quiksilver Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 I fucking hate loud motorcycles, however am fine with crotch rockets. Ducati Whenever I hear a fucking Harley, all I want to do is throw a log in their spokes. The sound is akin to Taco Bell chocolate rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVC Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 The sound is akin to Taco Bell chocolate rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martijn_B Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 I dont mind loud motorcycles, just like i dont mind loud cars. Thing is, the loudness should line up with the power of the vehicle. IMHO putting a race can on a Kawasaki GPZ 600 from 1986 makes absolutely no sense. Also revving the sh*t out of it is something I hate. I had a shortened Two Brothers carbon fibre race can on my 2003 Fireblade 954RR, nice deep rumble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappo Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 They are the same as the idiots running open downpipe or straight pipe with no mufflers/cat on their cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D s50r Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 A Ducati twin with Termignoni exhaust and a dry clutch on the other hand...is totally acceptable no matter what. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ZYxLdR5bo yummmm!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83' turbo Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 more than anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin H Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 I get mad when their bikes are quiet. A rider who cares if he lives or dies will make sure people hear him before they see him. Pisses me off when a quiet bike flies past me on the freeway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Turtles Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 They are the same as the idiots running open downpipe or straight pipe with no mufflers/cat on their cars. Except that a motorcycle is, by it's very definition, a very extroverted statement of self. Four wheels moves the body, two wheels moves the soul -- some people's souls are just louder and more annoying than others, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Tuna Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 Very interesting reading opinions outside Cali. Most people I know here in ca like loud bikes. I hate it when those silent fuckers sneak up on me in traffic splitting lanes. I would much rather know someone is coming audibly so I know not to change lanes It doesn't matter if their bikes are loud or not, people are idiots and will still get into accidents, almost every weekend (no exaggeration) there is a downed bike on pch near me. Its a split between crotch rockets and Harleys. Plus if they are swerving through traffic doing 60 when your going 20, they could have a train horn attached and it would make much of a difference. I find when your sitting down to dinner along a street more dipshits in Harley's/cruisers are looking at you as they drive by, revving...I'd rather hear a civic then a Harley any day, I hate that noise that much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-Ship Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 I don't get annoyed because I hear them in the car, windows up, radio on. It's everywhere else they are annoying. (mostly twins) If safety were such a concern, everyone would be using strobes. My doctor & cpa both ride Harleys. When will the outlaw image wear off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Turtles Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 My doctor & cpa both ride Harleys. When will the outlaw image wear off? The same day Volvo's image of safety wears off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdlarson Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 I get mad when their bikes are quiet. A rider who cares if he lives or dies will make sure people hear him before they see him. Pisses me off when a quiet bike flies past me on the freeway. If I'm going slow and a bike is going fast I don't expect to hear it until it is next to me and scares the crap out of me or passes me. I don't get that argument. Why do you need to know if a bike is sneaking up from behind if you are slow or stuck in traffic? They should be riding like they are invisible and if you open your door when they are flying between lanes of cars, gee, too bad for them Actually, if needing to be loud was for safety and you needed the people in front of the bike to be alerted to the presence of the bike, shouldn't they mount the exhaust facing forward? I mean a jet engine is a hell of a lot louder from behind than from the front. Same for bikes. And frankly I don't give a rip if one is coming up from behind. I'm worried about turning left in front of some dipshit who doesn't care that his headlight is burned out or thinks it's cool looking not to have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin H Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 If I'm going slow and a bike is going fast I don't expect to hear it until it is next to me and scares the crap out of me or passes me. I don't get that argument. Why do you need to know if a bike is sneaking up from behind if you are slow or stuck in traffic? They should be riding like they are invisible and if you open your door when they are flying between lanes of cars, gee, too bad for them Yeah too bad for them. My girlfriends Dad passed away riding. When a car randomly changes lanes and cuts off a motorcycle then fuck em right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge_Brownie Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 When a car randomly changes lanes and cuts off a motorcycle then fuck em right?Absolutely not, but his point stands. Any motorcyclist will tell you the same phrase about riding as if you are invisible. And at any speed in which there is way for a car to jump out in front of you, the bike has to be unbearably loud to even remotely be heard. The exhaust points backwards, not forwards. Loud bikes don't save shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin H Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 My dad's an avid rider also and his rules are: 1. I'm invisible 2. Everyone is out to kill me. 3. I'm invisible. Motorcycles can stop faster, go faster than most cars and can get out of situations easier but the idiot who doesn't care to check his mirrors before changing lanes should be able to hear him coming behind him. That said loud pipes do save lives by drawing attention. Noise is still audible in front of a motorcycle. For example you are in traffic and some kid is blasting his favorite new macklemore song about being being a cheap ass through his 4 12 walmart subs. What happens? You stare at him like he's an asshole. Now I understand your counter argument maybe well sub woofers are omnidirectional. Well my question and hopefully people do this research is next time you see a motorcycle coming towards you also ask yourself if you can hear him. If you can than sound must be of an advantage. Otherwise why put sirens on ambulances, why put horns on vehicles? The loud pipes don't help argument is only valid if: 1. Sound doesn't travel faster forward than the motorcycle. Last I checked motorcycles don't break the sound barrier. So the whole exhaust facing backwards argument is ignorance. 2. We lived in a great world where people checked their mirrors and weren't day dreaming while driving. Read: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/daydreaming-while-driving-more-dangerous-texting-claims-study-014558551.html These are the people that all motorist need to grab their attention. Honestly though if you ride and you hate loud obnoxious pipes then that's ok. I just hope you don't have the same fate as my girlfriends Dad. Best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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