Best sounding motorcycle? [Archive] - Page 2

bistard

1st August 2009, 09:08

Moto Guzzi V8

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After that it'd be a Trident with a 3-1 or any of the other 120 degree triples at full noise

Yup,Im with you the Guzzi V8 sounds fantastic

James Deuce

1st August 2009, 09:28

It sounds old.

NZsarge

1st August 2009, 09:53

Heard the new R1 with Akra's on it last weekend, nice.:niceone:

Owl

1st August 2009, 10:06

RSV4 with Akrapovic exhaust

Loses credibility with the budgie in the background!:laugh:

Owl

1st August 2009, 10:07

Heard the new R1 with Akra's on it last weekend, nice.:niceone:

Too true! That did sound nice if only briefly.:niceone:

Hinny

1st August 2009, 13:23

Heard an HRD (Vincent) Rapide last weekend at Wellsford. Beautiful, deep, rich, throb-knob music to the ears.
The 998 cc Series A Rapide Vincent cost $600, produced 45 hp (34 kW), and was capable of 110 miles per hour (180 km/h). and was thus the slowest of their V-type twins.
Now -For Sale: 1950 Vincent Rapide: Matching numbers. Sound, original machine, 10000 miles since professional engine rebuild, full VOC history. £26,500.00
Sounds like a bargain.

Hinny

1st August 2009, 15:56

I can imagine this sounding as good as it looks.
Vincent motor in a Norton Featherbed frame.

oldguy

1st August 2009, 22:06

Here is great sounding bike:Punk: go the Buell, there is one other in my garage they both sound awesome:2thumbsup will vid and post up :soon:

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nudemetalz

10th August 2009, 00:06

...and you thought your 675's were the best sounding triples out......
This is just pure music !!!
Pity the 'Cube never made the grade.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4A7WkEqmwI

NighthawkNZ

10th August 2009, 06:59

Here is great sounding bike:Punk: go the Buell, there is one other in my garage they both sound awesome:2thumbsup will vid and post up :soon:

sounds like every other harley out there...

dangerous

10th August 2009, 18:24

sounds like every other harley out there...
Does not, nothing like a HD... a buell yes, sweet sound even beter what ya riding it.

...and you thought your 675's were the best sounding triples out......
This is just pure music !!!
Pity the 'Cube never made the grade. "cube"? to me refers to a square 4... what is it?

nsrpaul

10th August 2009, 18:27

two strokes

NSR250 all the way, but only because I cant buy a 500:done:

nudemetalz

10th August 2009, 18:28

"cube"? to me refers to a square 4... what is it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aprilia_RS3_Cube

Their MotoGP machine that was a failure.

1wheel riot

11th August 2009, 19:52

im in to my hondas but the duks sound nice

Elysium

11th August 2009, 21:12

im in to my hondas but the duks sound nice

Ducati's only sound good when they're moving. On Sat I was at a Tavern near Pongaroa and a Ducati 749 parked next to my bike and all I heard was rattle, loose bolts and more rattle sound from this thing while the guy parked it.

One of our group mistook the sound as comming from my bikes exhaust and told me to check the bike as something may have broke :laugh:

AllanB

11th August 2009, 21:33

Ducati's only sound good when they're moving.

Hmm - I have often thought the same. Last weekend I waited around to hear a $30k plus Ducati fire up.

I was expecting aural bliss (not to be confused with 'oral bliss'). Unfortunately it had stock pipes and the 'bolts in a paint can' noise of the dry clutch over rode the muffler noise.

slydesigns

11th August 2009, 21:48

675 with Shark twin pipes... sex!

Exhaust note, camgear whine and a nice echoing road... nice!

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

sosman

11th August 2009, 21:55

The Desmosedici I saw at the Big Boys Toy's show!

The bike was parked next to a V8 powered jet boat,while the jet boat did its thing at full nah nah....it pulled a few spectators around for a nosey.
Then the Desmosedici started up soon after...[spectators walking away by now] the bike was just idling away while waiting to get a little bit of temperature going....the throttle was wound a little more...say 5/6000rpm & you can start to here more internal mechanical sounds than the exhaust!..."buy then people were gathering around by the numbers"..The bike was still ever so slowly increasing in rev's[warming up]...that it got to a point where I'm going fuck! that's getting pretty loud"more mechanical sounds that exhaust!"..then all of a sudden.......Vrrrrrrrroah...Vrrrrroah...a couple of blips happened &...Fuck me!... that was the best sounding Schnizzle I've ever heard & it gave me chill's man......I just couldn't believe how much noise came out of that.
Wicked!
best sounding bike to me since the britten

2wheeldrifter

11th August 2009, 22:22

The Desmosedici I saw at the Big Boys Toy's show!

