Loud Pipes

[Zanatos]

If you like a nice, loud, high-frequency exhaust note - just get you some whistle tips.

Whistle tips go whoo whoo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVJT...feature=fvwrel

[biikChiQ]

.. driving on the opposite lane.. crossing a double yellow and running a stop sign during a news interview. lol.

[madvlad]

Had to be an oakland raiders fan to be such an idiot.... Sweet God if it isnt idiocy that is eliminating mankind.... *shakes head*

[UHATEIT]

I had M4 Retro drag pipes on my ZX-14. That bike would put any loud-pied cruiser to shame.



never again!

I have heard great things about M4 exhausts and would love to have heard this one! I have a SV650 and the vtwin supposedly sounds insane with an M4 installed.

[TransNone13]

I'm going to have to go with the Termi pipes on the 1199. I don't go revving in lots, but I have set car alarms off and the QS pop is LOUD. First bike I've owned that I have to wear ear pro or something while riding anywhere. I have also noticed that people roll their windows up, which is a new one for me. Not even on a full Akra EVO for my CBR did that happen. Nothing to brag about either, as they are routinely failing track static noise tests overseas and here.

Regardless of what you think, people do hear and even get out of my way faster than any ride I've had before., even compared to me in my truck Could be the LED lights, butI doubt it... It's nice when people get out of your way...

[ezrider]

That's why I ride a Hodaka Super Rat. The sun reflects off the chrome gas tank so people can see me and get the heck out of the way. Of course with riding years with an expansion chamber with no silencer.I can't hear jack. I still don't know why folks roll up their windows when I pass them on I 25. Just saying.

[TransNone13]

I had to Google that, looks like a cool bike.

[ezrider]

Yep. It was cool back in the day.

[FZRguy]

Combat Wombat for me.

[ezrider]

Combat Wombat for me.

Now ya talking. 125 cc of pure joy

[FZRguy]

[ezrider]

Nice bike. Thanks for posting a picture. It brings back a lot of memories.

[tecknojoe]

I've got a full Akra system on the SDR. I hate how loud it is, and I always coast out of my neighborhood in neutral at odd hours.


but GOD DAMN it makes me tingle every time

[ezrider]

I was using a Danmoto slip on and that was damn loud. Switched over to a Yoshi full system that is not as loud. The Yoshi system sounds great with more low and mid range power. It came with a baffle that I have not installed. Also Yoshi recommends repacking the muffler every 5,000 which should help with the sound levels.

According to gravesport.com exhaust pulses tend to push the packing toward the exit of the silencer reducing performance and increases the harshness of the exhaust note. Of course they have developed a solution to that. I don't like that their exhaust system exits at just behind the front foot peg on the FZ1. Just thought that might too loud. Plus I like the yoshi system price and that the system exits behind the passenger foot peg.

[frank2]

I don't live in colorado, but isn't there a noise ordinance for motorcycles?

[grim]

I don't live in colorado, but isn't there a noise ordinance for motorcycles?

I'm not an expert but I don't think there is a single state that doesn't have a noise ordinance on any vehicle, I am however sitting as snug as a bug in a rug!

[Wrider]

I don't live in colorado, but isn't there a noise ordinance for motorcycles?

Technically only in Denver proper. That said a lot of places are probably pretty close to putting one in place if we're not careful. (Says the guy running a stock exhaust.)

[ezrider]

With all this discussion of loud pipes I decided to check the internet for a noise ordinance in Denver, CO. I found out that it is 82 decibels. Never considered that before.

[ezrider]

Nederland has posted on their city limits sign "noise ordinance enforced"

[FZRguy]

Golden was writing tickets last summer for loud bikes.

[JonnyD]

Did any sportbikes get targeted by the loud bike ordinace in Golden? Wasn't that just for all the Harleys cruising around the Buffalo Rose?

While I agree with the "loud pipes risk rights" bit, there's nothing like the sound of loud pipes in those lower canyons!

[Aaron]

Technically only in Denver proper. That said a lot of places are probably pretty close to putting one in place if we're not careful. (Says the guy running a stock exhaust.)

I can all but guarantee every municipality has a noise ordinance. Pueblo has several that cover loud bikes. Doesn't really matter though, as there are also state laws making modified exhaust systems illegal.

[Wrider]

I can all but guarantee every municipality has a noise ordinance. Pueblo has several that cover loud bikes. Doesn't really matter though, as there are also state laws making modified exhaust systems illegal.

I guess what I meant is that Denver is the only one that requires a DOT approved stock system.

[FZRguy]

Yup, mainly the open pipe cruiser riders in Golden, and that "hear you a mile away" in the canyon is not such a good thing IMO.