To the guy with the train horn at the races

Motoxtombo
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8/22/2023 7:28pm

When i went to the 2006 MXdN at Matterley Basin the horns were cool for a while then it got old. Plus all the co2 cartridges people threw over the fence (Not on the track)  made walking on the side of the track tricky, there were enough of them in some places to be slippery.   lol

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8/22/2023 7:32pm
T-Fish wrote:

I’ll take a million air horns at every single race over having to hear people scream “RED BUD” for just one round. 

As someone who's gone to Red Bud 3x since 2018 I agree!

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8/22/2023 7:33pm
aeffertz wrote:
They’re starting to pop up everywhere now, I even picked one up instead of buying the disposable ones over and over. You can buy them premade...

They’re starting to pop up everywhere now, I even picked one up instead of buying the disposable ones over and over. You can buy them premade or you can buy just the kit itself if you already have a cordless impact drill. I'm not sure if they're much louder than a traditional airhorn but they definitely have a different tone (that train horn sound). I agree with the fact that anything done too much is annoying. 
 

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Oh man haven't seen the Milwaukee one. Just the Ryobi 

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8/22/2023 7:47pm
Schu125 wrote:
My buddy brought his obnoxiously loud train horn with us to MXoN last year... was a bit of a bitch to carry the compressor around though...

My buddy brought his obnoxiously loud train horn with us to MXoN last year... was a bit of a bitch to carry the compressor around though...

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I never imagined a guy annoying the shit out of the whole facility would look like this.

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8/22/2023 7:54pm
Schu125 wrote:
My buddy brought his obnoxiously loud train horn with us to MXoN last year... was a bit of a bitch to carry the compressor around though...

My buddy brought his obnoxiously loud train horn with us to MXoN last year... was a bit of a bitch to carry the compressor around though...

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How the hell did I not see that guy? The compressor would be a nightmare to lug around. Why do that to yourself at an amazing event like that?

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8/22/2023 8:52pm

I just tried to watch some video from the Tennessee Knockout hard enduro which just took place recently... I did not make it very far into the video before I was thoroughly annoyed by the imbecile honking what sounded like a car horn. People are so stupid....

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8/22/2023 9:00pm

Are you the guy who emailed into to pulp about this

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8/22/2023 9:49pm
Schu125 wrote:
My buddy brought his obnoxiously loud train horn with us to MXoN last year... was a bit of a bitch to carry the compressor around though...

My buddy brought his obnoxiously loud train horn with us to MXoN last year... was a bit of a bitch to carry the compressor around though...

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This guy made it through the day without anyone cutting that hose in half? 

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8/22/2023 10:02pm

...just be thankful you don't have the crazy Vuvuzela blowing fans at races.

A Vuvuzela is a long horn blown by fans at soccer matches in South Africa. Imagine 20 + thousand of these things blasting away all day. 

These damn things are the #1 nuisance at sporting events in South Africa.

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8/22/2023 10:07pm
FWYT wrote:

I say more air horns, more chain saws. That stuff is awesome.

philG wrote:
Its funny for 5 minutes, then it is fucking annoying. The fact that we will allow wankers with chainsaws to rev them 24/7 at races, and...

Its funny for 5 minutes, then it is fucking annoying.

The fact that we will allow wankers with chainsaws to rev them 24/7 at races, and then penalise a guy for being 2db over in a post race test shows the stupidity of our sport. 

Stops familes wanting to attend.  

Best reply so far. You nailed it Phil.

How long will it be before a track owner faces a lawsuit for a perforated ear drum?

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8/22/2023 10:54pm Edited Date/Time 8/22/2023 10:57pm
Boomslang wrote:
...just be thankful you don't have the crazy Vuvuzela blowing fans at races. A Vuvuzela is a long horn blown by fans at soccer matches in...

...just be thankful you don't have the crazy Vuvuzela blowing fans at races.

A Vuvuzela is a long horn blown by fans at soccer matches in South Africa. Imagine 20 + thousand of these things blasting away all day. 

These damn things are the #1 nuisance at sporting events in South Africa.

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Those things almost ruined the football world cup when it was in SA. 

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8/22/2023 11:20pm

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8/22/2023 11:28pm Edited Date/Time 8/22/2023 11:32pm

Something a bit related to this is the bloke who was blathering on a Loud Hailer in front of the podium after ( I think) the first moto.

 

At first I thought it may be an official crowd warmer upper prior to when they used the full tannoy system at the moto presentation, but when he started to drop " Mother Effers" a few times, I deduced it was Not an official 'mouth'.

