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Originally Posted by Skip
Once again, misguided angst towards law enforcement...The police officer on the street does not write the llaw, he/she simply enforces it. If you are not happy with the present RSA, then contact your local state legislator and ask them to pass a motorcycle exhaust law that is feasible to enforce.
It's as simple as that.
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New Hampshire Police near the Massachusetts border write noisy-biker tickets -- but for "defective equipment".
(I'll settle for
that):
http://www.venturers.org/discus/mess...tml?1058195748
This mostly-responsible biker site adds a few comments:
"My daughter runs a day care in my home which is on a through street, and when the babies are asleep, those rumblers can wreck a peaceful time for her and the kids."
"Unfortunately exhaust noise has no direct correlation to improved performance, why folks spend hundreds of dollars for noise that robs performance is beyond me."
"A biker, who said he has gotten one warning and one ticket from the Portsmouth police for his illegal pipes, still has no intention of removing the illegal pipes. I'll keep paying them, he said of the $43 fines, noting that the fines don't affect his insurance rates or driver's license. "How many tickets can you get in one year?"
"I have road king pipes...they are a bit loud, but at night
I can ease through my subdivision fairly quietly by just riding gently."
"[In Europe] you almost never hear a loud bike. And if you do, it most generally is a Harley. The small town's all over this country are very small and peaceful...I think Europeans take their
QL(quality of life) much more seriously than we do in the US and it is evident in all facets of their lives, from recycling to motorcycle muffler noise."
Quality of Life -- What a concept!