Re: [ST] filtering

[Tim Mitchell <Tim.Mitchell@xxxxxxx>]

>>When I was commuting in the Bay Area, I made sure not to follow a bike
with
>>loud pips when lane splitting. The cagers are already a frustrated bunch,
>>and a bit envious of seeing the bikes lane split. Bikes with loud pipes or
>>riders who lane split too fast often put them over the edge and I would
see
>>them try to take  out their anger on the next biker to go by them. I sure
>>didn't want to be that biker.

...I guess your traffic and consequent pissed of cagers is the down-side of
sunny CA! 

My expereince in the UK is that some (many, even) drivers will move over to
give me a bit of extra room -- providing they notice me. At night, a bike's
lights get lost amongst all the other cars, but pipe noise is pretty
distinctive. Of course over-loud pipes (and over-fast filtering) is going to
piss them off....

Tim
'01 RS
Cambridge UK

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