The two subjects are inextricably mixed... bgecause loud pipes are probably the culprit for many bannings... but only at the hand of a dweet..
I'll bet that I could ride right up to a ranger's office with my VDL burbling away, and not offend him. It's the way you come across, with the helmet-off greetings thing as well as how you pull away once you have your permit, and whether the exhaust causes an avalanche or rockslide as you hit the road again...
Bottom line is that no one, not even your buddies, are/is impressed by a loud pipe... it just sounds nice. So, treat it gently, and it won't bite back.
And yes, if I could afford it, I wouyld put a standard system on the GS650, but I do not have the tom, and that's how I got the bike. So it stays.
But with respect to the topic of this thread... how about just going there to prove the issue one way or the other...?
And another thing, slightly off topic, but still in the valley... which of the old historical houses has a swimming hole at the back? February in that valley...... eish!!
