Soggy Biscuit
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What a wonderful sounding exhaust! The beginning of the video is all that needs to be heard.
I always figured that was related to the new stuff having higher compression ratios. Stronger explosions.Sounds good to me. Funny how open pipes on old bikes is not nearly as harsh as open megaphone exhaust on sportbikes and modern harleys.
The "high horse" could have something to do with there being no valid reason for the nonsense, which Certain Folks go out of their way to do, and which irritates the fuck out of 95% of the public, just so a bunch of overgrown infants can stroke their soon-to-be penises.
Let's try replacing "much more of an evolved, sophisticated human" with "much less of a selfish twat".
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I cant hear people in person unless they are loud. I just nod ok without a clue of what was said . Loud is a giant air compressor powering 2 needle scalers on a piece of equipment for hrs. Even better if the equipment has something to resonate like a loader bucket. Then come home and the wife wonders why I am talking so loud. Of course she has to ask 3 times because I couldn't hear her anyways.Sounds like some folks have Strong Feeling about what they perceive to be Loud.
Too much of a dumbass to wear proper hearing protection? Oh well...I cant hear people in person unless they are loud. I just nod ok without a clue of what was said . Loud is a giant air compressor powering 2 needle scalers on a piece of equipment for hrs. Even better if the equipment has something to resonate like a loader bucket. Then come home and the wife wonders why I am talking so loud. Of course she has to ask 3 times because I couldn't hear her anyways.
That's pretty wordy for "I'm a selfish prick." But it's adorable that you can be simultaneously outraged by other selfish pricks.This treads a hoot, if it's not liberals telling everyone how to live, it's someone pretending be an engineer and convince anyone who failed math & science a pipe can't warn ahead because it points behind the bike.
Listen princess, some of do in fact contend with animals (things that exist outside your urban HOA hellscape).
Your self righteous nonsense smacks of typical liberal dogma.
"Everybody accommodate me!"
"My rules are everyone's rules." "Because I can't have it here, you can't have it there."
Just like a typical pedaltard holding up a mile of traffic, because pedaltard is all important and stuff, and everyone can give up 5min of their day to accommodate pedaltard.
Fuk no, fuk them, and fuk anyone who expects to decide for me. I'm no less entitled to the safety of my exhaust than you are to your quiet HOA life. Get that through your programming.
Stay in your city with a noise ordinance, I'll continue doing everything I fuking can to avoid those hellscapes. [UWSL]Move to the EU, if you're not there already, they think like you do.[/UWSL]
Have a nice day.
Oh, I forgot the animals thing.This treads a hoot, if it's not liberals telling everyone how to live, it's someone pretending be an engineer and convince anyone who failed math & science a pipe can't warn ahead because it points behind the bike.
Listen princess, some of do in fact contend with animals (things that exist outside your urban HOA hellscape).
Your self righteous nonsense smacks of typical liberal dogma.
"Everybody accommodate me!"
"My rules are everyone's rules." "Because I can't have it here, you can't have it there."
Just like a typical pedaltard holding up a mile of traffic, because pedaltard is all important and stuff, and everyone can give up 5min of their day to accommodate pedaltard.
Fuk no, fuk them, and fuk anyone who expects to decide for me. I'm no less entitled to the safety of my exhaust than you are to your quiet HOA life. Get that through your programming.
Stay in your city with a noise ordinance, I'll continue doing everything I fuking can to avoid those hellscapes. [UWSL]Move to the EU, if you're not there already, they think like you do.[/UWSL]
Have a nice day.
We had ear protection but needle scalers can be very loud. The main ear damage was from wakeboarding/wakeskating and ear drum ruptures from falls on water. Fluke events from years of exposure. The injury list is big when going big on water.Too much of a dumbass to wear proper hearing protection? Oh well...
PS, a bit late to correct the damage now, sorry, but, there's some really clever electronic stuff now that blocks tons of noise but lets speech come through. Should be great for work site use. Dunno if the likes of OSHA have their eyes on it yet. Could be the shiznitz for reducing wind roar on motorcycle rides too.
That's pretty wordy for "I'm a selfish prick." But it's adorable that you can be simultaneously outraged by other selfish pricks.
Thank you for the info.
There's this amazing thing, by the way, and it's called... A HORN. You see, you use it when you actually need to make noise instead of the moment you turn the ignition key. You press a button and it makes this loud annoying sound, that stops when you let go of the button.
