“It’s very exciting for us to have the H.O.G. Rally back at Sugarloaf again,” said Nancy Hanson, Sugarloaf’s conference sales manager. “They’re a fun group to work with and it’s a huge benefit to the entire region when a group of this size comes to the area. They go on rides through the community, patronize local businesses and provide a nice boost to the local economy.”
Huge Benefit to the entire region???
Maybe a benefit to Sugarloaf if they make some money on this event...but think about the noise pollution and added environmental impact coming from a few thousand motorcycles operating with disconnected EPA catelytic devices. Motorcycles with these loud exhausts sometimes produse one hundred times the pollution then a regular car. Do the math and it is like one hundred thousand cars all adding pollution the the otherwise clean air of this area.
And the noise is on top of all this fun they are having at our expense.
Lets hope the Police get to finally enforce some of the laws that have been broken and write some tickets. Offending nature and quiet neighborhoods everywhere and operating illegal motorcycles. Makin' noise and Have Fun!
Hey KO
Sounds like you have lots of experience inside a court room. Let's hope with the new revisions of the motor vehicle laws on tampered and loud exhausts you will get to try out some more of your legal manuvering to avoid a fine and continue to operate with illegal equipment.
That will show them law makers, social police and regular people that endue your obnoxious noise at all hours. Way to go with that freedom thing. Being free and doing whatever you what and screw everyone else. How is that workin' for ya?
The fact is that loud pipes do not reduce the number of motorcycle accidents. As the Hurt report suggests, muffler noise is not a factor in accident avoidance. Loud riders are under the impression their wrist twisting racket gets the attention of drivers all the while operating their machines in many unsafe ways on the road. Riding in cars blind spots, riding in groups and side by side, and now the frenchman tells us it is defensive riding to ride ON THE YELLOW LINE!
This would be funny if it were not so sad. I suppose giving oncoming cars the angry biker stare also helps ward off the possible left hand turning car? Give me a break. Try wearing a helmet, lose the illegal APE hangers and learn how to ride safe. Stop blaming everyone else for your lack skill to operate your machine by hoping someone might hear you before seeing you. Start riding your bike and enjoying the road, not projecting your fear through your illegal exhausts. By riding invisably, you will assume the car may not see you (They may not) and have a plan to avoid a dangerous situation. By ASSuming others hear you while riding helmetless in black leather on a black low rider, you have ASSsigned the responsibility of your safety to the operator of the car. Even if they are talking on the cell, balancing the coffee cup, or changing the radio station, it is your responsibility to be at a distance so you can avoid and brake if necessary. Or you can blame the accident on everyone else.
Riding motorcycle IS dangerous. Suck it up bad biker boyz and learn how to ride! stop blaming everyone else for your lack of safety skills.
Much of this problem has to do with behavior modification when it comes to what we do to modify our vehicles and also how they are operated. Many "pro loud" riders say we already have enough laws in place to prevent this problem, yet it is worse then ever. They also wrongly claim it is only a few that openly break the laws in place by operating with altered pipes and operating their machines to produce ear shattering noise.
So when is this self policing by the loud crowd going to happen? Never of course. Its the same old story that has worked before just as the loud saves lives lie regurgetated up everytime we complain. Again we see Law Enforcement attempting to bargain with the offenders and reason with the unreasonable. Riding loud is not safe, it is the worst noise polution we suffer from, and it is as illegal as it would be if I removed my muffler from my truck. Yet it is an epidemic on the land and our homes and nothing is being done.
I don't care what mail order University you received your diploma from, but I do worry that you were not taught how to behave in public and therefore must be schooled by the rest of society. Sad really. As Chris Rock often says......must be the way you was raised!
So have so consideration from all of us that are listening to this obnoxious noise. The loud riders have all brought into the fifty year old outlaw fashion mistake that was all about anti social behaviour and unsafe lifestyles. Please go find a place in the desert to act out your outlaw fantasy and stay out of our neigborhoods. It is rude, loud, obnoxious and now more illegal then ever. More enforcement, fines and rules are needed for those that do not have the ability to have consideration for everyone else.
Much of this problem has to do with behavior modification when it comes to what we do to modify our vehicles and also how they are operated. Many "pro loud" riders say we already have enough laws in place to prevent this problem, yet it is worse then ever. They also wrongly claim it is only a few that openly break the laws in place by operating with altered pipes and operating their machines to produce ear shattering noise.
So when is this self policing by the loud crowd going to happen? Never of course. Its the same old story that has worked before just as the loud saves lives lie regurgetated up everytime we complain. Again we see Law Enforcement attempting to bargain with the offenders and reason with the unreasonable. Riding loud is not safe, it is the worst noise polution we suffer from, and it is as illegal as it would be if I removed my muffler from my truck. Yet it is an epidemic on the land and our homes and nothing is being done.
I don't care what mail order University you received your diploma from, but I do worry that you were not taught how to behave in public and therefore must be schooled by the rest of society. Sad really. As Chris Rock often says......must be the way you was raised!
So have so consideration from all of us that are listening to this obnoxious noise. The loud riders have all brought into the fifty year old outlaw fashion mistake that was all about anti social behaviour and unsafe lifestyles. Please go find a place in the desert to act out your outlaw fantasy and stay out of our neigborhoods. It is rude, loud, obnoxious and now more illegal then ever. More enforcement, fines and rules are needed for those that do not have the ability to have consideration for everyone else.
