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Silent3

(15,909 posts) Mon Sep 1, 2014, 08:24 PM Sep 2014

Modifying the exhaust system? Revving the engine for no good reason other than making more noise?

If so, you're an asshole.

That is all.

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Do you ride a motorcycle and go out of your way to make it loud? [View all] Silent3 Sep 2014 OP

no...no i don't. n/t orleans Sep 2014 #2

Many motorcyclists claim that the noise is for added protection. Tobin S. Sep 2014 #4

Judging from the way the noisiest riders ride... Silent3 Sep 2014 #5

10-4. Tobin S. Sep 2014 #7

As a motorcycle mechanic edgineered Sep 2014 #8

Sorry, it only rules out one possible reason for being one. :) n/t Silent3 Sep 2014 #11

___ In_The_Wind Sep 2014 #13

Yes they are n/t sharp_stick Sep 2014 #10

One of my neighbors Jamaal510 Sep 2014 #12

I have playing cards hitting the spokes of my bike. Kaleva Sep 2014 #14

You should upgrade to Trotify! csziggy Sep 2014 #15

Yea! I want one edgineered Sep 2014 #16

I had to send this to my horse-riding niece... Silent3 Sep 2014 #18

Cool!! Kaleva Sep 2014 #19

I used to live near a major highway in the Daytona Beach area steve2470 Sep 2014 #17

I had a friend in the DB area - LiberalElite Sep 2014 #21

totally get that steve2470 Sep 2014 #22

The answer to your first question is, yes, I ride a motorcycle - raven mad Sep 2014 #20

What a shallow attitude. edgineered Sep 2014 #33

OK, edgineered Sep 2014 #35

Noise saves lives. JVS Sep 2014 #23

The kind of "vrroooom VRROOOOMMM... Silent3 Sep 2014 #25

The must be a mountain of data showing that louder bikes are safer Taitertots Sep 2014 #36

The say it is so you can hear them and it is for safety - I say bullshit liberal N proud Sep 2014 #26

So they can be deaf and everyone else too liberal N proud Sep 2014 #32

I'm not much of a fan of bikes, myself. Inkfreak Sep 2014 #30

If they save indulging their love of noise... Silent3 Sep 2014 #31