10-01-2015, 06:16 AM
(10-01-2015, 04:52 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: I've neither seen pipes as you describe for this bike nor remember any forum members running straight pipes. I know some (you?) might think it's cool to run straight pipes, but in reality, it's not. It's offensive and irritating to most everyone, motorcyclists and non motorcyclists alike. Personally I hope you get the Bonneville.
Thank you, Mr. Ferret!
This little town I live in has a big State University...with all that entails. We have the bro-dozers with their drivers "rolling coal" - and what a nightmare it is to be caught behind one when he's thrown his switch. Then we have the little imported cars with their fart-can mufflers...you can hear them, day or night. It's not pleasant nor is it surprising. It's NOISE - as annoying as a leaf-blower but less necessary
Down the street from me is the Harley agency. As the Interstate goes right by, and as we have some great riding roads and a national park, AND are on the way from Seattle to Sturgis...we have that to deal with. A little more mellow than the fart-can minicompact cars; but just as predictable and just as unnecessary.
You've heard one un-muffled engine...you've heard them all. And after a VERY short time, you don't want to hear ANY of them.
And that's where I'm at - I, and many riders of the CB1100. Probably because we're older. Possibly because we have perspective. Noise doesn't equate to manhood - lots of small women ride open-pipe Harleys. Noise DOES, IMHO, equate to...other issues. I'll leave them unsaid in the interest of decorum.
Motorcycling has had an image problem for nearly 50 years; and the television shows on the Hell's Angels isn't improving it. It's up to us to demonstrate that owning a fast, slick, powerful motorcycle...does NOT translate to irresponsibility or antisocial behavior. And the first part of is, to not blast everyone along your route out of their shoes like a backwoods rube who lost the muffler on his stake truck.
-- Rant over.