"could hear him for about 3/4 of a mile away - he stated that cars...."
If that thinking is true let us have every vehicle/truck/car on the roads
have no muffler then we would be really safe and could hear each other
coming.
I had a guy (he looked like a Hun, proally why no one wants to mess with
these guys and question this stuff) in Pennsylvania say the same thing to
me. "It is for safety". But with the recent appealed helmet law he did not
wear a helmet. Yeah he was real concerned about safety!!??
Spade a Spade: No it is about making noise, a power trip and "saying look
at me" and nothing else. It is certainly not about humility, God forbid. I
would get out my decibel meter and ticket everyone of the bastards if I were
a cop for disturbing the peace.
By degree I am a Marine/Mechanical Engineer. On a merchant ship (Navy /
Shore side same way) every piece a machinery we would judge by the level of
sound. Excessive sound and loud sound were ussually a sign of
trouble/danger. Most good mechanical types agree optimal design operation
is as quiet as possible.
. /Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bike rider, loud pipes
Actually, loud pipes let cars (mostly driven by blithering idiots who fail
to see anything smaller than a Suburban) know you're there. A friend had
an
obnoxiously loud bike (he bought it that way, wasn't trying to say "look
at
me") could hear him for about 3/4 of a mile away - he stated that cars
stayed away from him, even moving to the other side of their lane as he
passed. I know if I rode a bike, I'd want that kind of situation - not
being seen usually has disastrous results when you don't have a frame
around
you.
T
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Scordato
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:50 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: [MBZ] Bike rider
Very Neat clip!
SOUND OFF
A least it is quiet unlike in the US where too many like the
loud bikes.
Un like the Europeans, we suffer more from the "look at me syndrome"
Nothing negative opinion wise about riding motorcycles. I
think they are
neat, always have. But when they are louder than the space
shuttle you are
now infringing on my freedom. I asked a local cop about the
noise as one
drove by, he put it best when he said "simple things amuse
simple minds"
In my day if you did not have a muffler (or it was loud)
regardless of
vehicle you got a ticket period end of story. I cannot pin
it down but
maybe with the prevailing Nascar/Country music/Rap/It is
acceptable to be a
Red neck/ crush kill destroy, mentality in this country in
the last 20
years it has become a free for all with the vehicle noise. I
would ticket
everyone of these vehicles just like I deserve and have
gotten tickets when
my muffler has gone bad. Tom
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