Couldn't agree more...
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Originally Posted by kentfallen
With respect I'd point out that it's illegal to fit aftermarket exhaust systems which are louder than the OEM fitment.
Why would anyone want to wake kids up in their beds by using loud and illegal exhausts?
Loud exhausts are anti-social and quite honestly if you need a loud exhaust for drivers to notice you more, perhaps you need to slow down a bit and learn better defensive riding techniques...
I can never understand why anyone would wish to upset people they don't know and have never met?
Perhaps I'm just an old fart ex bike cop who doesn't get it. Then again I have been riding nearly 50 years and survived (to date that is). 
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+1 Kentfallen. Not old, but respectul.
Wake up your neighbours, but don't expect comprehension from them. Loud pipes do not help to build a nice opinion about bikers.
I'm quite extreme, I know, but when I'm about to park my XT in front of home, I release the gas down the road and don't rev it, get closer to the parking lot and then stop the engine and push it backwards. Minimum noise and no fumes for pedestrians and the people sitting in the chairs of the café.
By no means I want to be taken for a cool street fighter/urban warrior with a noisy supermoto. I didn't suffer an overdose of "Kill Bill" sessions, nor carry a katana (hate that attitude, almost as much as TMax with Akrapovic).
Esteban
PS: Funny thing is accelerating all the time in the red lights, are you riding a bike or a wild stallion which is trying to escape that you have to hold tight?
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