I've hit two cars with my bike that were oncoming and left turned into my path. Of course, I wasn't winding it out at through the straight tipped expansion chambers at 12k RPMs, so I guess it was my fault they didn't hear me. :laughing:
I've told this story before, but what the heck.... One stormy night, after numerous thunderstorms and tornado warnings and a destroyed trailer park a half mile away, I was finally in a deep sleep. I awake to the wind winding up again. It was getting louder and louder. The walls and windows start shaking. I was sure there was a tornado tearing the woods apart behind out house heading straight for us. I jumped out of bed, ran to the other side, grabbed my 5 months pregnant wife by the wrist, yanked her out of bed onto the floor and dragged her on her knees into the hallway screaming IT'S A TORNADO! IT'S A TORNADO! I dumped her in the hallway and ran into my 1st born child's room, picked her up and threw her over my shoulder, still screaming IT'S A TORNADO! IT'S A TORNADO!. I ran back into the hallway, grabbed my wife's hand again and headed towards the basement, child over my right shoulder, left hand dragging my wife across the house on her knees.... I've got the strength of 10 men and I'm going to save my family. IT'S A TORNADO! IT'S A TORNADO! IT'S A JET!!! IT'S A JET YOU MORON!!! LET ME GO!!! .............. huh? It's a jet you moron! says my wife. Uh oh..... wife's knees are bleeding from rug burn. Kid on my shoulder never woke up. My heart's pounding a mile a minute. Can't breath. Did I hurt the baby? What the heck happened..... Turns out the winds were out of the south that night and Fed-X used the runway over our house with their old 727. I called the FAA the next day to complain. They said they had already fielded many calls about it and were working with Fed-X to resolve the issue. Baby in wife's belly came out fine 4 months later. Anyhow, I've lived near the airport most of my life. I worked there for 6 years. Jets are by far way louder than piston or turboprop aircraft. I know from experience. :laughing:
I had an old GMC 3/4 ton with a 454 and straight pipes..... I cringed when I had to go into the parking garage a few times a year.... it would shake the building and set off car alarms. :laughing:
Not impossible, but the TBN Mythbusters have ruled it "Highly Improbable." Maybe what we need is big boom boxes on motorcycles that amplify the sound of the loud pipes. That would work well for all the people who want to raise irritation to the perfection level.
I'm a GL man myself!
Robert, your thinking about 19 hertz with a lot of amplitude? Should prevent accidents by moving obstacles out of the way!
After reading through many of the threads referring to the loud pipes as if were a safety feature to save life's, I got to thinking if I have ever heard a Harley with a Horn:laughing: ( No I have'nt ) Perhaps the rev of their engines is their Horn, Rumble Rumble Beep-beep!
