"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:Rvo7c.55569$Cb.862604@attbi_s51...
You know, I'm going to go out on a bit of a limb here and say that I'm
not
entirely unsympathetic to these folks. After years of having my nerves
and
eardrums shattered by every jackass on a Harley Davidson or every
teenager
with a hotrod, my tolerance for someone else's noisy recreational
activities
has hit an alltime low.

Agree 100%. Even though I've been riding motorcycles for over 25 years,
my
blood boils every time some idiot rides by on a Harley with straight
pipes.

They make us all look bad, and bring on lawsuits like the one in question.

Of course, the REAL lawsuit should be filed against the police, who refuse
to enforce the existing laws. Straight pipes *are* illegal, at least
around
here.

Here too.

It used be charged under "Disturbing the Peace", but that was before police
spent half their time on "drug enforcement" or "revenue gathering". Barely
thirty years ago, that was the primary function of smaller town police (any
sort of disturbance), but now...