As if Harleys weren't annoying enough...

wundudnee · Monday at 3:54 PM

I like the sound of a well tuned V8 or a nice Harley. Crotch rockets and wanna be 4 cylinders, not so much. Years ago I had a 1/2 ton Ford pickup with dual straights. It sounded good, but you could make it sound nasty. My cousin and her husband were visiting from California and he remarked, "you would get arrested in California with that exhaust." I told him that will never be a problem."

Rat458 · Monday at 3:57 PM

Kinda like AR's with muzzle brakes.
Doesn't bother the user , just the people around them.

Farmer17 · Monday at 4:26 PM

Air Buds are the greatest invention of the last 50 years, especially for people that don't wear Air Buds.

wood714 · Monday at 5:07 PM

Tom S. said:
After Michigan repealed the helmet law, I equate loud pipes with the term "potential organ donor" because it seems the louder the bike, the less likely the owner is to have a helmet.

Only time I ever wear a helmet is if I know it's gonna be raining or when I ride up thru Georgia or North Carolina.

I'd honestly rather just die than be paralyzed or in a wheel chair the rest of my life.

Barbarian-CBX · Monday at 6:58 PM

I recently sold my Buell which was Sporster on steroids. Also sold my ZX-12R. About to sell my GL1800. All I can say is the only bad bike I ever had was... Come to think of it all bikes are worthwhile.

Greyman50 · Monday at 7:58 PM

What, I cant hear half of what you say….lol
Have 60% hearing loss from Vietnam, the VA is paying after 30+ years

S&W Fan · Monday at 8:14 PM

Been riding over 50 years and never had a bike with stock exhaust or a radio. I’m also considerate of my great neighbors and putt putt out of the neighborhood. The only time I really jump on it and it roars is typically entering the higheay.

quikdraw67 · Monday at 8:19 PM

John in Yuma said:
Many people today, usually young ones, have one overriding motivation in all they do.
"LOOK AT ME!"
My exhaust is loud.
"LOOK AT MEE!"
My subwoofers will rattle the shingles off your roof.
"LOOK AT MEEE!"
I'm fast. I'm furious.
"LOOOOK AT MEEEE!"
I've got tattoos on my eyeballs and studs in my sphincter.
PLEEESE, LOOK AT MEee, please."

And these are the types I get to peel off the telephone pole when the law of averages catches up with them.

quikdraw67 · Monday at 8:22 PM

I myself don't like loud anything, with the exception of the Q on the trucks. But that's there for a reason.

Loud cars, trucks, bikes, music, etc. is annoying to me, and I find it somewhat rude and juvenile.

I think it shows the decline of sociery.

cherrypointmarine · Monday at 8:26 PM

Clang444 , you beat me to it . That's got to be one of my favourite episodes . When I was younger I couldn't get in to it , but as I got older I started to understand , nobody is sacred , not even Harley riders .........

Rustyt1953 · Monday at 8:33 PM

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Puller · Monday at 10:50 PM

bk42261 said:
They now have radios that need to be loud enough to hear over the engine noise- you can hear them coming from a LONG way away.

I assure you it ain't the Harley's fault. People suck.

I was up in Arkansas floating the Buffalo National River with a couple of buddies in our kayaks. Just enjoying the great outdoors, the fantastic scenery and crystal clear water and then we rounded a bend and came upon a group of several canoes with one of them blasting music in a boom box. Just kinda ruined the whole great outdoors thing for us.

soFlaNative · Monday at 11:27 PM

Potato potato potato potato potato
I like that sound.

hyena · Monday at 11:43 PM

Stock exhaust on my Road King and no radio. Never had a radio on a bike. I like loud pipes OK, on Harleys and cars, but find ultra loud radios annoying.

Rustyt1953 · Monday at 11:59 PM

There are a lot of bikers in my part of the country and I frequently encounter baggers on the streets and unsurprisingly they usually are belting out southern rock tunes.

I'm good with that.

Phenix · Tuesday at 12:10 AM

wood714 said:
You didn't comprehend what I wrote? You even quoted it.

"when I'm in a populated area, I keep the tunes down."

I did not miss your point, but some people aren’t as considerate as you.

Golddollar · Tuesday at 12:35 AM

Greyman50 said:
Va. had a law against such noise that could be heard 25’ or more from vehicle, not sure its still enforced. Come to think of it very few vehicle laws are enforced.

Our town has been considering enacting some sort of noise ordinance. The particular commission I sit on was presented with numerous existing ordinances and drafts for a proposed noise ordinance. I raised a lot of objections relating to vague unenforceable statutes, selective enforcement, government overreach and excessive punishments.

ggibson511960 · Tuesday at 1:34 AM

There is a moderate irony about folks who blithely bolt on aftermarket exhausts, convinced the engine has more power because “breathes better”. Perception is reality. Marketers depend on it. Rare is the hot rodder that tests his loud pipes on a dynamometer. They should wonder what energy source powers the extra noise.

03hemi · Tuesday at 8:56 AM

Do outlaw bikers ride the Harley's produced in Chi-Nah?

SMSgt · Tuesday at 9:24 AM

Loud biker music or kidney stone-breaking bass music. Humm, which is more annoying?

As if Harleys weren't annoying enough...

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