Loud, still very loud

[NSR143]

I AM WRITING THIS IN UPPER CASE TO EXPRESS MY CASE REGARDING LOUD BIKES

THERE WAS AT MT WELLY... QUITE A LOT OF BIKES THAT WERE LOUD

PEOPLE TALK OF THIS AND THAT AND REVERSE CONES AND ANGULAR RECESSIVE ACOUSTIC MEGA HYPER GADGETS

ELLEN OF SHELRACING WENT AND BOUGHT A $70-80 PIPE OFF TRADE ME.. THAT'S ALL... AT IT WORKS PRETTY GOOD

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE PEOPLE THAT SELL THEM http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-536246474.htm

NO GUARANTEES ITS GOING TO WORK FOR EVERYONE.. BUT IT MIGHT SUIT WHAT YOU ARE DOING

EVEN SOME OF THE TWO STROKES WERE LOUD

I AM TRYING TO PROTECT YOUR SPORT

DON'T REPLY, DON'T HYPOTHESIZE, JUST FRIKEN DO SOMETHING

this is not everyone so don't get all sulky on me ok!

[quallman1234]

I AM WRITING THIS IN UPPER CASE TO EXPRESS MY CASE REGARDING LOUD BIKES

THERE WAS AT MT WELLY... QUITE A LOT OF BIKES THAT WERE LOUD

PEOPLE TALK OF THIS AND THAT AND REVERSE CONES AND ANGULAR RECESSIVE ACOUSTIC MEGA HYPER GADGETS

ELLEN OF SHELRACING WENT AND BOUGHT A $70-80 PIPE OFF TRADE ME.. THAT'S ALL... AT IT WORKS PRETTY GOOD

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE PEOPLE THAT SELL THEM http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-536246474.htm

NO GUARANTEES ITS GOING TO WORK FOR EVERYONE.. BUT IT MIGHT SUIT WHAT YOU ARE DOING

EVEN SOME OF THE TWO STROKES WERE LOUD

I AM TRYING TO PROTECT YOUR SPORT

DON'T REPLY, DON'T HYPOTHESIZE, JUST FRIKEN DO SOMETHING

this is not everyone so don't get all sulky on me ok!

People are lazy and think being just a little over the limit will be okay.

A harsh hand is what is needed. If it is too loud, you don't race. Help and support offered for the offender, perhaps with a spare bike to ride.
Simple, its the only way to make a difference. If its too loud, don't go to the track till its fixed.

Unsure about the endurance mufflers, have seen them destroy thereselves to bits, they throw the packing out the back. Maybe the new ones are okay.

[John_H]

I AM WRITING THIS IN UPPER CASE TO EXPRESS MY CASE REGARDING LOUD BIKES

THERE WAS AT MT WELLY... QUITE A LOT OF BIKES THAT WERE LOUD

PEOPLE TALK OF THIS AND THAT AND REVERSE CONES AND ANGULAR RECESSIVE ACOUSTIC MEGA HYPER GADGETS

ELLEN OF SHELRACING WENT AND BOUGHT A $70-80 PIPE OFF TRADE ME.. THAT'S ALL... AT IT WORKS PRETTY GOOD

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE PEOPLE THAT SELL THEM http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-536246474.htm

NO GUARANTEES ITS GOING TO WORK FOR EVERYONE.. BUT IT MIGHT SUIT WHAT YOU ARE DOING

EVEN SOME OF THE TWO STROKES WERE LOUD

I AM TRYING TO PROTECT YOUR SPORT

DON'T REPLY, DON'T HYPOTHESIZE, JUST FRIKEN DO SOMETHING

this is not everyone so don't get all sulky on me ok!

I have that pipe and it is definitely not quiet, it was frickin loud on my FXR. I have repacked it, sealed all the little leaks in it and now filled it with chicken wire.....and it is just about acceptable!

[chrisc]

A few more recommendations for exhausts wouldn't go astray for the loud ones I'd think

[richban]

A few more recommendations for exhausts wouldn't go astray for the loud ones I'd think

Big volume is the key. Big sports bike mufflers are the shiz. Anything with lots of volume will work well and be quite. Some of the fastest FXR's are the quietest and they use big volume slip on cans. Small volume with very small trough pipes are very loud. Facing them down onto the track also is not a good idea I think it is illegal for road racing. And also creates more noise on certain lean angles.

