THE BEST-SOUNDING bike engines?

[gareth h]

Def triumph trip with a race can.

[Hooli]

some old parrallel twin with open pipes, say a proper bonnie

[Pesty]

Suzuki TL 1000 R with race pipes I heard once made my jaw drop

also

Honda VTR 1000 SP-1 also amazing Id still love one of these

[Rubin215]

Rotary Norton,
Kawasaki's first MotoGP bike,
Britten.

[Beemer-5]

The Suzuki 125cc/5 cylinder is another unique engine which sounded amazing.

[FourWheelDrift]

aeropilot said:

FourWheelDrift said:

But there's something in my head that says there was a V8 or even a V12 small capacity engine in a bike that sounds fantastic.

I think you may be thinking of the Moto Guzzi V8 racer from the 1950's, which I forgot to put on my list.

Is this what you were thinking of...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdxI3faucvM&feature=related 

Youtube seems to be playing up and not working at the moment but if that's the same one that has been posted on here in the past then it's the one I was thinking of, sounds right to me

[Busamav]

Biker's Nemesis said:

I must be stone deaf, as I don't get this "twins" thing sounding great, they too me just sound flat, as uninspiring as the sound the form Moto Gp bikes in their first year.

Nothing like the sound of a GP 500 Four being warmed up IMO.

same here

I also like the smooth sound of a piped triple

[TL84]

Hmm, my VFR800 sounds pretty good, geared cams, v4, roar!

I like the CBX1000 though and also the RC161 :O

[robstvr]

For today's bikes, it's got to be the Triumph triples. Mine, specifically....

[beanorat]

1098R with Termi's

sounds loud and angry, as I can certify after riding for two hours on Wednesday

should be even louder at Almeria next week!

Edited by beanorat on Friday 18th April 13:05

[Chris_R]

Triumph Triple is nice, more distinctive than best sounding though still very niceIMO.

Big V-twins like a Harley-type lump give the best "proper" bike noise though I say

[robstvr]

Anyone on here ever have one of those wicked 80s Raliegh "futuristic" bikes with the electronic panel on it with an LCD speedo, and "computer"? They sounded pretty fly!!

[catso]

robstvr said:

Anyone on here ever have one of those wicked 80s Raliegh "futuristic" bikes with the electronic panel on it with an LCD speedo, and "computer"? They sounded pretty fly!!

Nah, they were too rich for me I had a 'Chopper' with a playing card clothes pegged to the spokes.....

[The Pits]

I don't get the V twin thing either, just a flat drone whether it's a harley or a ducati the note doesn't change much with revs, they just get louder.

Best sounding bike I ever heard was a ducati 990 desmo moto gp bike at Donnington in 2004 (that was a V4).

Best sounding bike I ever owned was my ZX12r with full acropovic titanium system. The noise that thing made on the dyno as it nudged the redline, spitting flames was something else.

[tankslappa]

robstvr said:

Anyone on here ever have one of those wicked 80s Raliegh "futuristic" bikes with the electronic panel on it with an LCD speedo, and "computer"? They sounded pretty fly!!

We have a winner, Raleigh Vektar

I so wanted one of these as a kid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBrN1sLZVik

[Beemer-5]

The Pits---my 999R and 748R didn't stay the same at any revs!

Try one and see.

The noise they make puts a UJM/4 to shame.

[The Pits]

tried a 748 and a 996. I like the way they look but that's about it for me I'm afraid. The more cylinders the better is the general rule for me, so I really hope the 6cyl bikes make a return (yeah I know f6c and goldwing has a flat 6 but it doesn't rev enough to sound amazing).

[rev-erend]

Kawasaki 500 triple .. 2 stroke on std cans

[RJO]

FourWheelDrift said:

916/996 Ducati
Desmosedici RR (I was next to Randy Mamola when he started up the bike at Goodwood 2 years ago).
6 cyl racing engines


But there's something in my head that says there was a V8 or even a V12 small capacity engine in a bike that sounds fantastic. The video/sound clip is online somewhere but I can't track it down. I think it was the bike that arrives in a big crate and then gets put back in it and sent back to the factory for servicing.

Probably the Drysdale V8.

http://home.mira.net/~iwd/av/sound.html

[YamR1V64motion]

y2blade said:

RC30


end of thread

agreed, RC30 or RC45, race tuned V4s are the best sounding bike engines.