Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins

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Sat 7 Jun 2008 18:11
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - Pugugly
BMW R1200GS rated at 87db - Wheelie Bin 89 db. !
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Sat 7 Jun 2008 18:16
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - ifithelps
PU, I think I may echo many on this forum when I say:

What are you on about?
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Sat 7 Jun 2008 18:19
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - NowWheels
What are you on about?


Shurely that's obvious? He's talking rubbish ;)
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Sat 7 Jun 2008 18:22
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - mss1tw
His motorbike is quieter than his wheelie bin being moved.

Do you mean tickover or ride-by though?!

I guess the bin is empty too :-P

My Africa Twin sounded interesting with nothing but the header pipes on...!
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Sat 7 Jun 2008 18:56
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - nick74
Strangely enough I was looking at my wheelie bin only this morning wondering why the hell its got a decibel sticker on it!
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Sat 7 Jun 2008 18:59
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - Pugugly
Same here really - must be one of those days !
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Sat 7 Jun 2008 19:43
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - doctorchris
I think that the decibel "rating" of wheelie bins relates to how noisy they are when you drop the lid down rather than when they are actually on the move.
A fairer comparison with the bike would be the noise it makes when the side stand clunks up into position.
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Sat 7 Jun 2008 20:10
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - NowWheels
My bin doesn't have a decibel rating.

Nor does it have alloy wheels, but it does have an opening sunroof ....
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Sat 7 Jun 2008 20:20
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - Screwloose

Isn't there some new EU limit of a max permitted 85db? [That's why all the, 93db, nightingales have to be shot.]
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Sun 8 Jun 2008 01:01
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - MikeTorque
There are plenty of motor bikes issuing well over 93db, you ready to aim !
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Sun 8 Jun 2008 01:47
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - Kevin
PU,

What tyres do you have on yours? My wheelie bin was originally quite noisy but after changing to Goodyear Eagles it is much better. If you go with the 245/50ZR16's the ride quality also improves dramatically.

Kevin...
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Sun 8 Jun 2008 01:49
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - Avant
PU, I thought you liked your Roomster - if you call it a rude name like that it might bite back. :)
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Sun 8 Jun 2008 07:13
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - Harleyman
No contest; I'd go for the wheelie bin every time! ;-)
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Sun 8 Jun 2008 09:59
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - NARU
I bet this is a bit louder - Turn your wheelie into a vacuum cleaner!

www.fresh-group.com/wheelie-bin-vac-range.htm
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Sun 8 Jun 2008 10:30
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - Tron
>>wheelie-bin-vac-range

Should be motorised....

...a couple of 12v wheelchair motors or a PTO through a centrifugal clutch geared to the wheels should do it!

I have four wheelie bins already & Wednesday evening/Thursday mornings (bin day) is really noisy around here ;)

Brown- tins & glass.
Green - garden waste (but no food stuff) and cardboard.
Blue - paper.
Grey - general household.

My council is talking of giving us another (bright yellow...) for plastic related!

I won't have a garden soon!!!!
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Sun 8 Jun 2008 12:42
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - bathtub tom
You could put the plastic wheelie bins in the new bright yellow one ;>)
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Sun 8 Jun 2008 14:56
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - spikeyhead {p}
I've only got three wheelie bins, however as my house has a shared drive, there's six bins, and two glass collection boxes, at the bottom of the drive.
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Sun 8 Jun 2008 20:53
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - Martin Devon
You lot are wired up wrong!!!!!!!!!

MD
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Mon 9 Jun 2008 08:38
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - L'escargot
BMW R1200GS rated at 87db - Wheelie Bin 89 db. !


Your Wheelie Bin is probably fitted with a pattern part exhaust system. Get a genuine exhaust system fitted before you annoy the neighbours.
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Mon 9 Jun 2008 19:48
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - Pugugly
My neighbours know better than to moan. Thinking about this today - all the 1200s I've heard riding past whilst helmetless are as quiet (if rather raspy) as a 250cc a few years ago.
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Mon 9 Jun 2008 20:03
Bikes are quieter than wheelie bins - P3t3r
BMW R1200GS rated at 87db - Wheelie Bin 89 db. !


My bin is 99db! What's the 0-60 like on your bin?
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