[F5 Dave]

Those cans as shown appear on some of the loudest bikes in wgtn. they have waay too little volume. Some bikes get away with them, perhaps as they have little contributing inlet noise, perhaps as they feed through a long pipe, perhaps they don't rev very high.

Rich is onto it, & his bike appears to be quite quiet despite being fastest Diesel out there.



Oops we replied. But good call.

[TZ350]

Some of the fastest FXR's are the quietest

Maybe a good time to point out the big hp 2-strokes are very quiet too, so performance and good noise controll can be done.

[koba]

I'll try remember to buy some more pot scrubs and keep them in the van.

[chrisc]

Big volume is the key. Big sports bike mufflers are the shiz. Anything with lots of volume will work well and be quite. Some of the fastest FXR's are the quietest and they use big volume slip on cans. Small volume with very small trough pipes are very loud. Facing them down onto the track also is not a good idea I think it is illegal for road racing. And also creates more noise on certain lean angles.

Maybe a good time to point out the big hp 2-strokes are very quiet too, so performance and good noise controll can be done.

That's great to hear! Can anyone recommend specific after market mufflers or bikes which have a decent factory muffler to use? I suspect the answer is going to be: this is bucket racing, pick up anything as long as it's large volume/quiet but no harm in asking from a performance point of view.

[saxet]

Our race organiser and all round legend, Fishy, borrowed a deicible? meter and spoke to every one who was too loud, those of us who listened to him went and made our bikes quieter.
If you guys could do that people can't really complain if they get excluded next time.

Yeah I know some still will complain.
It's a case of actively trying to keep the noisedown, but you don't know how loud your bike is until it's actually measured.
In my case outright volume wasn't enough but volume combined with a small deflecter seems to have worked.

[AllanB]

At 47 I'm old school and expect to go to motor races and hear LOUD machines. RACING MACHINES.

Fucking Mandy Pambie tree hugging bum fucking homo loving society expecting EVERYTHING to be wrapped in cotton wool.

Ahhh I feel better.

[george formby]

At 47 I'm old school and expect to go to motor races and hear LOUD machines. RACING MACHINES.

Fucking Mandy Pambie tree hugging bum fucking homo loving society expecting EVERYTHING to be wrapped in cotton wool.

Ahhh I feel better.

That makes me feel better too. Ta.

A spectacle needs a sound track.

[Grumph]

At 47 I'm old school and expect to go to motor races and hear LOUD machines. RACING MACHINES.

Fucking Mandy Pambie tree hugging bum fucking homo loving society expecting EVERYTHING to be wrapped in cotton wool.

Ahhh I feel better.

well I'm sorry for you, young man...i go along for the racing - i'm long past the noise aspect. I have a hole in my hearing range thanks to years of unsilenced two strokes...Funnily enough it's the same frequency as the wife...

i grew up on unsilenced manx Nortons and similar - used on tracks that were miles away from civilisation - i at least realise things have changed.

[Bert]

At 47 I'm old school and expect to go to motor races and hear LOUD machines. RACING MACHINES.

Fucking Mandy Pambie tree hugging bum fucking homo loving society expecting EVERYTHING to be wrapped in cotton wool.

Ahhh I feel better.

That's really constructive SIR.
Given your the age of the generation that allowed the country to turn into a Mandy Pambie bla bla; did you stand up against it (did you submit on the RMA or local council bylaws) or bury your head in the sand like most of the people of your generation.... "she'll be right mate"...

This thread is about ensuring that riders meet the standards that have been forced on us (by the above). Its either comply or go home.
Anyone that arrives at a meeting and signs on the dotted line; signs to the fact that their machinery meets the prescribed requirements.
Event organisers are well within their rights to apply the rules and tell people to load up and maybe this should happen a bit more.
Up to now buckets have been quite loose, but given what we have seen in the HB area; I think we all have an obligation to sort out machinery to meet the rules (like it or not).
The last thing we need is noisy bikes that force closure of; or access to further tracks.

like it or not its the only way to ensure that the spectacle remains for people to view.

We have a sound meter (we brought it to ensure all of our bikes were in prescribed limits; and its been calibrated against one of the local councils' units); I'll bring it to the next north island round.
I'd be happy to supply them at cost to others if anyone is interested.

[Grumph]

All MNZ clubs were supplied with a meter some years back. I'm sure any club in your area would cooperate by loaning theirs as noise problems at race venues affect all clubs.