IG Moto motorcycle noise volume initiative

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Motorcycle noise

Debate about the volume of motorcycles

IG Moto motorcycle noise volume initiative
Eva Breutel

IG Moto motorcycle noise volume initiative

IG Moto motorcycle noise volume initiative

IG Moto motorcycle noise volume initiative

IG Moto motorcycle noise volume initiative

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The committed test team of the Austrian IG Moto after the noise measurement in Vinschgau / South Tyrol.

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Noise measurement near Schlanders / South Tyrol: IG Moto proves that motorcycles are not all-in-one riot bags.

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We motorcyclists should think along. But discrimination has to stop. Kai-Uwe Burskens, Lechtal

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The measurement shows: A single speeder is as loud as 28 normal drivers. Measurement engineer Martin Demon

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If you are too fast or too loud, you have to get out. Whether on two or four wheels. Robert Heel, Lechtal

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The internal combustion engine remains the internal combustion engine, whether in a car or a motorcycle. Stefan Vill, Vinschgau

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IG Moto motorcycle noise volume initiative

IG Moto – motorcycle noise measured
Motorcycles not that loud?

At the latest in spring they started again, the heated discussions about motorcycle noise. The Austrian IG Moto does not stop at complaining about media agitation, but is actively committed to the interests of motorcyclists – most recently with a noise measurement.

Eva Breutel

06/19/2018

A noise measurement, of all things, is supposed to defend us motorcyclists? Let’s not just provide arguments for people who loudly demand driving bans and route closures? “I do not think so”, says Kai-Uwe Burskens, “With serious values ​​we show that most motorcycles are nowhere near as loud as claimed.”

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Heated mood in Austria

The hotelier from the Tyrolean Lechtal already founded the IG Moto together with other motorcyclists in January 2018, which campaigns against the unequal treatment of motorists and motorcyclists. In the Lech Valley and the neighboring Inn Valley, motorbikes are threatened with road closures and driving bans on up to eight routes, including the Hahntennjoch, Namlostal and Pillerhohe. The mood in these Austrian excursion areas has been heated since some politicians, media and citizens’ groups identified the motorcycle tourists as the sole troublemakers of the rural tranquility and have been fighting them with all possible means. The key experience for Burskens and his colleagues was a panel discussion to which the “Tyrolean daily newspaper” had loaded – including him and two other motorcyclists.


IG Moto motorcycle noise volume initiative


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IG Moto after the noise measurement in Vinschgau (South Tyrol).

“There were 270 people in the hall, almost all of them vehement motorcycle opponents, so that we hardly had a say”, he says angrily. To describe motorcyclists generally as high-speed drivers and rowdies or even by “Noise terrorists” to talk and write, as happened recently, “this is discrimination, this has to stop”, says Burskens, incidentally a real Tyrolean, despite his Nordic-looking name. “Instead of motorcycle noise, it should be about traffic noise in general.” His colleague Robert Heel, also a hotel owner in the Lechtal, helps him: “Motorists are allowed to do everything, motorcyclists are not allowed to do anything. there is no reason for that.”

It’s about the practical values

And so, on a sunny Saturday in Val Venosta in South Tyrol, IG Moto measures the noise development of motorcycles, two-, four- and six-cylinder engines, naked bikes, tourers, enduro bikes and athletes, and Euro 3 and Euro 4 models. For comparison, an e-scooter and an e-car are measured, as well as – but out of competition – a passing tractor and a sports car. “It is not about reproducing homologation cycles, but about practical values”, explains measurement engineer Martin Demon, who is professionally involved in noise measurements in mining. He carefully instructs the test drivers, averages the values ​​recorded with the calibrated sound level meter and converts them to a distance of 7.5 meters – that is roughly how far away from the road residents could sit in front gardens.


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The measurement results provided meaningful data.

Lo and behold: the lowest values ​​for motorcycles correspond to those of e-vehicles at a constant 50 and 80 km / h or are even lower (see table on the left). However, as soon as the test drivers open the gas, the levels skyrocket. Which IG Moto by no means withholds, because it is also about sensitizing motorcyclists and showing them how penetrating motorcycles can sound in residential areas when they accelerate from 50 or 80 km / h. The levels reach up to almost 90 dB (A), mind you with legal exhaust systems. Sound expert Martin Demon calculates a striking comparison from this: “A speeder makes as much noise as 28 normal drivers.” That sits.

“The incinerator remains the incinerator”

“If you are too fast or too loud, you have to get out”, emphasizes Robert Heel, “no matter whether on two or four wheels.” He does not accept the frequently made argument that motorcyclists are out and about for fun and that they can be safely locked out: “On the B 198 near me, the Lechtal Grand Prix takes place every morning between six and eight o’clock – drivers on the way to work who are often far too fast”, he tells. “Nobody says anything about that. Many could just as easily drive publicly.”


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The measurement shows: A single speeder is as loud as 28 normal drivers (measurement engineer Martin Demon).

Erich Vill often hears half-baked arguments against motorcycles. He runs an organic hotel in Schlanders in South Tyrol, with an attached motorcycle test center for guests. “Some turn up their noses and say: organic and motorcycles – they don’t go together”, he tells. “They are there by car themselves.” His son Stefan adds: “The internal combustion engine remains the internal combustion engine, whether in a car or a motorcycle.” The passionate motorcyclists, who run an organic farm next to the hotel, have been dealing with the topic of e-mobility for a long time and also offer their guests e-scooters to try out. But it will take some time for Stromer to catch on. “We don’t want to sit and watch for so long as motorcycles are pushed back further and further.” That is why the Vills have joined the Austrian IG Moto, especially since the mood in South Tyrol is gradually turning against motorcyclists in some places.

Discussion about motorcycles in Tyrol continues

The activists are often accused by their opponents of only trying to protect their economic interests as operators of motorcycle hotels. “Of course we do, that is perfectly legitimate”, replies Kai-Uwe Burskens. “But IG Moto isn’t just about hoteliers and innkeepers, we’re mainly motorcyclists. And we want to stay that way.” The first successes have already been achieved: the petition against the unequal treatment of motorcyclists was signed by around 8,000 people (www.igmoto.info). In addition, the district chief responsible for the Lechtal, comparable to a German district administrator, decreed that IG Moto must also be heard when deciding on roadblocks or speed limits. With the current measurements from Schlanders, the committed Tyroleans want with the fairy tale of the “Noise terrorists” tidying up and at the same time using posters to slow down all too fast and loud motorcyclists. The discussion about motorcycles in Tyrol continues – and not only there.

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