The bike was parked next to a V8 powered jet boat,while the jet boat did its thing at full nah nah....it pulled a few spectators around for a nosey.
Then the Desmosedici started up soon after...[spectators walking away by now] the bike was just idling away while waiting to get a little bit of temperature going....the throttle was wound a little more...say 5/6000rpm & you can start to here more internal mechanical sounds than the exhaust!..."buy then people were gathering around by the numbers"..The bike was still ever so slowly increasing in rev's[warming up]...that it got to a point where I'm going fuck! that's getting pretty loud"more mechanical sounds that exhaust!"..then all of a sudden.......Vrrrrrrrroah...Vrrrrroah...a couple of blips happened &...Fuck me!... that was the best sounding Schnizzle I've ever heard & it gave me chill's man......I just couldn't believe how much noise came out of that.
Wicked!
best sounding bike to me since the britten

Have to agree with you sosman, The one they had at Bayride they started it up, radio promotion thing going on.. let it warm up..slowly getting the rev's up. the crisp sound from nothing to spine tingling nightmearish sound in a nanosecond!........loud! fuck yes... but sounded so sweet an couldn't believe such a small bike could make such a commanding sound! oh it was bliss to hear such a highly tuned motor :wari:

NighthawkNZ

11th August 2009, 22:30

Does not, nothing like a HD...

yes it does

StoneY

11th August 2009, 23:00

Ducati- most of em but especially twin carbon pipes with no baffles, just like my one muwahahahahaha :2thumbsup

T.W.R

11th August 2009, 23:24

Hmm - I have often thought the same. Last weekend I waited around to hear a $30k plus Ducati fire up.

Something like this :innocent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q21_fJqPCOA

cs363

11th August 2009, 23:35

StoneY

12th August 2009, 13:12

Something like this :innocent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q21_fJqPCOA

In a word...yes!
(With my subwoofers on that was awesome)

:niceone:

Hinny

29th October 2009, 23:40

In a word...yes!
(With my subwoofers on that was awesome)

:niceone:

Needs another four cylinders to sound awesome.

blue_abe

30th October 2009, 00:01

DU! CA! TI!
Monster 1000 (I'm not biased I promise lol)

All I gotta do is hear that beautiful twin + dry clutch when warming up in the morning... makes my day

but you know I think it's really cool that a lot of ppl reckon their own bikes sound the best... just means we're happy with our choices

cs363

30th October 2009, 06:15

Needs another four cylinders to sound awesome.

There's a man that knows what he's talking about.

:argh: wait....I just bought a Ducati..... crap, I'm in crisis now! :laugh:

Hinny

30th October 2009, 06:33

There's a man that knows what he's talking about.

:argh: wait....I just bought a Ducati..... crap, I'm in crisis now! :laugh:

I think a Desmosedici would qualify.
Although in this video I just kept waiting for him to give it full noise.
Maybe it is just a couple of cylinders short...

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cs363

30th October 2009, 06:40

I think a Desmosedici would qualify.
Although in this video I just kept waiting for him to give it full noise.
Maybe it is just a couple of cylinders short...

:lol: Still sounds better than almost any other brand of V-Twin, especially those yankee ones..... :chase:

avgas

30th October 2009, 07:09

hmmm so hard to pick one....

late model munch mammut? big sounding purr with the slight whine of a supercharger...

89 ZXR400SP

Buell XB12

Norton Manx

Benelli TRE

TL1000 with yoshi's

The B-King concept - not the pussy released version, the supercharged one.

RGV250 and RGV500

RG150

I could go on forever

slofox

30th October 2009, 11:43

This clip is what convinced me to put a Two Brothers on my SVS...mind you, they sound way better under power...

Disclaimer: The "my" in the title does not refer to me personally...

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EJK

30th October 2009, 11:50

Dave-

30th October 2009, 11:51

I like helen of troys ducati with those exhausts.

it's nice to follow :)

Rodney007

30th October 2009, 12:03

6 cyl 2-stroke 250 gp bike FTW?

Hinny

30th October 2009, 14:27

EJK

30th October 2009, 17:27

No six. SEX!

:drool:

Because of the tunnel, it also sounds like "Booster" kicks in. Like a jet. Also, he didn't even redline it!!

dangerous

30th October 2009, 17:39

6 cyl 2-stroke 250 gp bike FTW?

HUH?
sure ya done mean the RC166... a 'four" stroke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4chNjn01DP8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAYcqSTVBY4&feature=related

Hinny

1st November 2009, 08:11

No six. SEX!

