Neighbour with unsilenced bike - 101 or Environmental Health
Neighbour with unsilenced bike - 101 or Environmental Health
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Tom_C76

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1,923 posts

218 months

Monday 13th March 2017
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There's a chavvy lad lives in the social housing bit at the bottom of our estate with a 125cc race rep bike. It's always been offensively loud but seemed recently to have got even louder. Having seen it parked up this is because it now has no silencer at all, just a 2" pipe that finishes at the start of where the can should be.

To make matters worse he's for ever popping in and out on the bd thing, assumed to be couriering the sort of stuff you can carry in a back pocket if you know what I mean.

Whilst I'm not keek on having a dealer on the estate at least this one is delivering whereas the previous had his customers coming to the flats and pinching stuff as they passed to raise money. However, his stupidly noisey bike is a proper pain. Would that be something plod would be interested in or do I need to complain to the council for noise pollution?

Just to add, I'm not being oversensitive about loud vehicles, my Caterham isn't the quietest thing on the roads, but when this tt rides past it drowns out the TV.

Adrian E

3,366 posts

206 months

Monday 13th March 2017
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In theory both the police and local authorities have powers to deal with this, but are often reluctant to do so. Does it have a valid MOT and VED? If not, that's an additional avenue to persuade your local enforcement authorities to show an interest.

If it's got a reasonably regular pattern of usage and isn't reliant on blind luck to be there when it's running then they might deal with it - best thing is go in and ask your at your local police station in the first instance. If you go with the VRM and it indicates someone they're aware of as the registered keeper they may also be more interested....

Bikesalot

1,886 posts

188 months

Monday 13th March 2017
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Have you tried talking to the individual?

Tom_C76

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1,923 posts

218 months

Monday 13th March 2017
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Bikesalot said:
Have you tried talking to the individual?
No. But his behaviour suggests he doesn't give a st about anyone else.

Grunt Futtock

335 posts

129 months

Wednesday 15th March 2017
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Tom_C76 said:
No. But his behaviour suggests he doesn't give a st about anyone else.
Can of expanding foam, discharge the entire contents into his 'pipe' (I do mean on the bike for those of you with a filthy mind).