I hate Harleys.
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I think some are ok, some arent.
For instance, I was walking back to our building after running some errands and this bozo got onto his a Harley outside a coffee shop. When he got the thing started it was so loud it hurt my ears. Then, for effect, he revved it unnecessarily high, and rolled to the robot.
Now, he irritated he because it seemed that he was trying to prove to the world that he was "Hard".
Alternatively, I dont have a problem with people who use Harleys on the weekend for breakfast runs, and generally to de-stress. They ride them not be be "macho", but rather for the enjoyment thereof - much as one who would run a impractical sports car over the weekend.
For instance, I was walking back to our building after running some errands and this bozo got onto his a Harley outside a coffee shop. When he got the thing started it was so loud it hurt my ears. Then, for effect, he revved it unnecessarily high, and rolled to the robot.
Now, he irritated he because it seemed that he was trying to prove to the world that he was "Hard".
Alternatively, I dont have a problem with people who use Harleys on the weekend for breakfast runs, and generally to de-stress. They ride them not be be "macho", but rather for the enjoyment thereof - much as one who would run a impractical sports car over the weekend.
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Originally posted by VIPERGTSR01
i still cant get over the word "robot" for street lights
Street lights are what illuminate streets.
*waits for reply saying 'robots' are things that take over the world and get wasted by laser toting astronauts*
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Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! I agree with you 100% on this. I don't know how they get away with being that noisy all the time.
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the inside word is...if you dont like Harleys, yur ghey!
dont blame me....i read that somewhere...
what could be more manly that riding a bike with a leather jacket open bearing your hairy chest with a big black moustache and studded leather cap....?
dont blame me....i read that somewhere...
what could be more manly that riding a bike with a leather jacket open bearing your hairy chest with a big black moustache and studded leather cap....?
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- Small_Fryz
i dont mind as i hear only a few per month. i think they sound ok. i really like the YZF 450s and such though they sound really good
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- eMadman
I hate the sound of a 4-banger without a muffler more. But that's mostly because almost every teenager has to have one and they really REALLY irritate when they decide to go racing at 2am 
. My brother's car had a moderately loud muffler when he bought it but at least his doesn't raise the dead with the noise - nor does it provoke dumbasses into challenging him to race on the streets.
Motorcycle sounds don't bother me as much but that's mostly because they'll only ever bee on Toronto roads for 2 months out of the year and to boot, you'll rarely see them on the streets on a weekday
. My brother's car had a moderately loud muffler when he bought it but at least his doesn't raise the dead with the noise - nor does it provoke dumbasses into challenging him to race on the streets.Motorcycle sounds don't bother me as much but that's mostly because they'll only ever bee on Toronto roads for 2 months out of the year and to boot, you'll rarely see them on the streets on a weekday
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Hey, emad, can you see your way clear to cutting that sig down a little bit? It stretches mighty long on my work monitor...
On the real subject, I hate anything with a loud exhaust. A good, decently-muffled Harley sounds great and is fun to ride. The straight piped ones are incredibly obnoxious I agree. But so is a 750cc 4-cyl with a tuned pipe when they blow by at 90 mph turning 11,000 on the clock.
On the real subject, I hate anything with a loud exhaust. A good, decently-muffled Harley sounds great and is fun to ride. The straight piped ones are incredibly obnoxious I agree. But so is a 750cc 4-cyl with a tuned pipe when they blow by at 90 mph turning 11,000 on the clock.
///M-Spec
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An overly loud ANYTHING is obnoxious. In my town, the loudest vehicles on the road are jacked up full size pickups with aftermarket headers and exhaust. They are typically covered in mud, include a pissing Calvin decal and fly a rebel flag. Its the standard redneck penis extender. Gun rack is optional.
Even the ricers are completely drowned out by these guys, mostly due to sheer 'hay that thang gottahema?' displacement. Come to think of it... maybe they're not so bad after all.
M
Even the ricers are completely drowned out by these guys, mostly due to sheer 'hay that thang gottahema?' displacement. Come to think of it... maybe they're not so bad after all.
M
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- D_Shark10
One of them is bearable, but when a pack of about 20 of them go by on the road in front of your house, in the morning, on a weekend, revving their engines for no aparent reason, then they're obnoxious as can be, yes.
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I love'm. The louder, the better. I had one. It's fun increasing the throtle at an intersection when some guy in a covertible next to you is trying to talk on a cell phone. I listen in to the phone call to see if it's something important, but if it's not, "Vrooom, vrooooom!"
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Two things really bug me about the Harley phenonmenon:
1) Loud pipes. I understand they might need to be 80 dB, so cars might know they are in a blindspot. They don't need to be 110 dB (thus, 4 times louder!) on public streets. However, cops don't give tickets to Harley riders for loud exhausts, they give them to kids with loud exhausts on their Toyotas. Cops in South Florida obviously have a vested interest in motorcycles, and don't ticket these blantant noise makers. I never see a Harley getting pulled over on the side of the road, but many a tuned-up Honda or Ford with a fat muffler.
2) Harley-Davidson. The American icon. That is, if the American icons you worship have no home-built competition. Sort of like Microsoft.
1) Loud pipes. I understand they might need to be 80 dB, so cars might know they are in a blindspot. They don't need to be 110 dB (thus, 4 times louder!) on public streets. However, cops don't give tickets to Harley riders for loud exhausts, they give them to kids with loud exhausts on their Toyotas. Cops in South Florida obviously have a vested interest in motorcycles, and don't ticket these blantant noise makers. I never see a Harley getting pulled over on the side of the road, but many a tuned-up Honda or Ford with a fat muffler.
2) Harley-Davidson. The American icon. That is, if the American icons you worship have no home-built competition. Sort of like Microsoft.
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I hate Harleys too. Mainly because they're so overrated. You can get a better motorcycle in an Indian for a lower price, I believe.
Oh, and the loud exhaust is annoying too. Everytime I see a guy on a Harley, I pray to God that his mustace or poony tail get caught in the spokes of the wheel.
Oh, and the loud exhaust is annoying too. Everytime I see a guy on a Harley, I pray to God that his mustace or poony tail get caught in the spokes of the wheel.
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My next door nieghbors have two of them, and they have lots of friends who also all have them. Sometimes it sounds like the world is coming to an end. Some are running straight pipes. That is so effing loud... it's ridiculous. I also can't stand how they seem to think that traffic laws do not apply to them. And we haven't even touched on the middle aged millionaire playing outlaw biker on Sunday afternoon. I'm willing to bet it's more of a problem around where I live. A lot of bikers congregate around here year round.
Incedentally, my dad had a Harley and sold it when i was born. About five years ago he went to buy another one and got so sick of waiting for it that he demanded his deposit back, took the money to a Honda store and bought a Goldwing. Now that is an amazing bike. It blows any Harley away in every way, and it runs at a reasonable volume. He's already sold it. I guess his midlife crisis is over.
Incedentally, my dad had a Harley and sold it when i was born. About five years ago he went to buy another one and got so sick of waiting for it that he demanded his deposit back, took the money to a Honda store and bought a Goldwing. Now that is an amazing bike. It blows any Harley away in every way, and it runs at a reasonable volume. He's already sold it. I guess his midlife crisis is over.
Joey D
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For bikes the only good thing honda makes is the CR series dirt bikes. But for crusiers meh there ok. Gold Wings are over rated to me. There to chusey, why the hell would you want a bike like that? Well maybe if your 50 and think your a badass cause you got a bike.
Still nothing will beat a chopper or a sport bike.
Still nothing will beat a chopper or a sport bike.
