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Are we killing our own sport?
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[QUOTE="KTM Mike, post: 933453, member: 22658"] [b]Outstanding Post![/b] Hey Mods - this one should be put up as a "sticky" in every single forum we have on DRN! I was camping with the (extended ) family this weekend. A few camp sites away was some guys with a ratted out old CR250 - end cap totally off the silencer - nothing inside! I was ticked right off - and I love bikes. My in-laws and various others there ALL commented about how loud that bike was, some not knowing I was a off roader - voiced the stereo typicaly "nasty dirt bikers" complaint and several said they should call the DNR etc etc. On top of this the idiots were miles and miles away from the nearest legal ORV trail. Eventually (gee how did that happen?) the DNR did show up and ticket them. Riding stopped - peace and quite returned! Someone asked about earplugs. I used to do tons of street riding (on a bike with OEM exhaust) - long story short - I have a slight hearing loss in one ear. Keep in mind, this took place over 250,000 miles of street riding though. Once i realized I did have the hearing loss, I started riding with ear plugs on the street. Never a problem with hearing what I NEEDED to. Wind noise was a large factor and this was with a top shelf Arai helmet. Ironically, for some odd reason, I dont wear plugs off road. Perhaps I need to reconsider. The relatively lower speeds off road do reduce wind noise however. A risk with ear plugs might be that we would not be aware of how loud we are. I to find the 4 strokes behind me always sound like they are right on me - when i look behind - nothin there! I will likely tick off some Hardley Ableson riders with this next comment - but I find the loud Harely's on the street very annoying - and I think they are contributing to more motorcycle noise awareness of the general non riding public (they see more bikes on the street generally than off road is my guess). So every day they put up with a truely loud Harley blasting past their house, so when they see/hear what is actually a fairly quiet off road bike - they immediately are hyper sensitive to the sound level - regardless of what it actually is. For us to get this noise issue behind us, we do need to contact the manufactures - and we need to convince our riding brothers that more sound does not necessarily = going faster, or more power. I read an article some years ago dyno testing a Harley with typical "gutted baffles" and various after market pipes compared to stock. Of the 3 or 4 combos tested, only one yeilded any worth while power change - and in fact all the others actually decreased horsepower in the useable RPM range! Here in MI to be legal off road you need 94db or less. In a tech inspection for a race last summer my 2000 KTM 300 EXC was sound tested - came in at 88.4 db! (I had just repacked the silencer). My 05 250Exc is every bit as quiet Off my soap box - time to ride my KTM with OEM ultra quite exhaust! [/QUOTE]
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