Why is it?

[Marcg868]

Rather silly question this i know.

But mate got pulled today for having a rather loud can on his Gixxer 600. And told to take it off etc blah blah you know the score.

But why is it, you see these spotty little wankers in Nova's Punto's Saxo etc, with even louder exhuasts yet there allowed? Is it another one rule for the cage driving arseholse and another for us
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[Marcg868]

Another good point! but Harleys sound loud in a good way.

Thing with Punto's wi stupid bodged exhausts that are stupidly loud. You turn round expecting see a nice Evo 6/7 etc and you see some baggy 1.2 litre punto doing 30 mph.
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[Groove]

Wouldnt the copper have to measure the amount of db's or somthing to ensure its 'too loud'?

Less it had "not for road use" stamped on it
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[one1895]

Maybe because most bikes rev ~three times higher than cars do?

[bish777]

depends how loud is loud-a track legal race can isnt terribly loud, but straight throughs can be deafening, even on a little 125.

My XBR500 had a straight through reverse mega that was deafening when i bought it. Quick bodgery with a universal baffle prevented the coppers looking but it was still pretty loud.
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[DannyW]

stupid uk law. a bike needs to be loud so people hear it

[lilredmachine]

Most kiddy Nova cars are NOT louder than bikes. Maybe one or two Subarus i have heard are, as has been correctly pointed out, most bikes rev at least to 10k. I don't know about you, but I was standing next to a Firestorm the other day with 'road legal' cans on it and I was deaf afterwards, and that was just pulling away. Even my 125 4t at full chat is louder than kiddy boy round the corner with his make believe rs turbo.
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[numark1]

I got away with a race can twice. I have only ever heard a louder bike than the art can on my zx6r and that was a zx10r with a yoshi.

My dads bike also is stupidly loud. On idle it sounds like its being revved then when you rev it is even more unbelieveable.

Loud car exhausts are stupid unless the car is pretty rapid then i'll let it off.

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[TOM M]

Ive got the opposite problem, my bike is so unbeliveably quiet
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[zulu]

If it has "not for road use" on it then you can expect some hassle if stopped. Even non-traffic officers know to atleast check for that. Reading some of the posts on here, some of you really do seem to run in to some really strict officers. Most I know wouldn't pull a loud bike over unless it was REALLY bad (or being ridden stupidly). Lots of officers own bikes and park them in the station yard. We know bikes are loud, even road legal ones. Part of the appeal!

[Groove]

I never got pulled over, was followed a few times though

My bike was louder than a ZX6R with non road legal Art race can on it
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[numark1]

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Hi

Can see the point, just seems a bit strange that you object to the noise only when it comes from something that needs every bit of help dragging its sorry wheels down the road at an acceptable pace.

All the best

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[numark1]

I mean cars like the japanese drifting cars or things like M5' ferraris with sport exhausts. It just adds to the coolness.

[Deano]

i can fully understand the clamp down on loud exhausts, the A316 near a few years back when korn and andrew were riding the firestorms, I could tell exactly when they both were riding up/down there when testing their bikes after working on them and I live 2 nearly 2 miles away from the A316. they also both had standard cans on. imagine if they had proper cans on and if the police didnt clamp down then loads of people would do it and then dont think I'd ever get any sleep.

what I do object too though about boyracers is when they park up and play their music at full volume with a 30,000 KW system of the like. I hope the police do clamp down on that if not they should becuase that is really antisociable.

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[NC30UK]

I've never known a boy racer get pulled for his exhaust and i know rather alot of them.
The only time i've ever been pulled for having a round exhaust was decelerating past a police car after a 120mph run. when i can past the police car i was doing about 70 with my exaust popping and burbling so much it sounded like someone sooting a growling bear with a shotgun

I'd say both are just as loud around town, but the way bikes rev so high and the fact we are far more likely to attract attention to ourselves for other things is what gets us pulled

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[mchaggis]

Don't forget that for many, maybe most people, exhaust noise is just noise, no matter how good other people might think it sounds. A 916 with Termignonis going past at full chat might make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, but it'll get hackles up up on most.

Tyre noise is still worse in my opinion. You can't hear much else from most vehicles other than bikes.
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