How loud is your bike?

**buffstar** · 19th September 2016, 07:40

Hi guys
I'm sure theres been threads about this before (I have looked but not managed to find any really)
soooooo... how loud is your bike? what pipe do you run/recommend? is there such a thing as too loud? do loud pipes really save lives, or just give you a headache?

*sits back, waits*

**Maha** · 19th September 2016, 07:59

Loud pipes do not save lives, all those bikers who have been killed on the road prior to today will attest to that. I asked the question years ago about what pipe to run on a Triple and Big Dave suggested a Neptune, I went with it and also put one on my next bike, a CB 1300 ... sounded great. I didn't bother with the GSX1250FA they were fine. My Tiger had the stock pipe on it and it was fine, so I left it. I had a GYTR on an FZ8 (the stock pipe weighed as much as a pillion) I had a shorty put on it before taking home and had that changed the next day, hated the shorty. There are after market stainless pipes on my GSX. For me it is just a case of hearing the bike above anything else.

Summary: I don't seem that bothered unless I can't hear the bike.

The FZ8 with the shorty and the GYTR.

**roogazza** · 19th September 2016, 08:11

Stock and quiet,I hate noise in my old age !
Wear ear plugs all the time too. Stealth mode,that's me.

**EJK** · 19th September 2016, 08:13

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/7655...their-bicycles

**Mike.Gayner** · 19th September 2016, 08:18

I'm 100% positive that this will be a productive and amiable discussion between the good folks at KB.

**Night Falcon** · 19th September 2016, 08:40

quite like the stock muffler on my Tiger....its nice and quite. My mates expect me to swap it out for something more befitting the growwwwl of big cat but meh.....dunno. The Arrow'd scrambler I ride with sounds awesome at idle but waaay loud round the neighbourhood at higher rpm, good for frightening wandering sheep so that's a safety feature spose

**awayatc** · 19th September 2016, 09:42

loud is very unpleasant for any and everybody....

**MrMarko** · 19th September 2016, 10:06

Years ago i'd just run headers with a plate for back pressure or a gutted can... sounds amazing...

Then i grew up and got old.... just an aftermarket muffler is loud enough and lets the bike breathe a bit, naturally aspirated motors love back pressure so often you do more harm than good if you don't know what you're doing, need to remap or rejet to make the most of it.

Loud pipes typically just make it sound like you are going like a bat out of hell when you arn't, and your neighbours will hate you when you return from a ride at 4am. It's really nice to be able to head out at 1 or 2 in the morning without waking up the entire street/ waking up the farmers who have to be up at 5am as you go through the backroads.

I wear ear plugs primarily for wind noise, that and i'm anti-social and when people try talk to me its "sorry i have earplugs in"

**MrMarko** · 19th September 2016, 10:09

Originally Posted by Night Falcon

quite like the stock muffler on my Tiger....its nice and quite. My mates expect me to swap it out for something more befitting the growwwwl of big cat but meh.....dunno. The Arrow'd scrambler I ride with sounds awesome at idle but waaay loud round the neighbourhood at higher rpm, good for frightening wandering sheep so that's a safety feature spose

I just unzip, that usually gets their attention.

**buffstar** · 19th September 2016, 11:00

ok, interesting - thanks for all the feedback. My bike was super quiet, & I didn't really like it. My husband just fitted a Yoshi on it yesterday & now it is obnoxiously loud, I'm in two minds about it. I will deffo be getting some earplugs & I don't give a flying fuck about my neighbours, but when I went for a ride yesterday, the difference in the cars being able to hear me was significant - I did like that.
Driving past Mr Policeman tho, put the shits up me...... lol I'm such a chicken shit

**pritch** · 19th September 2016, 11:15

You might be able to get a Db killer insert for the Yoshi can. My bike came with a full aftermarket system and it was LOUD. Ridiculously so. The engine also popped and farted on the over run and hunted all over the place at idle.

Since I was going to be staying near a hospital for a while I purchased an insert. The bike is quieter now, maybe too much so, but the spits, pops and hunting are all cured. The part I bought only cost maybe $35.00 but the freight ex Italy was about $120 so I'll stay with what I have.

**Hads** · 19th September 2016, 11:35

A couple of years back I rode an old Jawa that had two straight pipes, it was 110 dB at idle. I didn't enjoy riding it, I reckon it caused some permament hearing loss... after the first ride I put some Steelo's in the exhaust, it was still excessive.

**MrMarko** · 19th September 2016, 11:42

Originally Posted by buffstar

ok, interesting - thanks for all the feedback. My bike was super quiet, & I didn't really like it. My husband just fitted a Yoshi on it yesterday & now it is obnoxiously loud, I'm in two minds about it. I will deffo be getting some earplugs & I don't give a flying fuck about my neighbours, but when I went for a ride yesterday, the difference in the cars being able to hear me was significant - I did like that.
Driving past Mr Policeman tho, put the shits up me...... lol I'm such a chicken shit

pull the clutch in and put 2k rev on

**MrMarko** · 19th September 2016, 11:43

Originally Posted by pritch

You might be able to get a Db killer insert for the Yoshi can. My bike came with a full aftermarket system and it was LOUD. Ridiculously so. The engine also popped and farted on the over run and hunted all over the place at idle.

Since I was going to be staying near a hospital for a while I purchased an insert. The bike is quieter now, maybe too much so, but the spits, pops and hunting are all cured. The part I bought only cost maybe $35.00 but the freight ex Italy was about $120 so I'll stay with what I have.

Take away all the back pressure it'll run lean as hell. hence the popping and hunting.

**buffstar** · 19th September 2016, 11:52

Originally Posted by pritch

You might be able to get a Db killer insert for the Yoshi can. My bike came with a full aftermarket system and it was LOUD. Ridiculously so. The engine also popped and farted on the over run and hunted all over the place at idle.

Since I was going to be staying near a hospital for a while I purchased an insert. The bike is quieter now, maybe too much so, but the spits, pops and hunting are all cured. The part I bought only cost maybe $35.00 but the freight ex Italy was about $120 so I'll stay with what I have.

errrm not being mechanically minded: is that the little cylinder thingy that's slots into the muffler?