Been told off

[CaNsA]

Admittedly there atleast 5 bikes outside my flat most of the time.

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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Polite and to the point.

Is it true tho?

Pat
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[CaNsA]

Is what true?


My response was

with regards to the letter, there are several points that i would like to convey back to the originator.

1. all our bikes are 100% legal with respect to the legal noise limits
2. bikes rev when the choke is on, this minimizes the risk of a bike seizing up if ridden when cold.
3. if the originator is willing to pay for the damage to my engine that will be caused by not warming up correctly then by all means i will gladly destroy the engine.
4. our bikes only make more noise than a car when we are travelling at high speeds.
5. no-one is stupid enough to accelerate quickly while on my road, or the other Road, as there is not a lot of space and could cause a fatal accident.


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[Ingah]

You know what the best response to that letter is, don't you?

Get a 2-stroke with a particularly annoying can. That'll really give them something to complain about
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Afraid I would say that the letter you have been sent is fairly polite and factual. Whether what you are doing is legal or not, all they are asking is for you to try to be more considerate.

[Rowey]

It was a fairly precise, polite and factual letter. I feel your reply is rather childish.

I can understand you feeling like you have done nothing wrong. But how would you feel if a group of cars were outside your house often making a racket?

You've upset your neighbours, be a grown up, apologise and at least try and compromise. It's called consideration for your fellow man. I'm sure if your Nan had written that letter you'd quieten down.
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[27cows]

A lot of people do sit there revving their bloody engines unnecessarily. Particularly people on big bikes. It irritates me, even as someone who has spent a lifetime riding noisy old nails. It's also entirely pointless. Start up, pull off a few seconds later, ride slowly until the engine is warm. No need at all to rev rev rev the bloody thing etc
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[Robby]

Classic kiddie biker response. You get sent a polite and factual letter, and instead of accepting that you're pissing off the neighbours, you respond aggressively.

Well done, you've just made yourself look like a dick, and riled up your neighbours. If they feel like it they'll complain the council or tip your bike over.

Bikes are noisy. Noise is annoying. Unless you happen to be riding an extremely tuned 2-stroke, you don't need to have it sitting there ticking over on choke until it reaches operating temperature. You should use the choke to start up if you need to, and ride away straight away. Turn the choke off as soon as it will idle smoothly without, and keep the revs and throttle openings down until the engine has warmed up. Even riding hard from cold won't seize it, it may cause more wear on your engine, but that would only be apparrent after 100,000 miles.

Letting your bike sit there warming up on choke is pointless. I assume it's a water cooled bike, so you're warming the coolant but not really warming the oil.

You can consider yourself educated now, apologise to your neighbours for being a dick, and stop acting like one.

[Darth]

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[P.addy]

[JAMSXR]

The letter seems very reasonable!
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[Luke_Retrofly]

Ride it cold at low revs,
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[neil.]

Indeed, especially if you have neighbours who sleep in the day due to working nights, or who have small children who need to take naps etc.
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[Ste]

Who is the letter from? Do you own the property?

[Clanger]

After your childish response to a reasonable letter, it's very likely they will get the Environmental people onto you. Noise is a nuisance, everyone hates it, I'm sure you do too (when it inconveniences you). Is it any wonder we motorbikers get a bad press, it's people like you who fuel this fire.
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[CaNsA]

Its funny to see who assumes that we sit there revving bikes......


@all the people who can identify with the previous statement, for all you lot know all we do is wash and polish our bikes and drink coffee.


as no to disappoint those who say i respond aggressively,
fuck you and your assumptions

My bike is only running when im putting my lid on and locking my garage, that takes about 3mins.

I notice there is no mention in the letter regarding the clio sport 16v jobby that makes far more noise than any of the bikes that turn up here, nor does it mention the 3 cars that park here with blowing exhausts which also make more noise.

And yeah, i do like to let my 20 year old bike warm up a bit before i ride it, there is nothing wrong with that, and it doesnt mean i rev my bike.....

I am a considerate neighbour, and i get on well with tha majority of people on this private estate.


I am laffin my fkin ass off at the "witch-hunters" on here.
LOLZ


Addition :-

For those of you who asked, it is between the hours of 8am and 11pm

[Flip]

Whilst the letter they sent is polite, I have to say, fuck 'em. Unless there's 5 people revving the tits of their bikes for no real reason then bollocks to them.

Expect section 59's though. (Or whatever the number is).

My bike is pretty loud, I rev it to warm it etc. (Obviously not too early or late though.

(Hmm, I rev my bike and don't care, my dogs bark and I don't really care, I drive a car with spoiler, low suspension as standard and I like Big macs. Fuck, I'm a chav).

[evoboy]

I had this problem, even though i dont leave my bike running for long periods (3mins max while i kit up, choke comes off almost straight away).

Except i didnt get any letter, i got assulted reguarding the noise my bikes make ....

So, what have a changed since that? nothing.....had the neighbour been civil and approached me, i would of changed things.

Is this wrong in the eyes of BCF?
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[Flip]

Nice neighbours.

Why can't people just knock the door and ask politely if you could not make a lot bike noise between [insert times]. Complaints to the landlords/councils and punching people is a little silly.

[Kickstart]

[Clanger]

[mr.kris]

warming up bikes most of the time is pointless on the road just ride off nice and steady and keep things steady till its warmed up job done no upset nabours no problem!
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[Kris]

That's a letter from your landlord I presume?

It doesn't take much for some people to get a mood on about others. A friend of mine lives in a rented house and received letters from her landlady informing her of complaints she was 'staring' in her neighbours windows every day. It's complete bollocks, infact she thought they got on as they smiled and chatted normally when they happened to pass in the street...
Turns out the neighbour is a complete mentalist with previous. Noice.

Just because someone can use a telephone and ring your landlord to complain doesn't mean they have any grounds to complain on, nor that there is even a problem.

Good luck
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