cambo
Avid Rider
Hey gentlemen,
Just wanted to share this experience I had today with you all.
For the longest time I was a big advocate of "loud exhausts save lives". Why did I believe this? Long story short, in my own experience, I've never had any issues with open pipe loud exhausts...and have only ever had issues on the road with quieter pipes up to and including the day I wrecked.
Well today, I was able to experience the other end of my point of view on the matter. I was on the highway in my cage. All windows down, sunroof open, radio down...TOTALLY able to hear my surroundings. I was scanning all three mirrors because that's just how I drive: I'm constantly scanning my mirrors and looking as far back as I do forward.
Well, at one point I wanted to switch lanes to the left. I had plenty of room to get over and there was no one in my blind spot. It was very light saturday afternoon traffic.
But for whatever reason, I didn't switch lanes.
And out of NOWHERE, and I can't stress "NOWHERE" enough, a CBR goes FLYING by me, on the left, exactly where my ass would've been if I switched lanes when I wanted to. Baja will find this funny...it was his open pipe loud exhaust that startled me. damn near made me shit myself. because it was that loud and seemingly out of no where.
Incredible that the few seconds I took my eyes off my rear view mirror to make sure I was cleared hot to make the lane change was enough time to miss this retard coming up real fast. And this guy had to be doing well over 120..maybe even over 140 I dunno. Because I was cruising at 75ish. We all were. And he blew by me like I was at a red light stand still.
sigh...
I've always got my eyes peeled for bikers and I NEVER saw him coming.
But more surprisingly, and my main moral of the story, I didn't hear him coming at all, even with his stupid loud pipe. So now I know, firsthand, that a loud pipe is not as advantageous as I had previously thought.
And had I decided to switch lanes when I wanted to...that would've been it for this idiot. He would've been airborne over the jersey wall, into oncoming highway traffic for sure
G'damnit...m' effin' retard. Hate to say it but Darwin will get his ass one day.
It's a scary thought that even as a driver who has his eyes peeled for bikers and is always, always alert about his surroundings...that I almost took one out. Man...I never realized how dangerous it really is out there for us...
Please be safe guys.
Just wanted to share this experience I had today with you all.
For the longest time I was a big advocate of "loud exhausts save lives". Why did I believe this? Long story short, in my own experience, I've never had any issues with open pipe loud exhausts...and have only ever had issues on the road with quieter pipes up to and including the day I wrecked.
Well today, I was able to experience the other end of my point of view on the matter. I was on the highway in my cage. All windows down, sunroof open, radio down...TOTALLY able to hear my surroundings. I was scanning all three mirrors because that's just how I drive: I'm constantly scanning my mirrors and looking as far back as I do forward.
Well, at one point I wanted to switch lanes to the left. I had plenty of room to get over and there was no one in my blind spot. It was very light saturday afternoon traffic.
But for whatever reason, I didn't switch lanes.
And out of NOWHERE, and I can't stress "NOWHERE" enough, a CBR goes FLYING by me, on the left, exactly where my ass would've been if I switched lanes when I wanted to. Baja will find this funny...it was his open pipe loud exhaust that startled me. damn near made me shit myself. because it was that loud and seemingly out of no where.
Incredible that the few seconds I took my eyes off my rear view mirror to make sure I was cleared hot to make the lane change was enough time to miss this retard coming up real fast. And this guy had to be doing well over 120..maybe even over 140 I dunno. Because I was cruising at 75ish. We all were. And he blew by me like I was at a red light stand still.
sigh...
I've always got my eyes peeled for bikers and I NEVER saw him coming.
But more surprisingly, and my main moral of the story, I didn't hear him coming at all, even with his stupid loud pipe. So now I know, firsthand, that a loud pipe is not as advantageous as I had previously thought.
And had I decided to switch lanes when I wanted to...that would've been it for this idiot. He would've been airborne over the jersey wall, into oncoming highway traffic for sure
G'damnit...m' effin' retard. Hate to say it but Darwin will get his ass one day.
It's a scary thought that even as a driver who has his eyes peeled for bikers and is always, always alert about his surroundings...that I almost took one out. Man...I never realized how dangerous it really is out there for us...
Please be safe guys.
