DoubleJ
Well-known member
Another heads up is that Guelph is doing noise testing also at the urging of their council. Just a matter of time when the noise machines will be mandated out of existence. Loud pipes save lives my assi
Burlington- Loud bike ban
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This is coming from a current Harley owner, my Sportster idles smoothly. The bike vibrates like a paint mixer, but the idle is even. My setup is completely stock.
Newsflash: It might be a law but they still do it and it is a more of a concern than some loud bike driving past and annoying you...boo hoo lol.
They already ticket cars...got several friends in our club who get tickets (and yeah, they do have 3-4" exhaust line so no pity)
Some motorcycles are more difficult to ticket if they come stock from the dealership like that but then they'll make more noise than the car with the 3" exhaust line...
I guess theyre targeting motorcycles as its easier for them to get away with it in court with the "comes like this stock"
Some motorcycles are more difficult to ticket if they come stock from the dealership like that but then they'll make more noise than the car with the 3" exhaust line...
I guess theyre targeting motorcycles as its easier for them to get away with it in court with the "comes like this stock"
rbjeepthing
Well-known member
Sorry let me make the wording perfectly clear then.
When looking at the revolutions per minute gauge that sits forward of the rider while the bike is idling the dial indicator remains constant at a numerical number and does not move around unless changed via a rotation of the wrist or a twist of the fingers at the idle adjustment. However the manufactured pieces of metal that you hold onto and the padded plastic seat send small to medium movement rippling through ones body indicating what some people would refer to as "not idling smoothly"
Better?...lol
RedDogDarren
Well-known member
No motorcycle sold as a street bike that is loud comes that way stock. They ALL pass the noise laws as stock.
Just so that you're aware, the term "idling smoothly" generally refers to the ability of a bike to remain at a fairly consistent RPM when at idle.
But thanks for clearing that up.
RedDogDarren
Well-known member
No, bike vibration is not confused with idle. The engine isn't smooth, but the idle is even. The people who refer to the idle not being smooth are wrong in that expression. That would be the same as a passenger jet going through turbulance being described as rough running. Descriptive and imaginative? Yes. Accurate? No.
Griffin
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The rider(s) blasting along at warp speed on the highway doesn't bother me in the least. Doesn't affect my ride/drive. And, as pointed out, is already illegal and the police are expending considerable (vast majority?) of their resources trying to enforce it.
The bugger that stops at the end of my driveway though, waiting for his parade to catch up, and revving the crap out of his straight pipes, then being joined by his pals (because lord knows riding alone is just no good at all) then they all slowly blast off, knocking the leaves off the trees and making the poor coyotes miscarry due to the sonic booms, is annoying as hell. Anyone taking steps to stop that has my full support.
Anyone that can't recognize the increasing reactions against annoyingly loud motorcycles and chooses to try to obfuscate the issue by raising misleading and irrelevent comparisons (such as speeding) is missing the point, and, I think wilfully or foolishly oblivious. To their peril.
OpenGambit
Banned
Will someone think of the coyotes?
rbjeepthing
Well-known member
Lets get this straight....people riding at warp speed on the hwys risking their lives and more importantly OTHERS is no consequence to you.....OK
BUT buggers stopping at the bottom of YOUR driveway revving their bike is causing sonic booms and annoys you.....do ya THINK they are doing it on purpose? Maybe you are a target? Can't think of why?...lmao
Griffin
Well-known member
Yep, you have it correctly. Someone else speeding doesn't bother me. Bothers you though, huh? Odd. Maybe you should seek a career change and join the OPP.
Nah, they aren't targeting me. I'm quite certain they didn't spend hundreds of dollars modifying their rides so that they could irritate me. I have a large ego but I do realize the whole world doesn't revolve around me. How's that working for you?
I'm sure the reason they do it is the same reason all the other moron's do it. They want everyone to pay attention to them and be amazed at how manly they are that they can, barely, ride a motorcycle. All should bow to their awsomeness as they duck waddle their bike around the corner neither their bike nor they is able to manage without their feet being down.
law shifts to neutral
Momentum for Burlington’s motorcycle law shifts to neutral
Burlington’s city council has decided to wait a year before tackling the issue of noisy motorcycles.
At the community services committee Monday, councillors discussed a staff direction that would look at whether Burlington’s noise bylaw needs to be amended to reduce excessive noise from motorcycles, as well as review what other municipalities are doing.
The direction was withdrawn and will come back for discussion next summer, as councillors chose to wait and see what happens with Oakville’s new bylaw amendment on motorcycle noise.
“We have restrictions on all kinds of other noise, from noise on patios after a certain hour, noise from loudspeakers, noise from construction, but we don’t have anything that allows us to deal with motorcycle noise and that’s what residents are saying is one of the missing pieces,” said Ward 2 Councillor Marianne Meed Ward, who introduced the direction after hearing from residents.