 

As I fast forwarded through much of the subsequent podiums I didn't hear him again. So I assume he was stopped from 'broadcasting'.

 

Different, but a bit the same as that twonker with the drone last year.

Different in that this blokes crap, was put through the stream, for all watching to hear. Something I'd say would not have made a few - broadcaster, organisers and some at home listening to it, at all happy.

 

As for the Chainsaws and Air Horns - call me the Fun Police, but I hate the bloody things. Attention Whores ruining the racing for others, is my take on it.

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8/22/2023 11:44pm Edited Date/Time 8/22/2023 11:48pm

I'd like to connect a Sousaphone to a Big Bore Stihl.... let her RIP!!!   (Or a KX500 engine on a trolley)  (I'm an old school Redneck)

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8/23/2023 9:39am
Travis_821 wrote:

Are you the guy who emailed into to pulp about this

Nah, haven't heard that.  Does he hold the same sentiment?

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8/23/2023 11:05am

Nah, haven't heard that.  Does he hold the same sentiment?

Just want to say Boxers frigging rule. They are so silly and hilarious!

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8/23/2023 11:25am

Nah, haven't heard that.  Does he hold the same sentiment?

FWYT wrote:

Just want to say Boxers frigging rule. They are so silly and hilarious!

Lol thanks, this is a pretty hold picture now by this point.  Old Fred is a pretty grumpy middle aged bastard by this point, but I love him still

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8/23/2023 11:46am

I would stack my trash so hard if that thing went off by me while racing! First lap at least! 

Raise hell Praise Dale Brother!

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8/23/2023 11:52am
Travis_821 wrote:

Are you the guy who emailed into to pulp about this

Nah, haven't heard that.  Does he hold the same sentiment?

Pulp mx show ,Monday night they had a listener email in about that

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8/23/2023 2:53pm
FWYT wrote:

I say more air horns, more chain saws. That stuff is awesome.

philG wrote:
Its funny for 5 minutes, then it is fucking annoying. The fact that we will allow wankers with chainsaws to rev them 24/7 at races, and...

Its funny for 5 minutes, then it is fucking annoying.

The fact that we will allow wankers with chainsaws to rev them 24/7 at races, and then penalise a guy for being 2db over in a post race test shows the stupidity of our sport. 

Stops familes wanting to attend.  

Boomslang wrote:

Best reply so far. You nailed it Phil.

How long will it be before a track owner faces a lawsuit for a perforated ear drum?

I don't understand the comparison between enforcing crowd noise rules and a dB-spec with direct correlation to power output, on race bikes, but OK. 

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8/24/2023 5:19am

I think where this crosses the line is at 'Dilla when some mouth breather is ruining Jett Lawrence's moment that he's worked his whole life for. Will is on the podium trying to ask him what it feels like to win a 450 championship and he can't get a word in because the train horn guy wants some attention.

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4/12/2024 6:54am
Are you the same guy every week? Do you travel to every race to honk your horn? Are there multiple of you? Has anyone told you...

Are you the same guy every week?

Do you travel to every race to honk your horn?

Are there multiple of you?

Has anyone told you to fuck off?  

Holy shit, im in FULL agreement!! 

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4/12/2024 7:01am

Geez, a guy can't even have a hobby anymore.

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5/13/2024 7:39am Edited Date/Time 5/13/2024 7:40am
Motoxdoc wrote:

“I could use a little more cowbell”

You beat me to it, was about to type the same!! More Cow Bell!!!

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5/13/2024 7:43am
Motoxdoc wrote:

“I could use a little more cowbell”

wwdiii wrote:

You beat me to it, was about to type the same!! More Cow Bell!!!

Yeah, he beat you by almost a year.

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5/13/2024 11:30pm

Reminds me of what happened at the Oakland supercross a few years back. We were tailgating out in the parking lot and there was a group of inbred rednecks also tailgating near us, they were loud and doing everything - drinking, smoking, and snorting it up. One of the rednecks had a jacked up F350 with huge monster truck tires on it. This idiot kept blasting his train horn constantly. It was pretty annoying and must have pissed off plenty of people. Anyway, after the racing was over we made it back to our vehicle to go home and the redneck was sitting in his vehicle looking like he was about to cry - somebody had either slashed or let the air out of all his tires. He got his just reward. 

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SrfNdirt
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5/25/2024 1:55pm

Yeah,  pretty lame

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5/25/2024 2:08pm

Whoever it is the guy is an annoying asshole! He needs to take that shit to Europe where they seem to appreciate that kind of bullshit!

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