Your loud pipes are sending the sound in the wrong direction and that noise just blends into the background so most drivers won’t even notice it.
People in houses next to the road, on the other hand..they’ll notice it. And curse your name as you ride by.
You don’t know the motorcycle I was riding, but it had pipes on both sides of the bike. The driver told me that she heard thee pipes and that kept her from changing lanes, which would have had an ill effect on me.
In another instance, dropping a gear and dumping the clutch got the attention of a driver who was starting to pull out in front of me making a left turn across my path of travel. He stopped, no impact.
Neither of those instances were in a residential area.
I am skilled enough to shift up and lug the engine a little which quiets the exhaust noise in residential areas—I have neighbors, too.
Sorry you have had a bad experience, but I would rather take a chance on inconveniencing someone than getting run down or cut in front of.
When those in cars pay more attention, maybe i will consider something quieter, but I’m not holding my breath for that to happen, and I have been riding motorcycles for just shy of 50 years.