I have been involved with dirt bikes all my life. Bikers are losing a lot of open space and the PR battle with the public because the bikes are too loud. The industry has been addressing the problem for a while now and for the most part bikes are much quieter now. Me and the family have been to many MX, SX, and even Speedway races where you are sitting real close to many bikes all going WFO (wide fking open) at once and enjoyed them a lot. Last year we went to Long Beach for the boat races and had to leave because all four of us thought the noise level was unbearable.
So my question is "why do so many boater insist on having no mufflers on their boats?" I understand racers looking for every single horsepower, but what about the rest of you? I would love to know why you recreational users put up with, and actually enjoy seriously loud boats. An uncovered engine is loud enough for me. So what's the deal???
