What's your fav bike engine sound?

What's your fav bike engine sound?

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anonymous-user

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69 months

Sunday 5th July 2020
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I'm one of those saddos who, if I see somebody at a petrol station on a good bike, I'll always lurk for a bit, just to hear the bike being started ...

If in my car, and I see some bikes in the rear view mirror, as I keep left to allow them to overtake, I always lower the window just to hear them. Sadly, a lot of new sportsbikes sound pretty feeble these days.

It'd difficult to get the sound of a bike on video. They're usually recorded on phones and we're generally listening on a phone or laptop. That means that, both at recording and at playback, lots of bass is lost. That said, if you have decent headphones, these are 3 of my favs:

The RC166: https://youtu.be/o57JwibqCb8?t=126

The Norvin: https://youtu.be/jVeLhO9Kerk

Ducati: https://youtu.be/sp9xPyI8mCY

What're yours?


Brads67

3,199 posts

113 months

Sunday 5th July 2020
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Tuned Lambrettas running expansion pipes.

Or a Falc 180 Vespa Primiavera

Or an Enfield 650 twin. or, or, or, there are hundreds of bikes that sound good. No overly keen on inline 4s mind.

Steve Bass

10,519 posts

248 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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A LOUD one!!! hehe

SBDJ

1,328 posts

219 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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laugh

Drawweight

3,294 posts

131 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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Just now it’s my Sprint with a stubby end can (as posted on the ‘other’ thread.)

Not overly noisy but a lovely rasp to it.

Not my bike, mines the best colour..champagne.


drmike37

552 posts

71 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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I like that Yamaha 1000cc 4cyl they did with the funny firing order.

Simes205

4,814 posts

243 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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My v4 Honda.

Pothole

34,367 posts

297 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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tommy1973s said:
...as I keep left to allow them to overtake...
There's really no need. We can judge gaps and have the acceleration to do what we like without you pulling over into the roadside crap and showering us with it. No, I'm not ungrateful, it's just not something you need to bother with.

bunchofkeys

1,202 posts

83 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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I tend to favour the big V-Twins, for that thump thump thump sound.
The R1 Bigbang is the exception, for an IL4 https://youtu.be/7tCJQ5ho8mM?t=22

However, the CBX1000 https://youtu.be/PnmXrjqx8b4?t=153
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Edited by bunchofkeys on Monday 6th July 07:49

lazybike

994 posts

106 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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I do like a 2 stroke....preferably a race one.

Krikkit

27,404 posts

196 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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bunchofkeys said:
Brilliant things, what a noise.

https://youtu.be/vVWaJxxslP0

Tasmin200

1,332 posts

202 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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V Twins for me. Specially air cooled Ducati V twins. There's something different about them compared to other v twins.

Oddly I absolutely hate the noise a Harley makes. I've no idea how they make a v twin sound so ste.

Rat_Fink_67

2,716 posts

221 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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I must admit, as far as mainstream stuff goes, another vote for the crossplane R1 here, especially through a nice loud Akra system.

Triumph triples sound quite fruity as well with the right exhaust.

Kevin_Birth

90 posts

62 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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vmax. my dad had one of these but never changed the exhaust. never knew it sounded so beastly. shame he sold it frown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fPYFh5kpus (ignore the stty intro music)

I've heard a V4 Aprilia strung out in person as well and that sounded almighty.

Edited by Kevin_Birth on Monday 6th July 09:07

200Plus Club

11,938 posts

293 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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Ducati V twin on termignoni open pipes. Difficult to think of something better other than a classic / old 2 stroke race bike.

roboxm3

2,463 posts

210 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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I'm probably in the twin camp; obviously biased but I think my old RSV with twin Ti Akra Evo system sounded amazing and my brother's 1098 with 70mm Termi's sounded pretty sweet too. Watching/listening the other bikes at Snetterton recently, I'd say the RSV4 or cross-plane Yams were the best sounding 4 cylinder bikes...

pip t

1,366 posts

182 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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Twins....preferably v twins.

Also a V4 is a lovely sound.

Essentially I like things at the deeper burbling end of the audio spectrum than howling high revs.

Harleys are a favourite....

generationx

8,309 posts

120 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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The MotoGP Ducati Desmodici GP5 was an epic-sounding thing. I went to Donington that year: we were sitting after the Old Hairpin and even then it was deafening being warmed up in the paddock!

Rat_Fink_67

2,716 posts

221 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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generationx said:
The MotoGP Ducati Desmodici GP5 was an epic-sounding thing. I went to Donington that year: we were sitting after the Old Hairpin and even then it was deafening being warmed up in the paddock!
If we're talking race bikes, the best I ever heard in person was the Aprilia RS3 MotoGP machine...you could hear it shrieking around the whole lap of Donington from wherever you were stood laugh

TheOversteerLever

1,350 posts

228 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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Rat_Fink_67 said:
If we're talking race bikes, the best I ever heard in person was the Aprilia RS3 MotoGP machine...you could hear it shrieking around the whole lap of Donington from wherever you were stood laugh
The RS Cube? Mental sounding things. My favourite sounding bike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu3tc-d4FYY