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> Also, serious off-topic question to the motorcycle enthusiasts here: how do you cope with the fact that your weekend leisure ride is often a massive noise disturbance for hundreds of people and animals?

Could say the same for cars, which contribute to more noise pollution.




Yep. It’s weird to call out motorcycles when typically any good mountain roads frequented by motorcyclists are more commonly used by cars. Especially at night when any noise would be most disturbing. Motorcyclists don’t typically ride very fast on dark mountain roads at night (headlights on motorcycles barely illuminate anything) but auto enthusiasts certainly will.

I’ve had both “loud” bikes and cars (all legal - stock, in fact). The cars easily have 10x the mileage.

The one thing I’d say is - you can’t really control sound of the external world. Cities are infinitely louder. I live in nyc right now and live off a major avenue near the Lincoln tunnel. Whatever annoyances people here have with loud bikes, trust me - my noise is 1000x worse on a daily level. Yet, I’m not perturbed by it unless I open the window cause I chose a place that used quality windows and insulation.




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