through more reading im finding that louder pipes realy dont help... i wonder if there have been any scientific studies that loud pipes save lives or not?
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:16 PM, sfox618 <[email protected]> wrote: > This morning I was waiting to turn right onto another street - I had > one car in front of me. Coming down the street I was waiting to turn > onto was a Harley, that I see a lot. It has really load pipes. The > car in front of me pulled out in-front of him. It was close and the > guy in the box (car) in front of me clearly didn't see or hear the > Harley. He did hear his stock horn..... > > I'm not a fan of load pipes and in this instance they really didn't > make a difference. > > Sean > > On Sep 13, 9:55 am, yeti <[email protected]> wrote: > > i wrote this out on facebook.. please follow the link, read and > > comment... > > > > http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=126136737437482#!/n... > > > > for those without facebook... > > > > so, this morning i got a little scared on my way to work. driving > > through daytona (the motorcycle capital of the world!!!) and a guy in > > a car decided to merge right into me. now this isent big news, anybody > > that has driven a bike for any amount of time has had the chance to > > share a lane with a car. but today was different, i had krissie on the > > back and that makes me drive more carefully, but on top of that i > > dident see the guy start to come over. i was passing him in the left > > lane and right when i was at the drivers window he was so close i > > could smell hes morning coffee through the glass. i was able to find > > my horn button quickly (not an easy task in a rush on the wing) and he > > pulled back over in a rush. but not before i could react and get my > > foot out... > > > > my point is that i love my wing, but i cant help thinking that if i > > were on a louder bike (like an HD) he might have head me and not tried > > to merge right then. on the other hand why should i sacrifice my > > comfort (mostly talking hearing here) by driving a noise machine just > > to get other motorists to pay attention like there supposed to > > anyway.. guess it goes back to what one of my friends keeps saying "i > > would rather be wrong and alive then dead and right" > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
