pune aditya ranades 10monthold daughter finds it difficult to sleep during the day and the night and its got nothing to do with being fretful the thundering of superbikes passing by ranades roadside home in mayur colony in kothrud is the cause of her discomfort the family is edgy yet helpless against the growing menace of the noisy superbikes many of them with silencers modified for that peculiar rattling effect the number of superbikes or those priced upwards of rs 5 lakh have steadily increased in the city in the last three years besides their overwhelming looks and superior performance many are notorious for the amount of sound they generate when in motion my daughter wakes up howling whenever a superbike passes on the road after 8pm several of them zip across our house one after another the noise is unbearable and is disturbing for my parents too the deafening noise they generate also drowns the sound of the television ranade said police must crack down against the bike owners he added the noise is far above the limits permissible in residential areas there is clearly some tampering done by the bike owners who may have got the silencers intentionally modified he said motorcycle companies are in cohorts with the buyers alleged senior citizen sudhir lalye a resident of ramnagar colony on ndapashan road i go for my evening walk to necklace garden around 630pm the amount of noise that a superbike generates after passing by hurts my ears as well as those of my friends i once approached a dealer of one such premium bike company near my house who admitted that they get a lot of requests for modifying silencers he told me about fittings like an indori phataka to the silencer for rs 2500 to rs 4000 most bike owners are young boys who give two hoots about the law and use their vehicles to lord it over the road the traffic police should act against them he said deeksha bannerjee of sus road said the superbike in her residential compound made such a noise that they are forced to shut their ears when it is being driven in fact it can be heard even when it has reached the main road i wonder how the owner tolerates all that noise which is irritating and disorienting she added admitting that noisy bikes are a nuisance deputy commissioner of police traffic sarang awad said the noise levels are definitely high and can be very disturbing especially at night early mornings and on weekends we take action against all such bike owners who intentionally modify their silencers they must certainly desist from disturbing citizens in residential areas and around hospitals the traffic police have taken action against 234 such offenders in 2015 their records reveal the bikers are charged under section 190 2 of the motor vehicle act which pertains to improper modifications to vehicles the fine for modifications in this case changes made to the silencer could be