Why do you need to rev it early in the morning for 5 minutes waking up the neighborhood?

  • TheStrongestBoy@sh.itjust.works
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    11 days ago

    Loudness is your “size” on a bike. If people don’t hear you, they damn sure don’t see you. I’m sure it’s annoying, but no more annoying than being run over.

    Edit: I learned this is probably a lie.

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      12 days ago

      That has absolutely no relation to the question. The question is about when the bike is first started, and still parked, the owner lets it sit there idling loud as fuck, and often revs it up multiple times, for several minutes.

      The real answer is that generally speaking these are bikes meant for performance and speed, so they need to warm up before they drive well. The people using them to commute to and from work in and out of the be suburbs are the same people who drive gigantic ass Fuck You pickup trucks to their office job and need special parking because it doesn’t fit in the regular employee lot/garage.

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      12 days ago

      That makes sense on freeways/ large roads, but I even hear it in parking lots, or when they’re idiling. If a bicycle can safely ride there, then a motorcycle doesn’t need to rev.

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        12 days ago

        Wait. There seems to be no correlation between loudness motorcycles and safety according to, like, every car site. I think I’ve just been told that so often that I believed it. Seemed like it made sense, but doesn’t show that it helps. This is what I am referring to If that’s the case fuck em. Loud assholes.

        I feel jilted.

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          11 days ago

          Loudness barely helps emergency vehicles. When you’re moving at speed, even with an incredibly loud mechanical siren you’d be surprised how close you have to be before you can hear it