“We have restrictions on all kinds of other noise, from noise on patios after a certain hour, noise from loudspeakers, noise from construction, but we don’t have anything that allows us to deal with motorcycle noise and that’s what residents are saying is one of the missing pieces,” said Ward 2 Councillor Marianne Meed Ward, who introduced the direction after hearing from residents.
Under Oakville’s bylaw amendment, which came into effect July 1, a motorcycle can’t be louder than 92 decibels while idling. Motorcycles with one, two, five or six cylinders can’t be louder than 96 decibels when driving, while a three- or four-cylinder model can’t hit above 100 decibels. Violators face a minimum fine of $400.
However, a change to Burlington’s noise bylaw targeting motorcycles does not rest well with Tom Moore, service manager at Burlington Cycle and a motorcyclist for the past 15 years.
“I don’t really have a problem with any kind of a bylaw that limits noise,” Moore said. “Specifically targeting motorcycles and allowing small, cheap cars to drive around with giant mufflers on them and ridiculous stereo systems, (with drivers) who feel the need to rev the engines and crank up the music to the point you can’t even stand outside the vehicle at 4 o’clock in the morning is very annoying. A noise bylaw should be a noise bylaw on any kind of vehicle.”
Momentum for Burlington’s motorcycle law shifts to neutral
Burlington’s city council has decided to wait a year before tackling the issue of noisy motorcycles.
At the community services committee Monday, councillors discussed a staff direction that would look at whether Burlington’s noise bylaw needs to be amended to reduce excessive noise from motorcycles, as well as review what other municipalities are doing.
The direction was withdrawn and will come back for discussion next summer, as councillors chose to wait and see what happens with Oakville’s new bylaw amendment on motorcycle noise.
“We have restrictions on all kinds of other noise, from noise on patios after a certain hour, noise from loudspeakers, noise from construction, but we don’t have anything that allows us to deal with motorcycle noise and that’s what residents are saying is one of the missing pieces,” said Ward 2 Councillor Marianne Meed Ward, who introduced the direction after hearing from residents.
“We have restrictions on all kinds of other noise, from noise on patios after a certain hour, noise from loudspeakers, noise from construction, but we don’t have anything that allows us to deal with motorcycle noise and that’s what residents are saying is one of the missing pieces,” said Ward 2 Councillor Marianne Meed Ward, who introduced the direction after hearing from residents.
Under Oakville’s bylaw amendment, which came into effect July 1, a motorcycle can’t be louder than 92 decibels while idling. Motorcycles with one, two, five or six cylinders can’t be louder than 96 decibels when driving, while a three- or four-cylinder model can’t hit above 100 decibels. Violators face a minimum fine of $400.
However, a change to Burlington’s noise bylaw targeting motorcycles does not rest well with Tom Moore, service manager at Burlington Cycle and a motorcyclist for the past 15 years.
“I don’t really have a problem with any kind of a bylaw that limits noise,” Moore said. “Specifically targeting motorcycles and allowing small, cheap cars to drive around with giant mufflers on them and ridiculous stereo systems, (with drivers) who feel the need to rev the engines and crank up the music to the point you can’t even stand outside the vehicle at 4 o’clock in the morning is very annoying. A noise bylaw should be a noise bylaw on any kind of vehicle.”
Meed Ward said many of the residents who expressed concerns about motorcycle noise live along Lakeshore Road.She noted it is not a problem unique to her ward, as other councillors at Monday’s meeting also talked about receiving calls on the issue.Meed Ward said it is appears that modified motorcycles are particularly problematic.
Yep, you have it correctly. Someone else speeding doesn't bother me. Bothers you though, huh? Odd. Maybe you should seek a career change and join the OPP.
Nah, they aren't targeting me. I'm quite certain they didn't spend hundreds of dollars modifying their rides so that they could irritate me. I have a large ego but I do realize the whole world doesn't revolve around me. How's that working for you?
I'm sure the reason they do it is the same reason all the other moron's do it. They want everyone to pay attention to them and be amazed at how manly they are that they can, barely, ride a motorcycle. All should bow to their awsomeness as they duck waddle their bike around the corner neither their bike nor they is able to manage without their feet being down.
Ya your bein targeted...and by your neighbours too...you must be somethin else.
kiwi
Well-known member
Originally Posted by Red695
I live a couple km from clapison corners and I can hear motorcycles roaring down hwy 6 all the time. I don't know much about exhausts but they are definitely harley's. I imagine the people living closer to hwy 6 and even hwy 5 are pretty piss*d about it and I can't say I blame them. They are much louder than even truck engine breaks.
but running on hwy6, don't really think they would be at an idle.
Clapisons is a light on top of a hill. You can hear the idle and the shifting gears. Harley's are easily identifiable even to the untrained ear regardless of exhaust. My 6yr old daughter yells out "v-twin" when she hears them
Venom01
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I wiped out on a stretch of road just covered in tattooed limbs the other day. I never saw it coming. What's worse is that if I had a loud exhuast they might have heard me coming and scattered like mice.
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