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I'm not sure what to say. On the one hand, rice boys, boom-box cars, Harleys and sportbikes, and even v-8s with glasspacks can be really annoying when they troll through my neighbourhood at night. Or did you ever have one of those boom-box cars park next to you while you're trying to eat your drive-thru meal at a fast food place, and sit there with their stereo booming so all you can here is their bass line? Yep, they're really the most annoying, as that thump-thump-thump comes right through the house.

OTOH, I have a slip-on on my bike (a Kawi ZRX 1100), and when it hits 8000 rpm or so, it will drown out any rice-boy car I've ever seen, and even in moderate riding is pretty loud. I don't imagine the folks out on the country roads I ride particularly enjoy the sound of me wailing through a corner and accelerating onto the straight.

However, I'd be willing to give up my loud pipe if something could be done about the boom-boxes, unmuffled Harleys and the rest that disturb the peace in my neighbourhood.

I agree. There's nothing worse than renting a moving on a warm evening and not be able to hear it while you're watching because loud cars, loud motorcycles and mega-whoofers out on the road in front of the house.