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<blockquote data-quote="headless" data-source="post: 1938739" data-attributes="member: 566363">Every person i&#039;ve met with loud pipes on harley&#039;s were not doing it to save their ***** at all. The mindset they had, I would directly relate to ego stroking that you often see with loud subwoofer setups.Those people i do know who ride on a daily basis (and are as a result very safety conscious as it&#039;s their only method of transportation) don&#039;t ride loud bikes they simply ride smart and assume they are invisible to others on the road....i mean really... Unless the bike is insanely loud (to the point of dangerous distraction), you&#039;re not adding any more noticeability to yourself at all, especially at speed which is of course the most dangerous point to be merged into. I don&#039;t look out my rearview every time i hear a vehicle with a loud exhaust...it doesn&#039;t make me more likely to notice someone on a bike. I see people on bikes because i make a point of looking for them, constantly. If some jackass in an SUV doesn&#039;t see a biker, loud pipes isn&#039;t going to make them suddenly notice them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="headless, post: 1938739, member: 566363"] Every person i've met with loud pipes on harley's were not doing it to save their ***** at all. The mindset they had, I would directly relate to ego stroking that you often see with loud subwoofer setups. Those people i do know who ride on a daily basis (and are as a result very safety conscious as it's their only method of transportation) don't ride loud bikes they simply ride smart and assume they are invisible to others on the road....i mean really... Unless the bike is [B]insanely[/B] loud (to the point of dangerous distraction), you're not adding any more noticeability to yourself at all, especially at speed which is of course the most dangerous point to be merged into. I don't look out my rearview every time i hear a vehicle with a loud exhaust...it doesn't make me more likely to notice someone on a bike. I see people on bikes because i make a point of looking for them, constantly. If some jackass in an SUV doesn't see a biker, loud pipes isn't going to make them suddenly notice them. [/QUOTE]

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