Tony A
Member
to weigh in or not
oh why not, excessive loud pipes i agree are bad for our sport whether its a crusier or a sport bike. But I do like a little noise all my bikes have after market pipes, not so loud that your ears bleed but when they are opened up you hear it. At highway speed the exhaust is drowned out by the wind noise.
Am i concerned about the noise in early morning or late evening, yes in residental areas I will be short shifting.
As for harleys sorry so many of you are against them, have we sterotyped the bike, yes.
I have a harley touring bike that I love to ride, its comfy, my wifes comfy on the back. and we can run 200 miles between stops. And for an 800 lb bike it handles pretty darn good, is it fast, no but it wasnt intended to be.
I also own a duc st3 great sport tour bike, but two up comfort just is not the same. But a great bike for solo trips and riding with the sport boys.
My point I guess is we all have opinions, all have things we like or don't like but we should all police each other in our sport on noise control whether its a harley, euro or metric.
oh why not, excessive loud pipes i agree are bad for our sport whether its a crusier or a sport bike. But I do like a little noise all my bikes have after market pipes, not so loud that your ears bleed but when they are opened up you hear it. At highway speed the exhaust is drowned out by the wind noise.
Am i concerned about the noise in early morning or late evening, yes in residental areas I will be short shifting.
As for harleys sorry so many of you are against them, have we sterotyped the bike, yes.
I have a harley touring bike that I love to ride, its comfy, my wifes comfy on the back. and we can run 200 miles between stops. And for an 800 lb bike it handles pretty darn good, is it fast, no but it wasnt intended to be.
I also own a duc st3 great sport tour bike, but two up comfort just is not the same. But a great bike for solo trips and riding with the sport boys.
My point I guess is we all have opinions, all have things we like or don't like but we should all police each other in our sport on noise control whether its a harley, euro or metric.