:drool:

Because of the tunnel, it also sounds like "Booster" kicks in. Like a jet. Also, he didn't even redline it!!

Not Australian by any chance?

EJK

5th November 2009, 22:13

Not Australian by any chance?

Me? I'm far from Australian :lol:

fatbastd

8th November 2009, 10:59

So many misguided wannabes suggesting ANY street bike has the best sound...doubly so for some wheezing V-twin air compresor.

There are lots of good-sounding 4 stroke (diesel) road-racers (staring with 60's Honda, MV and Gilera multis), though a pukka 70's GP 2 stroke gets my vote..try a barely-silenced RG500 (not a road bike) or TZ four...

dangerous

11th January 2010, 19:39

The Inline 6 thread got me thinking. What is/was the best sounding motorcycle ever made?
CBX1000 for me . well going back to the 1st post of the thread... just found this six into six HELL YEAH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG8oNz5oyQ8&feature=related

Ohhh... and Honda's 125cc five CYL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7yVqos4yKA

tzrbrett

5th March 2010, 00:06

Lavreda V6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9EG3IiLMb4

crazyhorse

5th March 2010, 06:09

Its mine! Its mine!! Mine is the best.......... but of course, I would say that :whistle:

NZsarge

5th March 2010, 08:42

That i've heard personally the best sounding bike would be Robertydog's R1 (Akrapovic slip on's) followed by my old '06 Yamaha FZ1 (Arrow slip on).

avgas

5th March 2010, 09:15

89 ZXR400SP
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Sound isn't great thanks to camera - but you get the idea. I loved her.

raftn

5th March 2010, 11:18

V Twins and TRiples

Cayman911

5th March 2010, 14:36

Other than the magic which comes out of a buell.

with the exhaust mod. this ninja sounds like damn mc laren SLR mated with a Apache helicopter

http://areapnolimits.com/sound/250r_08.mp3

240

5th March 2010, 21:56

Personally give me the sound of a v4 or triple 2 stroke burbling away at idle then the fucken insane scream on full throttle !! love it:Punk:

nico

6th March 2010, 11:25

any of the honda v4's rc36 rc45's anr my fav and sounds like a deamon on steriods with no exhaust on me likes

carbonhed

6th March 2010, 16:44

With the reverb of the tunnel it sounds like a six. :done:

Holy fikken crap. That's amazing.

{.bLanK}G_o_D

7th March 2010, 00:38

Best sounding bike I've heard in the fleash would have to be imdyings old RZ500 after the new spannys were put on.
Over that would have to be the NSR500.

scracha

6th April 2010, 17:09

For me, the best sounding motorbicycle was my ZX-6r's new engine firing up on Saturday :-)

SMOKEU

6th April 2010, 17:39

This is the best sounding bike by far

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efID00W3F7I

SPP

6th April 2010, 21:03

This is the best sounding bike by far

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efID00W3F7I

Fantastic! thanks for that :laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CKitsNGsYU&feature=related

Sensei

6th April 2010, 21:25

RSVR with Twin Arrow Shot gun system or by this weekend my new MIVV GP X-Cone race system

Munterman

8th May 2011, 19:08

Twins are cool! My TL1000S with 2 bros pipes sounds fab. My Norton commando was awesome, with its pipes. My old triumph with hog dog pipes was cool.
Any Ducatis with stock pipes, like my Darmargh are sublime.
Well tuned Harleys sound sweet - the ones that dont fart & backfire like a flatulent ol man - which of course are the ones who ride them.

However what really spins my wheels is a Suzuki sportsbike 750 or 1000 as it hits 10 grand! They scream and scream for more, more noise than a tight slut whos drunk too much, and that can sound cool too lol.

Maki

8th May 2011, 21:48

Yamaha R6 from about 14000 to 16500 rpm.

Maki

8th May 2011, 22:00

Yamaha R6 from about 14000 to 16500 rpm.

