Re: Scenic rides in northeastern PA

"George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "Bob Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 14:42:52 GMT, "George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
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> >
> > How often do you find a Harley (with or without mufflers) on a
> > "peaceful trail by a stream"?
> >
> 
> Actually quite frequently. PA has a lot of mountains, lakes & streams. When
> the railroads were built they typically followed the streams because that
> was the easiest path thru a mountain range. Some of these are in really
> scenic out of the way places. Then when roads were built they also followed
> the streams. When railroads went bust in the 70s many of the right of ways
> were abandoned and they were turned into multi use biking/hiking/riding
> trails. So you can be basically riding your bike on a trail by a stream in
> the middle of nowhere and dozens of the no muffler bikes will come
> thundering down the nearby country road. Because you are typically between
> mountains the sound is contained.
> 
> Apparantly the popular thing to do among the no muffler bike crowd is to get
> multiple bikes and go for scenic rides in "peaceful" places. Apparantly not
> realizing that those places are no longer peaceful or enjoyable with the 120
> db of engine impulse noise from their bikes.

And their response to such a statement is "WHAT???"

-Tom