I try to be a good neighbor, too. But then, I'm an old greybeard 1%er (Still with the Club). My bike is now a bagger, and just slightly louder than stock ("Rush" mufflers) but I take great pains to idle in and out of the neighborhood even during the middle of the day. I remind my Brothers when they come over to keep the noise down.
About a year and a half ago, a young guy on the next street bought an early model Evo Sportster and outfitted it with shotgun pipes. For several days he ripped up and down the street just being an a$$hole, usually while I was not at home.
Finally the eighty-something year old lady at the end of the street (the one who calls me when she hears things go "bump" in the night) asked me if I would "have a word with that young man".
On his next pass, I flagged him down, and asked him why he was being such an a$$hole. I reminded him that folks on the street had kids and grandkids who were usually either playing outside or sleeping. He was pretty cool about it, so I invited him into the garage for a beer.
As it turns out, he is a good guy. He had just gotten his first bike and thought that was how he was supposed to act. He even told me later on that he was doing to try to "impress" me; he wanted to hang around with the Club.
He still rides by now and then. He putt putts through the neighborhood till he gets to the highway, then I can hear him light it up. It's OK though, I do the same thing.
Have you had a word with your neighbor about the partying? Could be he is just trying to impress you to start partying with him.
Thats a pretty good post, you approach the issue instead of throwing a billion dollars into it trying to wish it away like most liberals.
I ride a bike, heck I own two, one is a restored classic 1980 Honda CX500, though it revs over 9000rpm its as quiet as a sewing machine, well a loud sewing machine anyway.
My bigger bike is the Star 1300 Tourer, I drilled out the last baffle on my exhaust immediately after I bought it to cure a performance issue at low RPS as its fuel injected and was factory set too lean.
Still its hardly any more louder than normal and as far as a big displacement V-twin its downright scary quiet. I went a different direction and I have HID headlights and ultra bright LED lights on it, most cars now have too much sound dampening and the drivers are too plugged into their cellphones or other devices.
I think there are some really obnoxious sounding bikes that rattle what few teeth I have left but this is America, Land of the Free. I say do what you want, to me the more oppressive the state or government the more I will display my figurative “finger” at them.
Poor wittle sheeple getting too scared of noises that wake them up from the daze of the own created little society of listlessness and non productivity.
Thats a pretty good post, you approach the issue instead of throwing a billion dollars into it trying to wish it away like most liberals.
I ride a bike, heck I own two, one is a restored classic 1980 Honda CX500, though it revs over 9000rpm its as quiet as a sewing machine, well a loud sewing machine anyway.
My bigger bike is the Star 1300 Tourer, I drilled out the last baffle on my exhaust immediately after I bought it to cure a performance issue at low RPM’s as its fuel injected and was factory set too lean.
Still its hardly any more louder than normal and as far as a big displacement V-twin its downright scary quiet. I went a different direction and I have HID headlights and ultra bright LED lights on it, most cars now have too much sound dampening and the drivers are too plugged into their cellphones or other devices.
I think there are some really obnoxious sounding bikes that rattle what few teeth I have left but this is America, Land of the Free. I say do what you want, to me the more oppressive the state or government the more I will display my figurative “finger” at them.
Poor wittle sheeple getting too scared of noises that wake them up from the daze of the own created little society of listlessness and non productivity.
(edited for spelling, need coffee!)
Excelent post.