deepskyal said:I'd take your wife's advice about a red flag or something. Got rear-ended on a bike once. Family jewels took quite a beating on the gas cap. Would hate the double whammy of being probed at the same time.
That is one sweet bike NHBandit.
Al
Al I wish it was mine too.. Just a pic I blatantly stole off the net to show what I had in mind for a detector scabbard. My bike is an 81 Shovelhead 96" stroker, dual plug cylinder heads, S&S carb, etc.. black with green flames. Unfortunately I'm on a cheap laptop staying in an RV park in Alabama for the Winter and the pictures I have of my bike are home on my main computer. The wife rides an 84 Ironhead Sportster, Pink with Red roses... Psssst.. bazinga.. both of them are LOUD..deepskyal said:I'd take your wife's advice about a red flag or something. Got rear-ended on a bike once. Family jewels took quite a beating on the gas cap. Would hate the double whammy of being probed at the same time.
That is one sweet bike NHBandit.
Al
NHBandit said:Al I wish it was mine too.. Just a pic I blatantly stole off the net to show what I had in mind for a detector scabbard. My bike is an 81 Shovelhead 96" stroker, dual plug cylinder heads, S&S carb, etc.. black with green flames. Unfortunately I'm on a cheap laptop staying in an RV park in Alabama for the Winter and the pictures I have of my bike are home on my main computer. The wife rides an 84 Ironhead Sportster, Pink with Red roses... Psssst.. bazinga.. both of them are LOUD..
Well I really started to think about getting rear ended and having it go through me. I'm going to make a new mount and break the detector down to lay side by side. It won't look as cool but it won't be so obvious either. It also flexes up and down quite a bit (sorta like a fishing pole) when I'm going over bumps and I don't like driving too slow. I'll also pad the brace with some neoprene to lessen the shock and call it good.
Thanks for all the great advice you guys, leave it up to a bunch of bikers to add FRIENDLY and helpful comments.
Red James cash said:Smart move Chances are you could of gotten away with it, then again were the risks worth the reward. One idiot talking on their cellphone while theyre pulling up behind you. Lights out.
TheHarleyMan2 said:YES, for SAFETY REASONS!!! See it is like this, when we, (bikers), have to hear your "boom boom" music, (playing at 300 decibles with your windows rolled down like you are really cool, but not really), that also to include your cars vibrating noise of it falling apart from being played so loud!!!
US "BIKERS" have to make our motorcycles LOUDER to try and get you to HEAR us when we are near, or coming by so you won't have to worry about looking over your dashboard, (from being slumped down in the seat while driving), when you make the claim, (you did see or HEAR us), when you hit us, or the fact of you being too busy texting your buds, while you are driving NOT paying attention to what you should be doing in the first place!!
So YES, LOUD PIPES SAVES LIVES! At LEAST by YOU HEARING US, you KNOW we are around!!!!
Yes, I have almost been hit several times by people not paying attention to their driving, don't look, texting while driving coming over into my lane, cutting me off because they didn't look around before coming over, etc, so yes with my loud pipes, I move right next to the drivers window, clutch it and hit full throttle right by their window and YES, MY BIKE IS LOUD!
You have a good "BOOM BOOM" day!
bazinga said:How you feel about people playing their music too loud in their cars is exactly how everybody else feels about motorcycles that are too loud. Thanks for proving my point. I'm not arguing for excessively loud music, either. But to combat ignorance with more ignorance?
I have also been hit several times by bikers with no regard to other people's safety as well. And to combat their loud pipes I have laid on my horn at stop lights while they all try to talk and just held it there so they couldn't have a conversation either.
Does a motorcyclist really need to blast their pipes at 12 miles an hour through a residential neighborhood with no cars in site? Or while driving through the middle of a park? It's all for attention. It has nothing to do with safety.
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