Posts: 6,329
Threads: 1,075
Joined: Mar 2022
Reputation:
0
[quote Lux Interior][quote decocritter]Lucky for women, it is a big signal to stay away.
Nonsense. Bikers have the utmost respect for women.
LOL
EXACTLY!
The funniest and most pitiful bikers are the old "middle aged geezers". They buy all of the brand new outfits/costumes and actually think they look cool.
Posts: 6,572
Threads: 575
Joined: Jun 2024
If loud pies save lives? How come people get run over by trains?
They can be anoying and in Delray Beach, there is a 6 block long hot spot to hang out, with trendy restaruants and clubs etc. Loud pipes? Not allowed. Most Harleys can get by at near idle speeds, but cops are quick to stop bikes that disturb the 1000's of people walking around downtown Delray beach. If they crave power......By a GSXR
Posts: 411
Threads: 39
Joined: Apr 2010
What a freaking hoot! Thanks to all posters for the funny and simpatico replies.
"..like trying to explain math to a cat.." Great one, Rusty.
The Irony of ironies is that not only do they disturb us now, wait until the medicaid bills arrive for their hearing aids.
My wife thinks that if we just sell our house, we'll never be bothered by *ssh0le neighbors again. One of the above posters dispels that notion. There's always one in every neighborhood sucking up more air than his share.
What really tickles me is the Harley owners disparaging the Honda, Yamaha bikes as "Rice Rockets". An old Honda 750 would run circles around those leaking nut thumpers.
Posts: 19,298
Threads: 1,696
Joined: May 2025
Reputation:
0
They're compensating for their small personal pipe, LOL.
They rev by our house during the middle of the night with absolutely no respect for anyone
but themselves. I personally don't get it. I had a VW in High school that I used to put a
stinger pipe on every now and then, it was very loud, but that was high school, I don't think
these guys ever grew up. I see more and more men in the 50's and 60's buying this bikes
that as far as I know never had a bike before. Personally I think the "crotch rocket" Japanese
bikes with their loud pipes are just as annoying.
Grateful11
Posts: 12,924
Threads: 470
Joined: Feb 2010
Reputation:
0
[quote decocritter]Everyone knows a Harley is just another Penis Extender. Poor guys that NEED to have one.
Lucky for women, it is a big signal to stay away.
I agree DC, it is a HUGE Warning Sign to Women. but it is a MASSIVE Girl Magnet!
"Girl" isn't an age quantifier, it is a "Reason/Responsibility" quantifier. Meaning they have none!
None of my BoneHeaded Harley Biker buddies have ever been without some sort of BubbleHeaded BigBoobed stripper, StripperWannabe or two trailing behind them.
BGnR
I like folks that have a brain that works, that is why I date women, not girls.
My Mom gave me a Golden Nugget of advice in my horny teen years that has proven so true over the decades.:
"Lust really doesn't last that long, you have to start talking to them sometime. Talking to them afterwards is like buying a car without starting the engine"
Posts: 16,409
Threads: 1,430
Joined: May 2025
They don't get ticketed in NYC, despite the fact that they violate noise laws. It's really annoying.
Of course, no one has the cojones to ban car alarms here, even though they serve no purpose except to annoy the crap out of any people who have to listen to the noise (apparently it's never the owner who gets disturbed; although I don't know how you'd identify your car's alarm from blocks away, even if you could hear it, because various other car alarms sound just like yours).
Posts: 785
Threads: 187
Joined: Apr 2025
Reputation:
0
I was in an underground garage in West LA and I could not believe the pain I suffered with my ears ringing and head hurting for days when approximately 30 Harleys were starting up and pulling out. The sound had no where to go and just bounced around off the shiny walls. There were children with their parents waiting in line to pay for their parking.
Since that week I have become "painfully" aware of how inconsiderate some people are. They put out dangerous db levels no doubt about it.
Posts: 11,894
Threads: 520
Joined: Jan 2021
Reputation:
0
>
> They don't get ticketed in NYC, despite the fact that they violate noise laws ...
>
But they do ticket them for smoking don't they ?
: - )
Posts: 7
Threads: 3
Joined: Aug 2009
Reputation:
0
"Everyone knows a Harley is just another Penis Extender. Poor guys that NEED to have one."
Just another of the ongoing feminist denigrations of men.
Posts: 52,222
Threads: 2,799
Joined: May 2025
Reputation:
1
..like trying to explain math to a cat...
POMTL!
I've heard the Loud Pipes = Safety BS for- forever. Those riders just don't get it. Most of that type are poor riders otherwise, particularly when it comes to splitting lanes. IF they did it right in the first place, the imagined need for loud pipes wouldn't exist (as indeed it doesn't).
To answer the question:
Police usually have better things to do. Work is done on a priority basis. Even where there are assigned traffic units, they're often detailed to cover another officer, or handle more urgent calls. There are just not enough police to go around.
It's not easy to be where they're needed when they're needed. There are tons of moving violations [infractions] occurring every day. All of these must be on-viewed. A driver cuts you off, makes a right turn without stopping, makes a left turn from the lane closest to the curb, tailgates, etc. Unless an officer sees it, nothing can happen. And if a loud Harley or Honda rips down the street, what are the odds of a patrol vehicle catching it, even IF he's going the same direction? An officer on a bike has a better chance, but a lot of suspects like to run from the police. Some because they've got skeletons that will might be found, some because they just don't want a ticket. Loud pipes or loud music, catching a vehicle, especially a motorcycle isn't always easy.
And the number one reason: people don't call the police. They don't want to "get involved". They just complain to others. Call the police. Call the Chief or Sheriff. Write the Chief or Sheriff. E-mail them. Write the Editorials section of your local news paper. Have your neighbors call/write/e-mail them.
Don't waste your time with a dB meter. You won't be using it correctly so the results will more often than not be inconclusive and irrelevant, and possibly inadmissible (unless you can get the suspect biker to perform the required tests and measurements).
Ultimately, people do not want to pay for traffic enforcement. They don't want traffic enforcement because it will probably get them too. Police administrators faced with budget cuts don't view traffic enforcement as a priority since they don't have needed funds for it (because the public doesn't want to pay). In fact, write the City Manager since HE/SHE is all about the budget, far more so than Police administrators. And they hire/fire the Top Cop. Sheriffs are elected officials.
Sometimes Federal grants are available and that money has specific applications that are (usually) observed. Then the hammer is dropped and every driver stopped says stupid crap like:
1) Why aren't you out catching robbers and rapists?
2) Donut shop's closed?
3) That's CS!
4) What about the guys who ??
5) I was just in the [HOV] lane only for a minute!!
6) I'm a great driver and can handle high speed just fine!
7) This is just about the money, ain't it??!
8) You just stopped be because I'm
But they're all guilty, and NObody wants to accept responsibility.
Until someone is badly hurt or dies, the public doesn't care. And even then a great many still don't. And because budgets depend on taxes traffic enforcement by necessity, is often based on actuarial tables.
Look how long it's taken MADD and others to get DUI to be taken seriously. Sure, blame the lag on cops, judges, lawyers, jurists, and lawmakers who drink. News flash- jurors drink too.
In the end, it's PEOPLE WHO ACT in a socially responsible manner that get laws changed, action taken.
People are horrified, outraged, and self-righteously indignant at incidents of alleged police brutality. And most of all, ignorant.
Yet let them vote for more money for police departments, for training and equipment? Nope.
I believe in Draconian traffic enforcement. Yes, it will increase revenue somewhat. But it will also save lives, reduce injury, and maybe even reduce "road rage" which would reduce the aforementioned.
Drive safely and have a nice day.
|
