On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 11:30:12AM -0500, John Ervine wrote: > The only time you can hear them at highway speeds is when the bike is in > front of you, because the pipes point to the rear of the bike!
It's actually worse than that. CHP's sirens are often difficult to hear on the highway until they are right up behind you, and we won't talk about the PA either. Having something be loud is usually because you want to be noticed. If someone has loud pipes on their bike for perceived safety, it is STILL because they want to be noticed. I have to stay out of the rest of the argument, since my tow vehicles set off car alarms and rattle house windows. There is nothing quite like the sound of a healthy big block consuming dead dinosaurs :) K
