I don't believe loud pipes are a personal choice -- because they affect all
of us, and our ability to ride. Look at places motorcycles are banned, and
the top 1 or 2 reasons are almost always the noise.
Paint color is a personal choice, until people want to ban bikes with loud
paint jobs
Chris
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Jim Douglas wrote:
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> Loud pipes are a personal choice and as long as they are not "against
> the law" it's cool with me. Do I like them no! Would
> I want my bike to have them NO! But do I respect the right for someone
> that likes the noise YES! I am thinking that the
> Harley guy's with these loud pipes make fun of ugly KLR's! But just as
> it's our right to own an "Ugly KLR" it's their right
> to do what they want, again, again, as long as they are not unlawful!
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> Do loud pipes make a driver aware....they sure do when I hear them. Am I
> safer when I hear them next to me driving
> yes, but I don't have my cellphone on my ear and radio up to 10+. I am
> thinking that they simply like the noise and
> to them it's "Look at me", "Look at me".
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