I can't blame them for proposing this, but I don't agree with banning them out right.
It may currently be our freedom to modify our bike however we choose (to a certain extent) but there are some of us out there that abuse this freedom to the extent that we infringe upon the space (sound space) of others without any due curtosy.
A possible compromise might be that you can not have pipes or stereos above 80 db past 10pm in residential neighborhoods, or something of the like.
This is an example of "if we don't regulate ourselves, others will impose regulations on us."
My friend has a Muzzy exhaust on his FZR, and it's so loud that none of his (our) peers will ride behind him. It's just excessive, and discourteous that he rides his bike with this loud pipe in populated areas.
It may currently be our freedom to modify our bike however we choose (to a certain extent) but there are some of us out there that abuse this freedom to the extent that we infringe upon the space (sound space) of others without any due curtosy.
A possible compromise might be that you can not have pipes or stereos above 80 db past 10pm in residential neighborhoods, or something of the like.
This is an example of "if we don't regulate ourselves, others will impose regulations on us."
My friend has a Muzzy exhaust on his FZR, and it's so loud that none of his (our) peers will ride behind him. It's just excessive, and discourteous that he rides his bike with this loud pipe in populated areas.