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“It’s very exciting for us to
“It’s very exciting for us to have the H.O.G. Rally back at Sugarloaf again,” said Nancy Hanson, Sugarloaf’s conference sales manager. “They’re a fun group to work with and it’s a huge benefit to the entire region when a group of this size comes to the area. They go on rides through the community, patronize local businesses and provide a nice boost to the local economy.”
Huge Benefit to the entire region???
Maybe a benefit to Sugarloaf if they make some money on this event...but think about the noise pollution and added environmental impact coming from a few thousand motorcycles operating with disconnected EPA catelytic devices. Motorcycles with these loud exhausts sometimes produse one hundred times the pollution then a regular car. Do the math and it is like one hundred thousand cars all adding pollution the the otherwise clean air of this area.
And the noise is on top of all this fun they are having at our expense.
Lets hope the Police get to finally enforce some of the laws that have been broken and write some tickets. Offending nature and quiet neighborhoods everywhere and operating illegal motorcycles. Makin' noise and Have Fun!
Reply to KO
Hey KO
Sounds like you have lots of experience inside a court room. Let's hope with the new revisions of the motor vehicle laws on tampered and loud exhausts you will get to try out some more of your legal manuvering to avoid a fine and continue to operate with illegal equipment.
That will show them law makers, social police and regular people that endue your obnoxious noise at all hours. Way to go with that freedom thing. Being free and doing whatever you what and screw everyone else. How is that workin' for ya?
Thanks for being a considerate Maine citizen!
Loud riders project responsibility to others.
The fact is that loud pipes do not reduce the number of motorcycle accidents. As the Hurt report suggests, muffler noise is not a factor in accident avoidance. Loud riders are under the impression their wrist twisting racket gets the attention of drivers all the while operating their machines in many unsafe ways on the road. Riding in cars blind spots, riding in groups and side by side, and now the frenchman tells us it is defensive riding to ride ON THE YELLOW LINE!
This would be funny if it were not so sad. I suppose giving oncoming cars the angry biker stare also helps ward off the possible left hand turning car? Give me a break. Try wearing a helmet, lose the illegal APE hangers and learn how to ride safe. Stop blaming everyone else for your lack skill to operate your machine by hoping someone might hear you before seeing you. Start riding your bike and enjoying the road, not projecting your fear through your illegal exhausts. By riding invisably, you will assume the car may not see you (They may not) and have a plan to avoid a dangerous situation. By ASSuming others hear you while riding helmetless in black leather on a black low rider, you have ASSsigned the responsibility of your safety to the operator of the car. Even if they are talking on the cell, balancing the coffee cup, or changing the radio station, it is your responsibility to be at a distance so you can avoid and brake if necessary. Or you can blame the accident on everyone else.
Riding motorcycle IS dangerous. Suck it up bad biker boyz and learn how to ride! stop blaming everyone else for your lack of safety skills.
reply to Stacy..and other inconsiderate bikers
Much of this problem has to do with behavior modification when it comes to what we do to modify our vehicles and also how they are operated. Many "pro loud" riders say we already have enough laws in place to prevent this problem, yet it is worse then ever. They also wrongly claim it is only a few that openly break the laws in place by operating with altered pipes and operating their machines to produce ear shattering noise.
So when is this self policing by the loud crowd going to happen? Never of course. Its the same old story that has worked before just as the loud saves lives lie regurgetated up everytime we complain. Again we see Law Enforcement attempting to bargain with the offenders and reason with the unreasonable. Riding loud is not safe, it is the worst noise polution we suffer from, and it is as illegal as it would be if I removed my muffler from my truck. Yet it is an epidemic on the land and our homes and nothing is being done.
I don't care what mail order University you received your diploma from, but I do worry that you were not taught how to behave in public and therefore must be schooled by the rest of society. Sad really. As Chris Rock often says......must be the way you was raised!
So have so consideration from all of us that are listening to this obnoxious noise. The loud riders have all brought into the fifty year old outlaw fashion mistake that was all about anti social behaviour and unsafe lifestyles. Please go find a place in the desert to act out your outlaw fantasy and stay out of our neigborhoods. It is rude, loud, obnoxious and now more illegal then ever. More enforcement, fines and rules are needed for those that do not have the ability to have consideration for everyone else.
Another law needed?
Much of this problem has to do with behavior modification when it comes to what we do to modify our vehicles and also how they are operated. Many "pro loud" riders say we already have enough laws in place to prevent this problem, yet it is worse then ever. They also wrongly claim it is only a few that openly break the laws in place by operating with altered pipes and operating their machines to produce ear shattering noise.
So when is this self policing by the loud crowd going to happen? Never of course. Its the same old story that has worked before just as the loud saves lives lie regurgetated up everytime we complain. Again we see Law Enforcement attempting to bargain with the offenders and reason with the unreasonable. Riding loud is not safe, it is the worst noise polution we suffer from, and it is as illegal as it would be if I removed my muffler from my truck. Yet it is an epidemic on the land and our homes and nothing is being done.
I don't care what mail order University you received your diploma from, but I do worry that you were not taught how to behave in public and therefore must be schooled by the rest of society. Sad really. As Chris Rock often says......must be the way you was raised!
So have so consideration from all of us that are listening to this obnoxious noise. The loud riders have all brought into the fifty year old outlaw fashion mistake that was all about anti social behaviour and unsafe lifestyles. Please go find a place in the desert to act out your outlaw fantasy and stay out of our neigborhoods. It is rude, loud, obnoxious and now more illegal then ever. More enforcement, fines and rules are needed for those that do not have the ability to have consideration for everyone else.