Spring must be here, as the complaints about loud motorcycle pipes have kicked in before many have hit the streets (editorial, March 2).
As a rider, I know firsthand how loud pipes help. Maybe other drivers don't see me, but will hopefully look for the sound.
Maybe, many of those complainers are the same people who don't know what the little lever on the left side of the steering is for, or ride with their foot on the brake, or understand the concept of the center turn lane.
Some of those drivers need to take a road test a little more often to make sure they can see to the right and left before they change lanes into me, but I tolerate all of these, as they should tolerate me and my bike.
By the way, my motorcycle gets 40 mpg.
Those people should complain about the gas prices or the conditions of town roads or something else for a while. At least the snowmoble riders can be left alone now.
Richard Hussey, Lewiston
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No excuse for excess noise
Bikers aren't saints when it comes to operator safety. Many of them are guilty of speeding, cutting cars off, passing on the right, driving BETWEEN cars on the highway, etc. I've seen a half dozen of them standing upright on their bikes going down Rt 95, hollering and screeching. Saw a couple others dump their bikes in the road in the middle of traffic after fooling around once too often. So don't cry to me that loud pipes will solve all your problems.
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To scare unsuspecting REAL bike riders, bicycle riders, to death by coming up behind them and revving those pipes. I have the scars to prove it.
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Wow, I had no idea auto drivers were the ones to blame for your replacement penis. How about this one:
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huh?
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should have their heads examined, and should wear fluorescent orange until they do so the rest of us can avoid you. Please do NOT vote in ANY election
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All those visibility problems! Maybe a fluorescent orange vest would help. Excessive noise is quite a stretch. If everyone on the road made a lot of noise using being seen by other motorists as an excuse, they would cancel each other out and NO-ONE would benefit. I do agree that loud bikes get peoples attention, but I don't agree that it is for safety reasons that the minority of bikers do it.
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We require hunters wear fluorescent orange for safety, maybe we should mandate the same for motorcyclists. With the stereo systems of most autos very sophisticated and loud, fluorescents makes the most sense.
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