03-09-2014, 01:47 AM
Upgrading to a better exhaust is one thing, but modifying just for the sake of making noise is dumb. If people who say "loud pipes save lives" want to be taken seriously they need to start wearing hi-vis clothing and running headlight and brake light modulators. The majority here won't ride with a helmet, but have no problem gutting their pipes and telling each other loud pipes can save your life with a straight face.
As Guth keeps pointing out, when it comes to the subject of loud pipes, it's all pretty relative. I prefer to hear my exhaust (over engine noise) when I ride, but I also hate the obnoxious exhaust on what most of the weekend warriors ride around here during the summer. There's a happy medium in there somewhere, but my opinion of where it falls may be very different from someone else's.
As Guth keeps pointing out, when it comes to the subject of loud pipes, it's all pretty relative. I prefer to hear my exhaust (over engine noise) when I ride, but I also hate the obnoxious exhaust on what most of the weekend warriors ride around here during the summer. There's a happy medium in there somewhere, but my opinion of where it falls may be very different from someone else's.