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Regarding "cherry picking evidence", what exactly constitutes not "cherry picking evidence"? Everything dealing with motorcycles has an extremely limited data set. There is no data for much of anything, and the data that does exist there isn't enough to make any confident conclusions. There is barely enough data to support that wearing a helmet is safer then not wearing a helmet, much less things like loud pipes.
There's a lot of hot air being shot around back and forth by arm chair philosophers on whether loud pipes make a difference or not, but there's a really easy test. Take a ride on a loud motorcycle. Then take a ride on a quiet motorcycle. See if you can tell a difference. I rode my friend's loud chopper and it was pretty obvious that it does make a difference.
Arguing from the position that loud pipes don't make any difference is a losing game and almost a patently absurd position to take anyway. The real argument is that loud pipes are obnoxious and sociopathic and mitigated through riding ability to the point of being superfluous. Just like you don't slash everyone's tires before leaving the parking lot, you shouldn't need to cause irritating noise pollution everywhere you ride just to stay safe.
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