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Rawwr said:
Likewise. I really like my neighbours. I like all the kooky little villages I ride through. I also seem to encounter a lot of horse riders when I'm on my travels, too. For all those reasons, I stay standard.
It's only opinion but I do think that by having a noisy exhaust you are showing a certain amount of inconsideration for others.
Does that apply to cars which are noisy as standard?It's only opinion but I do think that by having a noisy exhaust you are showing a certain amount of inconsideration for others.
Not all exhausts are super loud at normal speeds either.
Jazoli said:
johnwilliams77 said:
Some people believe overly loud exhausts make you look like a tool
They do, there is no need for them, I can be sat in my garden enjoying my day off and all you can hear is w
kers on gixxers with stupid exhausts screaming up the A6 nearby, I can't hear any other vehicles at all at any time of day.I have a sportsbike with an aftermarket exhaust with no baffles in but its not offensively loud, I cringe at bike meets when the chav t
ts with their racefit slash pipes turn up revving the nuts off the bike, they are also the ones who usually can't ride for st on the open roads .johnwilliams77 said:
'Aftermarket exhaust'
HTH
(kidding, you're not that big of a knob, just a little knob).
After-market exhaust with no baffles, that isn't too loud. According to him.HTH
(kidding, you're not that big of a knob, just a little knob).
I expect there are plenty of people that might disagree.
On a personal level I couldn't care a less. And disagreeing with some random anonymous character on an internet forum doesn't have me name-calling either, not since leaving school at any rate. Then again, I occasionally call my best mate a w
ker amongst other things, so perhaps it's a term of affection after all.Darkslider said:
I'm at a loss here. This is a forum for petrol heads, so why are people complaining about loud engines? I quite enjoy hearing fast bikes and cars out on a sunny day, I've even gone to motorsports events just to watch and hear them in action.
I dislike the bloody church bells being rung at stupid o clock every Sunday morning, but I wouldn't go and sign up to godbotheringheads.com to rant about it. I just accept that some people make a noise doing something they enjoy and there's more important things in life to get worked up over.
A petrolhead is not nessecarily one who loves everthing about cars, motoring and associated activities. Even they would like a bit of peace and quiet occasionally.I dislike the bloody church bells being rung at stupid o clock every Sunday morning, but I wouldn't go and sign up to godbotheringheads.com to rant about it. I just accept that some people make a noise doing something they enjoy and there's more important things in life to get worked up over.
The church bell comparison? Ah, no.
cmaguire said:
johnwilliams77 said:
'Aftermarket exhaust'
HTH
(kidding, you're not that big of a knob, just a little knob).
After-market exhaust with no baffles, that isn't too loud. According to him.HTH
(kidding, you're not that big of a knob, just a little knob).
I expect there are plenty of people that might disagree.
On a personal level I couldn't care a less. And disagreeing with some random anonymous character on an internet forum doesn't have me name-calling either, not since leaving school at any rate. Then again, I occasionally call my best mate a w
ker amongst other things, so perhaps it's a term of affection after all.I've never heard an aftermarket exhaust without baffles that isn't obnoxious.
My GSX-R600 has been measured over 100db on it's standard exhaust with baffles!
K8-600 said:
I guess the question is what bike is it on?
I've never heard an aftermarket exhaust without baffles that isn't obnoxious.
My GSX-R600 has been measured over 100db on it's standard exhaust with baffles!
My 1100cc vee four with decat and AR can with baffle blew 98/99 at 5500rpm and that's ' one of those baked bean can' pipes I've never heard an aftermarket exhaust without baffles that isn't obnoxious.
My GSX-R600 has been measured over 100db on it's standard exhaust with baffles!
My gsxr with lextek full size sports exhaust - not sure on the length they state but it's track friendly normally would blow 102-104 depending on what track and if the bike was on its period and being noisier than normal
Go figure?!
K8-600 said:
I guess the question is what bike is it on?
I've never heard an aftermarket exhaust without baffles that isn't obnoxious.
My GSX-R600 has been measured over 100db on it's standard exhaust with baffles!
I suppose the whole obnoxious thing depends on your take on noise. For me , you could take two bikes with similar dB ratings and one might sound loud and characterless whereas the other might sound spot on.I've never heard an aftermarket exhaust without baffles that isn't obnoxious.
My GSX-R600 has been measured over 100db on it's standard exhaust with baffles!
I like loud bikes and cars when they sound good, I don't like them when they are just loud.
