Updated: More Reaction To Unmuffled CCS/Florida Racebikes

Updated: More Reaction To Unmuffled CCS/Florida Racebikes

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FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

In regards to the “No Muffler Shoot Out”…Is this a joke? Seriously, is this a joke? It’s February 1st, not April 1st – you guys are a little ahead on your April-Fools routine.

Chris Meklein
10bomb Motorsports
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin



FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

If there is going to be harm done to mosquitos’ eardrums I want to be part of it.

I guess someone forgot to mention said noise problems to MotoGP. I see their fans have left them.

Henry D has forgotten more about racing motorcycles then most of us will ever know. I’m behind him 100 percent.

Jim McConnell
Wizard Racing
Orlando, Florida



FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

I have an idea, have everyone in south Florida ride their unmuffled motorcycles around Henry’s house.

How does Sunday around 2:00 a.m. sound to you guys?

John France
West Melbourne, Florida



FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

Bravo, Mr. DeGouw!

At tracks where the dB levels won’t be a problem this idea is way past due! Is there any sound more glorious than a racing engine at full song without mufflers? I think NOT!

For all you quiet spankers, it’s a racetrack, not a library! Screaming engines, race fuel, bean oil–sights, sounds and smells–that’s what it’s all about! Who goes to a racetrack without earplugs anyway?

Dave Tyler
Omaha, Nebraska



FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

What is all the fuss about? Are all the complainers going to picket the MotoGP in July? Do they run mufflers in NASCAR? All the promoters are trying to do is create some additional excitement around the most visual form of motorsport racing. Take a pill. Let the paying public decide if it’s a good idea or not.

Frank Hershman
Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada



FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

Sounds like a good idea. Nobody seems to give a sh-t when NASCARs or open dragsters race. I say go for it as long as it does not hurt the performance of the motorcycles. Might even pick up an extra spectator or two.

Only people against it are snowbirds and 250cc racers–sorry, John France.

Damian Weber
West Palm Beach, Florida



FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

“Who goes to a racetrack without earplugs anyway?”

You can’t get 99% of the riding public to wear even the simplest form of personal protection–gloves. And you think spectators and pit personnel are going to wear earplugs? I think you’d have better luck getting pro baseball players to quit chewing tobacco.

D. Hatch
Tampa, Florida



FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

Huh?

Ken Fischer
Webster, New York



FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

Who wants to go to these modern races to hear a bunch of streetbikes go by with mufflers on them? Sound like a bunch of chain saws tied together.

As in Top Fuel, Funny Car, F1, Indy, CART, NASCAR…..we don’t need no stinkin’ mufflers.

Go to an AHRMA event and find out why the racers and fans love them.

Mark McGrew
M3 Racing
Hawley, Minnesota



See related posts:

2/1/2005
Updated: CCS/Florida To Pay Racers To Make More Noise


7/31/2004
More On The Danger Of Noise…


7/31/2004
Yet More Viewpoints Regarding Open Mufflers And Noise…


7/30/2004
The Danger Posed By Experiments With Unmuffled Racebikes…


7/28/2004
CCS Florida Experimenting With Unmuffled Racebikes


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