From: G-S on 10 Apr 2010 18:41 Feral wrote: > > Jason, have you got children? > I don't know about Jason but I do, all of them from the youngest to the oldest have always reacted "ooo bike! bike! bike!" rather than anything negative even when they've been VERY loud. [1] G-S [1] If you've met Molly then you'd know that the last thing the energizer bunny is bothered by is people riding motorbikes.
From: G-S on 10 Apr 2010 18:49 Milton wrote: >> Marty H <hytram(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> 1. I like the sound of my pipes.. that why they are on there, no other >>> reason >> >> That's the only reason to have them. >> <SNIP> > +1 I like the sound of a big twin with loud pipes, I'm not so fond of inline 4's but each to their own. G-S
From: D Walford on 10 Apr 2010 23:45 On 11/04/2010 8:37 AM, G-S wrote: > Jason James wrote: >> I love >> the sound of a loud Ford V8, and if I could get away with it, I run >> open pipes on it (when I had it),..the difference is, people love the >> sound of a V8 as opposed to a Harley twin POS. > > There are a LOT of people who love the sound of a Harley with loud pipes > (ok there's a lot who love the sound of a V8 too) and there are a lot of > people who think Harley twins aren't POS. > > Having said that I've always thought it was rather odd that the police > would hassle a bike with loud pipes UNLESS it was a Harley who always > seemed to be left alone. > > If they are applying the noise regs across the board now then I don't > have a problem with that. > > Funny thing is that most of those loud bikes would even be too noisy for a lot of race tracks like Sandown and Phillip Island which have strict noise limits. Daryl
From: G-S on 11 Apr 2010 00:28 D Walford wrote: > On 11/04/2010 8:37 AM, G-S wrote: >> Jason James wrote: >>> I love >>> the sound of a loud Ford V8, and if I could get away with it, I run >>> open pipes on it (when I had it),..the difference is, people love the >>> sound of a V8 as opposed to a Harley twin POS. >> >> There are a LOT of people who love the sound of a Harley with loud pipes >> (ok there's a lot who love the sound of a V8 too) and there are a lot of >> people who think Harley twins aren't POS. >> >> Having said that I've always thought it was rather odd that the police >> would hassle a bike with loud pipes UNLESS it was a Harley who always >> seemed to be left alone. >> >> If they are applying the noise regs across the board now then I don't >> have a problem with that. >> >> > > Funny thing is that most of those loud bikes would even be too noisy for > a lot of race tracks like Sandown and Phillip Island which have strict > noise limits. > > Darylh > The noise limits at race tracks are a recent thing, the race bikes sounded better when they were louder. Look I'm not making excuses for loud bikes, I'm not saying it's morally excusable in some way. All I'm saying is they sound good :) [1] G-S [1] And that the racing isn't as good without the noise (now that you've mentioned racing)
From: Zebee Johnstone on 11 Apr 2010 02:04
In aus.motorcycles on Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:54:39 +1000 Albm&ctd <alb_mandctdNOWMD(a)connexus.net.au> wrote: > In article <G9Sdnckp3fvdQCPWnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d(a)westnet.com.au>, idiot(a)mindless.com > says... >> Albm, you've got your paranoid turned up to 11. If that was their aim >> they would just change the law to make it so. This campaign against >> noisy vehicles is not making any change at all. They are just policing >> existing laws. The existing laws have been in place for decades. I >> think you should have a bit of a lie down and a cup of tea and a biscuit. >> > What's a biscuit master ?? > Someone well versed in the mysterious art of not getting crumbs in bed? Zebee |