Metastable

9th May 2011, 02:09

Dunno if it was already mentioned.... KR750 750 2-stroke triple

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuvlCPEpI40

dangerous

9th May 2011, 05:49

Dunno if it was already mentioned.... KR750 750 2-stroke triple
Now thats more like it... you boys wanking on about R6's and jap muiltys need to get out more ;)

macka77

11th May 2011, 18:13

Now thats more like it... you boys wanking on about R6's and jap muiltys need to get out more ;)

ducati 851 tri colour i thought it was the bomb in the 90s jesuas i hated harley wankers then!!

dangerous

11th May 2011, 19:05

Ok try these 125's... a V4 stroker and a 5cyl 4 stroke, note the 20,000rpm red line :woohoo:

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sportster

12th May 2011, 21:35

It's a ironhead sporty, loud rough sound cant bet it

SWERVE

12th May 2011, 21:49

Two for me.
1/ A guy in Uk called Martin Bishop ran a Kwaka 750 triple nitrous dragbike.... used to rev it to 20,000rpm+ in the burnout box.
Even the hardcore guys had there fingers in ears:shit:

2/ Trevor Nation riding the Norton rotary at the old Transatlantic series The very long straight at Snetterton circuit had a rise in it so you heard the bike before you saw them.... that one sounded like a jet fighter.
Great memories:woohoo:

dangerous

13th May 2011, 06:02

Trevor Nation riding the Norton rotary at the old Transatlantic series The very long straight at Snetterton circuit had a rise in it so you heard the bike before you saw them.... that one sounded like a jet fighter.
Great memories:woohoo:
here ya go, will have to serch a bit longer to get a fly past tho

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Metastable

13th May 2011, 13:07

I must add, that although not the BEST sounding motorcycle.... the 1000cc Desmo GP bike was the most insane sounding motorcycle I've ever heard. OK picture this, QP for Laguna Seca the first year back to the US for MotoGP (the race Nicky won) I am standing on the pedestrian bridge and the bikes are passing directly below at close to 300kph. They are LOUD!!!! The Ducati was very unique and I took out my earplugs and just stood there in awe. I couldn't see the bikes, because the bridge was covered, but the SOUND.... holly cow, the sound was insane!!!!

Not the best sounding bike, but what an experience!

ellipsis

13th May 2011, 13:27

.....mine....

Cayman911

13th May 2011, 15:05

Gotta have one of these

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgNkw_fNb-Q

fatzx10r

13th May 2011, 16:07

gn 125 with the baffels drilled out :yes:

SWERVE

13th May 2011, 18:58

Worst sounding bike........... standing next to a mobile dyno with an open piped z1000 on full noise in top gear....... when it dropped a valve... the owner took a few seconds to clutch it....... then the unbraked dyno began to slow.... but as the guys clutch was dragging slightly and hot it started to engage again.... now too hot to knock it out of gear and the noise was "mechanically painful"
One valve came out the exhaust and embedded itself in a ford transit on the other side of the carpark..... and various bits of cylinder head / valves etc eventaully flew out the exhaust onto the tarmac........ took about 2 mins for the dyno to slow enough to apply the final brake.
Oh happy days:facepalm:

macco-53

15th May 2011, 22:41

for real noise V MAX

TIBLE_90

15th May 2011, 23:01

love the triumph 675 :)

mikeh

19th August 2011, 19:59

This is IT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFwS_CQHjqk&feature=feedf
I like the sound of my TLS with TBR pipes,but this sound makes me drool.

dangerous

19th August 2011, 20:03

This is IT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFwS_CQHjqk&feature=feedf
I like the sound of my TLS with TBR pipes,but this sound makes me drool.sounds like any other V4 to me...

Stylo

19th August 2011, 20:09

Always liked the sound of a 2 stroke 500 MX Bike ......even at idle, Ding Ding Ding .... Music !

ducatilover

19th August 2011, 20:10

gn 125 with the baffels drilled out :yes:

And holes in the airbox!!!

Hitcher

19th August 2011, 20:22

At the moment I am quite aroused by this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1V7CfB96Bk

98tls

19th August 2011, 20:36

So many misguided wannabes suggesting ANY street bike has the best sound...doubly so for some wheezing V-twin air compresor.

There are lots of good-sounding 4 stroke (diesel) road-racers (staring with 60's Honda, MV and Gilera multis), though a pukka 70's GP 2 stroke gets my vote..try a barely-silenced RG500 (not a road bike) or TZ four...

What the fuck has where a bikes ridden got to do with what it sounds like:laugh:Will give you points for the 60s Honda though.

Cracker

19th August 2011, 21:44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SgtHl95BhA

This bloody marvelous, even got some rhythm going before they head out to work, turn the volume up.

98tls

19th August 2011, 21:51

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SgtHl95BhA

This bloody marvelous, even got some rhythm going before they head out to work, turn the volume up.

Na,sounds like shite compared to a Bevel through Contis.

Kickaha

19th August 2011, 22:04

Na,sounds like shite compared to a Bevel through Contis.

Everything does

Oblivion

19th August 2011, 22:10

Maybe not the best, but definitely a fav.

1:17 - 1:46

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDCgwyY4yOY