What loud pipes really say...

[speedevil]

You wouldn't happen to have a "deer whistle" on your Wing would you?  A few Wingers swear by them but I have no personal experience.

Nope.  I always considered them snake oil and every test I've seen confirms that I've made the right choice.  But, YCITIYW-IYMNM.

YCITIYW-IYMNM= You Can Install Them If You Want - Its Your Money Not Mine.

[Kopfjager]

You wouldn't happen to have a "deer whistle" on your Wing would you?  A few Wingers swear by them but I have no personal experience.

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=29741.0

[donzo]

ANGLER ROCKS!!!!!

I don't have boomtubes, but I loves me the sound of my ZARDS!!!!

Don't tell me you never start your bike just to hear it.

It's gonna be a long winter, boy.

[Betty]

I can't seem to find the quote now but I thought somebody mentioned 80dB in here as the legal noise limit, can anybody tell me what this is based on and how it is measured?

When my pipes were made the guys in the shop put the meter on it based on their interpretation of the rules ... with the meter behind the bike at about 4 metres and revs around 4000 it was right on the legal limit of 94dB with the baffles in (and they have been in ever since). I recently saw a Streetfighter at a show and the stock exhausts were stamped (I can't quite remember which) 92 or 94dB ... so 80dB, WTF?

A quick summary of recent changes to my local laws that I am aware of (and yes I am in NSW, Australia):
. there was a 94dB stationary noise limit
. this was replaced by a 'signature noise level' which were to be model specific
. after market pipes were required to have a 'noise label' demonstrating compliance
. not applicable to bikes older than 1988
. the 'noise label' law has since been repealed

[Statler]

angler made me spit my beer.

dude, come up to Baltimore and drinks are on me....but only if it's somewhere we can pick a barfight.

[Buckethead]

I found it quite amusing as well.

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[angler]

angler made me spit my beer.

dude, come up to Baltimore and drinks are on me....but only if it's somewhere we can pick a barfight.

If that ain't an attractive invite, I don't know what is......

[ducpainter]

How can a tread that started with making fun of small penis's turn in to such a technical debate about riding.   

because some people just have to over think everything.

[Statler]

How can a tread that started with making fun of small penis's turn in to such a technical debate about riding.   

because it's a motorcycle forum?   the small penis forums just don't have the legs to last very long.

[somegirl]

because it's a motorcycle forum?   the small penis forums just don't have the legs to last very long.

So...how long have you been hanging out at the small penis forums, then?








Sorry, couldn't resist.

[DoubleEagle]

Yesterday I was riding and decided to stop in this small town (which shall remain nameless ) to get gas.

I was riding my 1098 R.

After I gassed up I was leaving town and I had to pass a school that was letting out .

There was a  parked with his window down right along the right side of the street and the school was on the opposite side of the street .

My " R " has 102 db race Termis on it and I thought " Oh boy, here we go . I'm going to have to ride right past the  open window with pipes blazing ....well going 20 mph ."

I thought this will be a true test if a  is going to pull me over for loud pipes.

I road past and ....nothing.

Doesn't prove anything .

I think our fate has already been cast by the H-D riders and their straight pipes.

Around where I ride the H-D riders tend to ride in groups of 5 -15.

This particular town I got gas in is a cross roads and on the weekends a lot of Harleys come to the middle of town , stop for the 4 way stop and then roar away towards the hills and Jimbos, a biker bar.

When they take off you can't hear yourself think for 10 seconds.

There are a lot more H-Ds riding around than Ducatis , so I don't think we will make much of a difference.

Where I was riding mostly all this past riding season, I have seen maybe 2 other Ducatis.

I have seen at least 1000 H-Ds.

We are like fighter jets taking off. The H-Ds are like B-52s taking off.

We make noise , but get the hell out of there . The H-Ds make a lot of noise and take a while to clear the area of that noise.

What about the trucks , the hopped up little foreign cars with the loud exhausts and Semis and Diesel converted pickups ?

Is it only because we are viewed as recreational or toys that the other vehicles are not considered ?

Dolph     

[Howie]

like many of us I have 102db pipes on my bike.  Down the corner from me is an auto repair shop.  The owner and his buddies all have straight pipe Harleys and Harley clones.  They love riding around the block over and over again, revving the piss out of the bikes around 15 MPH.  My neighbors compliment me on how quiet my bike is.  

Back to 416-A in NYC.  I read through the Council hearing transcripts.  When it was first introduced to the council back in 2004, more was said about motorcyclists doing wheelies and stoppies than motorcycles making noise.  The latest rewrite of 416-A doesn't even mention noise.  416-A is a thinly disguised piece of anti motorcycle legislation.

[psycledelic]

Most accounts of a bike hitting a deer I've heard are Honda Goldwing related.  I wonder if loud pipes could be saving the lives of furry woodland creatures?  I know cattle tend to run the other direction when they hear motorcycles coming.

I can barely hear my boomtublets over my Walmart Deer Whistles.

[psycledelic]

Only because I haven't chimed in.  I have a huge c*ck.  I have boomtubes.  I ride with flip-flops, shorts, wife beater and a steel bucket for a helmet.  I shift late and rev often particularly in front of cafes and old folks homes.  

If true, you should add a "D" to the front of your screen name. 

[Bill in OKC]

I can barely hear my boomtublets over my Walmart Deer Whistles.

I'll follow you then