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mitch96
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(57,073 posts)IcyPeas
(21,859 posts)cars too. not just bikes.
Archae
(46,318 posts)Ever since that roundabout was put in on 40th St.
The hot-rodders are the worst, they sound like they are roaring right through my kitchen.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)And not most prolly.
What happened? Something bad?
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)the middle of town, and this time on a sharp curve-- you know what that means with downshifts. And with exhaust dumps!
I still do not understand why a 1500cc Harley must sound a dozen or so decibels louder than my 1500cc car.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Most foreign bikes hum along like sewing machines.
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)If you had my upstairs neighbors for neighbors, you wouldn't even hear the bikes. They vibrate everything in the apartment.
Now that I got that off my chest, I understand how you feel because I also regret moving into town. Damn, I miss the quiet.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I hate them and the noise they make. They are so obnoxious!
UTUSN
(70,683 posts)Yeah, moto (mostly) dudes are a breed unto themselves, are a breed unto themselves. And the physical demands are something else.
Well, different types - the roaring ones, the elderly tri-cycle ones.
* But I, as of the "helping" worklife saw at least three dudes in comas because of their cycle crashes and not wearing helmets. And afterwards at Happy Hours when cylclists came in, I would ask whether they wore helmets and they looked at me like PISS.
* Saw one at a surgeon's office, his leg shattered, laughing and telling everybody that he crashed BUT nothing happened to his BIKE! Great.
* Plus, yeah they ROAR in my residential zone and also sport signs about how the rest of us are supposed to look out FOR THEM.
********That said, one of my nostalgic gems is from the Navy when I was walking out from the base in my Whites, and a moto dude stopped and told me to get on, and then proceeded to ROAR away, and when he SOARED over some railroad tracks with me holding onto him, I yelled, "PUT. ME. DOWN." It's a FAVORITE memory of mine.
North Shore Chicago
(3,313 posts)that insist on going in and out of Chicago toll ways at 100 plus MPH weaving in and out of traffic, driving on the shoulder piss me the right off!
At least the touring donorcycles look cooler but so damn loud! And how ironic the "Look for motorcycles" bumper stickers, you don't have to SEE them, you can HEAR them a county away.