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Question for motorcyclists
What's the gig with illegal, deafining exhaust pipes? Since lockdown there seems to have been a big surge in bikes on the road as presumably motorcyclists have more essential journies and they just love using the roundabout nearby for standing starts.
I can't figure out what it is though with the ridiculous noise? Is it some kind of competition? Is it a sexual thing - Do you use them to impress or attract other like-minded men?
I also assume you have to fit a normal, legal exhaust pipe and stop riding it like a for one day to get your MOT?
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31st May 2020 2:00 pm
J@mes
Member Since: 10 Nov 2008
Location: Bomber County
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How have you figured out that the exhausts are illegal? Did you inspect them for the correct markings or do you have calibrated ears which can detect db levels from your garden chair?
I expect they like the noise, much the same as people with fast/powerful cars like the noise they make, or people with V8's like those, or owners of 2 strokes like those and so on.
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31st May 2020 2:08 pm
Dimcandle
Member Since: 06 Feb 2020
Location: North Wales
Posts: 195
Loud isn't necessarily illegal
I have a ZZR1400, mildly tweaked and has a an aftermarket exhaust.
Loud enough that I have to be careful to consider the neighbours when off to work early morning.
But there has to be some trade off to get 220bhp out of 1350cc and a pretty unrestricted exhaust is part of that trade off
31st May 2020 2:29 pm
Charliecloud
Member Since: 31 Jul 2014
Location: Tonbridge
Posts: 980
Re: Question for motorcyclists
James W wrote:
What's the gig with illegal, deafining exhaust pipes? Since lockdown there seems to have been a big surge in bikes on the road as presumably motorcyclists have more essential journies and they just love using the roundabout nearby for standing starts.
I can't figure out what it is though with the ridiculous noise? Is it some kind of competition? Is it a sexual thing - Do you use them to impress or attract other like-minded men?
I also assume you have to fit a normal, legal exhaust pipe and stop riding it like a for one day to get your MOT?
Curious.
Hello 'Curious' you seem like a nice boy, get them leather chaps on and go and introduce yourself to them. You know that you want to You can trust all the random strangers on here, they wont judge
31st May 2020 3:14 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
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The noise is there all the time, but normally is is mixed in with other background noise that is no longer there.
31st May 2020 4:16 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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This should be underway by now?
I like a highly tuned bike/car, and think sound and drama add to the fun of it. However, not in a busy urban environment with 30mph limit.
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Location: Norfolk
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I have the same issue here in Norfolk. The road I live on is a 40 mph limit, yet most weekends it's like living on one of the stretches of the Isle of Man TT
I don't need to hear bikes coming from 2 miles away, and hear them for the next 3 miles after they've gone past at 80+ on their resin crotch rockets.
Harley type bikes are similarly annoying, with that irritating thud, that serves no purpose other than to annoy. Richard
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31st May 2020 6:18 pm
Grunders
Member Since: 30 Apr 2011
Location: Manchester
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Not all of them are illegal, I have one on mine, it is louder than stock but gives a lovely noise, much like the sports exhaust on a Mercedes C63 or Audi RS models,
And it looks a lot better than the standard
If it ain't broke... Take it apart anyway, how else you gonna find out how it works
31st May 2020 6:27 pm
autobiorob
Member Since: 11 Jun 2014
Location: Peterborough
Posts: 158
It doesn't matter what you own, bike or car, there are always some idiots that will give the rest a bad name. I am sure there are even some Discovery idiots about......don't we get tarnished with the 'Chelsea tractor' tag
31st May 2020 6:46 pm
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4399
Grunders wrote:
I have one on mine, it is louder than stock but gives a lovely noise, much like the sports exhaust on a Mercedes C63 or Audi RS models
This is not a dig at you Grunders, but this makes the point exactly. It's totally subjective.
I like a great sounding engine, and I'm guilty of having 'loud' pipes on cars and bikes in the past. I'm sure all the bikers that come past my house also think their bikes sound great, but when I'm having a quiet afternoon in the garden, I really don't think they sound great, and after a group of 10 or more have raced past, I'm really fed up with the noise.Richard
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Not all of them are illegal, I have one on mine, it is louder than stock but gives a lovely noise, much like the sports exhaust on a Mercedes C63 or Audi RS models,
And it looks a lot better than the standard
You're not one of the ones on the East Lancs every couple of days are you ?
it's at least 200 yds from me and they're revving the nuts out of them … deffo 2 bikes, deffo racing. going off the revs, I reckon they're red-lining in 2nd on some serious bikes then dropping off for the speed cameras (although some days I don't think they give a sh i t ). So what's that going to be ? above 70 in a 40 zone ?
like I said, 200 yds min and it's loud here. gosh knows what it's like close up.
and - aside from the noise - I don't give a damn. It's what the A580 was made for, isn't it ?
31st May 2020 8:39 pm
defector
Member Since: 23 Feb 2009
Location: Greater Manchester
Posts: 1419
CBX1000 bike of my dreams as a youngun (and now at stratospheric money for the original naked versions).
How can you not like the six at 10,000rpm.
1st Jun 2020 12:40 am
Grunders
Member Since: 30 Apr 2011
Location: Manchester
Posts: 2302
Hardware wrote:
Grunders wrote:
Not all of them are illegal, I have one on mine, it is louder than stock but gives a lovely noise, much like the sports exhaust on a Mercedes C63 or Audi RS models,
And it looks a lot better than the standard
You're not one of the ones on the East Lancs every couple of days are you ?
it's at least 200 yds from me and they're revving the nuts out of them … deffo 2 bikes, deffo racing. going off the revs, I reckon they're red-lining in 2nd on some serious bikes then dropping off for the speed cameras (although some days I don't think they give a sh i t ). So what's that going to be ? above 70 in a 40 zone ?
like I said, 200 yds min and it's loud here. gosh knows what it's like close up.
and - aside from the noise - I don't give a damn. It's what the A580 was made for, isn't it ?
It’s definitely not me, I hear them the same as I live the same sort of distance from the A580, traffic lights don’t help, it’s like they’ve got a starting lineIf it ain't broke... Take it apart anyway, how else you gonna find out how it works
1st Jun 2020 6:05 am
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15211
Difference between a noisey bike versus a noisey car exhaust is that bikes rev about twice as high as a car.
They travel faster due to nimbleness and not being held up by other traffic.
And they're on and off the power for overtakes, bends etc.
So it's just not the static noise, it's how a bike is used.
I've got a little runabout 'sports car' with short exhausts exiting the bodywork on both sides of the engine.
It's as noisey as heck, I even had the boxes cut open to have more baffles added, but it's still too noisey.
But, I can control the noise by short shifting and running in higher gears.
I pass horses, country roadside walkers etc by passing slowly but in a higher gear, slipping the clutch and keeping the revs low.
But would much rather have quieter exhausts (and not draw attention to myself).
Reminds me: car on sorn, lockdown partially lifted, 1st June ...... better get it taxed and go out for a blast. 🏴
1st Jun 2020 9:03 am
mark the spark
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
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As a biker myself i do sympathize with anyone who lives near a fast road .....but the road was there when you bought the house .ive walked away from house purchases for exactly that reason as i like piece and quiet
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