So since the Sema Street-rod / custom vehicle bill was passed, even though i havent found a cop that knows what it is. Can i get away with baffled zoomies on the road?
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So since the Sema Street-rod / custom vehicle bill was passed, even though i havent found a cop that knows what it is. Can i get away with baffled zoomies on the road?
Why would you want to?????
If you heard the headers on my Son's T bucket you wouldn't worry. :LOL: He is running open Limefires with no baffles and drives all over the place with no problems. My T is also pretty loud, even though baffles are in the Limefires, and cops pass me all the time. Most of it depends on how you are driving. If you are obeying the speed limit and not racing from redlight to redlight, they realize you are just a car enthusiast (as many of them are) and they leave you alone.
My other Son's RPU is getting close to being drivable, and it isn't exactly quiet either, even with baffles in it. Is yours quieter than this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T_1ZUbRCGc
or this one............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GS_H...eature=channel
You'll be fine.
Don
Yup, it'll be great!!!!! The uniformed will see it as just another Hot Rod with loud exhaust, and everybody with a Hot Rod will be looked down on as "One of them noisy dang Hot Rods"....
Heck, I don't care what you do, you're in Florida.......... But I've already lived through the era when the general public hated hot rods, and the cops were forced to make life miserable for all of us because of the actions of a few...... I don't want to go back to it.....it wasn't fun!!!
and, what about the next generation of Hot Rodders who will be forced to comply with the laws the unknowing public insists on to attempt to ban Hot Rods as we know them????????
A bit of consideration for those who don't like loud cars can save us all a lot of grief later........
No Dave, it's a different climate now. Some of my friends are cops who own hot rods. I've even attended car shows that were sponsored by the police for various fund raisers. If you go to any event like Daytona 50% of the cars there are on the edge of being "legal", but the cops realize we have a ton of money tied up in our rods and they are probably safer than a lot of the daily drivers on the road.
Just last Saturday night I had nothing going on so I cruised down to Naples for a little cruise in they hold there, and I probably passed and was passed by 10 cops who didn't blink twice. I've even had them pull up along side and give me compliments or ask where the show is. Florida is very cool on this stuff, they have bigger fish to fry with crime and serious traffic violations so they rarely bother us. I drove my 27 almost daily for 7 years and was never stopped once.
We are far removed from the hooligans in the B movies, and the police realize it. Oh, and you should hear some of the Harleys running around down here!
Don
Gotta love it just because im younger you already stereo typed me into a idiotic child, iv had many vehicles with no mufflers and always drove sensible. Im not much of a tire burner or show off, i just love to hear the raw sound of the engine. iv built the zoomies and have 8 Harley bafflles coming
Never called you any such thing jeffrey.... Just speaking from a been there, done that place.... It's not a bit of fun when the cops start stopping everything that looks like a Hot Rod and stand there with there little meter to measure how loud it is, then have your car impounded when it exceeds that level.... I know it's not that way now, but think of all the people who DON'T like loud exhaust when they start making very loud noises to the police, state legislators, etc. etc.....
But hey, I'm just an old idiot.......Enjoy it while you can...................I don't know anything about it, right?>???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Im easily annoyed so if its too loud ill throw the ti-ys back on it and some glass packs.
Wasnt calling you an idiot either. Was simply asking if it was legal with the law changes.
Middle of the summer we went thru the tail of the dragon road---318 curves/11 miles---thousands of Bikes----most of them quiet----seems like the big numbers of bikers really don't want to ride with the LOUD guys---
long time ago, I used to run Allis-Chalmers mufflers on my cars, pretty loud---focused attention on me enogh that I couldn't get away with occasional display of horsepower---put quieter mufflers on it and then could not only display horsepower but I could even sneak my girl back home late without getting caught----
Licensing and operating any vehicle, Hot Rods included, is a privilege, not a right.... When cars with open headers and bogus little baffles in there zoomise run up and down the highway, the general public notices them and many consider loud cars to be offensive.... With enough aggravation, they will bring pressure to bear on state and federal legislators to have our privileges revoked.....
