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Jamaal510

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12. One of my neighbors

Reply to Silent3 (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2014, 09:14 PM

Sep 2014

has a noisy motorcycle, and it used to annoy the Hell out of me especially when I'm taking afternoon naps. I always hated how he parked in the same exact spot outside my apartment. After a while, though, I got used to it and I try to ignore the noise.

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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

I'm on the 11th floor and they echo like crazy. It's second only to the Blue Angels in loudness. arcane1 Sep 2014 #1

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

I would like to see noise ordinances enacted and enforced. Bumper heights, too, and stereo systems. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #3

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

I think they want recognition. but not for that. The guy who blips his throttle at traffic light Hoyt Sep 2014 #6

As a motorcycle mechanic edgineered Sep 2014 #8

I don't roll on the throttle. Does that really prove I'm not an asshole? In_The_Wind Sep 2014 #9

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

I formed my question like that precisely to make it clear that my only problem... Silent3 Sep 2014 #24

What a shallow attitude. edgineered Sep 2014 #33

Even people who don't like pit bulls probably don't want pit bulls to suffer. Silent3 Sep 2014 #34

OK, edgineered Sep 2014 #35

Noise saves lives. JVS Sep 2014 #23

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

And until drivers of cars are not busy texting, eating, and all kinds of stupid shit that makes... JVS Sep 2014 #27

If a person is truly worried about safety because of all of that texting, eating, etc... Silent3 Sep 2014 #29

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

"I never hear a loud motorcycle when sitting in my car with the windows closed and the radio on." JVS Sep 2014 #28

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