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Old Apr 26, 2022 | 10:23 AM
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I always wished that if I had time to walk into my bedroom, get the shotgun, and get out to the front yard it should be legal to shoot the guy with the loud music driving/riding down the road.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2022 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by 1HOTTrain
I wonder if they think everyone wants to listen to the same **** they listen to? I wonder if they know most everyone is laughing at them because they look like a 16 year old kid cruising the HS parking lot trying to draw attention.
JMHA but, it just looks and sounds idiotic. LOOK AT ME!!!!!
How, exactly, are these folks different from those who have the stereos in their cars cranked up so that all you can hear is the boom boom boom that rattles the windows in your HOUSE, or that are so loud you can hear their music in your car TWO cars AWAY from them at a stop light OVER the sound of YOUR stereo?!!
You just need to accept the fact that SOME people, a FEW, mind you, are GOING to be JERKS! It's their "nature". Just accept it, leave them their 5 seconds of "fame", and MOVE ON! Go do your thing, and let them do theirs. It's called "FREEDOM"! You should try it sometime. You can continue to "glare" at them, menacingly, if you want, though I doubt it will change their behavior.

Personally, I think that every stereo, car or bike, should have an automatic dampening/amplifying system, so that when you're sitting at a light, with little or no "noise" around you, it would lower the volume, and when you get up on the highway, and there is lots of "noise" from the wind, it would raise the volume, so you can hear it. Until that happens, though, we'll be stuck with guys like you found with the music blaring at stop lights. However, there will still likely be those who just want everyone to hear what they're playing, so even IF that were to automatically lower the volume, they may turn it back up anyway. It's just the way some people are.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2022 | 10:28 AM
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Murphy's law states that people with the worst taste in music always have the loudest stereos.
 
Old Apr 26, 2022 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by perki48
I always wished that if I had time to walk into my bedroom, get the shotgun, and get out to the front yard it should be legal to shoot the guy with the loud music driving/riding down the road.


Careful, old timer... someone might shoot back.

BTW - nice pipes on your hog.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2022 | 10:36 AM
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[QUOTE= BTW - nice pipes on your hog.[/QUOTE]


?????
 
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Old Apr 26, 2022 | 10:51 AM
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The bike, the wind, and the road make their own music. When I ride, I don't need to listen to other people via recorded material.
 
Old Apr 26, 2022 | 11:05 AM
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Huh?!? What?!? Did you say something?!?

I can’t hear anything after riding all these years.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2022 | 11:10 AM
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My Evo had a thing that turned the stereo down automatically when the throttle went down. It stopped working years ago.
The stereo still works fine otherwise, stays loud, although it doesn't compare with today's stuff.
(At least it did...I haven't turned it on in about 2 years. Last time was for the WX channel when we were riding in a storm.)
 
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Old Apr 26, 2022 | 11:30 AM
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Throttle-blipping a-holes at stoplights **** me off more.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2022 | 11:42 AM
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So, how do you guys feel about the neighbor who has a drum set and or band practice at his house every weekend...?
 
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