Pipes - Loud or loser?

[MisterD]

They are not as effective as a white fairing with chevrons & a bright yellow safety jacket. Looking like a cop is the ultimate for being noticed.

I'm sure I remember a story about a cop bike hitting a car that pulled out in front of it...memory not what it was...

[Cayman911]

my only wish right now is having a loud bike with loud pipes.

as much as i love my bike. it sounds shit. well there is no sound. you cant hear it when you're on it.

im open to advice on making it louder witihout losing the very little performance

[myvice]

Caltex fuel truck…
Great big, day-glow yellow truck.
With driving lights on.
During the day.
A nice day, on a clear road.
Trucks, as a rule, aren’t quiet things ether.
Quote from driver “She said she didn’t see me.”

We don’t have a shit show in being seen or heard.
But we have to try…

Hmmmm… Proximity fired tracer rounds?

[tamarillo]

[QUOTE=bogan;1129853311]actually the doppler effect just changes the sounds pitch, the lack of volume is cos the pipes are sending the majority out the back!



yes you are right -I oversimplified it. The effect is that correct though.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Caltex fuel truck…
Great big, day-glow yellow truck.
With driving lights on.
During the day.
A nice day, on a clear road.
Trucks, as a rule, aren’t quiet things ether.
Quote from driver “She said she didn’t see me.”

We don’t have a shit show in being seen or heard.
But we have to try…

Hmmmm… Proximity fired tracer rounds?

my sort of brother in law is a fireman in Melbourne, and he says you can be driving with the lights and sirens going, on the way to a call, in a BIG red truck, and morons will pull out in front of him. He usually doesnt hit them, cos there is a crapload of paperwork to fill out afterwards....

[Big Dave]

Over 100 votes is good enough for an indicative result:

Yes - they add a safety aspect 35.45% (39 votes)

No - they are a public nuisance 32.73% (36 votes)

Neither - they just sound good 31.82% (35 votes)

[scumdog]

Over 100 votes is good enough for an indicative result:

Yes - they add a safety aspect 35.45% (39 votes)

No - they are a public nuisance 32.73% (36 votes)

Neither - they just sound good 31.82% (35 votes)

So, how many voted twice???

[Big Dave]

So, how many voted twice???

Whoever could be bothered clearing cookies to do it.

[AllanB]

The answer is NO - after all those boy racers keep killing themselves .........

[Pixie]

When I owned a Norton with open megas and a BMW twin with standard pipes at the same time,I certainly had more cars pulling out or changing lanes on me when I rode the BMW.But that just comes back to the bikes - a Norton is a mans bike,worthy of respect,but a BMW is just an ineffectual limp wrist bike.

And the cars of the day had the sound proofing of a colander

[Pixie]

Mine has saved me several times from visually or mentally impaired pedestrians/vehicles.
I know this, because I ride my bike, and I see these people take notice and stop halfway through their 'I didn't see you almost get t-boned by me' turns etc when I give a sharp rev.
Same goes for pedestrians about to run across the road without using a crossing.
Also very helpful for filtering.

That being said, mine is not warrant-able and as such will be fixed in the next two weeks. But only the tip

Actually,you don't know what alerted the pedestrians.You only assume it was the sound - it could have just as easily have been catching sight of your movement in their peripheral vision

[Pixie]

2nd), Often people point out that emergency vehicles use both noise (sirens) as well as visual cues (flashing lights) to warn drivers effectively of their approach, whichever direction they may be approaching from.

Good point.How many times have you failed to hear a ambulance approaching with it's siren screaming until it was only ten car lengths away?(my experience) But spot it from it's lights over a km away.

[Banditbandit]

Having ridden Britiash bikes with loud pipes .. and the occassional Triumph (old) with very loud pipes, and recently new Suzukis and BMWs with almost no noise ... the noise of the bike seems to make little difference to the behaviour of other road users

(Except the time in the 1970s in Chch I opened the throttle wide on a Triumph with straight pipes and watched the peds grab children and scatter in all directions Mean, I know ... I'm not like that any more )

[Corse1]

When I owned a Norton with open megas and a BMW twin with standard pipes at the same time,I certainly had more cars pulling out or changing lanes on me when I rode the BMW.But that just comes back to the bikes - a Norton is a mans bike,worthy of respect,but a BMW is just an ineffectual limp wrist bike.

Ineffectual I do not agree with but definately limp wristed.

[shrub]

I always ride in traffic in a slightly lower gear than I need to and blip my throttle. I ride a lot in traffic (pretty much every day) and I have very, very few people do stupid shit around me on my bike, whereas in my car, which mainly gets used to cart stuff around, it happens all the time. I put it down to a big guy in black on a loud black bike is perceived (subconciously) as a threat, so people behave.

Riding my daughter's bright red scooter though, and I had idiots pulling out, cutting me off etc everywhere.