Loud pipes....damn loud!

[usa-vtwin]

Currently 110db - was wondering about wof noise limit, seems I could be a tad over it lol..and my pipes DO have baffles inserted!

[Motu]

New regs?? They were in when your bike was new...what's new about that?

[Kendog]

New regs?? They were in when your bike was new...what's new about that?

They might save the life of a pedestrian that gets out of your way.

But when I am in my car with the sounds going I can't hear you, so they won't save your life.

[Kickaha]

Loud pipes saves lives...:

Bullshit they do, in a late model vehicle with the wndows up and radio going you don't hear anything until they are alongside

[Headbanger]

Bullshit they do, in a late model vehicle with the wndows up and radio going you don't hear anything until they are alongside

Cool, at least we loud bastards wont get side-swiped.

And its evident after spending a bit of time making noise that more people hear the bike then not, Its kind of obvious as the entire carload turn their heads around top see what the noise is all about.

So, Bullshit to you.

[Molly]

Loud pipes saves lives...but they make it hard to get a wof lol... I dont have the original quiet pipes for my harley as the previous owner had sold em! Anyone had the same prob with the new regs?

Which WOF place you having problems with? I wasn't aware that there were any hard and fast rules on noise as yet. For instance, even if there is a DB limit, at what RPM and what distance / elevation from the pipes?

Whilst we're on the subject, I think people often confuse volume with tone. Loud pipes can and often do sound fuckin' shit. For my Fat Bob I copied the internals on some performance pipes I'd seen and altered my stock slip-ons to something similar. They sound great but wouldn't piss anybody off.

Nice bike by the way.

[YellowDog]

et voila

http://www.toolparts.co.uk/acatalog/...t_Baffles.html

Stick one of these in each pipe for the WOF and your problem will be solved.

[idleidolidyll]

They might save the life of a pedestrian that gets out of your way.

But when I am in my car with the sounds going I can't hear you, so they won't save your life.

you'd hear mine

[The Pastor]

my mate can pick my bike out as i ride past his place everyday on the way to work.

[Kickaha]

Cool, at least we loud bastards wont get side-swiped.

And its evident after spending a bit of time making noise that more people hear the bike then not, Its kind of obvious as the entire carload turn their heads around top see what the noise is all about.

So, Bullshit to you.

I'm talking from personal experience in my company ute with windows up and radio on I haven't ever heard a bike with loud pipes before they are alongside, including those poxy loud piped Harleys I've seen them well in advance of that but hear them? not a chance (yes my hearing has been checked)

http://blog.places2ride.com/2008/06/...-rap-music.asp
http://www.loudpipessavelives.net/
http://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/str...ths/index.html
http://www.virginiawind.com/byways/l...save_lives.asp

Actually a good point is made in one of those articles that although there is no proof that loud pipes save lives there is also no proof that they don't

[Headbanger]

I'm talking from personal experience in my company ute with windows up and radio on I haven't ever heard a bike with loud pipes before they are alongside, including those poxy loud piped Harleys I've seen them well in advance of that but hear them? not a chance (yes my hearing has been checked)

Nice one, and If you read my post again you will see I never contrested what you hear. What I was referring to was the amount off people that do hear the pipes and then look.

Some don't,plenty do.

The fact you spot bikes visally at a distance and register them for what they are is probably due to you being a biker.

[peasea]

Loud pipes saves lives...but they make it hard to get a wof lol... I dont have the original quiet pipes for my harley as the previous owner had sold em! Anyone had the same prob with the new regs?

It's an old song matey, borrow some mufflers, get the wof and then it's 'as you were'. Did it last month for the missus and her Sporty, which isn't THAT loud, so fuck em. I actually don't like HD's (or anything really) that is too loud. Nothing needs to be to perform well.

Except a T/F Dragster perhaps.

[Headbanger]

Nothing needs to be to perform well.

Except a T/F Dragster perhaps.

Any more restriction in my muffler then what it currently has causes a drastic reduction in horse power, Its not super super load but.....its pretty damn load.

Maybe its just a freak.

[peasea]

Any more restriction in my muffler then what it currently has causes a drastic reduction in horse power, Its not super super load but.....its pretty damn load.

Maybe its just a freak.

I've seen some pretty stout engines performing through mufflers that really de-bark the beast. Talk to the midget/sprint car guys at Western Springs; some actually picked up a bit after fitting Supertrapp mufflers to comply with whinging locals. If your engine has a "major" h/p loss with a muffler I'd (respectfully) suggest that the muffler is a lemon.

[Headbanger]

A lemon?, I'd certainly call it flawed. And I have certainly called it some more disrespectful terms then a lemon.

Vance and Hines 2-1 with a V&H "competition" baffle.