Loud pipes save lives

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what happen to loud pipes saves lives? I have seen biggest motors fastest speeds wheres loudest pipes? I once had a 53 split oval, 2183 dual 52s, 4 2 1 drag stinger LOL like 6 inch out, STUPID loud no packing


wheres the pipes?

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That is debatable. If loud pipes really do save lives, it's because they draw attention to you and maybe the usually inattentive driver won't pull in front of you. However, as soon as we all adopt that philosophy, it loses effectiveness. We would just have loud noises coming from all around. It's kind of like SUVs. They are only safer when everyone else is still driving smaller cars. And even that is debatable. Rather than count on other drivers to be aware of you, it's better to be aware of every other driver around you. I would rather be as quiet as possible in order to hear what is going on around me.
 
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I agree, good reply, particularly........

Scotchmo said:
Rather than count on other drivers to be aware of you, it's better to be aware of every other driver around you. I would rather be as quiet as possible in order to hear what is going on around me.
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I've heard this excuse for loud exhaust for as long as I can remember. The majority of the noise is behind you anyway. I agree loud exhausts is for people to see you, but its usually for the attention you are somehow missing in your life. Loud exhausts on a motored bike is only going to set the whole movement back rather than provide any kind of safetey. I have a Robin/Subaru 4 stroke and get complements all the time on how quite it is.
Do you think you'd ever here anybody say " Wow I love how loud it is" about a noisy motored bike?
 
RogerS said:
I agree loud exhausts is for people to see you, but its usually for the attention you are somehow missing in your life.
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Zinger!

Loud exhausts on a motored bike is only going to set the whole movement back rather than provide any kind of safety.
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Level headed posting there Roger.
 
As Roger says.... Being in law enforcement myself, I find the typical chopper pilot with his straight pipes to be an abomination, and I'm personally trying to get the state laws here in Missouri more properly written to get them off the road.
The idea is nonsense, it's just a rationalization to allow the juvenile "look at me!" thrill...

The only people looking at you are thinking, "what an idiot!"
 
I have to agree. Loud pipes do not save lives. The noise is not directional, i.e. a person who hears it isn't going to automatically register where it's coming from. Additionally, as has been stated, most of the noise is behind the bike. So most people won't hear it until it's already passed. I suppose it might help people who are behind you see you before they barrel down on you at a stoplight... but I don't think it's better than a decent tail light and some bright clothes.

And I say this as a guy who rides a fairly noisy bike. '79 CB750L with 4-1 kirker megaphone on the back. It's packed, but it still screams in high RPMs.
 
have no doubt up top the mountain
that at the very least a few lives have been saved by loud pipes
we live in biker land out here
can hear some from blocks away
kind of a cool THING and yes very safe

but as said above -- I fly under the radar these days

Honda 90 years ago straight pipe
people looked up and asked where's the Harley ??

MM
 
whoever said that the debate over "loud pipes save lives" has gone on forever is right, in two ways. One it does save lives and inflate the ego, on the track.

Having rode performance atv's in my teens i believed the same thing for my recreational use as well but when i got older i realized that my boost in performance helped noone but myself! see where im goin with this?

loud pipes are loud because the rider needs the power use a tuned exhaust system brings. Or at least uses their machine to that state of tune most of the time and feels they need to ride that hard.

My MB currently hums right along with its restrictive exhaust, and lacks a bit of power because of it but im not thinking about putting a tuned pipe on it because i hold a constant RPM most of the time and dont have any use for the typical powerband.

Chopper riders i believe have the right to a loud exhaust, as yourself if a chopper really makes sence if it sounds like a techumseh. not really eh.

on the track, a loud exhaust keeps the rider alert to his line, and also helps you stick to the rider ahead of you because you know when hes on the gas therefore YOU should be on the gas if your gonna catch em! this is how i raced competitive 125 dirtbikes 4 years ago. which diffuses the (noise is all behind you" comment somewhat.

anyway, off to work where the noise comes from industry.
 
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