Originally Posted by
Ian7633
I'm with you on this. I live near Bury Hill in West Sussex which is very popular with bikers, mostly sports bikes but the occasional cruiser too. I rarely hear the sports bikes going through the village but the Harleys and the like make an awful row. As you say why do they seem to be exempt from exhaust restrictions.
On a slightly sideward step a friend of mine used to work in a Harley dealership and he always said that the last bike he would ever buy would be a Harley, the most expensive and unreliable agricultural vehicle on the market. Sorry to any Harley owners, just repeating what he said.
Looking at the average age of their owners, I would say that the last bike any of them will be buying is a Harley. Look quite cool until they take their helmets off and then you see that it's Uncle Boris and Auntie Doris
I personally quite like the sound of loud Harleys but would change my mind if I had them going past my house. A friend has had one for 20 years now, and it has been known to set off car alarms. His MOT garage know him well, and know that if he turns up with the standard exhaust, he will be changing back immediately after the test, so they have an "understanding".
I think exhaust/airbox change is what they call "stage one tune", and most seem to go for that. Maybe post-2007 bikes also get a re-map.
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