Yesterday I was riding and decided to stop in this small town (which shall remain nameless ) to get gas.
I was riding my 1098 R.
After I gassed up I was leaving town and I had to pass a school that was letting out .
There was a
parked with his window down right along the right side of the street and the school was on the opposite side of the street .
My " R " has 102 db race Termis on it and I thought " Oh boy, here we go . I'm going to have to ride right past the
open window with pipes blazing ....well going 20 mph ."
I thought this will be a true test if a
is going to pull me over for loud pipes.
I road past and ....nothing.
Doesn't prove anything .
I think our fate has already been cast by the H-D riders and their straight pipes.
Around where I ride the H-D riders tend to ride in groups of 5 -15.
This particular town I got gas in is a cross roads and on the weekends a lot of Harleys come to the middle of town , stop for the 4 way stop and then roar away towards the hills and Jimbos, a biker bar.
When they take off you can't hear yourself think for 10 seconds.
There are a lot more H-Ds riding around than Ducatis , so I don't think we will make much of a difference.
Where I was riding mostly all this past riding season, I have seen maybe 2 other Ducatis.
I have seen at least 1000 H-Ds.
We are like fighter jets taking off. The H-Ds are like B-52s taking off.
We make noise , but get the hell out of there . The H-Ds make a lot of noise and take a while to clear the area of that noise.
What about the trucks , the hopped up little foreign cars with the loud exhausts and Semis and Diesel converted pickups ?
Is it only because we are viewed as recreational or toys that the other vehicles are not considered ?
Dolph
