To say that motorbikes sound bloody awful

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I have the windows open as it's so hot and every so often I'll hear one zooming past and my god, the noise, they make the rest of the traffic sound like white noise in comparison.

Am I overly sensitive to noise or do you agree?

Well Neron, I wondered how many posts it would take to get precisely your reply, complete with the requisite "some people".

In my king driving experience, ambulances and police cars don't usually flip on the old blues right by your window as they're right alongside your window.

Consideration goes both ways, I'm just pointing out your "pipes" might not have the outcome you were hoping for and it's not what they were designed for is it?

@firsttimedad79 I'm not entirely sure, but a quick dash up the A2 during rush hour on a bike might open quite a few drivers eyes.

Long not king, I don't drive like the monarch

Agree. Hate them on my street just ridiculously loud

And yet, if another thread starts up where people say one of the advantages of electric cars is that they don't make as much noise, tens of posters pile on to say that quiet is a bad, dangerous thing.

By the way, noisy pipes aren't heard by the Dilly Daydreams that turn right whilst you're going up the middle - for one, the noise is pointing in exactly the wrong direction to reach them and two, odds are that Dilly Daydream has got the music on full blast in the car, so wouldn't hear a bike sans baffle if it were parked in the rear passenger seat where they are likely to end up if they're daft enough to think that the noise is safer for them (ex biker here - and daily Shanks' Pony user following the neck break from a Dilly Daydream not noticing I was sat literally in front of her waiting at the roundabout when she decided to slam her foot onto the accelerator to the accompaniment of Glen Madeiros - I always see a bike long before I hear it when crossing the road - the sound only reaches you when it's about three car lengths past your position.)

@NeverDropYourMoonCup that sounds like an awful accident. Will your neck recover?

Also, can I ask, is there a technical reason bikes horns can be made louder? I've heard them and they are feeble.

[quote TSSDNCOP]@NeverDropYourMoonCup that sounds like an awful accident. Will your neck recover?[/quote]
I was extremely lucky - fracture of the 2nd cervical vertebrae where the impact was so strong, the shock radiated around and caused it to fracture cleanly vertically across the front of the vertebrae without actually damaging anything too much. I walked out of hospital the same day and promptly got fired from work for making it up as nobody does that.

OK, it took me roughly 12 years to be able to stand on one foot without falling over and I never regained the feeling in the percussion side of my left hand, so can't feel anything much in my little or ring finger or part of my forearm, but in all, I see that day as a rather good one.

Fucking hate Glen Madeiros even more than I did already, though

Good grief! Yes, it's hard to imagine hating Glen Madeiros more than one instinctively does, but you've certainly got cause.

TSSDNCOP where have I said some people? I haven't stereotyped anyone.
I stated that ALL road users want, is for others to be alert - whatever vehicle they are using.
If any road user, is surprised by any noise or vehicle, then in my opinion, those people are not paying attention.

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Also, can I ask, is there a technical reason bikes horns can be made louder? I've heard them and they are feeble.

That I don't know, however, my guess is they have a much smaller battery and electrical system, and not much space on the bike for a big horn.