The tree huggers and do gooders already hate us and will do everything they can to legislate us out of existence in order to save us from ourselves:rolleyes::rolleyes: and get us all driving nice little respectable hybeds and electric cars.... Cops don't care!!! They only enforce the laws they are pressured to enforce!!! Why do some choose to continuall supply the anti-Hot Rod crowd with the ammo they need to shoot us down??????
Don't think it can happen???? Ask some of the snowmobilers and atv riders how many public areas have been restricted!!!! Ask them about the "noise police" with their little meters who inspect every vehicle BEFORE it hits the trails.... If you think it can never happen where you live, you're just kidding yourself!!!! Good friend of mine, fellow Hot Rodder, and all around gear head also happens to be about 4th man down in the Highway Patrol here....even in the boonies of South Dakota the pressure is being brought on lawmakers to do things to make our lives as Hot Rodders miserable..... Its just a matter of time until that attention is brought to bear on Hot Rods operating on a public highway..... When and if it happens, keep telling the cop about your "right" to operate a vehicle with loud and obnoxious pipes when he's either pulling your tags and registration or loading your car on the roll back to have it impounded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS--- Got my first Harley in 1966, sold my last one two years ago....none of them had open pipes and they all ran great!!!! Next time a couple loud bikes, loud Hot Rods, or loud anything go by, take time to LISTEN to what people say about them.....they consider the noise to be offensive...eventually either we quiet our rides down, or we lose the right to operate them on a public highway!!!! Wake up and smell the coffee people!!!!!!!!! We are the minority and a lot of people want to make our Hot Rods extinct!!!! If we don't police ourselves a bit, then others will do it for us!!!! Oh yeah, keep telling yourself it will never happen in __________ (insert name of your state)..... I hope it doesn't, but many of us can see the writing on the wall....the times are a changing!!!!!
yep that sounds great dave but i not taking my 4 inch off my cars to run 2 1/4 out the back . if it comes down to getting nail then so be it.. just as long as the clowns with the fart cans and boom box cars and all the bikes with drag pipes are getting nail too .i am not bad at idle or off it .i am not like them kids were your in the house hearing there music as there car is in the drive way.they catch me the last thing i goiing to worry about it the EX
I went thru the same crap when I put a R/C plane I built in a show, I had 64cc gas motor in it! Your going to be to loud and get the neighbors to complain! What neighbors, we're 1 1/2 from the nearest house!, Besides NO one here has heard it run! I built my own muffler and you can't say you're heard one like it!
Then I took it to the flying field to fly it a week later..............Can you make me a muffler like that, it's quiet!!!!!!!!!!!!
He said that he was going to put baffles in his Zoomies! you have to hear them Before you can bitch about them being loud! And he said he would take them off if they were to loud.
I'm going to run them on my car also, you might as well say mine are to loud also, put us all into the same boat, before hearing them.
I do own a sound meter to check sound db's
I have had more race tracks close on us, because of being to loud for the area, so I guess you promote track closing, cause you race with open exhaust!
Jerry, if you went to the dragon and most the bikes were quiet, then you got the few days it was. My inlaws live near the top of the dragon and they see the groups of bikes going there all the time! We know of many people that go there, and we've been there ourselfs, and they are'nt for the most part quiet.
Pat
Sexy legs Don :LOL: :rolleyes: :whacked: :D ....joe
Yep Joe, I get really tired of women pinching me. Now I know how Pam Anderson must feel. :eek::LOL::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by TooMany2count
Don
Man, I'd sure like to know how Pam Anderson feels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:p:p:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Itoldyouso
I have lived in inspection states, and am glad to be living in Florida. I have never fixed an inop horn or bad cat, never worried about passing a smog test. I know how it is in other states and truelly appreciate living here, plus the weather. I DD a 90 454 SS with headers, carb, and HEI dist. I thought there may be issues, but, knock on wood, have never been pulled over even for a look. I love FL and all you inspection states can leave us alone. There are tons of Harleys with drag pipes, yep there annoying, but thats the sound of freedom. Trucks with way too big tires and lifts, supercharged rods, and all that is true hotrodding running around without issue, gotta love it!!
Oh, I'm from Wisconsin, 3" out of the hood is all that's legal, plus minimal tint, plus tires can't extend out of the wheel wells...
