Rocket questions

[HeR3tic]

R:

...Seems as though by the time a cager hears the loud pipes is when the bike has already gotten abreast of the cage or past it, way to late for any evasive maneuvers other that a broadside.

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Not necessarily true: Turn those pipe so the exhaust note (noise) is aimed forward and the speed of sound will reach the cagers before you do. Then you need only to hope the cager doesn't have a cell phone in one hand, lip rouge in the other, a MckyDees hot cup of coffee craddled in their ******, while driving with a knee, and the boom box thumping at 100+dbz.

 

[CADFather]

:soapbox: I had a set of unbaffled Rineharts (read loud) on my 2002 Yamaha Roadstar Warrior and had to flip a cager on the ear when he started coming over on me one day heading back to work after lunch. He had his window down and was riding next to me in fairly heavy traffic and he decided to start merging into my lane. His driver's side mirror was in front of my bars and I was over as far as I could get and needed to get his attention. So I reached out in desparation and flipped him on the left ear with my gloved finger. Luckily he swerved away from me instead of continuing to merge. He wound up in a parking lot rubbing his ear and wondering what had happened. This was about 2 months before my near fatal crash and once again it was a gentleman :flame: not paying attention to his surroundings that almost cost me life. I am now a believer in that the only thing that will save your life is not relying on anything to save your life, you and God together are the only things that stand between you and death. A little prayer never hurts. Steps down off of pulpit, now.