WHAT??? I CAN'T HEAR YOU... I SAID I CAN'T.... OH loud wives save dives? is that it? Hang on... let me turn the damned thing off... right, oh loud pipes save lives? had my first T shirt with that slogan about 40 years ago, I think I still have one, not the SAME one of course. 100% agree, to anyone who ever complained my pipes were too loud I would reply well at least you heard me coming, we can work on seeing me later, I can understand people getting upset at some 'Richard' head riding up and down outside their home every day, but at 72 MY days of doing that are well behind me, and you may have to tolerate MY noise for a few seconds as I pass by, and for that I apologise what I will NEVER apologise for is taking steps which may help me to be noticed 'out there' among the 'disconnected' from reality which describes the VAST majority of road users who, in MY opinion. couldn't 'drive' a soapy stick up a dead dogs arse. and anyway, my current ride (Rewaco trike) is far from 'loud' unlike the Harley evo with straight through pipes I enjoyed a few years back, I KNOW it's anti social, but, anyone who has ever experienced riding down a road full of parked cars, looking in your mirror and seeing an entire street full of car alarms going off. you will know how much it makes your face hurt from grinning. THE BEST advice an 'old biker' ever gave to me as a youngster (I say 'old' he would have been around 35, back then he WAS an 'old biker' to the spotty faced 17 year old Herbert that I was at the time) This advice has certainly saved MY life many times, and I always pass it on when possible to any 'newbie bikers'
"ALWAYS ride as though you KNOW every other person in charge of a vehicle on that road is just looking for an 'excuse' to kill you,... DON'T give them that excuse" you can have that for free. Another tip for newbies I will pass on is, despite what you may be told, when approaching a vehicle waiting at a junction to pull out, NEVER make 'eye contact' with the driver, while being fully aware of them, because in MY personal experience a frustrated 'waiting person' will take that eye contact and think "RIGHT he's seen me he will stop in time, and he can't hurt ME" Something I learned through many 'experiences' many people out there regard a bike as a 'gap' in the traffic.
Quote: My 1970s t150 exhaust is loud and legal , my wife can hear me coming home , if someone does not like it that is just life people just moan about anything . always a rebel...
A fellow rebel here, "What you rebelling against Johnny?" .... "what have ya got?" probably THE best line from probably THE best biker movie ever!!
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