I spent 8 years in New Hampshire (wife was from Concord). We had a home 10 miles NW of Concord on a normally quiet road. These out of towners always came up from the big cities to have their wilderness experience.
Saturday & Sunday afternoons were often annoying as these ‘yuppie bikers’ & their Harleys disrupted the calm. They seemed to be everywhere. We could hear them from far off as they approached. We always wondered why motorcycles were allowed loud pipes but not on vehicles?
At least for half the year the damn things are put away.
NH native here.
And yes, the noise of the bikers was incredibly unwelcome by any normal folk. IMO your right to raucous noise pollution ends where other Americans’ right to relative peace and quiet begins.
You touched on one reason given. A driver who wouldn't see anything smaller than a car (and that's most drivers) can still hear them, and is therefore alerted to their presence.
I LOOK for motorcyclists, and even I nearly flattened one I didn't see against a cluttered background.
Only Portsmouth has put their foot down on motorcycle noise. “They bring money, y’know”.
Yeah, I’m no fan. How many do you think would give up riding altogether if they couldn’t make as much noise? How much is about “look at me, look at me”? Heh! Regardless, I have lots of relatives who ride and enjoy and they do bring lots of loot to our state, so enjoy! P.S. If it isn’t the motorcycles, it’s the snowmobiles. Live free and die!
Harley Riders are “yuppie bikers”? LOL! Maybe a very few!
I always ride like no one can see me.