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BigV , It's Bear Glacier behind bike and Salmon Glacier behind me . Bear is on the way to Stewart BC and Hyder Alaska . Salmon is about 30 miles past Hyder . I used to live in Stewart back in 1989 till 92 . I was up there visiting my two brothers a few years ago and took these photos .
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I'm sure OCC didn't build that. :D
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Last one , " the main street shot " from Sturgis . A million of these shots taken ....
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What a cool domino action you could have.
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Great minds and all. ;)
Someone around here has a really old Harley. I can't remember the exact year but I think it's early 1900's? It's fascinating. I see it at car shows around here from time to time. |
Great minds wouldn't leave town alive.
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Ha, ha... love the old school hardtail marking it's territory.
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Great shots Shoot! Broken Spoke was a hopping place in Oct.
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192 c-inch engine, you will need asbestos pants to drive that one.
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Hmmm.... 250 hp, Intel inside... can you say blue screen of death?
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The V-quad engine is actually just 2 V-twins side-by-side. |
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Another OCC Creation: http://turbo.discovery.com/american-...ke_800x600.jpg
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My email is endymion@lunalushede.org. Thanks in advance! :blush: |
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100th birthday party at the Indian Motocycle Museum.
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Another party pic.
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Buddha.
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Bruce! that is crazy. How the hell does he turn that beast?
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It looks to me like it's got a sidecar. I think the Buddha and jap flags are on the front of it.
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Ok, I see it now. Still pretty wild. I would love to hear more about the guy and hose he made it.
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In the entire thread, I only counted 5 bikes that had things that remotely resembled mufflers. Any bikers care to comment?
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Some people labor under the misapprehension that loud pipes save lives. All they ever do is cause noise ordinances.
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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.
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Or, your supports are under-stated?
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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: Quote:
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The whistles go whoooooo!!!
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Bwa hahaha!!!
I love how bub rub and lil sis about get into an accident driving away to show off their new 'pipes'... Oy. |
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I do not understand this need to draw attention to oneself. Why is there such a cultural need to point out that you are stupid and inconsiderate, and fuck all if they don't like it?
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That whistle thingy is illegal here.:mad:
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I think the topic isn't about trying to showing off, rather it's about being safe.
You can certainly hear any bike with straight pipes well before it comes into view, unless you just happen to be looking that way. BrianR's statement that "all they do is cause noise ordinances." ignores this fact. Noise for the sake of noise is surely dumb, but noise for the sake of safety is a proven fact. One of my pet peeves is bikers that sit at the light and constantly goose the throttle, as if their motor was going to stall. But that doesn't change the fact that loud pipes will let you know there is a bike around, and that *can* save a life. |
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Not if every potentially dangerous item on the road made a loud noise. people would either go deaf or wear ear defenders. No added safety. also, loud bikes (and other vehicles) can prevent blind pedetrians hearing the pedestrain crossing signals. Perhaps, though, we could kill two birds with one stone, so to speak, by forcing people with dangerous driving points on their licenses to have these noisemakers attached/mufflers removed. So (a) we can hear the idiots coming, and (b) the noise might lose it's fashion appeal for those who are actually good drivers. I certainly find that operating under the assumption that if i can hear a car a mile away, it is likely to be being badly driven works for me. :lol: |
how do you feel about shifting into one gear higher than you should be in, and goosing the throttle in a tunnel.....BWAAAAAGGGHT!
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Loud pipes may be good for attracting attention from the car next to you if you are driving at an identical speed, but they have to be really loud and then that invokes the "just pisses people off and makes them hate bikes more principle", so it sort of negates the effect. |
I've still never heard how it can be safer for a biker to be sitting still next to my apartment building, and revving his loud engine and pipes. It has always been unsafe for them.
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Pics of the latest bike meet I attended:
Myrtle Beach 2008 http://picasaweb.google.com/AnesMerc...chBikeWeek2008 |
Good show, thanks.
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Where are the tits and tats? This should be a NSFW thread.
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