Can You Hear Your Bike?

[maddjack]

I use stealth tech to its full advantage, if they don't know I am coming , no nasty microwaves basting me as I ride.

[2RR2NV]

yes, but if you were using stealth tech to the limit, microwaves wouldn't matter anyways....  

[maddjack]

Oh they can still see you, you just are not as big a target.We don 't have cloaking yet

[melville]

Took the obnoxiously loud cage to work today, and saw a potential benefit to loud pipes.  I was not the first to arrive there, but I was the one who woke up the homeless guy sleeping on the (sidewalk accessible) balcony. Shut the motor off and heard a muffled "Fuck" from above and saw the dude gather his shit and move along.

[GRN]

GSX1250 is stock, and I kind of dig how quiet it is. The KLX has a full Muzzy exhaust, wide open and loud as hell - not my favorite, but I dig the performance gain.

[ZuluHour]

Lol at this poll showing the demographics of the board.

So here's my noise ordinance defying list:
2003 Suzuki SV1000S - Yoshi RS3 slipons.  Nice twin rumble at idle and pretty loud on the gas.

2007 Yamaha R1 - Yoshi TRS slipons, M4 ypipe cat-delete, K&N filter.  Without the silencers this thing was your typical obnoxious I4 crotch rocket, and I loved it!  When I'd get on it, the bike would make a discernable inhaling at high-rpm with an ear-splitting howl from the exhaust to match.  With the silencers installed it was only just barely louder than stock.

2002 RC51 - Sato low-mount titanium slipons.  Take my SV from above and multiply the loudness by 1.5.  I've heard similarly setup RC51s go by on the front straight at VIR and there is no mistaking a high-revving Japanese twin on the gas.  How can you not love it?

[Leewmlds]

My Connie has muzzy full duel exhaust. Nice and quiet when below 3k. Really screams when she is opened up.
My XJ has. Kerker muffler I got from a scrap yard.

I like to here the bike. She talks to me. My cars, and truck all have aftermarket exhaust.

[Ramseybella]

2010 Triumph 1050 Tiger Leo Vince SKB removed the DB killer BMC air filter, sounds burly with a bark but not hot and shrill.

[FJRider]

I prefer quite bikes.

[highside]

I have a straight M4 exhaust on my SV650, and it is just way too damn loud.

The sound is great with a nice throaty twin-rumble, but I have to really watch the throttle when I am riding around my neighborhood and its just not worth it.

I am all for pulling of the factory exhaust due to weight savings alone, but I really value a quiter set-up that still lets the bike sound like a motorcycle without setting off car alarms (which mine does pretty reliably).

[Stripes]

My GT has the stock exhaust on it. I wish I could hear it but I can't. Everybody that I ride w/ says it sounds amazing. I've tried riding w/o my earplugs in & the audio system off but it's still to quiet to hear it from the seat. I guess all of the sounds goes behind me because it's so fast & light travels faster than sound!  

[aviationfred]

My FJ has a combo SuperTrapp system. The head pipes and collector are the standard steel with a Superlite stainless steel, up pipe and muffler. Running no discs with an open competition end cap. You can definitely hear the bike, short shifts and mild throttle control i can keep it from being noticed much. Running on the freeway, it screams. Just purchased a used WMP system that is completely stainless steel with a carbon fiber muffler.

[mxstone]

I blew through a Two Brothers Cat eliminator pipe and Can that made the Boxer sound soooooo beautiful and just screamed when I opened it up. Back to stock for awhile and it sounds like a slightly angry sewing machine. Amazing how the exhaust on this bike completely changes the personality.

[Andrew]

When I turn off the I-pod, Ya I can hear it

Do I care if anyone else can ???   Ya neither do I  

[R Doug]

The RT is the most quite bike I’ve owned and only the second bike I’ve never modified the exhaust.

I like being stealthy.  The po po that hide in the hills can’t hear me coming now.

On a funny note, one of the Harley riders in my office told me that if my bike were louder that Subaru wouldn’t have hit me last weekend because they would have heard me.  

[melville]

The RT is the most quite bike I’ve owned and only the second bike I’ve never modified the exhaust.

I like being stealthy.  The po po that hide in the hills can’t hear me coming now.

On a funny note, one of the Harley riders in my office told me that if my bike were louder that Subaru wouldn’t have hit me last weekend because they would have heard me.  

Dang, he beat me to it!

[miles]

I prefer quite bikes.

I prefer cute bikes.

[jsanford]

I'm mixed.  The Guzzi and BMW have their stock exhausts, they have nice notes and occassionally trip the hyper-sensitive car alarm.  The Ducati has Termis on it, but I understand from the dealer I'm the only customer who asked to keep the baffles in.  Our '77 Kaw is louder than all of the three others, with the stock exhaust.  That's a two-stroke for you.  

When I took the ERC on the Ducati,  some of the ranges were "factory exhaust only" and I enrolled in the non-stock class.  After an hour with those Harleys I had a monstrous headache, even with earplugs.  The Duc was by far the quietest bike that day.

[Magnarider]

The FZ1 has a Holeshot header with a Danmoto carbon fiber slip on with the Db killer installed. I can still hear it on the freeway with my custom earplugs with headphones on and the music not too loud.

[the drummer]

Stock exhaust. The only time you really hear it, is when you get on the throttle! No need to announce my
 Coming and going. Plus.... I respect my neighbors!  BMW's should be seen,not heard!