As a few have said, most of the bikes I've heard with stubby cans (like AR etc) are just stupidly loud and characterless. They sound s
t.By a roundabout route (not searching for noise) I've ended up with a noisy (119dB at 7000rpm) exhaust on my GSXR750. Initially I put an R11 can on it (2012 model) prior to Suzuki doing the same anyway. It sounded nicer, not particularly loud, and I had the ecu mapped. At the time the mapper said dumping the cat was the easy way to more power. There were a number of full systems available for the GSXR but I had already shelled out near on 600 for the can and the R11 is the best looking can by a million miles so I was looking for something using that. No full R11 system for the 750 though, but a couple of companies supply a link pipe to cut out the cat. Whilst I was thinking about it a set of standard downpipes came up on eBay with the cat removed and professionally extended to take an R11 can, so no mickey mouse link pipe with clamps and butchering my headers. And that is on it now and mapped again to suit. The baffling in the R11 can is pretty insignificant, probably because it doesn't matter with a cat in place, but without that makes it noisier.
But this system ain't no AR system. Of all the bikes I've owned (the loudest before was a 1260 GSX Katana with a Vance and Hines system) this bike is possibly the best sounding road bike I've ever heard and although it screams at full chat it is like fine music. I've always thought 750 was some sort of magic capacity, maybe it is.
When the 1000 arrives I'll just stick the Yoshi can on it to get rid of the dustbin and leave the rest.
K8-600 said:
I guess the question is what bike is it on?
I've never heard an aftermarket exhaust without baffles that isn't obnoxious.
My GSX-R600 has been measured over 100db on it's standard exhaust with baffles!
Size matters too. A stubby exhaust with baffles can easily be much louder than a sensibly longer can without baffles. I've never heard an aftermarket exhaust without baffles that isn't obnoxious.
My GSX-R600 has been measured over 100db on it's standard exhaust with baffles!
Birky_41 said:
K8-600 said:
I guess the question is what bike is it on?
I've never heard an aftermarket exhaust without baffles that isn't obnoxious.
My GSX-R600 has been measured over 100db on it's standard exhaust with baffles!
My 1100cc vee four with decat and AR can with baffle blew 98/99 at 5500rpm and that's ' one of those baked bean can' pipes I've never heard an aftermarket exhaust without baffles that isn't obnoxious.
My GSX-R600 has been measured over 100db on it's standard exhaust with baffles!
My gsxr with lextek full size sports exhaust - not sure on the length they state but it's track friendly normally would blow 102-104 depending on what track and if the bike was on its period and being noisier than normal
Go figure?!
K8-600 said:
I guess the question is what bike is it on?
I've never heard an aftermarket exhaust without baffles that isn't obnoxious.
My GSX-R600 has been measured over 100db on it's standard exhaust with baffles!
The akra on my K5 (slip on) was pretty much the same volume without baffles if not a tiny bit louder than the standard can. Definitely wouldn't turn heads like my other bikes do. I've never heard an aftermarket exhaust without baffles that isn't obnoxious.
My GSX-R600 has been measured over 100db on it's standard exhaust with baffles!
supercommuter said:
The people that disagree generally don't have a clue, I'd say.
A good quality race can/s with no baffles are not that loud - 96-100db dependant on what bike. Cheap st big bore 'race' cans are loud. Same as a car really, chav's come in all walks of life.
I have twin remus race cans, de-catted on my R1 and I can get on most UK tracks with them, never black flagged. But then I don't ride like a tit on the road.
I think the trouble is what constitutes riding like a tit is very different to different people. I ride in a way I like to think of as safe (but quickish on more open NSL stretches), my bike is also on a very quiet exhaust. I'm still sure some think I'm a tit.A good quality race can/s with no baffles are not that loud - 96-100db dependant on what bike. Cheap s
t big bore 'race' cans are loud. Same as a car really, chav's come in all walks of life.I have twin remus race cans, de-catted on my R1 and I can get on most UK tracks with them, never black flagged. But then I don't ride like a tit on the road.
Jazoli said:
cmaguire said:
Do as I say, not as I do then.
A hypocrite.
Why am I a hypocrite you knob? I said my exhaust isn't loud, it passes noise testing at some of the most restrictive tracks in the UK, which means it isn't loud at all.A hypocrite.
Biker's Nemesis said:
My 04 R1 was measured at 98db when I was last at Snetterton, that was with no baffles and a De-cat.
Mine is about the same, its very quiet, unlike tts with 118db exhausts, that is just selfish and fking annoying to anyone who lives within a mile of a popular biking route.Gassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff