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I've ridden and raced motorcycles all my life - went to the IOM TT and manx GP about 20 times and never felt the need to make more noise than was absolutely necessary - some people are just dumb
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Zackly. I preferred my sports bikes not to attract attention.
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Why attract unwanted attention from Mr Plod ? they dislike us enough as it is.
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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 your just an old fart, loud, flashy and fast is the hallmark of the young and stupid.
Personally I like the idea of the electric bikes, a gentle whine at the threshold of hearing.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: electric bikes, a gentle whine at the threshold of hearing.
So much easier to sneak up on unsuspecting pedestrians!
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Don't you get points for pedestrians with their nose and eyes glued to their smartphone?
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You'd need a small thermonuclear device to get their attention. 0 points.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Do they drive past you whilst coding. Are they a common feature in your neck of the woods so as to be a frequent nuisance whilst commuting to favorite coffee shop. I have been fortunate to reside in locales some distance from main roads w/ result small number of traffic. However I am intimately acquainted w/ loud noise. At a prior such residence a quiet condominium w/ exception of insane neighbors on one occasion the grass trimming / cutting was performed w/ a powered hand held device emitting such volume I was unable to hear my own thoughts and had the impression w/o exaggeration a 1,000lb gorilla was in my room. How the operator maintained his hearing I can not imagine. Thankfully as stated it was a one time event. As for insane neighbors I can only hope they reside in the most insane parts of hell.
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In a word, yes. My building is situated right on a main road, in fact the only road that leads in and out of my town.
I hear everything, police sirens, firetruck sirens, loud cars and loud motorcycles.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Influence - in the community, loud is assimilated to powerful and performance.
Do not underestimate the power of mass consciousness, it is everywhere. At least people who likes Apple do not make noise 
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Same reason some car owners have loud exhausts that pop and bang on the overrun, and are competing with the doomf-doomf-doomf of their ridiculously loud and distorting in car entertainment. I guess.
The latest car craze that I don't get is wheels that lean in at the top at a stupid angle.
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Alister Morton wrote: wheels that lean in at the top at a stupid angle.
That's not the owners' fault. The car is simply worn out after a long, hard day on the road. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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That's called "stanced", and is only really doable on cars with IFS and/or IRS suspensions (mostly foreign cars). Not only does it look stupid, but it's highly dangerous since the tire's contact patch is limited to the area where the tires belts meet the sidewall.
I get a kick out of it when a car that's done this way is too low to get into a driveway, but the owner doesn't realize it until he's scraped off the front and/or rear bumper fascias and side skirts.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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For the same reason that they used to ride motorcycles while crouching over the handlebars - it allows them to believe that they have something between their legs.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I live out in the country, just outside a small town with plenty of those rednecks. Long stretch, rather even, repaved not that long ago, hardly any cop to be seen - so some people view it as a drag strip. It's not just bikers, but the kids with their rice-burners as well.
It's one thing to hear these during the day, but when it's 2am you just wish them to crash and burn.
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What kind of bikes? Jap Crap? Harley's?
I suspect you would be equally dismayed by my hot rods. I run open cutouts on the Mustang.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Yes, tell us. What drives you to make so much noise that people wish you would just go away?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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People have a different view of things in Texas...
I don't have to make noise for people to want me to go away.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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But other than that, it's a pretty good car.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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You really gave me a start with that one.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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And it's nicknamed The Envy of Sisyphus because it works well if pushed uphill.
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good one
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Some guys have all the luck. I wish I could afford doors for mine.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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