BTW

Nice Harley Indy

 

^ yeah! Nothing like dropping 25 large on a Harley and then heading off to Walmart to show it off, while buying a plastic pair of sneakers to save money that would have been spent on a real pair of shoes.

 

^^^Tee Hee

BTW for the politically correct, I would have liked to have written 5ni66er 5ni66er.
But 5ni66er is too close to ni993r.
Not that I want to use that racial slur, but isn't this a sad reflection of the times we live in? As they say 1984 gets closer every day

Sad sad times The fact I had to review this post dozen times speaks volumes.........................................

 

Not sneakers, Crocs

 

with Camo' Fleece inserts

 

Laws, eh? Ride around them. Some might be irritating but generally you're still allowed to have a good time.

Down here in Australia we can modify our rides to almost any extent, providing it doesn't contravene emission laws and will pass the annual registration inspection. If you do frame or very significant engine modifications then you may be up for an engineers report to make sure that the vehicle is still safe and roadworthy, but thats more a common sense kind of law than anything else.

Noise is one thing that will get you a ticket, though. I remember very well when I was on my unbaffled Aprilia RS125 (first bike) and got a talking to by the boys in blue at the side of the road.

*fade effect leading to memory lane*

It all started when I was ehading out of town for a ride. I generally try to be courteous and quiet when around town to keep everyone happy, but a car was running a light and I had to use all of the Aprilia's 33hp to get out of the intersection before getting run over. This meant a two-stroke engine developing 240hp/litre hitting a tad over 10,000rpm... fairly loud, penetrating noise by any standard. The officer was on the road I was heading up, pointing to the kerb. I pulled over. We had a bit of a chat about the legality of my bikes muffling system. He asked me a few questions which I answered very carefully.

"Are you a d!ckhead, mate?"
"No sir, at least I'd like to think I'm not."
"Do you feel like getting a $320 fine?"
"No sir, certainly not."
"Then how about you save that money for a new muffler? Go on, ride safe."

Was there a big grin on my face or what!? That afternoon I covered my *** and put the packing back into my bikes muffler. Didn't sound quite as good and needed rejetting (again) but kept me on the slightly more legal side of things.

Anywho... summary. Our laws aren't too bad really. They can be a bit irritating at times (speed cameras!) but are usually pretty fair.

Cheers - boingk