What's up with loud exhausts?

[sporttour]

Why do some riders insist on a loud exhaust? Aside from the whole loud pipes save lives bs, what is the allure? A relatively quiet exhaust can provide as good as or better performance as straight pipes. What is the reason for all the loudness? Do these riders think anyone wants to hear their bike? Do they think that obnoxious behavior endures the public to motorcycling? What is the reason? Is it to compensate for another deficiency?

[Likwid]

fag

[JBWalker]

Why do some riders insist on a loud exhaust?

i'd tell ya, but if i did, i'd have to kill ya.

[Bad324]

oh boy in to see the funny

[ducati guy]

Louder makes it faster:D

[tyler524]

Loud pipes bring out all the bar skanks

[crf69]

my crf450r street legal SM scares the harley guys....they envy me

[scottb]

looking for the south park clip with the "unnessarily loud bikes" line in the harley episode.

[jbot]

[Hoblick]

Louder makes it faster:D

you should know.. damn your kawi was loud as hell

[jblosser]

Here's the entire episode.

@sporttour: Watch this episode, it will explain it all to you.

PS: Need you to post up some pics of your old Indian. Pronto, Tonto!

Edited December 29, 2010 by jblosser
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[jporter12]

Loud pipes are just to piss off those who question their worth...

[ducati guy]

you should know.. damn your kawi was loud as hell

Lol

So true..my ducati just doesn't cut it

[MadKaw636]

my bike has a jardine rt1 dual outlet so its loud my chrysler conquest is loud it must be a guy thing most of us love loud stuff if i want to drive something quite i will hop in my wifes car and drive that

[Jst2fst]

Don't worry. Some day you'll have a real motorcycle' date=' too.[/quote']

Nice one...

[vf1000ride]

I like my loud exhaust, with that and the intake mods I gained roughly 12hp over stock. Not bad for a bike that still makes less than 100hp to the rear tire.

So far everyone that has heard it likes the sound of my bike. Granted I haven't polled everyone in my neighborhood yet.

[Beegreenstrings]

You have to give those P.O.S. something! They are slow as fauck!

It is all they have left to hang on to.

[jporter12]

my bike has a jardine rt1 dual outlet so its loud my chrysler conquest is loud it must be a guy thing most of us love loud stuff if i want to drive something quite i will hop in my wifes car and drive that

Chrysler Conquest? Really? There are still some of those around? WOW!

[RFM]

We like the bikes, the bikes that go boom.

[scottie.harris]

i like the sound of a bike, louder isnt always better but yea. My bike is loud but many people like it and i havent pissed the world of with it so i dont get complaints. Besides danballa has a louder exhaust than me, and harleys are even louder with their aftermarkets.

I guess a plus is that when you can scare the piss out of construction workers on rides, isnt that right danballa...

[NinjaNick]

I love LOUD pipes, but only when they're loud at high rpms. Pipes that idle really loud like lots of Harleys do are the annoying ones in my opinion. If it's going to be LOUD, the rider better be making that bike SCREAM down the road. I love hearing a pipe screaming through the whole rpm range out in the distance. It's sex to my ears.

[MadKaw636]

Chrysler Conquest? Really? There are still some of those around? WOW!

yup her she is with me and my daughter washing her i have a full pic of the car but the site says its to big to upload it on here

[MadKaw636]

Chrysler Conquest? Really? There are still some of those around? WOW!

here we go alot better this is my baby rite here my 88 crysler conquest tsi

[jporter12]

here we go alot better this is my baby rite here my 88 crysler conquest tsi

Nice, I worked on one just like that a few years ago!

[ReconRat]

I love LOUD pipes, but only when they're loud at high rpms. Pipes that idle really loud like lots of Harleys do are the annoying ones in my opinion. If it's going to be LOUD, the rider better be making that bike SCREAM down the road. I love hearing a pipe screaming through the whole rpm range out in the distance. It's sex to my ears.

That's it! A bike can make all the loudness it wants, when it cuts loose. And I like it. Until it does that, I'm more impressed by a quiet bike that can perform when it wants to. I've seen too many bikes that claim to be faster/better when loud, but I don't see it happen. A few can, but most do not.