Random motorcycle talk

[Not Normal]

A little rumble is fine, but I don't need to hear you 7 block away, from the back of my house with the windows closed.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I need for the st000pid cunt in the shower cap making a right turn on red into the lane I'm making a legal left turn into on an arrow to hear me, because no other way is she paying attention.


So, yeah, if some dead get awakened, so be it.


You never discover how many motorists are oblivious to motorcycles until you're the one they pull out in front of.


A guy told me that, when he rode, he carried a rock in his pocket, about half the size of a baseball. He said he had several occasions to break some windshields. I haven't gone there . . . yet.


And I really like the black-out look . . . .

 

[Saint Peter]

Auxiliary lights and high visibility gear will do more to save your life more than loud pipes and black leathers.

Rear pointing exhaust pipes are good for alerting the people behind you that you exist. Sirens on firetrucks point forward for a reason. Cars interiors shield more road noise that ever before. Bad music blasting out of a zillion speakers mask your chrome penis decibels.

Make your bike as loud as possible, I could care less. Just don't prance around claiming you are doing it to save lives. Be honest and say that you like the way it sounds.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

So, I should point my exhaust forward then???

 

[Saint Peter]

Only if you have the fabrication skills.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Old man Doppler might disagree with your sound assessment.

 

[Pacifica112]

Personally I ride to many miles to have noisy exhaust. I tried it with a 2000 Victory Sport Cruiser I owned (until some asshole hit me from behind while I was stopped for a pedestrian in a crosswalk). After a couple of hundred miles I couldn't stand it.

When I bought my 1971 CB750 in 73 (used) someone had installed air horns. I found them to be a lifesaver. Every big on road bike I've had since I've installed air horns on. BadBoy makes a nice compact integral air horn/compressor that fits on a bike nicely. It tickles the shit out of me when someone pulls out in front of me, I lay on the air horn and they bobble around thinking a truck is about to run up their ass.

I've got to get one installed on my Trophy.


Comshaw

Maybe I'm still in that "honeymoon phase", but the noise doesn't bother me at all. I used to borrow a buddy's 1100 that had straight pipes on it though, and I never got tired of the sound. I might have to look into an air horn, Capital idea!

Sorry to hear you got rear ended, that truly sucks.

 

[Comshaw]

Maybe I'm still in that "honeymoon phase", but the noise doesn't bother me at all. I used to borrow a buddy's 1100 that had straight pipes on it though, and I never got tired of the sound. I might have to look into an air horn, Capital idea!

Sorry to hear you got rear ended, that truly sucks.

Thanks. Unfortunately it happens. As far as the pipes, after 400,000 miles on a bike with some one day trips in the 700 to 1000 mile range (I'm way to old for that now) I just can't hack the constant noise. Don't get me wrong, my bike is not whisper quiet. I do love the sound of a set of good pipes, but they just aren't extremely loud. For those who do use them that way I say go fer it. Enjoy. And for those who complain about them I say....go fer it. Enjoy the bitching about them. Everybody has to have something to bitch about after all.

Comshaw

 

[Super-Surprise]

https://78.media.tumblr.com/29697c40bb12f9b5c271b9f93dd43941/tumblr_mhi37sNg5x1rsuhmzo1_400.jpg

 

[Dogoda]

For HDs.....I like pipes that rumble at idle and semi loud when you blip the throttle. Hate a drone at cruising speed though. a must....tune for flow and performance.

 

[Bray123]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/2006_MV_Agusta_F4_1000S.JPG

This is what my current steed looks like (I don't ride so much nowadays but I spent most the last 45years riding around 30-40 thou miles a year. Much of it was fast).

I use standard pipes, loud ones do nothing except annoy the rest of the population. Problem is that pipes point backwards and that's where the noise goes. By the time anyone hears me, I'm already past them. And that pleases me because then they will not make any random movement; I can predict what they are going to do and it's safer that way.

Consequently I don't limp, I've never come off at any speed and the last time I did take a tumble was around 40 years ago before I learned to ride competently (it's all in the training folks).

 

[Bray123]

Old man Doppler might disagree with your sound assessment.

Doppler shift means that the note drops when you pass. Has nothing to do with volume.

 

[GiaCat]

I like many kinds of bikes. Cruisers, sport bikes, super naked. All kinds. Here are some of my favs.

https://2yrh403fk8vd1hz9ro2n46dd-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-Suzuki-GSX_S1000-9.jpg


http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02759/BMW-S1000R-1_2759882k.jpg


https://35y5rh3hn95r4cmzm46f6ee1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2016/09/Honda-Goldwing-Valkyrie-Review-2.jpg

 

[GiaCat]

The new Ducati V4 is coming out soon. What a masterpiece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFvSKoDum9Q&t=10s

 

[Comshaw]

everyone
i know who owns
or has owned
a motorcycle,
limps.

I don't but I should.....in August 1977 I hit a car headon while riding my CL450 Honda. It took a baseball chuck of meat off of my left shin.

In June 1983 I was downtown Yakima with a friend who had a CB350 Honda. He was to drunk to ride so I decided to take him back to the post (Yakima Firing Range). While I was accelerating up the curved on ramp he decided to stand up and jump up and down on the rear pegs. Yes we fell down at 60 MPH. Lots and lots of road rash for both of us.

In November 1996 I had just put a rear tire on my XS1100. I took it out for a ride to make sure everything was good then I was going to put it away for the winter. A deer decided to jump out in front of me while I was going 50. I t-boned it, killed her, screwed my bike up royally and banged me up pretty good to.

In September 2000 I was headed home on my Victory Sport Cruiser when I stopped at a crosswalk to let a pedestrian cross. The guy behind me wasn't paying attention and ass ended me at 35 MPH. Destroyed my bike and separated my left shoulder.

Like I said, I should have a limp but I don't. Should I still be riding? Yes. And to explain that answer......

My very first accident was 4 blocks after I bought my first bike, a CL77 305 Honda scrambler. I was 17 and bought it in March. The guy threw in a vintage 1958 helmet (it was aluminum with canvas webbing inside). I rode the bike a few blocks down the street and went to turn a corner. Being March there was a pile of sand from snow storms built up on the corner. I cut the corner to sharp (brand new rider after all). The bike hit the pile and stopped, I didn't. I ended up on my face in the street. When I got up I had blood running into my eyes from as nice little gash on my forehead.
Now an accident like that right after you buy a bike for the first time should do one of two things: knock some sense into you or knock all of it right out of you. I'm a product of the second. I picked the bike up (it wasn't hurt except for some scrapes in the chrome and paint) and rode home.

To quote Johnny Blaze," you can't live in fear."




Comshaw