Loud pipes save lives, but at what cost"
I?ve heard it said by more than a few people that loud pipes save lives. The theory behind it is that if you?re riding on the road, other road users are more likely to see you, if they can hear you, and thus less likely to knock you off your bike and kill you. It?s a difficult theory to argue with. Particularly speaking as someone who has been knocked off a bike by an unobservant car driver. But I don?t know if it?s really as simple as that"
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Because it?s all very well people hearing you coming, but if all you can hear is the sound of your own exhaust, you might not hear them coming. And then your in the same situation as they were, when you had your bog stock silencer. And worse than that, you?re not going to hear their 100dB horn over your 110dB bike. They might be trying to tell you about that truck that?s about to run you over. That?ll be the truck that you also can?t hear over your bike.
You what"
And car horns won?t be the only thing you can?t hear if you spend your life riding bikes with thunderously loud exhausts. I know plenty of people (granted, they?re in their 50s and 60s now) that not only struggle with their hearing, but suffer from painful tinnitus. All because they spent their 20s and 30s riding loud bikes. You?ve got to look after your ears. Because loud pipes might save lives, but they?re not very good for your eardrums. I know earplugs can be a bit of a faff, but so can hearing aids; and you might end up needin...
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