On Sat, Jun 08, 2002 at 05:43:38PM +0900, Keith Addison wrote: > Eric wrote: > > >I think I should have to disagree about the loud pipes on bikes though. > > > >We know that 4 out of 5 motorcycle accidents are the cars fault. Cars > >notice bikes with loud pipes. > > ... Yes, and it probably annoys them and makes them more aggressive.
Yes, it sure does. I owned bikes most of my adult life, starting with a Harley, then a Norton 600, then a Norton 750, etc. Never thought of myself as anti-bike, but when a Harley with straight pipes is next to me in traffic, I definitely have a real strong urge to just turn the steering wheel rapidly in his direction. I doubt I'd ever hit the brakes to avoid one turning in front of me. For the last 14 years or so the only bike I've had is pretty quiet, except for my puffing and huffing. I know what you mean about these morons and their deliberate noise making, get woken up by them all the time. Same with the stereos -- we've been woken up by car stereos in the dead of Winter, when it was below zero, so I know they had their windows rolled up, yet the noise was making our house windows rattle. -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Kwick Pick opens locked car doors, front doors, drawers, briefcases, padlocks, and more. On sale now! http://us.click.yahoo.com/ehaLqB/Fg5DAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
