"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 13:59:58 GMT, Don White
wrote:

I think most car noise is behind, not in front, of the car. Harley riders
have been trying for years to convince the public that noisy pipes are a
safety feature, so cars can hear them coming. What horsepucky.

It works. I've proved it, both to myself and Mrs.E. I am about to change
the pipes on the Ultra - going back to the next level softer - but only
because I no longer ride it in Florida, the land of a million white Lincoln
Town cars with all the windows up and driven by the hearing impaired ...
never mind. They work.

I can cite another example that occurred last weekend here in MA. Mrs.E was
on the back seat and I was putt-putting (potato, potato) down the road and
my eye caught a car approaching from an intersecting road on the right. The
driver was a young girl, one hand on the steering wheel, the other holding a
cell phone to her ear, and she was booking it up to the intersection,
chatting away and looking down the road, away from us. I could tell there
was no way she saw us nor was she intending on stopping before turning onto
the road that we were on. Pulled on the clutch, gave the throttle a quick
"Blap" and she jammed on the brakes, her head jerking around to our
direction with a surprised and shocked look on her face. I can do that a
heck of a lot faster than trying to brake and find the horn button, and it's
a heck of a lot more effective.

But, too loud is excessive, I agree. Fortunately, there are fewer hearing
impaired drivers up north.

BTW ... Harley riders are also the safest, most courteous and slowest
riders. Ever notice that?

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 13:59:58 GMT, Don White
wrote:

I think most car noise is behind, not in front, of the car. Harley riders
have been trying for years to convince the public that noisy pipes are a
safety feature, so cars can hear them coming. What horsepucky.


It works. I've proved it, both to myself and Mrs.E. I am about to change
the pipes on the Ultra - going back to the next level softer - but only
because I no longer ride it in Florida, the land of a million white Lincoln
Town cars with all the windows up and driven by the hearing impaired ...
never mind. They work.

I can cite another example that occurred last weekend here in MA. Mrs.E was
on the back seat and I was putt-putting (potato, potato) down the road and
my eye caught a car approaching from an intersecting road on the right. The
driver was a young girl, one hand on the steering wheel, the other holding a
cell phone to her ear, and she was booking it up to the intersection,
chatting away and looking down the road, away from us. I could tell there
was no way she saw us nor was she intending on stopping before turning onto
the road that we were on. Pulled on the clutch, gave the throttle a quick
"Blap" and she jammed on the brakes, her head jerking around to our
direction with a surprised and shocked look on her face. I can do that a
heck of a lot faster than trying to brake and find the horn button, and it's
a heck of a lot more effective.

But, too loud is excessive, I agree. Fortunately, there are fewer hearing
impaired drivers up north.

BTW ... Harley riders are also the safest, most courteous and slowest
riders. Ever notice that?

Eisboch



I always hear motorcycles and loud cars long before they arrive. Must
be an *age* thing. ...you know..like what's the 2nd thing you lose??

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:39:07 +0000, Don White wrote:


I always hear motorcycles and loud cars long before they arrive. Must be
an *age* thing. ...you know..like what's the 2nd thing you lose??

Yeah, but that's you. If you are depending on noise to alert other
drivers, think about all those boom boxes on wheels. You think they can
hear anything but their boom boxes?

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:05:51 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 13:59:58 GMT, Don White
wrote:

I think most car noise is behind, not in front, of the car. Harley riders
have been trying for years to convince the public that noisy pipes are a
safety feature, so cars can hear them coming. What horsepucky.

It works. I've proved it, both to myself and Mrs.E. I am about to change
the pipes on the Ultra - going back to the next level softer - but only
because I no longer ride it in Florida, the land of a million white Lincoln
Town cars with all the windows up and driven by the hearing impaired ...
never mind. They work.

I can cite another example that occurred last weekend here in MA. Mrs.E was
on the back seat and I was putt-putting (potato, potato) down the road and
my eye caught a car approaching from an intersecting road on the right. The
driver was a young girl, one hand on the steering wheel, the other holding a
cell phone to her ear, and she was booking it up to the intersection,
chatting away and looking down the road, away from us. I could tell there
was no way she saw us nor was she intending on stopping before turning onto
the road that we were on. Pulled on the clutch, gave the throttle a quick
"Blap" and she jammed on the brakes, her head jerking around to our
direction with a surprised and shocked look on her face. I can do that a
heck of a lot faster than trying to brake and find the horn button, and it's
a heck of a lot more effective.

But, too loud is excessive, I agree. Fortunately, there are fewer hearing
impaired drivers up north.

BTW ... Harley riders are also the safest, most courteous and slowest
riders. Ever notice that?

Eisboch



Except for the noise, I've no complaint with Harley riders. When they're
alone or in small groups, two or three, I've always found them courteous,
and on the slow side. Sometimes, when they're in bigger groups, they think
they own the road.

OTOH, when they're riding in a large group, with a police escort, there's
nothing cooler, except a pack of Guzzis doing the same thing!

I put Fiamm horns on my Guzzi. It took a little wiring and the addition of
a relay, but the damn things are LOUD. The horn button is right by my
thumb, and takes no more time to push then blipping my throttle would. The
advantage is that the horns send the sound to the front of the bike, not
the rear.
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