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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: NO LOUD MUFFLER Reply #30 - 06/18/09 at 09:56:20 This forum would be only 1/2 as big if it weren't for loud pipes,1/2 of them would be dead already.
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Reply #31 - 06/18/09 at 10:18:28

In the past, I occasionally worried about the small signals and lights on my little Savage....
Then in September I was hit by a truck while riding my buddies Harley with big factory stock lighting and a two into one aftermarket exhaust that shook the earth...
The guy looked right at me, and never saw me....

Extra lights and loud mufflers only help if the other guy is looking and listening. It's the ones that aren't, that are gonna' hit you....

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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: NO LOUD MUFFLER Reply #32 - 06/18/09 at 10:38:30 bill67 wrote on 06/18/09 at 09:56:20: This forum would be only 1/2 as big if it weren't for loud pipes,1/2 of them would be dead already.
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Reply #33 - 06/18/09 at 10:53:43

Serowbot wrote on 06/18/09 at 10:18:28:

In the past, I occasionally worried about the small signals and lights on my little Savage....
Then in September I was hit by a truck while riding my buddies Harley with big factory stock lighting and a two into one aftermarket exhaust that shook the earth...
The guy looked right at me, and never saw me....

Extra lights and loud mufflers only help if the other guy is looking and listening. It's the ones that aren't, that are gonna' hit you....

That being big & loud failed once is no proof it never works.

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Duane Senior Member Offline Creatively Maladjusted Posts: 335 Terra Plane Gender:	Re: NO LOUD MUFFLER Reply #34 - 06/18/09 at 13:09:06 There is no proof either way, it's all opinion.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: NO LOUD MUFFLER Reply #35 - 06/18/09 at 13:22:23 I had a loud muffler,And everyone tried to run me over,Never again would I have a loud muffler.Now they think am just a normal person.
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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: NO LOUD MUFFLER Reply #36 - 06/18/09 at 14:08:45 Duane wrote on 06/18/09 at 13:09:06: There is no proof either way, it's all opinion. Plenty of us have proof.
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TheFid Senior Member Offline WE Come Unclean. Posts: 282 U.K. Morecambe Gender:	Re: NO LOUD MUFFLER Reply #37 - 06/18/09 at 15:00:43 My pipes are Very Very Loud. Why? Because I LIKE IT.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: NO LOUD MUFFLER Reply #38 - 06/18/09 at 15:07:38 bill67 wrote on 06/18/09 at 13:22:23: I had a loud muffler,And everyone tried to run me over,Never again would I have a loud muffler.Now they think am just a normal person. Bill, they dont know you like we do...
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: NO LOUD MUFFLER Reply #39 - 06/18/09 at 15:13:16 Justen we all know you were way ahead of the other kids in school,How do we know ,You told us
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Phelonius Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1897	Re: NO LOUD MUFFLER Reply #40 - 06/18/09 at 15:23:06 Educatedredneck wrote on 06/17/09 at 22:51:53: My Hard Chrome Drag Pipie is loud, and I like it that way. I even had a state trooper ride along side of me, gave me the thumbs up as he pulled away. If your pipe is too loud, wear ear plugs!!! Was he motioning for you to get out of town? Phelonius
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Savage_Amusement Serious Thumper Offline On this steel horse I ride. Posts: 1004 Omaha, NE Gender:	Re: NO LOUD MUFFLER Reply #41 - 06/18/09 at 15:39:34 Loud pipe has in fact saved my skin before. Lord knows that no one is going to hear that sissy excuse they call a horn.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: NO LOUD MUFFLER Reply #42 - 06/18/09 at 16:10:08 I haven't used the horn in a car in 50 years,and a bike in about 37 years,People around here just don't use horns,I can't remember the last time I heard a horn blow.
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Reply #43 - 06/18/09 at 19:00:51

For those of you who say there is no proof that loud pipes save lives, why not be safe than sorry?

I have an aftermarket HD pipe (don't know what kind, got it at a swap meet) and it is basically a straight through with a little hump in it for a baffle. My friends have a Yamaha V-star and Raider with Hard Chrome exhausts and they say mine is louder than theirs. I love the louder pipe because it makes the bike sound great and, from my experience, is much safer.

On the highway, when I get stuck in someone's blindspot, they ALWAYS notice - I see them checking the mirrors to see whats makeing that noise. Some cars even move out of the way when I come up behind them. In slower traffic, I have blipped the throttle to let drivers know that I'm still here. Some guy tried to merge across my lane into the next the other week. I revved it up to let him know how I felt about that Grin

I find it work better than a horn or middle finger and makes drivers more concious of me when they are about to pull out or merge.

But thats just, like, my opinion, man.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: NO LOUD MUFFLER Reply #44 - 06/18/09 at 21:34:31 diamond jim wrote on 06/18/09 at 14:08:45: Duane wrote on 06/18/09 at 13:09:06: There is no proof either way, it's all opinion. Plenty of us have proof. I said I rode the freeways with the deaf, dum and blind. I didn't expect that I rode with them too.
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