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     Liquorwhere |
I got this from riderinfo...just wondering if anyone else received anything similar or if this can be confirmed??? Hello liquorwhere If you are going to visit Daytona Beach for Bike Week 2007 on a motorcycle with an exhaust system that makes more then 70 decibels of sound, be aware that the police are prepared to write $75.00 tickets for noise ordinance violations. Noise levels at Daytona Bike Week have been recorded as high as 110 decibels in the past. For more information please visit: Daytona Bike Week to Kick Off Please do not reply to this email. To reply, please post in this thread. Daytona Bike Week to Kick Off | ||
| Mesa_cityx |
The only way a motorcycle would make so little noise is if it was OFF ! Sounds like bs to me. | ||
| Liquorwhere |
I don't know...but I do remember all the banner's above the street with "Quiet your pipes" slogan's on them. It sure sounds low though..70 decibels isn't that lower than even European noise laws? I want to say Germany was 92 decibels. I would think the warning is legit, but the level is too low...loud pipes may be the ticket du jour this bike week. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
France is one of the hottest enforcers in Europe on this, the noise limit for each vehicle is printed on the registration document even! My stock M2 is marked in the 90s so 70db is totally unreasonable. I don't see how you can write a ticket on a public highway for a vehicle that complies with national & constructors standards. | ||
| Danny_h__jesternut |
I'll be willing to bet it is a legit warning to those who love to make a ruckis,look at me,look at me now types. If you enjoy reving the snot out of your loud pipes jest for the sake of making noise,setting off car alarm type sounds,you sir have been warned, pay the fine.If you have any measure of self control and can ride like a normaly insane motorcyclest conservetively and your right wrist actualy does what your brain tells it to do, you should most likely not have to pay the noise tax. Got it? Jest behave,no worries. | ||
| Jimduncan69 |
when we were there last year they were warning every one that was revving there bike. if you did it again they would give you a ticket. | ||
| Blake |
My take from a technical perspective is that a 70 dBa. A limit of 70 dBa is about 160 times quieter than one of 92 dBa. | ||
| Etennuly |
I think my fan is 76 dBa!  I did Daytona a couple of years ago on my City-X with a race kit and couldn't even hear it running most of the time. | ||
| Naustin |
Exhausts are rated at highway RPM aren't they? If your stock M2 says 90ish dB, that would be at about 3,000 rpm. Right? Or not? At idle, it would be a lot quieter, no? The 70 dB is pretty extreme, but it may just be a way to blanket cover everybody and allow the cops to site anybody that draws attention to themselves in any way whatever. The tourism $$ brought into that city by the event is huge, so I doubt they are looking to get rid of all bikes, they just want the loudest bikes and biggest jerks to stay home. I live on a busy street, and I hate the "really" loud bikes too. I'd support enforcing the noise laws, and I'd feel safe that I wouldn't get a ticket, even with my loud(er) Pro-Series because I don't go around crackin the throttle. | ||
| Tq_freak |
I think as long as your not a throttle tunner you will be fine no matter how loud your pipes are, in town you hardly get off idle as it is. Its just in place so they have a ticket to give all the yahoos | ||
| Paw |
My bike idols at 90 dB's Good thing i'm not there this year. | ||
| Mikef5000 |
I think the noise law is from a certain distance. 70 decibles at 50 feet away? I don't know, I wouldn't be worried one bit about it either way. | ||
| Thansesxb9rs |
Jimdun where you in Daytona OH? I was in Daytona FL last year with my loud exhaust and many other's with even louder exhaust, drag racing from light to light reving our engines repeatedly doing burnouts on main, only person I saw get a warning was a guy on a jap bike that didn't have a visible license plate. I didn't see one problem and do not think they will have the means to enforce the ruling unless you get caught doing something stupid. But trust me you can still be stupid and not get caught there, just look around you first. Just ask DaveS he was ridding with all of us crazy Kansas guys there. | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Perhaps they measure the sound from farther away than the federal spec? | ||
| Blake |
Good point Nate.  | ||
| Nevrenuf |
daytona sucks anyhow. i would rather spend 5 days on the bike to spend one day in sturgis again then spend 2 1/2 hrs to ride across the state to be caught up at trailer week in daytona. i'll be keeping my dcbs in tampa this year too. |
