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People who ride motorcycles with excessively loud pipes do this for no other reason but to attract attention. This is OK except that it is extremely bothersome to other road users and to people living close to roads. It is also in most places illegal to make that much noise although for unknown reasons rarely enforced.I can prove my first statement by the following thought-experiment: suppose I can design a spectacular-looking & super-quiet pipe that is sold together with an app that can produce whatever type of exhaust you desire. You connect your phone to the ECU and put your earphones in. Select your pipe on the app's menu, set the volume to the desired level, and off you go. In theory this pipe+app should sell like hot cakes as you can pick your exhaust sound and your volume, depending on your taste or mood. Any other road user can hear your muted pipe and is not bothered. Do you think I will sell any of these apps?(correct answer: No)
At one of my favorite breakfast places I heave ho the Norge up the crown to have my exhaust pointed other than in the direction of those seated outside eating. I've even had someone help after they asked why I was pushing the Norge and I explained what I was doing.
. His sounds like he stuck bamboo slats in his spokes. I walked around it one day as he was parking it and asked him if that's what made the silly noise.
Loud exhaust on anything is annoying. Around here the four door, full size 4x4 pickup with a lift kit and a tire package out sells most everything else, at least for the 20 ~ 35 year old segment and those over 40 who will never grow up. The must have accessory to compliment the blacked out F250 is a set of loud pipes, replete with a base ball cap worn backwards and white sun glasses. On the back window of most of these rigs is a HD sticker, they probably don't actually own a HD but it seems to be a required status symbol. I have tried to understand the mind set of a 40 year old guy that needs to blast around town in a rig decked out for an assault on ISIS, loud pipes competing with the bass on his stereo and tailgating anyone that won't get out of his way. Narcissistic jerks have been around for a millennium but I think the number of loud pipe bikes and rigs on the road is evidence that there is an upswing in this behaviour.
I think BMW was one of the first manufacturers to pipe electronic engine sounds through the stereo so the driver could enjoy the sound of his/her vehicle which was purposely muted for sound emissions purposes.
Wow!!! I stand corrected!
I said really? , I didn't know HD made a high performance street bike.
V-Rods aren't slow. They'll do a 1/4 mile in under 12 seconds. I don't think any publicly available stock Guzzi will do quite that well.
"So make an automatic circuit that beeps your horn once a second.."Heh. Like the turn-signal buzzer that was on my CB750 when I first bought it. Holy hell that thing was annoying. Never left my signals on, though.Chirp...chirp...chi rp...chirp...I think you're on to something, If they all believe loud pipes save lives, then maybe we should create a wind-powered noise maker. Like a deer whistle, but for humans. See if they walk the walk.
Yeah, this is common practice for a number of manufacturers. Some play fake engine sounds over the stereo, like BMW/Porsche/Lexus. Some have a dedicated speaker for this (VW soundaktor). Some go the low budget route and poke a hole in the firewall (Subaru and Ford). Most modern sporty cars have enhanced engine sounds in the cabin.
Some show a few years ago staged a match race between a V Rod and an early 80's UJM . The V Rod owner was kind of an arrogant twit , loved it when the UJM smoked the HD 3 straight races Not slow , well , compared to other slow bikes Dusty
The righteous indignation and condescending perspectives on this crack me up... If you don't like loud pipes, fed cripe's sake, don't listen! Todd.
How do I not listen when they are drowning out the audio from the movie I am watching on the TV in my living room? The loud pipes violently and rudely impinge on my life and there is nothing I can do about it. And I *like* motorcycles and the sound of a fine engine.
According to this site http://0-60motorcycletimes.com/The 8V 2013 Stevio turns an 11.3 sec @ 118 mph 1/4 mile.