Originally Posted by
hotbike
Yeah, well, that question brings to mind something a motorcyclist said to me. I was showing him my Electric Bike, and he was dumbfounded, flabbergasted, or whatever, and he said to me "But the only reason I ride is to make noise."
The concept of silent electric propulsion was lost on him.
I saw a nature show once about gorillas in the wild. They would shake every tree they passed and make lots of noise and commotion to make themselves seem bigger and more threatening to possible competitors. That's sort of how I feel about people who ride loud motorcycles.