Guest HD, you bring up many valid points, but this article is clearly ONLY about a newly enacted noise ordinance...that's all and that's all that I was addressing, with fact and with law. While the other things such as helmet law, use of a convention center and such may be going on, it is not relayed to the public in the news or at least...not in this article. You are quite correct that all bikers should be responsible and use decent behavior at these gatherings, but behave or not, loud and obnoxious straight pipes will likely be cited in, around, to and from this event no matter where the gathering takes place. Believe me brother, I bought my first HD at 15 and rode to high school even in winter. The only time we used trailers was when they broke down, not to keep what little chrome we had shiney. I still haven't stopped at 50.