Russia seems pretty damn confused about whether the future is oil or not, or rather just in denial about oil NOT being the future.

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    ICE motorcycle engines are incredibly loud. Going electric therefore makes them harder to spot.

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      Also worth noting that outside of war motorcyles are incredibly loud too, and I hate them for it, why can’t my big ass car make more noise than a tiny ICE engine?

      What the hell kind of nonsense normalized motorcycles with zero effective noise mitigation on them?

      My least favorite experience while standing on top of a beautiful mountain is managing to still somehow hear a stupid Harley Davidson from like 30km away accelerating onto the highway. When your silly midlife crisis vehicle with a tiny engine makes more noise than a fully loaded 18-wheeler engaging its jake breaks, you are officially an asshole.

      I can’t wait for the day motorcyles are all electric, the amount of silence that has been arbitrarily demolished by unnecessarily loud motorcyle engines is suffocating lol.

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        A couple things. First, loud pipes save lives. Second, your car is much louder just remove the headers.

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          Loud pipes save the lives of the people driving around on them, mostly, so not sure that’s a good argument

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            It refers to the fact that driving motorcycles around cars is extremely dangerous. Driver’s often ignore motorcycles and loud pipes are the one thing that keep a lot of motorcyclists from being run over.

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                I am a bit of a seasoned driver and I grew up in the Seattle area. I have had a number of close calls and the motorcycles being loud was 100% a protective factor.

                You can pretend whatever you want, but clearly I can’t agree with you.

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                I am pretty sure you said

                “Loud pipes save the lives of the people driving around on them, mostly, so not sure that’s a good argument”

                Save the lives of people driving around them is not what loud pipes save lives means. I was just pointing that out. Cheers!

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            You literally said why can’t your big ass car make that much sound. It can, much more than a motorcycle.