[quote=“Mordeth”]
To be honest I’m a bit of a motorhead. I love the sound of a combustion engine. And in the majority of cases when a louder than normal bike or scooter goes by me…it just makes me smile. I like the sound.
Although I live in an enclosed community with no traffic sounds. I might feel a bit different if my home was next to a main road…I’ll give you that.
But regardless…if for example, my son were to get a bike…I would put the loudest pipe I could find on it…because his safety is more important than other people’s annoyances…including my own.[/quote]
Ahhh… there you go; it’s because you like the sound of tiny explosions… Some exhausts sound decent, but some sound horrible (honestly, your motorcycle’s is in the latter group, Mordeth… yes, I do watch your YouTube videos regularly. And hey man, I’m being honest with you; remember a long time ago before your YouTube channel when you argued here on Forumosa about knocking off someone’s side mirror because they parked at an intersection? I supported you man, I supported you! Unfortunately, I can’t support your opinion in this case.)
Only an exhaust that is louder than other exhausts makes people take notice… what if everyone started getting loud exhausts? It would up the ante for “safety” and would result in even louder exhausts. Soon enough, you wouldn’t be able to hear airplanes taking off!
Well, I’ve decided. I’m getting a “Whistle Tip” in order to warn pedestrians that I’m coming: youtube.com/watch?v=PitGkp1ncXE
[quote=“jaame”]My CPI is pretty loud, and definitely makes people move out of the way. Having said that, I hate the sound of open pipes when I’m trying to sleep. I love them at the track though. Certainly a standard scooter pipe is loud enough to be noticed. Maybe you haven;t noticed, vehicles have horns. If you think someone is going to go in front, give them a cheery beep beep. That usually works for me.
For me, what makes electric scooters more dangerous than the lack of noise is the lack of power, lack of throttle response, and cutting of the power when the brakes are applied.[/quote]
I agree!
Are the Taiwanese-made electric scooters like this? There’s an American-made electric motorcycle that doesn’t have those issues:
Just beautiful: youtu.be/UyYAJgEblrA?t=12m1s
And: youtube.com/watch?v=1nN1q2ihw2Y