The heedless headless needless blippery merged threadfest

[wavedog]

 Someone told me about this thread so I take a look and Holy crap, handbag throwing season looks to be coming early this year.  Y'all might want to think about backing away from the keyboard and do a little riding. Get some of the excitement back. Maybe give that throttle a little blip.
 Yeah, I know,  poking the bear.

[Lannis]

Someone told me about this thread so I take a look and Holy crap, handbag throwing season looks to be coming early this year.  Y'all might want to think about backing away from the keyboard and do a little riding. Get some of the excitement back. Maybe give that throttle a little blip.
 Yeah, I know,  poking the bear.

Hey, for someone who's taking the time to read this thread and then contribute to it ... well, your Gucci handbag had better be as heavy as our Guzzi ones ..... 

[wavedog]

Lannis, I am going out to the garage right now to put some old fishing weights into my old canvas bag to give it a little more heft when I swing it. I am not as strong as I used to be.  Blip blip.

[Chuck in Indiana]

I saw one at a light tonight. Thought, "Poor guy can't even afford decent mufflers, and can't tune it well enough to get it to idle."     

[oldbike54]

 What a blipping thread this is 

 Dusty

[bad Chad]

Don’t sweat it Dusty. I don’t don’t think you can regulate content, as long as it remains in bounds, despite how trying it may be.

My hat is off to you.

[Kev m]

Don’t sweat it Dusty. I don’t don’t think you can regulate content, as long as it remains in bounds, despite how trying it may be.

My hat is off to you.

You see Dusty CONTROL is an illusion.... 

[Rough Edge racing]

You see Dusty CONTROL is an illusion.... 

 Dusty has been looking for a reason to shut down this post...  

[kballowe]

resistance is futile

you will be blipped

[oldbike54]

  Don't really give a blip .

 Dusty

[kballowe]

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and remember, kids - blippin' is OK

- BUT -

FLIPPIN'    is NOT !

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[twowheeladdict]

 

[Tom H]

Ya know,  it happened to me today. I was trying to have a conversation with my friend at his business on PCH in Lomita Ca.. It seemed like every HD had to blip right outside the shop. The funny part was that we were chatting about our Harley's sitting in front of us and how we don't have to blip at a light

Tom

[zebraranger]

One of my bikes is a Harley and I don't blip the throttle at stops. I too find it very annoying and don't understand why some do it. I much prefer the sweet sound of the Harley motor at idle, that slow steady rhythm buba, buba, buba. When a Harley is running as it should, there's no better sounding motor at idle, except for maybe my Griso, its kind of sweet sounding too.

[Brand X]

When a Harley is running as it should, there's no better sounding motor at idle

Here is the reason for that...

HARLEY-DAVIDSON: "THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO CONVERT GASOLINE INTO NOISE WITHOUT THE SIDE-EFFECTS OF HORSEPOWER"

[twowheeladdict]

Here is the reason for that...

HARLEY-DAVIDSON: "THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO CONVERT GASOLINE INTO NOISE WITHOUT THE SIDE-EFFECTS OF HORSEPOWER"

Are you one of those that needs to say how much HP their vehicles have to compensate for something?   


My bikes have 12, 24, 52, and 80HP.  I enjoy each of them the same when I am riding where they are in their element.  No need for excess.  :)

[Brand X]

Are you one of those that needs to say how much HP their vehicles have to compensate for something?   


My bikes have 12, 24, 52, and 80HP.  I enjoy each of them the same when I am riding where they are in their element.  No need for excess.  :)

Nope,
but seem to hit a nerve with you...

I probably had many more 250 street bike then you..

[twowheeladdict]

Nope,
but seem to hit a nerve with you...

I probably had many more 250 street bike then you..

Didn't hit a nerve.  I just enjoy sparing with antagonists.    

Although, I guess because you felt the need to respond to my post, and BRAG about possibly having more 250cc motorcycles than I, must have hit a nerve with you. 

[zebraranger]

Are you one of those that needs to say how much HP their vehicles have to compensate for something?   

Hmm, I was wondering the same thing.

My bikes have 12, 24, 52, and 80HP.  I enjoy each of them the same when I am riding where they are in their element.  No need for excess.  :)

Same here, My current bikes range from 28 HP to 110 HP, not including my 50cc Honda scooter. I enjoy them all when appropriately matched to the kind of riding that I'm doing. I guess he doesn't know that there are different bikes for different types of riding and purposes.

[philwarner]

What a blipping thread this is 

 Dusty

Hmmm.  I think I unconsciously blip a time or two just before I let out the clutch to start moving; I don't know why - maybe to make sure it is still running.

  A couple of years ago headed toward BBB on Dixon street in Fayetteville, Ar on my Triumph America with TORs (Triumph Off Road pipes) I got stopped at a light between two Harley riders and they were so loud I couldn't begin to hear my bike - couldn't tell if it was still running even when blipping it.  The Pied Piper in Eureka Springs that catered to riders ( mostly Harley riders) even had to add on their menu a notice asking riders to not "rack" their pipes because the town had threatened to close them down.

  I like to be heard for safety, but do not condone excessive noise be it from really really loud pipes or those who ride their custom tail dragging full dressers who feel the need to pump out 50K watts of rap "music" while they cruise through town. A little blip here and there is just habit while prolonged "racking" is most often a case of "look at me" compensation.

