Hah! Drag pipes to live, live for drag pipes! We run them loud so folks don't make the dreaded left turn in front of us, as they can't see us. Figure if they can't see us maybe they can hear us? So really it is all about safety. And it makes the bike vibrate and shake, how else would all of our parts fall off and the girls want to go for a putt? PS my wife agrees with you!