Loud exhaust?

[ducatilover]

Just de-baffle your standard one, bare (mmm beer) in mind that you will probably need to re-jet, especially to avoid melting a piston

Have you still got the CBR? I could be interested in a nice cheap rolling chassis

[AllanB]

Just de-baffle your standard one, bare (mmm beer) in mind that you will probably need to re-jet, especially to avoid melting a piston

Have you still got the CBR? I could be interested in a nice cheap rolling chassis

Re what? Bless fuel injection. It rocks.

[Ender EnZed]

Loud pipes make very little to zero difference to other vehicle traffic on the road, but they can get pedestrians the fuck out of the way pretty well.

[ducatilover]

Re what? Bless fuel injection. It rocks.

I lubs carb-errr-rat-hers

[sinfull]

I saw a video of the "SIAM", Smidsy Identification and Avoidance Manouever, and started using it.

Whenever you see an oncoming car indicating to turn across your path or a car coming out of a side road, start to do the "happy biker weave" - slight alternate countersteering so you weave slightly. This makes you and your headlight weave against the background and makes you more visible to the turning drivers

Also I watch the car's wheels, if they're still turning then they haven't seen you and it's a job for Mr Brakes. The wheels are a much more accurate indication of if a vehicle is moving than actually watching the vehicle itself.

Yep. Watching the wheels will never let you down.

Unless you keep watching them when they start to move !

Fark me that made me laugh!!!!! It probably works due to the oncoming car drivers thinking you are a crazy arse about to fall off!!!!!!




Q - what are the most obvious motorcycles on the road?

A - police and 'bikies'

Police for obvious reasons and bikers cause they generally ride aggressively and in pairs if not packs, just my opinion anyhow !


To the OP
I think you just don't like the sound of your bike and want it to sound better aye ?

Making your bike louder won't save ya from lane changers, what will, is being a little more aggressive (not saying ride flat out)
Work your throttle a bit more, don't creep up on the blind spots of cars and sit there, if they're going a few k's slower than you, get in a position you can see in their wing mirror and then just give it a touch more gas and get past them quickly before returning to your cruise speed !
If it's a line of traffic on your left and there is a gap in front of you, it's pretty obvious someone is going to pull out, so maybe use the vehicle in front of you as a block (though you run the risk of reeming him if he's quicker on the brakes when someone pulls out on him)

[Blackshear]

Had a micron straight-through on my 250.
Eventually enough people complained (which is totally fair, I was as quiet as possible considering, but I live at the bottom of a valley) to warrant a nice uniformed man make ME put the green sticker on my bike.
An entire new exhaust system, $100 WOF, $250 low volume compliance (sound test) and a couple fines waived later, I had my commuter back.

Lesson to take home, stump up the $250 to get a compliance done to save the headache later if it's over the legal limit.
I'm now at a comfortable 84db, far enough from 94-96db and happy.

EDIT: Since I really have no defense as that has been and is the past, there are very many times where a quick rev had better results than a toot. Might be something to do with the source lasting longer for the driver to hear or something.

[Tigadee]

I am a believer in loud pipes. They do draw attention more often than being ignored or unnoticed. And they [mostly] sound cool. When I had my Venox debaffled, it made the little 250cc V-twin sound so much deeper and throatier, and more noticable. It's more attractive than the beep-beep of a horn to ask cars to move aside when lane-splitting, just give the throttle a little blip.

While a lot of the noise may go towards the back, there is often enough that travels forward as well so that even those in front can hear, especially in slow traffic around town or on busy motorway. So when you're lane-splitting, it is very useful as an audio warning feature to other motorists, though it should not of course be solely relied upon as a safety measure.

[EJK]

Save money on exhausts.

Blast air horns.

[ducatilover]

Had a micron straight-through on my 250.
Eventually enough people complained (which is totally fair, I was as quiet as possible considering, but I live at the bottom of a valley) to warrant a nice uniformed man make ME put the green sticker on my bike.
An entire new exhaust system, $100 WOF, $250 low volume compliance (sound test) and a couple fines waived later, I had my commuter back.

Lesson to take home, stump up the $250 to get a compliance done to save the headache later if it's over the legal limit.
I'm now at a comfortable 84db, far enough from 94-96db and happy.

EDIT: Since I really have no defense as that has been and is the past, there are very many times where a quick rev had better results than a toot. Might be something to do with the source lasting longer for the driver to hear or something.

Did they measure your sound levels correctly before applying the green sticker? Because, to my knowledge, you're able to contest it and go get it tested by someone.
Although there are arguments on whether a testing station with a DB meter can get an accurate reading, what with buildings and other stuff around.

Sent from my sexy lingerie

[Fast Eddie]

lol, anyone hear a loud ass bike in Dunedin last night between 6.30pm and 9.30pm

sorry about that...

straight header pipes baby nothing else! looked like a drag bike, 4 straight individual pipes exiting under the bike.. my ears are still ringing... whaat? .. huh?

[imdying]

As Milts said, and for the reason he explained, it's a waste of time. Probably even more dangerous as you think you'll be noticed more.

[blackdog]

Try putting your lights on full beam in the daytime.

No, don't. It is inconsiderate, those other vehicles aren't giving you a friendly flash to let you know that 'I can see you'.

[Big Dave]

Lots of variables here.

My Thunderbird had loud exhausts and it sounded like crap.

A road king with smaller baffles is still pretty quiet and sounds like honey.

I've ridden a lot with both; loud, none - even turbos, and KLR stock. Zero difference in traffic for me.

Maybe give it a rev instead of sounding the horn when bozo is asleep at the traffic lights but that's about all. I think the difference may be the rider's 'tude.

For where I live now I prefer the stealth of quiet.

[Rhys]

I don't think loud pipes makes anybody "see you" although I do have to say a lot of slow cars/trucks put to the left if i come up behind them on the duck, the air box is quite loud on deceleration

[DanCollins]

Just de-baffle your standard one, bare (mmm beer) in mind that you will probably need to re-jet, especially to avoid melting a piston

Have you still got the CBR? I could be interested in a nice cheap rolling chassis

I still have the CBR. The rego is on hold, and I have all the parts to make it go (minus the hole in the piston). You're welcome to send me a message to take it off my hands.

Thanks for all the advice. I have been spending my time watching the drivers and anticipating, I was more looking for a way to stop them doing what they are doing - which is something I should bother with.

As for debaffling my exhaust, I don't want to spend money on rejetting. It's fine how it is If I rev it enough, it's pretty loud.