verslagen1 wrote on 08/21/10 at 21:10:28:kevinphan wrote on 08/21/10 at 20:51:57:BuckRYCA wrote on 08/21/10 at 16:37:26:Take your straight pipe into NYC these days and you will get a big ticket.
Rode in NYC last month all around the city passing cops everywhere, didn't get no stinking ticket.
For me, the law won't have an effect on how I modify my bike.
they must've been shocked 'naw can't be, that ain'ta harley'
I have a question before I start rambling on: Where can I get Jim Diamond's straight pipe?
I've been in NYC plenty of times. I live 10 min away. The cops there are used to the loud motorcycles because EVERYONE has them.
Unless you're riding past 10pm, unnecessarily cruising at 6500 rpm in your straight piped Savage, cops won't give you a ticket. I feel very unnoticed with my stock savage. I have not come across a quieter motorcycle exhaust here in NJ. Not even close.
The headlight modulator might as well be thrown in the trash. I say this because of my LOCATION. Every other person in NJ has way brighter 55watt HIDs in their honda civics with no muffler. Way brighter than any modulator. Bright clothing does the same thing. If I lived in the middle of bumblefawk CT, I would probably use them because my straight pipe won't be NECESSARY to be noticed. I live in a place where most people drive straight piped V8 mustangs, huge F350s that have never seen a payload of more than 300 ponds and LOUD harley riders who think they're the sheet. I need to battle all this with sound that will be heard AND bright lights that will be seen.
I too have been caged in by cagers to the point where my air horn just doesn't cut it. I used it too many times in too many circumstances.
Again, if I lived in rural Montana, where it's normally really quiet, I would LOVE a stock sounding, quiet Savage. I'd have my air horn as a precaution, and my 55watt HID light to see and be seen. That would be enough. That isn't enough in central NJ.