Forgot 'bout that. Thanks Bru. :D

Buddha.

Same country, different owner:

Bruce! that is crazy. How the hell does he turn that beast?

It looks to me like it's got a sidecar. I think the Buddha and jap flags are on the front of it.

Ok, I see it now. Still pretty wild. I would love to hear more about the guy and hose he made it.

In the entire thread, I only counted 5 bikes that had things that remotely resembled mufflers. Any bikers care to comment?

Some people labor under the misapprehension that loud pipes save lives. All they ever do is cause noise ordinances.

One of my motorcycles is a little bit loud, but really loud motorcycles annoy me. Denver has been threatening to enforce their noise ordinance, but I haven't noticed any change.

Your statements are un-supported.

Or, your supports are under-stated?

I support them.

Why?
They put sirens on firetrucks so you can hear them as well as see them.
I'm not saying they should all lose their mufflers, but you'd certainly notice them more and that'd help keep them from getting run over.

Mufflers generally point backward, so, by the time you hear the motorcycle, it's already going past.

As a motorcycle rider, I don't like loud pipes because it gives non-riders a bad image of riders, and more reason to make rules against them.

Some neighborhoods, condo associations and other municipalities have banned motorcycles, primarily due to noise issues.

I did a search and here are some of the hits that came up:
http://www.canyonlakemotorcycleclub.com/
http://www.noisefree.org/motorcycles/loudpipes.html
http://www.mrf.org/articles/1998/chicago.html
http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=606
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...55C0A960958260

Here is a quote from the first link:
A noise study showed that a single loud motorcycle traveling through Paris in the middle of the night would be heard by 200,000 people. That's a lot of people to irritate just so you can have loud pipes.

The whistles go whoooooo!!!