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Made my day, but got me thinking...

Posted by laverdabru <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=laverdabru' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 6, 2025, 5:44 pm

Was out on the Ninja 9 earlier. Usual 'exercise' route had diversions on it, so I had a wander. Passed through a few lanes I hadn't been down for many years.
In a village, there was a mum & her toddler. On seeing the bike, she crouched down next to him & pointed, encouraging him to wave.
I waved back & beeped the horn - the look on his face warmed the cockles of this old heart.
When I got home, found myself wondering - what will the biking world be like when he is old enough to ride one?

Re: Made my day, but got me thinking...

Posted by Lannis <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Lannis' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 6, 2025, 6:15 pm, in reply to "Made my day, but got me thinking..."

Heartwarming story compared to some of the ones I've seen where a 4 year old puts their hands over their ears and cries when they see someone swinging a leg over a motorcycle, anticipating a shattering wave of noise when the button is pushed, and the outlaw wannabe rider grins as he whacks the throttle back and forth as he proves how big his crank is.

I wish that cultural phenomenon would dissipate.

Lannis

I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.

Re: Made my day, but got me thinking...

Posted by Andy C <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Andy+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 6, 2025, 6:39 pm, in reply to "Re: Made my day, but got me thinking..."

Seen a lot of that clamping hands over ears when a bike approaches, not only kids, but adults doing it to their kids and giving you the "evil" eye.

Perhaps I can understand it if your bike was very loud, but when people do it when I am on the Himalayan, or Speedmaster it makes me wonder, both are very quiet.

Reminds me of the time, perhaps 30 years ago when I passed a bloke and kid on my Sportster, when I parked up the bloke started kicking off about my "noisey" bike.

Since it had the stock mufflers on it I suggested that if he has an issue with noise he talks to Mr Willy G Davidson.

Sadly there are lot of people on bikes, and with loud cars that like to prove how big their crank is........or wished it was.

Who needs a signature anyway......

Re: Made my day, but got me thinking...

Posted by Tonupdave <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Tonupdave' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 6, 2025, 7:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Made my day, but got me thinking..."

Must admit in my Yoof I did make a bit of noise after that it wasn't fun and nice to be on a bike that was quiet .. occasionally get noisy bikes go past our house on the main road the worse are the young lads in their Pop Bang cars...they are oud

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

Re: Made my day, but got me thinking...

Posted by Lannis <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Lannis' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 6, 2025, 8:14 pm, in reply to "Re: Made my day, but got me thinking..."

Problem is, folks have been conditioned by bikes that ARE very loud, and are operated in a way to maximize noise and gain maximum attention,even if it's negative attention. So they anticipate even quiet bikes will be loud.

Stock mufflers on all mine since 1973, when I put a pair of Dunstalls with the honeycomb hex baffles on it. Learned better and quit that....

Lannis

I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.

Re: Made my day, but got me thinking...

Posted by Leon Novello <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Leon+Novello' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 7, 2025, 12:40 am, in reply to "Made my day, but got me thinking..."

I wore earplugs when I bought the Royal Enfield Bullet when I retired, before that I never wore them.
Another way to protect your hearing is to wear a scarf around the neck and push it into the gap between the helmet and your neck. WHAT?

Leon Novello

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