Best sounding motorcycle?

**HenryDorsetCase** · 17th April 2008, 22:04

RC166
six cylinder, 250cc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO35G9Eovn0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1yYI719MjM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM5S0OPSuhk

**shafty** · 18th April 2008, 08:24

Favourite (bike) sounds from the '70's, when tits were real, and pussies were hairy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeMx3-vNUlw - Trident Racing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LrcLLzLp4w - Suzy Waterbus GT750

**DUCATI*HARD** · 18th April 2008, 09:05

DUCATI HARD

**johan** · 18th April 2008, 09:45

Turn up the volume!

Ducati Desmosedici RR V-4 @ 18000 rpm!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDUsbtx8-QY

You can even hear him blipping the throttle

**idb** · 18th April 2008, 10:03

Originally Posted by 98tls

Funnily enough the clatter clatter was the thing that annoyed me most with the ones ive owned but in hindsight i think "character"

Good for you on the character comment!!!!

I might be just a little biased but as far as road-going bikes are concerned I agree on bevel-drive through Contis.
Maybe a Norton with pea-shooters as second.

I was sitting at Shingle Creek pub once when a Honda Six (I'm sure it had a six-into-six, would that be right?) took off and hammered it up the hill, you could see and hear it for about a k and a half before it disappeared.
That was glorious!!

**98tls** · 18th April 2008, 17:52

Another that springs to mind is a Trident the old man had with the most outrageous 3/1 Ive ever seen,he used to leave Ferniehurst and head down through the Hundalees towards the old Conway store and you could hear it for miles,glorious

**Big Dave** · 18th April 2008, 18:33

Ducati Darmah with Contis

Norton Commando with Dunstalls

Evo Harley with Screaming Eagles.

**rogson** · 18th April 2008, 18:35

GN250 with a cork

**vagrant** · 18th April 2008, 19:43

Originally Posted by oldguy

Norton Rotary

Yup, second the Rotary. A friend down in Blenheim has one that he bought back from the UK. Unfortunately it has developed some electrical gremlins and won't start anymore

**vagrant** · 18th April 2008, 20:04

Nope, changed my mind. It's been so long since my RC30 ran that I forgot what it sounds like. Try this one, Nick Jefferies at the IOM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abKIW...eature=related

RC30 gets my vote.

**festus** · 19th April 2008, 04:38

All bikes sound great !

Single bangers, v-twins & parallel twins, triples, fours inc v-4, and even the CBX.

If its got 2 wheels, f#ck I love em all.........

**Owl** · 19th April 2008, 08:00

I love the sound of the Triumph triples and the Ducati twins, but to this day, the nicest bike I've heard was a Buell S1 Lightning. It wasn’t very loud, but this thing emanated such low frequency sound, you’d end up with goose bumps every time it went past. I was informed that it was far from standard.

**Mooch** · 19th April 2008, 17:52

Originally Posted by scracha

The Inline 6 thread got me thinking. What is/was the best sounding motorcycle ever made?

CBX1000 for me closely followed by VFR750 (early one). I'm such a honda fag. Sound clips appreciated.

Could be biased

.... 748R pulling 12,500 rpm
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=tatEDBEytnY

**Forest** · 20th April 2008, 01:05

There's one of these somewhere in Melbourne, but I've only ever seen it on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxc07mL4ao4

Y2K superbike with a 300+hp jet turbine engine.