[guzzisteve]

Throttle blipping replaces the little blue pill.

[Brand X]

Hmm, I was wondering the same thing.

Same here, My current bikes range from 28 HP to 110 HP, not including my 50cc Honda scooter. I enjoy them all when appropriately matched to the kind of riding that I'm doing. I guess he doesn't know that there are different bikes for different types of riding and purposes.

Typical Throttle blipper response.

[Ncdan]

This thread is to good to not keep up with, it’s like riding past a bloody accident and not rubbernecking. The real issue for me is.... I’m still not sure I know what blipping is in the first place, here is the first time I ever heard the phrase, dang I love this forum 😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍

[twowheeladdict]

This thread is to good to not keep up with, it’s like riding past a bloody accident and not rubbernecking. The real issue for me is.... I’m still not sure I know what blipping is in the first place, here is the first time I ever heard the phrase, dang I love this forum 😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍

i first witnessed it among muscle cars with hot cams in them.  They would give it a couple taps of throttle before letting out the clutch to make sure it wasn't going to stall.

On the carb'd Harleys guys would like to set the idle real low and if they idled too long the bike would stall.  So to compensate they would give a quick little twist of the throttle.

I've seen guys do this on bikes without a choke upon startup as well. 

I really don't see it anymore around here because most riders have newer bikes that don't require it. 

[Buckturgidson]

The last weekend in September is Street Vibrations, thank God I will be 3000 miles away for the duration.

http://roadshowsreno.com/sv_fall.php

[Lannis]

This thread is to good to not keep up with, it’s like riding past a bloody accident and not rubbernecking. The real issue for me is.... I’m still not sure I know what blipping is in the first place, here is the first time I ever heard the phrase, dang I love this forum 😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍

I think that folks are getting two different things mixed up.

One is the arguably NECESSARY throttle blipping that anyone would do to smooth the transition from idle to higher revs, whether because of a engine that is prone to loading up the plugs, or is idling low and maybe not jetted to transition cleanly.  This is just a couple of light twists of the throttle or pokes on the gas pedal, and if that's all we were talking about, there wouldn't even be a thread.  It's barely noticeable.

The UNNECESSARY part that the thread was originally about is the ....

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over and over again with open pipes, from either a bike with a grinning idiot sitting on top looking around to see who he's scaring, or a uniformed outlaw just being bad and glaring with a "What do you want damn you?' look.

Never fear that someone will think that you're a "throttle blipper" if you're the first type; you're obviously not.   And if you're the second type, you won't be posting here because this group is not BAAAD enough ....

Lannis

[Tom H]

In the humor of this thread, I have to confess that I have been a Harley throttle blipper

I was happily riding along on my '07 FI and came to a stop light. Stopped at the light, the engine for whatever reason that the gods of FI might explain (maybe because I was wearing my Guzzi T shirt ) wouldn't idle. Kept trying to die. So I had to keep blipping the throttle to keep it running. I again confess that this has happened twice. It normally just idles without a problem.

So what is my penance for blipping      

Tom

[Perazzimx14]

Blip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Blip-A-Dee-A
My oh my what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine headed my way

[Ncdan]

I think that folks are getting two different things mixed up.

One is the arguably NECESSARY throttle blipping that anyone would do to smooth the transition from idle to higher revs, whether because of a engine that is prone to loading up the plugs, or is idling low and maybe not jetted to transition cleanly.  This is just a couple of light twists of the throttle or pokes on the gas pedal, and if that's all we were talking about, there wouldn't even be a thread.  It's barely noticeable.

The UNNECESSARY part that the thread was originally about is the ....

blubblubblubWHAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHBLA MApopBLAMblubblublu bblubblubblubWHAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHBL AMApopBLAMblubblubl ubblubblubblubWHAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHB LAMApopBLAMblubblub lubblubblubblubWHAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH BLAMApopBLAMblubblu blubblubblubblubWHA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HBLAMApopBLAMblubbl ublubblubblubblubWH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AHBLAMApopBLAMblubb lublub

over and over again with open pipes, from either a bike with a grinning idiot sitting on top looking around to see who he's scaring, or a uniformed outlaw just being bad and glaring with a "What do you want damn you?' look.

Never fear that someone will think that you're a "throttle blipper" if you're the first type; you're obviously not.   And if you're the second type, you won't be posting here because this group is not BAAAD enough ....

Lannis

Lannis you have a way of explaining things in a simple way. I hate loud @$$ pipes on any bike Harley or otherwise and it’s even worse when they are blasted either moving or setting still. Furthermore cops need to do their jobs and issue the appropriate  citation for the traffics offense. If this happened like it should there would be less of the BLIPPING. Back in my day of LE if an equipment citation was issued it could not be  rectified in traffic court until proof the vehicle was returned to factory equipment. This ended most of that crap in our county and city. With motorcycles it was pretty much restricted to the use of straight pipes. We used a 30”  dowel rod to check pipes for baffles, as straight pipes were a separate offense than loud mufflers which was in the noise ordinance section of the city county codes.

[bad Chad]

If anyone still claims to be confused by what is meant by “blipping”, then they clearly are among those who partake in this Yellow Hammer activity.