Sounds good to me SmileWavy Can I drive one of the 911s??? :D I promise not to break the tiptronic nor get a ticket...hehehe

Thanks for the good luck wishes about the dept. hunt. It is about a 6 month ordeal to get on a dept. there. And I griped about it taking about a month to get hired on at my current dept....LOL

LOL..if you make it up here, I promise I'll make you addicted to Porsches. :D

LOL.....I am halfway there! I am already addicted to them :D I drove the Carrera last year and was AMAZED. I think I scared the salesman a little though, it sure isn't like driving a police interceptor.....hehehehe


West Burbs? Hmmmm.........I might be in that area :D

And why do these chromosexuals feel the need to blip the ^%%#% throttle as they pass each and every car window? Is that hawgspeak for 'please open your door'?

Some just making noice with the pipes. But sometimes there are legit reasons: when slowing down in traffic you blip the throttle to downshift and get the RPMs to match the tire speed to keep it from locking up (bikes with slipper clutches don't require it so much), on take offs it makes it a little bit smoother and not such a jerky take off from the fuel injected bikes. There are a few more but these were the main legitimate reasons. Other's might just like to show off the aftermarket exhaust systems they have.

One more example Thom. The carbs on my Ninja have been in need of adjustment since I have owned the bike, so when I'm at a light, I have to clear them sometimes to prevent stalling or bogging on when the light turns green. Unfortunately, I've been too busy working on 911's...and haven't had time to go through the bikes like I want to.

Officer's example of blipping on downshift is critical on my Ducati. I desparately need to install a slipper clutch. I fear I won't do it until I high side after a careless downshift that locks the rear tire.

Unfortunately, the riders who feel the urge to blip their throttle annoyingly and for no good reason won't be defending themselves on a BBS. But don't let that generalize the rest of the riders out there.

One of my best friends if a cop in Kewanee IL. Another motorhead like me, he is into old airplanes, old Studebakers and such.

Believe that I was the one who posted the link to the Pelican thread on the SB forum you saw.

I also ride bikes and we do not need idiots like this one on the road. I emailed him directly and wrote back asking why I felt that he was a menace to drivers!! I told him to look again at what he had written about them. He does not have a clue and does not need to be playing LE with his little posermobile.

Souk, you best be careful what you say about BMW's! :) Mine is sitting in the back right now, getting its battery topped up. Been overseas working the last couple of months and cannot wait to go riding today!

JoeA

Right, RPM matching . . . and sometimes people open their doors (in traffic) when they reallize the seatbelt or clothing might have been caught in the door. -- People always have " legit reasons" for everything these days.

Bikers use exhaust blips as a PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE horn. --wow, that was loud . .is my door not shut all the way?:rolleyes:

Which I'm sure is the case; when you're splitting 1/2 mile of cars, I don't think there's a lot of downshifting and stuff going on.

I have a neighbor with a gawdawful loud harley. As he comes around the corner at my house, he wails on it - every single time. His buddies come by at all hours in gaggles (what do you call a group of harleys? a coven? a clutch? a pack?) of 6 or more, all with similar exhausts. Then one day I drove the 911 around the block and turned around in front of his house (he lives in a cul de sac). My car is loud, although not Harley loud. He was out in front of his house doing some yardwork, and gave me that "WTF do you think you're doing stare."

Anyone got a set of track pipes to fit a 3.6L with a B&B? :)

Another good example! Ducati, Italian excellence! I got the okay from the girlfriend that once we get moved to ILL. I get to get an Mv Augusta :cool: It already has just about every aftermarket modification done to it than can be done. And like Souk said, don't let the acts of few ruin it for the rest of us.

Jeez... I live on the road from Phoenix to Cave Creek. Sonny Barger lives up there and all the Hells Angles and wannabe's ride past my house (200 yards off of the main road) every night and day. No mufflers and loud... Why is it that my car and motorcycle has to have a muffler yet these jerks get by with it?

I got a set of pure headers that fit my 3.6 and really wish I knew where these yokels live. About 0500 would love to sit ouside and see what 7000 rpm's sound like. Course if I flew overhead and lit up the afterburners that might suffice ! :)

JoeA

as someone who lane splits and commutes regularly, imho the rev matching is just rationalization. You're just not traveling at high enough speeds or high enough in the rev range to need to rev match.

Unless you guys are lane splitting under different circumstances than me.

I don't have loud pipes or engine, but I will occasionally blip the throttle to get the attention of a driver that is drifting or on the phone. For the car it is an inconvenience. For me it is my life...

yep, quite acceptable. That's like an "excuss me; I 'm right here." ...as opposed to the screaming exhaust blippers, who are like shouting drunks "GET THE **** OUTTA MY WAY" (with bad breath)

I was not speaking for folks blipping their throttle while splitting lanes. But rather giving examples when blipping the throttle is necessary.

Although splitting lanes is not allowed in Illinois, the principal is simple enough that one should know, from any amount of riding, it is generally done with minimal shifting, but rather at a steady speed in in a one or two gears at most.

I don't think anyone would come on here and justify the annoying behavior of the few that folks may see as annoying.

i have a 05 duc 1000ss ds, if i don't blip it throttle and i just let off the gas for a second, going slow, it's like an anchor...you want to go over the bars. the big twin machines don't like off throttle decel. I personally have a big issue with the guys splitting here. first off, it's not leagal, but more importantly, they go up rt 80 splitting at like 50 mph in bumper to bumper rush hour traffic...that is down right stupid...and it isn't just sport bikes! or betterguys on their harleys(ususally) flying down the shoulder at 90mph...i saw a guy hit a tire on the shoulder and have a bad wreck...i did not feel bad and when i came on it, I stiopped to make sure the police knew he flew up the shoulder at 90mph like an ass. I think they give me a bad name as a biker.

I see Glenn.

But lets not forget why this thread exists. I wasn't trying to start a debate on the infringement of rights w/r to noise polution or bad riding behavior.

There should be outrage over the fact that there is a driver out there who has intentions to injure a motorcyclist, with actions he may deem to be a service to others. I absolutely do not think you guys on this board are advocates of criminal activity...particularly when it risks the life of a motorist.

Wow lots of cranky old b!tches around here. It's just noise. Is your baby sleeping or something, don't wanna wake it up?

I have a neighbor with a big American Iron Horse turd (I hate those things...so freaking ugly) and a 120" motor. He starts it at 5am and warms up the motor to get to work.

Sometimes I hear it if I'm awake. More often I hear him fighting with his girlfriend.

My shovel will have open pipes. And I'll wear a helmet while riding it (I always do). And if you pull up next to me and are chatting on a cellphone, I WILL blip my throttle.

One of the guys in that bike forum from the link has in his signature line:

Harleys are the most efficient way to convert gasoline into noise w/o the adverse effect of horsepower..... :D :D

Aaron, I KNOW where you live and can fly the jet overhead if you want loud. What is good for one is good for all.

Lets see "I was having problems with one of the engines and thats why I was at 50 feet overhead this part of town. Hitting the afterburners saved my life. Really hope that those palm trees wilted by the head will grow back. Sorry I woke "Blue" up at 0300!" :)

Having said this, I agree with Souk. This thread was started to put some light on this idiot. If there is one person out there doing this, there very well may be more and we need to keep our eyes open.