Mad Mike
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There are lots of opinions on whether loud pipes save lives, anyone had an experience where your pipes saved you from a bad situation? Or where pipes could have saved you?
Midwinter Blues 2, 2020 - Has anyone been saved by loud pipes?
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If you actually wanted useful conspicuity, the exhaust would make a 180 and fire forwards. If someone is behind you, the extra noise should do very little to make you more conspicuous. There is a tiny chance that more noise forward may help, but exhaust is highly directional to the rear so even an extraordinarily loud exhaust only gives you marginal gains forward where it might matter.
Have you ever noticed that almost every rider with loud pipes is dressed entirely in black?
Mad Mike
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Did it save your life?
Like a parachute opening at 300ft.
You might need some new underwear.
Ah, that's what that noise was.
How would you know if your loud pipe saved your life? A person either saw you or heard you then saw you. The only way to know absolutely would be to hand out questionnaires after the fact.
If the person driving the car was blind (or had their windows completely covered with snow) and stopped before hitting you, I am willing to believe that having loud pipes instead of an e-bike affected the outcome.
Mad Mike
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That fire truck needs some Cobra straight-outs!
This forum skews towards non-cruiser motorcyclists.
Ask on a Harley forum and you'll get a much different opinion.
Ask on a Harley forum and you'll get a much different opinion.
Mad Mike
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