I took a ride into Chesterfield yesterday. I was overtaken in a 30 limit by some herbert on a Kawasaki i think it was. He was wearing bright green leathers with a Superbike mag logo across the hump. The thing he was riding had the loudest race can on that i have ever heard. It was louder than my cored cans and earplugs could cope with!
Anyhow this guy was deliberatly keeping the bike in first gear so he could keep the revs up when i was plodding along in third.
Noise is fair enough but not in a built up area like that.