Best sounding motorcycle?

[The Lone Rider]

A desynced V4 with vance and hines classics, with the bulb end removed. (baffle in or out optional)


By the way finn, they TRIED to patent the sound. However they weren't allowed to and I believe were only allowed to patent the design of the engine that made the sound.

Honda ACE is a model purposely attempting to clone the harley sound, - can't remember how it did it though.

[JMemonic]

My favourite sounding bike was a custom built machine, it had a Leyland P76 V8 engine in it, and custom built baffled pipes, it sounded crisp and clean and you just knew it was going to move if asked, yet not to loud.

Yes Harley's have a sound of their own (thankfully), I have heard what I felt to be some nice ones but some of these things with the baffles removed or modified pipes to make as much noise as possible, nah they sound like rubbish imho.

Its fairly subjective, and different horses for courses.

[madandy]

Look dickheads, there is only one. Harley Fucken Davidson. The only bike to patent the sound. This of course is followed by a distant second place by MV. Coincidently, I got one of each. Everything else is just screaming piece of wannabe turd. I can't believe jap bikes even got a mention.

Them Porsche designed, water cooled, OHC motors sound good, for sure

[Finn]

Them Porsche designed, water cooled, OHC motors sound good, for sure

Which is why all VROD's are on anti rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.

[dipshit]

Not quite right,they tired to patent it and then decided not to, probably realised no one else would want to copy such a crap sound anyway

A massey ferguson tractor with the exhaust manifold removed sounds a bit like a Harley with straight pipes too. Agricultural, loud and crude.

[Coyote]

I said "stock" bikes at the start of this thread. Since most of the tassley chaps wearing brigade's bikes have screamin eagle pipes then that says to me that stock Harley's sounds $hite.

Have you heard a stock Harley?

You probably wouldn't have noticed. They're quieter than a mouse. With all the noise emissions crap they probably have to come out of the factory like that. Apparently it's the dealers that take a big drill to the exhaust cause they'd have no hope of selling them otherwise. In fact, this bike I heard, the owner had to specially import the baffled pipes from HD since his 'originals' had a hole drilled in them.


I'm keen on a debaffled Buell. They've got the same obnoxious Harley sound right?

[NZsarge]

S,charged Vmax

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UP0WKwMkbo

Holy hell that thing is insane! 's own bike!

[vfxdog]

MV also did a 350/6 in 1969 , 72hp @ 16000rpm, 125kg. tha FIM changed the rules to max number of cyl as four cyl and the bike was obsolete

I'll consider myself corrected. When did you hear one of those?

[Finn]

Have you heard a stock Harley?

Mine was stock for 2 days. Sounded like a sewing machine. Ripped the baffles out, added 1 x K&N filter and 1 x Power Commander and had it dyno'd. It now sets off car alarms. Cool.

[johan]

I'm more addicted to the sound from the air intakes together with an open exhaust system.

If you're ever been on a 996sps with no air restrictors and its more aggressive cams, and open the throttle fully, you can hear the airbox's low singing tone singing as the hemholtz resonance kicks in. It's pretty special. But I guess you have to be on the bike to hear it.

[firefighter]

Its definately...........................NOT my Kawasaki ZZR 250!!!!

[SPman]

!957/8 500 6 cyl revs to 15000rpm, Monza GP with John Hartle. Since MVs were totally dominant anyway with the withdrawal of Guzzi, Gilera and Mondial, the six was shelved (bummer) will try to find a sound clip later unless someone can beat me to it

The 500 MV6 was at Puke a few years ago - it sounded good, even though it was only being babied around the track.
Yamaha 250 & 125 V4s and the 125/5 & 250,305/6 Hondas are what do it for me.

[glice]

I'm more addicted to the sound from the air intakes together with an open exhaust system.

I agree, a motor needs a good induction sound to go with the exhaust sound.

and does anyone know where to get one and how much a new exhaust will be for a mc19 cbr250?

[terbang]

Three cylinder Kawasaki two strokers.

[Rogue]

four cylinder reving to the moon