Best sounding motorcycle?

**Hinny** · 1st August 2009, 13:23

Heard an HRD (Vincent) Rapide last weekend at Wellsford. Beautiful, deep, rich, throb-knob music to the ears.
The 998 cc Series A Rapide Vincent cost $600, produced 45 hp (34 kW), and was capable of 110 miles per hour (180 km/h). and was thus the slowest of their V-type twins.
Now -For Sale: 1950 Vincent Rapide: Matching numbers. Sound, original machine, 10000 miles since professional engine rebuild, full VOC history. £26,500.00
Sounds like a bargain.

**Hinny** · 1st August 2009, 15:56

I can imagine this sounding as good as it looks.
Vincent motor in a Norton Featherbed frame.

**oldguy** · 1st August 2009, 22:06

Here is great sounding bike

go the Buell, there is one other in my garage they both sound awesome

will vid and post up

**nudemetalz** · 10th August 2009, 00:06

...and you thought your 675's were the best sounding triples out......
This is just pure music !!!
Pity the 'Cube never made the grade.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4A7WkEqmwI[/YOUTUBE]

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 10th August 2009, 06:59

Originally Posted by oldguy

Here is great sounding bike

go the Buell, there is one other in my garage they both sound awesome

will vid and post up

sounds like every other harley out there...

**dangerous** · 10th August 2009, 18:24

Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ

sounds like every other harley out there...

Does not, nothing like a HD... a buell yes, sweet sound even beter what ya riding it.

Originally Posted by nudemetalz

...and you thought your 675's were the best sounding triples out......
This is just pure music !!!
Pity the 'Cube never made the grade.

"cube"? to me refers to a square 4... what is it?

**nsrpaul** · 10th August 2009, 18:27

two strokes

NSR250 all the way, but only because I cant buy a 500

**nudemetalz** · 10th August 2009, 18:28

Originally Posted by dangerous

"cube"? to me refers to a square 4... what is it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aprilia_RS3_Cube

Their MotoGP machine that was a failure.

**1wheel riot** · 11th August 2009, 19:52

im in to my hondas but the duks sound nice

**Elysium** · 11th August 2009, 21:12

Originally Posted by 1wheel riot

im in to my hondas but the duks sound nice

Ducati's only sound good when they're moving. On Sat I was at a Tavern near Pongaroa and a Ducati 749 parked next to my bike and all I heard was rattle, loose bolts and more rattle sound from this thing while the guy parked it.

One of our group mistook the sound as comming from my bikes exhaust and told me to check the bike as something may have broke

**AllanB** · 11th August 2009, 21:33

Originally Posted by Elysium

Ducati's only sound good when they're moving.

Hmm - I have often thought the same. Last weekend I waited around to hear a $30k plus Ducati fire up.

I was expecting aural bliss (not to be confused with 'oral bliss'). Unfortunately it had stock pipes and the 'bolts in a paint can' noise of the dry clutch over rode the muffler noise.

**slydesigns** · 11th August 2009, 21:48

675 with Shark twin pipes... sex!

Exhaust note, camgear whine and a nice echoing road... nice!

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

**sosman** · 11th August 2009, 21:55

The Desmosedici I saw at the Big Boys Toy's show!

The bike was parked next to a V8 powered jet boat,while the jet boat did its thing at full nah nah....it pulled a few spectators around for a nosey.
Then the Desmosedici started up soon after...[spectators walking away by now] the bike was just idling away while waiting to get a little bit of temperature going....the throttle was wound a little more...say 5/6000rpm & you can start to here more internal mechanical sounds than the exhaust!..."buy then people were gathering around by the numbers"..The bike was still ever so slowly increasing in rev's[warming up]...that it got to a point where I'm going fuck! that's getting pretty loud"more mechanical sounds that exhaust!"..then all of a sudden.......Vrrrrrrrroah...Vrrrrroah...a couple of blips happened &...Fuck me!... that was the best sounding Schnizzle I've ever heard & it gave me chill's man......I just couldn't believe how much noise came out of that.
Wicked!
best sounding bike to me since the britten

**2wheeldrifter** · 11th August 2009, 22:22

Originally Posted by sosman

The Desmosedici I saw at the Big Boys Toy's show!

The bike was parked next to a V8 powered jet boat,while the jet boat did its thing at full nah nah....it pulled a few spectators around for a nosey.
Then the Desmosedici started up soon after...[spectators walking away by now] the bike was just idling away while waiting to get a little bit of temperature going....the throttle was wound a little more...say 5/6000rpm & you can start to here more internal mechanical sounds than the exhaust!..."buy then people were gathering around by the numbers"..The bike was still ever so slowly increasing in rev's[warming up]...that it got to a point where I'm going fuck! that's getting pretty loud"more mechanical sounds that exhaust!"..then all of a sudden.......Vrrrrrrrroah...Vrrrrroah...a couple of blips happened &...Fuck me!... that was the best sounding Schnizzle I've ever heard & it gave me chill's man......I just couldn't believe how much noise came out of that.
Wicked!
best sounding bike to me since the britten

Have to agree with you sosman, The one they had at Bayride they started it up, radio promotion thing going on.. let it warm up..slowly getting the rev's up. the crisp sound from nothing to spine tingling nightmearish sound in a nanosecond!........loud! fuck yes... but sounded so sweet an couldn't believe such a small bike could make such a commanding sound! oh it was bliss to hear such a highly tuned motor