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No, the Belgians.

Good apple pies, though.

I hate loud motorcycles too but electric motorcycles aren't ready for mass adoption yet. Nothing electric on the market today has great range and if you're out in the sticks where it's fun to ride there usually aren't many EV chargers. I will 100% jump on an electric motorcycle as soon as the range and charger availability meets my needs but we're just not there yet. I agree with you 100% on the noise though. A certain subset of riders need to stroke their egos by making loud noise and it makes all riders look bad.

I just want to point out, whilst I don't think I've ever heard actual big bikes with shit exhausts, and only occasionally hear it with 16/17/18 year olds with little 50ccs, or brutalised 125's. I know some riders, probably quite a few, do use high RPM, which will make it louder, but it is beneficial to the motorbike to use higher revs.

I know, for my bike, which is a sports bike (can't speak for other types), prefers being ran around just under gear up revs, around the 5k-6.4k mark. This is the range where it gets its power from. You can tell because if you're in 3rd going about 20mph, it feels sluggish, and I think that puts it around 4k. But as you get faster and the revs pickup, it solves that sluggish feeling. But, in 2nd at 30mph, at about 5.7k, it doesn't have that issue. I've also heard that the temperature difference can also sort of clean the piston head. However, I can't personally confirm this, as I have no way of doing it.

It's also why you'll see people using high revs when overtaking. Because you want that power to safely overtake and get it done quickly.

In short. Yes, shit sounding exhausts on bikes that have absolutely no purpose sounding like that is a dickhead thing to do, but when it comes to big bikes, it can be understandable why you'd need it. Unless I'm fully misreading this and some people in other places have extremely loud exhausts. I'm just speaking from experience.

And, no, I don't use high revs at night, where it might disturb others, if I'm going past horses, in which case, I'll pull my clutch and know off the revs, and slowly slide past them (killing the engine could also work, I just haven't had chance to test it) or if I'm going past children/babies.

Another thing I think happens, but I could be wrong, is on cars, you've got the full length of the car to make it quieter. On a bike I'm assuming because there's like no space, it doesn't get the chance to get quieter. I think this is just for stick exhausts/actual aftermarket exhausts like an akropovic. Again, this could be complete bullshit, I just wondered if it made any difference.

I'm a motorcyclist and that argument is fucking stupid (not you specifically). If you're drowning out nearby conversation just so you feel safe when you ride a motorcycle maybe you shouldn't be riding.

Again this isn't a personal attack on you, I just hate that i get lumped in with the loud pipe mouth breathers when I've ridden 200,000 miles on a quiet motorcycle without getting turned into road pizza.

I've biked for decades; any biker stupid enough to believe this will end up dead shortly.

I've heard that too. But if motorcycles actually require that kind of public warning then they probably shouldn't be street legal.

It's just an excuse, if they wanted to be noticed there are much better ways to accomplish it like headlight flashers during daytime. Not to mention some are so loud they create a distraction for other drivers and drown out all other noises which is inherently unsafe. If I can't hear my car horn (or myself think) over your Harley how the fuck am I supposed to drive? That's no different than wearing headphones while driving which is illegal for the exact same reason.

Plus, think about where the sound is exiting from compared to where most motorcycles are hit (someone turns left in front of them.) You don't even have the person most likely to kill you in the direction of your sound waves. It's just a talking point.

Possibly, though unlikely. Where were you on the night of August 13th?

why do they do that‽ I'm willing to compromise and accept that slow drivers love the left lane because they never have to change lanes since no one in that lane is going slower than them, but why do they insist on matching the speed of the car next to them preventing anyone else from passing?? it's so fucking frustrating. 😡

Yes. Someone idly blocking a doorway isn't aware of the space they're occupying and how it may affect others.

CHRIST YES. It means I need to turn sideways and sidle across the metaphysical line between two people having a conversation who obviously have so much outward disdain for my existence that they can't be bothered to move three fucking steps to the side where nobody has to maneuver around them. I fucking hate that shit with a burning passion.

Im convinced most the piss you see all over the place is from little boys

Also accepted: grown women doing the hover-and-spray.

Source - cleaned public restrooms. Don't get me started...

Just my opinion but you can teach children not to do this.

You patiently but firmly get them to clean it up when they do it. They don't get to do anything else until it's done. They will stop doing it.

You don't do it if they were panicked, half asleep, or not feeling well and if they need help doing it, you help, but you don't just let them walk away from it if it happened in the normal course of events (and yelling "you peed everywhere again" doesn't count).

This is the kind of thing you have to do. It's easier to just yell at them and clean it yourself. It's actually much easier.

you should post this in the unpopular opinion community

If a person killed 8 babies, by definition, they have killed 7, and thus fit the "worst" standard that OP specified.

Well, I was thinking of ...

I like cars and other vehicles. I dislike low-skilled drivers and a-holes (the two often overlap).

UTVs are fine, same as any other tool. But for whatever reason UTVs seem to attract a higher percentage of poorly-behaved owners. I suspect its because, unlike dirt bikes and similar, you can operate them with zero skills and not immediately suffer injury or death. And there is a cupholder for your beer, a cooler for the beers-in-waiting, and a place for speakers to blast one's music into the wilderness.

Informally, I have observed that jerky/destructive behavior is correlated with the square feet of flag flown from the back of the UTV (regardless of the flag's message).

The polar opposite appears to be adventure bike riders, who tend to be highly-skilled and considerate of others. I have never been dusted by a high-speed flyby from an ADV rider, or seen one deliberately rut out a wet trail. "Woo-hoo, looka muh roost!"

To be fair: I have seen UTVs used by talented and considerate individuals. Skillfully navigating terrain that it was hard for me to walk up with trekking poles, and leaving no visible damage. More power to 'em, and I hope they encourage the miscreants to behave better on public lands.

In the UK, yep: https://www.rspb.org.uk/...

Not really.

There are people out there saying 'if' when referring to gifs (gyfes)?

JIF

Based on what?

shh dont let them hear

I guess the demographic on Lemmy isn't up on their South Park references