[Honor above all]

There are a lot of after-market pipes that increase performance but won’t shatter your eardrums. The old canard that “Loud pipes save lives” is not defensible. The majority of riders have quiet pipes and the majority of fatalities are related to alcohol use, lack of a helmet, high speed and driving at night. Pipe noise plays no part in those statistics.
I’ve been riding on the street and in the dirt for 35 years and personally can’t stand the straight piped Harleys and the Yoshimura piped sport bikes that shake the fillings from your teeth. Still, I thought that we lived in a free country. I would prefer personal responsibility over legislated behavior. Sigh.

[paul51]

I would prefer personal responsibility over legislated behavior

The complete failure of one seems to open the door for the other