Forget about goring and oxes and all that. You can’t enjoy riding your bike without making an earsplitting racket? Is that an essential part of the experience? I enjoy riding mine just fine with stock mufflers. I wouldn’t even mind moderately louder aftermarket pipes. But when I can hear some idiot with straight pipes accelerating away from a stop sign 3 blocks away they’re TOO DAMNED LOUD!
I don’t mind a certain amount of noise, and some loud noises are unavoidable. I live near an airport and at some times of the day planes are usually coming on approach, and less often climbing out over my house. A necessary evil. The kids next door can be noisy sometimes, but kids will do that - I’m not some sort of nut that would try to ban kids, or ban kids having a little fun. When the guy next door runs his lawnmower (or me mine), that’s noisy and annoying, too. But it’s usually only once a week or so for less than an hour, and again it’s understandable. If I started mowing my lawn at the crack of dawn in the summer (around 5am or so), I’d not be surprised at all to get a visit from the cops and a citation. So why do I have to put up withm my idiot neighbour across the street starting up his Harley at 5:30 and letting idle in the driveway for 10-15 minutes (nevermind what kind of piece of crap needs that long of a warm-up, anyway - that’s another discussion) What need or useful purpose is served by making an ear-splitting racket with your bike, other than to draw attention? And no, I don’t really care for extremely loud sport bike exhaust systems, either. There’s nothing particularly clever or amusing about making a whole bunch of noise just because you can.
So you're obviously OK violating EPA noise guidleines by changing pipes on YOUR bike, but also want to be the new bully onthe block to decide what is too loud for everyone else eh?
Even by your examples you hae appointed YOURSELF to be the Lord Of The Noise...where all noise is loud only according to YOUR standards.
LMREO
typical tyrant answers!
In other words the EPA rules are too strong for YOU, so it's OK for YOU to break those rules...but EVERYONE else has to do what YOU say?
I heard about that atitude in church...
Your sin on YOU needs forgiveness.
Your sin on ME need condemnation.
Hypocrite!
...and FWIW...my pipes ain't "ear-splitting"...which is a relative term, and actually not even a legal or medical definition...'nuther story altogether tho.
any way...listen to yourself & then get real!
...by the way...you wouldn't just by odd coincidence happen to serve on a HOA board of directors would you? Live in a HOA community? you would make a great HOA brown shirt!