I was running around today passed a few cops got a thumbs up and no tickets knock on wood. The baffles havent came in yet but ill sure be happy when they do, i hate having to idle around everywhere.
Just read thread on zoomies. Had a problem reg.my mod A to get historical plates. Why fight the DMV. so I spent 800.00 on a custom set of Sandersons & put my zoomies up 4 sale.
No matter what you do somebody won't like it! So do whatever it is that you want. You get a ticket, you pay the fine. You don't want tickets you go with a quiet exhaust. Me, I'm for the zoomies! Been riding Harley's all my life, some with dragpipes, some without. My feelings are some people will not like you just because you're in a hot rod or (gasp!) worse yet, a Rat Rod! Who cares!.....Just my 2cents worth.:D.........CR
I still believe that it's time everyone took a bit of time to consider what our actions as Hot Rodders do.... Are we helping to preserve the sport for years and generations to come, our are we providing ammo to those who would chose to mandate Hot Rods into extinction??????
I'm all for good old self-expression too.....But not if it turns into something that could jeopardize Hot Rodding for the future.......
Only LOUD, when yer on the LOUD pedal !!
No muffs or baffles, 4000 miles and nuthin but
thumbs up for the man in blue.
F*** Them.... they will not like hot rods or hot rodders they will not like your car for the color it may not fit in or your wheels or your tires or engine .just maybe you :D hair to long .not the right shoes .shirt.or the way you think ...etc .extinction is comming .live it up till thenQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
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Originally Posted by pat mccarthy
I have to agree, always will be someone who doesn't like something about your car. You can't please everyone, so why bother at all!.......CR
Ok fine.....I'm gonna be loud and to heck with everybody else, right?????Quote:
Originally Posted by CR55
\Do as you please, I guess...
I have as much respect for the next guy as anyone, maybe more! I'm not trying to step on any toes here. This is just my opinion. Do you really think you can stop all of the noise makers in the world? I don't purposely try to antagonize anyone by making noise. I'm just here to have a little fun.....Lighten up a bit!:D........CRQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
Nope... The only car I can do anything about the sound level of is my own........ My only point is I don't want to be one the "bad examples" the tree huggers and do gooders use when they get on their next campain to get us thrown off the streets. What you do with your car is entirely up to you....Quote:
Originally Posted by CR55
I live on a very busy street and when you guys on the Vtwins go by I literally can't even hear my TV ! So I call up my councillor who calls the Police Chief who calls the lazy officer to start handing out tickets. Sometimes I'd like to string up a cable across the road. Why do you feel you have some right to invade my space with your noise?Quote:
Originally Posted by CR55
Believe me I love a cool sounding exhaust! And the right mufflers provide that, straight pipes only raise my blood pressure!
Our freedoms and civil liberties do not allow you and yours to trample me and mine! I have rights too!
sometimes your the windshield.................... sometimes your the bug .
don't sweat the small stuff. the big stuff will keep you busy. no opinion on noise. i've been guilty of creating it and complaining about it . but open zoomies is just not an option where i live. i like the sound of the engine and it's tune , not loud tinny stuff.
got my baffles and i have to say im in love with them installed. its quieter than my yukon with headers and glasspacks heres some pics installed
The baffles are off of ebay they are made for a harley 1 3/4 tube exhaust these baffles are the 12 inch ones
heres a link to the ones i got off of ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-Har...Q5fAccessories
And some on here where Bit**'n about how LOUD you were going to be, and D**ning you for it! Before anyone ever heard them!
My zoomies are the funny car type
Pat
i dont like loud vehicles.
thats why i hate the biker rally we have here.
i dont need to hear some clowns ride from across the valley.
I have found one real drawback to loud exhaust. When you are going through a Wendys or McDonalds drive through line you have to keep shutting your motor off out of respect for others trying to order at the speakers. It becomes start and move ahead a car length, then shut it off. Then restart and move another car length. It also causes some delays because pretty often someone will get out of their car to take a picture with their cell phone. :LOL::LOL:
Don
Well i havent had any issues at all its quieter than my yukon and it has glasspacks