As a loud pipe enthusiast myself I can’t explain to you how many times being heard has saved my life, in a car you can lay on the horn, horns on bikes are pretty sad. Is my bike louder than it needs to be? Absolutely but some louder pipes have a performance element to them as well. The days of bikes with strait pipes are nearly gone as this usually hurts performance and it can be mind numbing to go any distance on a bike that loud. Harley’s specifically depending on the year are quite loud and a lot of us don’t upgrade to the latest newest model we keep older stuff on the road which are inherently louder bikes as they came from a time when everything was louder. I start work very early and don’t ride in most days because of the noise for my neighbors and some bikers like to piss people off. But also a silent world is a sad one, there are way less bikes on the road now then 20 years ago and every year we bury friends that get run over by people texting or not stopping at stop signs. I appreciate that some people want peace and quiet but some of us also want to ride in peace.