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Like you are going to have a choice. There is going to be a day you can't register a combustion engine vehicle, but frankly given motorcycle manufacturers are d
by stefan_ 5y ago
Like you are going to have a choice. There is going to be a day you can't register a combustion engine vehicle, but frankly given motorcycle manufacturers are doing everything in their power to make their bikes as loud and obnoxious as possible, it's going to be much much sooner.
- hprotagonist 5y agoDon't conflate the manufacturers with the aftermarket pipes crowd. All my bikes have been quite polite, and have all had OEM pipes. I don't see a day when ICE becomes impossible to use. I do see a day where ICE engines are what horses became: basically weird niche toys that weirdoes and rich people play with because they like them, but no longer even close to the dominant transportation method.
- thghtihadanacct 5y agoyou just dont like harleys
- timbit42 5y agoThe only people who like Harleys are the people driving them because the noise goes out the back and they don't realize it's a lot louder for everyone else.
- kube-system 5y agoEvery loud bike you hear on the street in the US that was made after 1979 is illegally modified.
- dzhiurgis 5y agoIllegal or not I wanna run them over.
- sparrish 5y agoLoud pipes save lives. I wanted to put quiet factory pipes on my used Harley but my wife wouldn't let me. She wanted to make sure cars and trucks would hear me even if they didn't see me.
- timbit42 5y agoThat theory has been debunked.
- kube-system 5y agoI've never noticed a difference in distracted drivers pulling out in front of me when I'm on a quiet bike vs a loud bike. Most of the sound is going the wrong way anyway.
- sparrish 5y agoI'll grant you drivers pulling in front of you... If you grant me that you're must less likely to have a vehicle beside you push you out of your lane if your bike is loud.
- peatmoss 5y agoYou’re much better off getting a headlight modulator. Pipes point the wrong way. Also wear high viz.