Larry Zink wrote:
> If it's too loud, your too old.
Well, being on the other side of 40, I dont consider myself
dead yet. However I dont necessarily agree with the comment.
I also own a DeTomaso Pantera with large headers and almost no
mufflers and a Moto Guzzi Le Mans with open megaphones. Both
vehicles are extraordinarily loud, and can be heard from
over 1/2 a mile away. I love the sound, and would not have it
any other way, however their long-distance touring abilities
are both poor; all that noise adds to a considerable degree
of fatigue. I like to be able to drive 500 miles in a day,
AND party that night, then do it again the next day.
I dont remember where I read it, but it is said that noise
is the greatest fatiguer in a cabin, not ride quality, driving
effort or concentration. I guess thats why 1st-class passengers
sit up front in aircraft.
Having said that, sound does make one more visible on the freeway
(especially important to a motorcyclist).
Shane Ingate, with too much time on my hands today.
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