Loud pipes save lives?

[Cavman]

This was listed under the Motorcycle Lies.
http://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/stop-saying-loud-pipes-save-lives

 

[Cavman]

The five lies

http://www.revzilla.com/common-trea...&utm_source=RevZilla&utm_content=02_article_2

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree:, and :agree: again... :2thumbs:
Thanks for posting these! :clap:

 

[Michiganspyderman]

:agree:, and :agree: again... :2thumbs:
Thanks for posting these! :clap:

Good articles!

 

[vided]

Good articles!

:thumbup::agree::clap:

 

[Chupaca]

Thanks..!!

for posting the articles. True for sure..!! :thumbup:

 

[ARtraveler]

I will admit that I clicked on the article with my mind made up that it was going to be a commercial for loud pipes.

I was really, really, wrong. :bowdown::bowdown:

What they said made total sense to me. Thank you for posting the article. :yes:

 

[vrider]

I agree with the article as well. When I am driving down the road I don't hear the cars or motorcycles until they are right on me or I don't even notice the sound. It all blends in with other noises such as radio, wind, road noise and other traffic.

 

[Dan McNally]

Loud pipes do ruin ears, however . . . does anyone else hear that ringing???

 

[TexasSpyder]

Loud pipes do ruin ears, however . . . does anyone else hear that ringing???

Ringing 24 hours a day, guess i'm kinda used to it now.

J. D.

 

[bmccaffrey]

Ringing 24 hours a day, guess i'm kinda used to it now.

J. D.

CONSTANT!!!!!!!:yikes:

 

[Bob Denman]

Ringing?

:shocked:

Will somebody please answer that damn phone?!?

 

[Dudley]

Been riding since 1966. I have always said that loud pipes just aggravate people who hear the load noise, especially when riding through a quiet neighborhood at midnight. And for those of you who live in California where bikes can split lanes, how many times have you be startled when a bike goes between you and the car next to you while you are doing the speed limit in heavy traffic and trying to concentrate on your driving to avoid an accident. So do loud pipes save lives? There will always be a time when they might, but when you depend on them to save your life, one day you will lose. Ride like your life depends on it. You have to ride for yourself and the other riders/drivers around you. Will that guarantee you will never have and accident? Nope, but it is a lot more dependable than loud pipes.

 

[Cavman]

This is my opinion. I think motorcycles have been banned from a lot of places because of loud pipes. The every day non rider doesn't want to hear that noise. A lot of other riders don't want to hear it either.

Calloway Gardens in middle Georgia does not allow motorcycles. Palmetto Dunes Resort on Hilton Head, SC doesn't allow motorcycles.