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Originally Posted by PR_Glen
this never computed with me either.. I can hear 250cc no problem from a block and a half away with normal exhausts so the louder is safer bullshit is blown far out of proportion and more people wanting their bikes to sound like a roar..which is kind of telling..
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I commute on a two-lane highway each day, and my Akrapovič pipes are street-leagal and maybe 20% louder that the stock (almost silent Honda pipes)
Before I fitted the pipes, the cars would sometime pull out in my side, when stuck in rush-hour traffic, because they thought there were a opening. After I fittet the new pipes, it have happened only once or twice.
So, in some cases it helps, but as some have said, if they are
VERY loud, it will not help either
I bought the pipes because it shaved 15+ punds off the bike, and the better sound is just a bonus.