Man, it's the same bs they tried to pull in my day. If it ain't that piece of paper, there's some other choice they're gonna try and make for you. You gotta do what you want to do man. Let me tell you this, the older you do get the more rules they're gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N.
_In Lancaster, Pa., starting this month riders -- and all motor vehicle drivers -- could be ticketed for drawing attention to themselves, whether by creating too much noise by revving their engines or doing hard accelerations. Tickets start at $150.
Quote_In Lancaster, Pa., starting this month riders -- and all motor vehicle drivers -- could be ticketed for drawing attention to themselves, whether by creating too much noise by revving their engines or doing hard accelerations. Tickets start at $150.
Now that seems sensible. They recognize the difference between a bike with loud pipes, and somebody who's just trying to be obnoxious.
_As of July 1, riders in New York City are subject to a minimum $440 fine for having a muffler or exhaust system that can be heard within 200 feet.
Huh? 2 feet is "within" 200 feet. So you can be fined if someone hears your motorcycle 2 feet away?
I attended a C.O.C. meeting yesterday and they hit on this a little. Their biggest complaint was the citations being issued without proof (a measurement of decibels) of how noisy the pipes are and what the bench mark for too noisy is.
Another concern along the same lines was an increase in citations for not wearing a helmet. Specifically in the DFW area. Apparently if you don't have the proper amount/type of medical coverage (yes, this means you have to carry your declaration page) on your insurance and you have a non-helmeted passenger, you can be issued a citation for that person not wearing a helmet.
I don't know if their particular statistics were based on just Club member stops or motorcyclist stops in general. I guess it could be a case of a few officers just wanting to harass MC club members. There was mention of people being stopped, held for as long as 2 hours and then given a verbal warning and released so that there was no record of the stop.
There's two sides to every story.
Bill
when we went to the coloradical this year, denvers noise law had just gone into effect on july 1, luckly no one was stopped, was sure they would of made a few examples, but we lucked out, we were told that a stock vtx couldn't pass their strict noise level, it also made it so you have to buy your exhaust from the dealer, which we all know is going to be 3 times too high, sure makes it look like they are picking on motorcyclist ??? :-\ :-\ >:(what about those little asians driving around in thier civics and toyotas and the like, with thier noisy Cranberries exhaust? That is a whole lot more annoying (IMO) than any motorcycle
People buy motorcycles for a lot of reasons, but I think that two of the biggest ones are so that they can dress up like pirates and so they can make a lot of noise.
Oh my this is a noise problem and it an't funny to the one thats got to sleep in the hills on the last house on a street with frogs and stuff on it at night. Now stop making noise on a road at night or anythime now that it is on a stock yamaha or Get HD to stop it it's just posers any who! Guyly manly thing. Are you guy hEEEEEeeehhhhhee ;D
Oh my this is a noise problem and it an't funny to the one thats got to sleep in the hills on the last house on a street with frogs and stuff on it at night. Now stop making noise on a road at night or anythime now that it is on a stock yamaha or Get HD to stop it it's just posers any who! Guyly manly thing. Are you guy hEEEEEeeehhhhhee ;D
Well I know of at many times that my loud pipes kept someone from coming all the way over on me on the freeway. :o I always tend to grab the clutch before letting off the gas in a case like that. It works everytime. O0
Just my 2 pennies. O0
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but I have to admit, the loud exhaust on my bike gives me wood...Now, THATS just plain sick... Gettin wood at the thought of a coupla' hot pipes blowing... ;D
I thought I was cool from about 16 - 20 when I had a crazy sound system in my truck, and loud exhaust (my dad did custom exhaust for a living and i worked with him through high school) and now that stuff annoys the crap out of me at 25... but I have to admit, the loud exhaust on my bike gives me wood...speaking of wood go to Google and search the work love, it is hilarious