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Sep 15, 2010 03:52:01 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>Personal opinion: loud pipes work in certain situations - and are a--
>deterrant to animals more than humans.
> Loud pipes work better where you have something for the sound to
>bounce off of - redirecting it ahead of the bike.
> -Joey
>
>On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:49 PM, paul annen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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...
>>> >
>>> >
>class="parsedLink" target="_blank">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"
>>>
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