You Know Your Exhaust's Too Loud When...

[Waylander]

I've had people physically jump in fright, does that count? The sound of the TS firing up was probably the cause of more than one case of whiplash around Hamilton.

Lol yea that works. I was refering to Aff-man cause he has had it happen to him twice. Though it's more cause he revs the hell out of it every start-up. Sadly my bike is only loud enough to rattle a few cage windows when idleing at the lights.

[Oakie]

Just for a little contrast then ...

when I took my CB400 out for it's first test ride along Moorhouse Ave one lunchtime 9 weeks ago, it was so quiet that when I pulled up at an intersection I had to look down at the rev counter just to confirm that it was still going.
It whispers....then it purrs...and then occasionaly it howls.

[Lou Girardin]

"Not me", come on Lou, thats what they all say.

No bestiality for me, although it's been a close call with a 'dingo' or two.

[Velox]

My exhaust is full of holes and when I come back home at night my goat hears me and starts "baa-ing" before the rest of the family hear me! Trained him well eh.

[Motu]

My exhaust is full of holes and when I come back home at night my goat hears me and starts "baa-ing" before the rest of the family hear me! Trained him well eh.

I've PMed Goatfood - he's very concerned about the behaviour of your goat,he thinks there are some deep seated issues as to why your goat acts like this...you will have to work out a therapy regime,goatfood will run through this with you....it could be a long process....

[Oakie]

My exhaust is full of holes and when I come back home at night my goat hears me and starts "baa-ing" before the rest of the family hear me! Trained him well eh.

Perhaps the goat is telling you to get some baaaa-ffles?

[SPman]

I reckon its not so much the volume of sound/noise but more the quality of it. If you want to hear a good sounding bike listen to my old 850T Guzzi with Contis fitted..... a nice pure deep THUMPING, not offensively loud but music to the ears!!

Ahhh.....Conti's.
Mrs eX reckoned she could hear me from over 2k away, comin home on the 750GT. Not offensively loud....no...but....

Mind you, the Kerker on the current stead is fairly loud......

[speedpro]

I had a flat at the back of Whenuapai and we could hear my girlfriend on her Z1 coming down Greenhithe bridge (towards us) on the way home from work. We could hear that thing howl most of the way home. Brother Doug had a pipe on his CB900 that we plainly heard from the Hobsonville main gate, from our flat on the other side of the married quarters. He got a ticket for that - excessive noise, operating in a noisy manner, and exceeding 50kmh-speed estimated by sound at 140kmh (flatout in 2nd) which was a very good guess.

[250learna]

my zxr is stock and not too bad, but my car had 2.5inch stright through and an rps muff with 4 inch tip (no cat on this bad boy ), and it sets off alarms when it drives past some cars and my neighbours hate me... feel kinda stink as neighbours have youngsters so i freewheel at night
but some old guy few houses down had a spestic at me one day, were not friends any more
and silancer has to go in for the warants

[N4CR]

I am the proud owner of two cans, one WOFCAN eg stock and one de-baffled/de-meshed munted as hell whatever brand it used to be 'can'. After 3 days in a row of people trying to kill me I decided to de baffle it completely... no incidents (usually one a week at least) after 2 weeks of riding so I'm happy but definately not getting lax or anything!!

I have only set off one alarm - outside uni... nothing else. It took me a while to realise I had set it off (made me feel weird).
I love my zorst, has a shut the hell up zone at 6.5k for cruising (56~kmh.. perfect).. really noisy from 7.5k upwards... screams at 16k+ etc. Everyone thinks its a 400/600 etc now 'I wish'

A loud exhaust is highly reccomended for commuting!

[John]

Mine satisfies me in bed, its shiny it has 1 hole and It pleasures me unlike any woman.

[Waylander]

It worries me that I was once jealous of you two...

[Ixion]

Mine satisfies me in bed, its shiny it has 1 hole and It pleasures me unlike any woman.

Odd, they usually have two. Doesn't that lead to a lot of backpressure

[Velox]

I've PMed Goatfood - he's very concerned about the behaviour of your goat,he thinks there are some deep seated issues as to why your goat acts like this...you will have to work out a therapy regime,goatfood will run through this with you....it could be a long process....

Hey, thanks for that. He has actually been seeing someone about it but progress is slow at the moment. Evidently it's some childhood dependency thing from when he was much younger and was abandoned by his parents. We've had a chat about it once or twice (it's quite a sensitive issue though) and he's let it slip that he does feel a sense of "belonging" with the bike. I figure it's a reasonably healthy reaction given his past, but we thought it would be best to explore the meaning behind his behaviour, and just to analyse who he is as a goat. He'll get there.

[Ixion]

Hey, thanks for that. He has actually been seeing someone about it but progress is slow at the moment. Evidently it's some childhood dependency thing from when he was much younger and was abandoned by his parents. We've had a chat about it once or twice (it's quite a sensitive issue though) and he's let it slip that he does feel a sense of "belonging" with the bike. I figure it's a reasonably healthy reaction given his past, but we thought it would be best to explore the meaning behind his behaviour, and just to analyse who he is as a goat. He'll get there.

face facts. he's a goat. He doesn't analyse things, he eats them. He wants to eat your bike