When is the sound of a bike to much??

[Wide Track]

Well guys Harley's rule, at least Ford Motor Company thinks so. I spotted a new Ford Pick up today with very readable chrome letters running the full length of the bed, "HARLEY DAVIDSON" Me guesses you gotta pay extra for that.

[LoVel]

Not if I'm the one buying it.  They are going to have to discount it more than enough for mr to get that crap taken off.

[Lon]

I have a yosh-77 on my 08 haybusa and I have the quiet core installed and it is as quiet as the stock system and weighs 36#s less, best of both worlds.

There are such a thing as quiet aftermarket exhausts.  I didn't know Yoshimura made one, but Motad does (OEM-spec - even pass Euro emissions certs) and Hindle makes some as well.

Maybe there's a list of the quietest aftermarket exhausts somewhere?  OEM exhausts are very expensive - if I had to replace an exhaust, OEM likely wouldn't even be a consideration.

[forester]

Loud pipes do not save lives...they only break laws, wreck hearing and disrespect the peace and quiet everyone else appreciates.

Much of the time they also decrease a bike's power band while increasing mostly unusable peak h.p. in a small portion of it to gain the #s.

I don't have nor would ever purchase stock pipes for a bike.  Can you tell?  

[kevin_stevens]

Loud pipes do not save lives...they only break laws, wreck hearing and disrespect the peace and quiet everyone else appreciates.

Much of the time they also decrease a bike's power band while increasing mostly unusable peak h.p. in a small portion of it to gain the #s.

I don't have nor would ever purchase stock pipes for a bike.  Can you tell?  

No.  Your conclusion doesn't seem to follow your premise.

KeS

[jfurf]

My brother just bought his first bike: A Ninja 250 that the previous owner had put a pair of Two Brothers cans on. He told me he was thinking about changing them out for the stock exhaust because they were too loud.

I thought he was full of it, so I took the bike for a spin and... dammit those exhausts are LOUD. Like ear-splitting loud and just "hyper" sounding, like the engine wants to explode. I was WAY surprised that the little Ninja could be that loud.  

[Geoff]

[evilted]

I find this part of the anti loud pipe thing a little suspect.  Anecdotally, I know that people were and are more likely to do a head check before moving into my lane when I'm on a louder bike.

But who am I to argue with statistics?  Maybe loud pipes just reduce the risk of grievous bodily injury short of death?

Loud pipes do not save lives...

[JamesG]

When it sets car alarms off when it passes by...