electric bike, then people would start buying aftermarket noise makers that play the Harley sound at 140dB.
- larrywright 8y agoI think you're right. The sound seems to be part of the appeal, for whatever reason.
- ecshafer 8y agoHarley Davidson does make an electric bike, and it's also incredibly loud.
- ryandrake 8y agoCars are already piping fake engine noises through their speaker systems [1], so this idea isn’t that far away. 1: https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15117726/faking-it-engine-sound-enhancement-explained-tech-dept/ https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15117726/faking-it-en...