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[quote Robert M]Iron,
The noise from the pipes isn't supposed to warn the rider of anything. It's to let the rest of the world know the rider is within the immediate vicinity. They work quite well for that purpose.
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Loud pipes = small penis
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Just keep the blind people off the golf courses.
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This so called problem is very easily solved with some kind of sound emitting device. Heck, you could even personalize your vehicle by having it play a little music at low speeds. It is absurd to think that you have to turn to noise pollution (i.e. obnoxious unmuffled internal combustion engines) to solve this.
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[quote Filliam H. Muffman]Just keep the blind people off the golf courses.
That's a horrible thing to say.... just give them night tee times.
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[quote davester] It is absurd to think that you have to turn to noise pollution (i.e. obnoxious unmuffled internal combustion engines) to solve this.
Reminds me of a non motor story. My brother is a Chemical Engineer and years ago he designed and then helped in the construction of a natural gas extraction plant here in the UK. He was very pleased with his little baby but was told at the end that he had to add a 'pollutant' into the end product as he had made it so clean it couldn't be smelt in the unlikely event that the plant developed a leak.
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[quote IronMac]If they worked that well, how come I'm almost always startled by a motorbike zipping up to me?
They don't. It's that simple.
When riding with these fools, I make sure to get to the front of the pack, because it is the only place that you can't hear them. Mind you, my cruiser is about the same size or larger than these guys, but is fairly quiet.
The only good thing about the morons that think "loud pipes save lives" is that they also believe that helmets limit their field of view.
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[quote voodoopenguin]He was very pleased with his little baby but was told at the end that he had to add a 'pollutant' into the end product as he had made it so clean it couldn't be smelt in the unlikely event that the plant developed a leak.
Mercaptan, perhaps? Which is what you are smelling when you say "smells like a gas leak".
SOP for dealing with Natural Gas - a colorless, scentless, very flammable substance.
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[quote shadow]
Mercaptan, perhaps? Which is what you are smelling when you say "smells like a gas leak".
Another myth blown and I thought my big brother was so clever to have produced such a clean gas plant. Looks like standard procedure.
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[quote davester]This so called problem is very easily solved with some kind of sound emitting device. Heck, you could even personalize your vehicle by having it play a little music at low speeds.
You mean like an ice cream truck?
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[quote shadow][quote voodoopenguin]He was very pleased with his little baby but was told at the end that he had to add a 'pollutant' into the end product as he had made it so clean it couldn't be smelt in the unlikely event that the plant developed a leak.
Mercaptan, perhaps? Which is what you are smelling when you say "smells like a gas leak".
SOP for dealing with Natural Gas - a colorless, scentless, very flammable substance.
What shadow said.
