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SF Reddit loud moto complaints

You're right, he probably paid a lot more for the same technology and performance.
 
I guess I'm crazy.. I love the sound of a jap inline four passing by at night. Its as comforting to me as the sound of a bart train braking into the station. If i don't hear it then its too quiet. What I don't like is when Im having lunch on a patio somewhere and some douche bag harley guy comes by with his straight pipe pulls the clutch and gives a full turn of throttle and rattles my molars.... f&^K that guy.
 
Hopmix said:
I guess I'm crazy.. I love the sound of a jap inline four passing by at night. Its as comforting to me as the sound of a bart train braking into the station. If i don't hear it then its too quiet. What I don't like is when Im having lunch on a patio somewhere and some douche bag harley guy comes by with his straight pipe pulls the clutch and gives a full turn of throttle and rattles my molars.... f&^K that guy.
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Sounds like he's the one doing the fucking. :twofinger
 
My wife and I were sitting in traffic in the car one day when a Harley filtered up to the front and proceeded to intermittently rev obnoxiously. My wife asked, not knowing much about bikes at the time, "Does he need to do that?"

I told her, "No, although he probably thinks he does."
 
One time, this nerd on a nerd bike was sitting there, silent as a nerd, sucking all the fun out of something that should be fun as hell. I cried a little. Then wheelied for safety. :party
 
While getting used to a new bar position I somehow grabbed a bit of throttle coming to a stop (clutch in) and I felt like a toolbag. Can't imagine doing that on purpose.
 
aminalmutha said:
One time, this nerd on a nerd bike was sitting there, silent as a nerd, sucking all the fun out of something that should be fun as hell. I cried a little. Then wheelied for safety. :party
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I've been accused of being the only guy that can make motorcycles uncool.
:rofl
 
I had a boss (who was a complete douchebag in many other ways) that would ride to work through his neighborhood setting car alarms off at 6 AM every morning on his Harley. His response to me: "Fuck them, they should be awake already."

I'm sure some people that ride Harley's are good people, but to this day, his attitude is what I associate with the brand.
Personally, I think I'd like to see enforcement of sound refutations on the street. Don't put people on the track at risk of being cut off from their performance parts because of these asswipes.
 
domingo3 said:
I had a boss (who was a complete douchebag in many other ways) that would ride to work through his neighborhood setting car alarms off at 6 AM every morning on his Harley. His response to me: "Fuck them, they should be awake already."
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Jesus Christ that irritates me just reading it.
 
Hawaiirider said:
I just WISH that you could FORCE someone with loud pipes on their bike, moped, car and truck to sign a form acknowledging that WHEN ( not IF ) the day comes that bans aftermarket exhausts that they understand it is because of their own selfishness.

Kinda like cigarettes - want a pack ? Sign here. It states you were warned and can't sue when you get cancer. Thanks.
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I think the smoking part is funny coming from a motorcyclist. Shouldn't we then all sign waivers that say our insurance doesn't have to pay our for a motorcycle accident since it's "a dangerous activity, especially in CA where those crazy bikers are weaving in and out of cars?!"

I'm not some big proponent of cigarettes and I don't smoke but I think we should all be more tolerant of one another and the activities our fellow humans choose to pursue. We all know smoking is a risk and it's expensive to treat when someone gets cancer, I'm willing to have my rates be as high as they are to help those folks, as well as motorcyclists that crash, people who ski into trees, and pretty much anything else you want to do that does not deliberately hurt someone else, yet costs money to treat when injured or sick. I realize you said sue, but many have the same argument for health insurance.
 
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domingo3 said:
I had a boss (who was a complete douchebag in many other ways) that would ride to work through his neighborhood setting car alarms off at 6 AM every morning on his Harley. His response to me: "Fuck them, they should be awake already."
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Perhaps your old boss was in my street last night, close to 11pm. Somebody set every other car alarm off and woke up every baby. Nice people will be nice.


weak_link said:
I think the smoking part is funny coming from a motorcyclist. Shouldn't we then all sign waivers that say our insurance doesn't have to pay our for a motorcycle accident since it's "a dangerous activity, especially in CA where those crazy bikers are weaving in and out of cars?!"

I'm not some big proponent of cigarettes and I don't smoke but I think we should all be more tolerant of one another and the activities our fellow humans choose to pursue. We all know smoking is a risk and it's expensive to treat when someone gets cancer, I'm willing to have my rates be as high as they are to help those folks, as well as motorcyclists that crash, people who ski into trees, and pretty much anything else you want to do that does not deliberately hurt someone else, yet costs money to treat when injured or sick. I realize you said sue, but many have the same argument for health insurance.
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Yeah, sure, a given activity will stimulate your senses, release certain substances in your body and give you pleasure, whether, smoking, sky diving, eating, watching the telly, or riding the motorbike. But there's a little difference between doing something risky vs doing something that irrefutably causes immediate, permanent and irreparable damage. Smokers know from early on what they're walking into. And health and life insurances policies have different premiums for smokers and non-smokers. (I hate our insurance system.)

/threadjack
 
Do you think that the government would allow motorcycles to be road legal contraptions if they were just invented today?
 
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