What's even crazier is that this is required, mandatory equipment, everywhere. Who knew...
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No, you didn't.Ya' know...
I had a friend here named Mark.
Camping has gone to absolute SHIT these past couple years. My wife wants to go, but its awful. People watching TV, swearing, dogs barking, everyone stacked on top of each other. We'd be in a tent surrounded by tri-axle fifth wheelers with generators going.Just got home from 4 days at the local GC. I go for peace and quiet. Inside to sleep, the rest of the time I'm outside with a book. Feeding the birds (and squirrels) and watching the antics of the Raccoons and anything else that passes by. We couldn't get one of our preferred secluded spots, so we ended up in General Pop. The camper to the North spent his time watching sports on TV and tossing out F-bombs. I wish the weather had been bad so he'd at least have closed his windows. To the South, a Motor Mouth from Pittsburg. Here for her 50th HS reunion. Anything you want to know about her, I could probably tell you. Across the way... New Jersey. Same thing, she wasted no time telling her life story. I spent most of the time on the move so I could avoid these loudmouths.
I should'a stayed home. :-(
There has been a single time that revving my motor has saved me. Going down the road on my street bike, van (plumber?) backing out of the driveway. Fumbled for the horn and just revved instead. He stopped dead in his tracks.Ya' know...
About the whole saving-lives thing...
I often tell some of my friends and relatives bringing the amenities from home IS NOT camping. They don't seem to agree. Whatever. When I go camping, I bring an axe, a magnesium stick, a large caliber sidearm in case of apex predators, fishing pole with bait, plenty of water and a filter, and maybe a couple or more MREs in case real food is scarce and I strikeout on the hunt or fishing.Camping has gone to absolute SHIT these past couple years. My wife wants to go, but its awful. People watching TV, swearing, dogs barking, everyone stacked on top of each other. We'd be in a tent surrounded by tri-axle fifth wheelers with generators going.
The DR650 has allowed me to explore areas to setup a tent away from it all. I'll explore backroads and woods that I'll eventually return with the family. I have about a dozen spots that I can take them that I know we won't be bothered.
Pretty much the same. Though, I have been guilty of playing Sudoku on the phone in the hammock at night. ¬.¬I often tell some of my friends and relatives bringing the amenities from home IS NOT camping. They don't seem to agree. Whatever. When I go camping, I bring an axe, a magnesium stick, a large caliber sidearm in case of apex predators, fishing pole with bait, plenty of water and a filter, and maybe a couple or more MREs in case real food is scarce and I strikeout on the hunt or fishing.
Ahh, I can see how the water stuff can do some damage. Ugh. Is there not protection for that sort of shit though?? Seriously? I mean the scalers and the wakeboarding. I've known folks in big construction to use both plugs and muffs. Likewise some of the gunz crowd. And are plugs useless in the case of falls on water? Seriously I'm asking - I have no clue.We had ear protection but needle scalers can be very loud. The main ear damage was from wakeboarding/wakeskating and ear drum ruptures from falls on water. Fluke events from years of exposure. The injury list is big when going big on water.
Sorry about your friend. I lost a friend to high winds blowing a shopping cart out in front of his indian scout. He barely survived but lost the ability to taste food. It took about 6 month to dwindle to nothing. I put other people's shopping carts away every time I go to the store...because thats all I can do about it. Unfortunately irresponsible driving and shopping lead to fluke events with our friends.
With the likes of some of you, clearly not.No, you didn't.
With your attitude, you don't make friends.
There has been a single time that revving my motor has saved me. Going down the road on my street bike, van (plumber?) backing out of the driveway. Fumbled for the horn and just revved instead. He stopped dead in his tracks.
Something to live by? nah
Three bikes. Five as sometimes I take my dad's out for a spin. All with different controls. At that split second in time, it was the twisty thing that I found quicker.Just curious if after that you considered doing some drills to get better acquainted with the bike's hand controls...
I wear ear plugs to sleep every night. But I wouldn't consider killing my wife for snoring.I assumed we all agreed that killing someone over the use of a leaf blower was a bit much, and were going with Lawrence's solution as a worst case scenario. I see I was wrong.
I worked nights for years and was routinely awakened by all sorts of neighborly noises, some untimely and some unnecessary. I spoke with a few about it, but I never threatened anyone. That usually results in some form of escalation, and I just wanted to sleep.