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This message is to the forum moderators. I think that a good article for one of your upcoming issues would be the loud pipes save lives thing. Looking at this forum it has 5 pages of responses which ranks this topic way up there in interest. I would love to hear what MCN has to officially say about this very touchy subject. Is this a real safety feature or are these people just looking for their 15 minutes of fame, 7 seconds at a time?
Love to hear from ya Fred.
Ride till it falls off.
Ride till it falls off.
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Loud pipe do nothing but get people p-i-s-s-e-d- off.
Besides all the noise is BEHIND the bike.
Most of all, it's just for noise. It' not really the best thing for the motor, either.
Gotta have back pressure.
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quote:
are these people just looking for their 15 minutes of fame, 7 seconds at a time?
In a word yes. But you'll never convince them of that. Just like you'll never convince some that think helmets do more harm than good. They're inconvincable.
My $0.02
PJ
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PJ
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To PJD and Jerseyjim, AMEN !!!!! ........and about not changing their minds ?? You're right. The sad facts are that some jerks just never grow up. All the noise the pipes make IS BEHIND them. Imagine riding with that even for a short time ?? Once again, I could care less what noise they want to hear if it didn't AFFECT OTHERS. Of course !! But, they're jerks and they don't care. Sad.
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I know that MCN has run an article on aftermarket pipes, which basically showed an overall loss of power with them.
Also, recent (and not so recent) studies have shown that modified bikes are more likely to be involved in accidents.
I would love to see the information and stats boiled down into an understandable (for the layman) article and think that MCN is just the place for it.
Tom Shelton
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quote:
Originally posted by jerseyjim
Loud pipe do nothing but get people p-i-s-s-e-d- off.
Besides all the noise is BEHIND the bike.
Most of all, it's just for noise. It' not really the best thing for the motor, either.
Gotta have back pressure.
Yup, shovels and earlier needed all the help they could get getting air through those heads, but modern(evo+) heads flow so good to start with, open pipes do more harm than good by far.
Boycott Sturgis!
deadman out
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Loud Pipes - I remember that there was an article or a letter in MC News from a person that said, "the people that like loud pipes are appealing to an inner audience." So it seems to me that they are much like the teenager that has to have the music very loud. So loud that it bounces off of the building two blocks away. Those drivers they have an alterior motive of attracting attention.(I imagine)
People with loud pipes believe that some how some one will be really impressed. In much the same way like their own inner voice is impressed. This is just my take on the matter from after reading the above quoted comment. I don't know for certain as I like to ride for the ride itself not to impress others.
I don't mean to make anyone mad on this thread, just adding my voice to the choir.
The "Z" MAN
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The "Z" MAN - North Carolina
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