Would You Feel Safer If You Ride A Harley Davidson 883 With Loud Pipes?

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Third party mufflers, exhaust systems and air cleaner are one of the biggest selling accessories in the aftermarket  business. Riders installed not when these said pieces are old, rusty and useless. They install them when their bikes are brand new. 

They are after that window-rattling sound of loud pipes not because they want to make their Harley Davidson 883 faster, more powerful but they want it to be louder. Maybe some riders believe that loud pipes save lives or they just crave for attention shouting to other people in the next lane “hey look at me  I am loud.”

If safety is an issue, then loud pipes are not it. Riders would  rather opt for wearing a full face Harley Davidson helmet or high visibility goggles. A hearing impaired and distracted driver is more in danger when they can’t hear what’s going on around them. If only motorcycles travel smooth with less decibels then it would be less irritating to other motorists.  Irritating certainly is not synonymous with  looking cool.

                                                        

                                                         Be heard or be seen?

There are a few riders though who do believe that you have to be heard first than seen. They are afraid some car would just zip around them or pull out right in front or pull right into your lane. Other motorist generally won’t care and wont think you as a threat to them.

People have yet to see riders being arrested because of excessive noise.  All new motorcycles must meet EPA standards. It is not a misdemeanor  but a federal law offense if you tamper with the pipes just to make it louder.

There are no official data that can prove this baloney of loud pipes saving lives. However there are statistics that a good percentage of motorists can’t hear  emergency vehicles  with screaming sirens coming right up their lanes.

                                                       Can excessive noise save lives?

So do you think riders with loud exhaust systems are inconsiderate outlaws, desperately in need of attention who wants to make up for their lack in tree pulling horsepower with excessive noise?

Harley Davidson bikes straight from the manufacturer’s site is quiet in fact. The stock ones have more likely with an “80 decibels” label on the side of them. Maybe  some people mistook the excessively, annoying loud for a Harley when in fact it is a cloned Japanese bike. Go try and check it yourself. Stock pipes are actually pleasant and but Riders who want to make a statement just change the silencers and buy extremely noisy exhausts.

Harley Sportsters with loud pipes can get away it.

Why?

Because they are street machines and the loud noise meant “Freedom on the open road.” Harley riders are thought of as protected class that’s why they can get away with it. Well, some.

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