^^ This.
I find nothing impressive or manly whatsoever about something that makes tremendous amounts of obnoxious noise and doesn't even produce any appreciable power for all its drama.
I ride a large-bore Japanese I4 sport-tourer which makes just as much torque and more than twice the horsepower of a typical HD Big Twin, without setting off car alarms and waking my neighbor's children. Added bonus: the bike actually turns and stops too.
I also call BS on the "Loud Pipes Save Lives" rubbish. HELMETS save lives.
I'm all for individual liberty and don't really care one bit if someone doesn't think the contents of their skull is worth the price of a full-face helmet, but as a very avid rider myself, I find the loud pipes & HD elitism to be just silly and obnoxious.
Everybody is pretty snotty about his own preferences regarding motorcycles.