From: Albm&ctd on
In article <0l7ur51l6g1aq020e8abdlnfittqo5aba6(a)4ax.com>, cynic(a)society.sux.ok
says...
> I've had bikes since 1971. Never bothered with loud pipes. Never
> got hit by any cars. But then I ride sensibly (read "defensively").
>
Lucky yoooo.

Al
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It's more fun to insult everyone.
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From: Albm&ctd on
In article <vJGvn.18367$pv.18342(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com says...
> "Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD(a)connexus.net.au> wrote:
> > Back in the '70's I had a 350 twin with Dunstall Decibels (sp) (read loud)
> > then
> > I bought a 350-4 with four standard pipes that one could hardly hear. I
> > found
> > out quickly by the shocked look on one drivers faces that he failed to
> > hear the
> > quiet bike. It was close to a T-bone... not in my favour.
> >
> I was also of this opinion after switching frrom a noisy, rattly 860GTS to a
> quiet-as-a-mouse 500SL Pantah on which I was constantly being lane-changed
> onto!
> That was in 1982 though.
>
Silentiums like mine originally had, no doubt. Rusted quickly and made it a real
pain to remove the back wheel.

Al
--
I don't take sides.
It's more fun to insult everyone.
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From: jonz on
On 4/11/2010 2:28 PM, G-S wrote:
> D Walford wrote:
>> On 11/04/2010 8:37 AM, G-S wrote:
>>> Jason James wrote:
>>>> I love
>>>> the sound of a loud Ford V8, and if I could get away with it, I run
>>>> open pipes on it (when I had it),..the difference is, people love the
>>>> sound of a V8 as opposed to a Harley twin POS.
>>>
>>> There are a LOT of people who love the sound of a Harley with loud pipes
>>> (ok there's a lot who love the sound of a V8 too) and there are a lot of
>>> people who think Harley twins aren't POS.
>>>
>>> Having said that I've always thought it was rather odd that the police
>>> would hassle a bike with loud pipes UNLESS it was a Harley who always
>>> seemed to be left alone.
>>>
>>> If they are applying the noise regs across the board now then I don't
>>> have a problem with that.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Funny thing is that most of those loud bikes would even be too noisy
>> for a lot of race tracks like Sandown and Phillip Island which have
>> strict noise limits.
>>
>> Darylh
>>
>
> The noise limits at race tracks are a recent thing, the race bikes
> sounded better when they were louder.
>
> Look I'm not making excuses for loud bikes, I'm not saying it's morally
> excusable in some way.
>
> All I'm saying is they sound good :) [1]
>
>
> G-S
>
> [1] And that the racing isn't as good without the noise (now that you've
> mentioned racing)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
prezacaly.....used to enjoy truck racing at Oran park. (sadly no more)
`til the epa got in with their meters.....imo the _sound_ at a truck
racing event is a large part of the overall experience......never went
back.....geez, why are my ears burning...<grin>


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From: jonz on
On 4/11/2010 4:04 PM, Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> In aus.motorcycles on Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:54:39 +1000
> Albm&ctd<alb_mandctdNOWMD(a)connexus.net.au> wrote:
>> In article<G9Sdnckp3fvdQCPWnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d(a)westnet.com.au>, idiot(a)mindless.com
>> says...
>>> Albm, you've got your paranoid turned up to 11. If that was their aim
>>> they would just change the law to make it so. This campaign against
>>> noisy vehicles is not making any change at all. They are just policing
>>> existing laws. The existing laws have been in place for decades. I
>>> think you should have a bit of a lie down and a cup of tea and a biscuit.
>>>
>> What's a biscuit master ??
>>
>
> Someone well versed in the mysterious art of not getting crumbs in bed?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
yeah, gotta be careful with pub pick-ups eh...........
>
> Zebee


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jonz
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- boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene
Spafford,1992
From: JohnO on
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:53:15 +1000, Albm&ctd
<alb_mandctdNOWMD(a)connexus.net.au> wrote:

>In article <vJGvn.18367$pv.18342(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
>knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com says...
>> "Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD(a)connexus.net.au> wrote:
>> > Back in the '70's I had a 350 twin with Dunstall Decibels (sp) (read loud)
>> > then
>> > I bought a 350-4 with four standard pipes that one could hardly hear. I
>> > found
>> > out quickly by the shocked look on one drivers faces that he failed to
>> > hear the
>> > quiet bike. It was close to a T-bone... not in my favour.
>> >
>> I was also of this opinion after switching frrom a noisy, rattly 860GTS to a
>> quiet-as-a-mouse 500SL Pantah on which I was constantly being lane-changed
>> onto!
>> That was in 1982 though.
>>
>Silentiums like mine originally had, no doubt. Rusted quickly and made it a real
>pain to remove the back wheel.
>
>Al

The rust made it hard to remove the rear wheel?

JohnO <just askin'>

Beer?


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