****ing hell its so loud!!!!!

[ohdannyboy]

Hi all,

Fitted my micron race can tonight and oh my god what a racket . I cranked the bike over and took cover as i thought the army were shelling my house. i took it down the road passing a cop car and dropped to about 1000 revs as im paranoid il get pulled for it .

Anybody that can relate to this paranoia please post, I need consolation

Thanks guys, Dannyboy
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[FifiTRXibelle]

Wanna try twin carbon cans on a VTR1000...now that makes ya ears bleed lol....its great being loud....but no good for the paranoia

[BorderHooner]

i can relate to it - i have a standard vtr mate - noise is incredible at full song with just stock cans
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[FifiTRXibelle]

Had to bung my ballfes back in coz i got off the bike deaf lol.
The hubbys VTR has twin renegades in ....can you imagine the noise with 2 un baffled VTR's blatting about lol

[ohdannyboy]

Respeck! to the v-twin boys . Mines only a 600 hornet, I just love the sound of in line fours at full chat with a can fitted, like a wailing banshee!
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[FifiTRXibelle]

Dannyboy,
The Hubby also has a Hornet 600..with a twin can conversion...thats unbaffled as well.....they don't half scream those Hornets.

[Rob W]

Cant beat the sound of a TL-R with Scorpion cans and no baffles, .

My little ZXR is actually f***ing loud as well, it's got a Micron carbon can from a ZX-7R and it's louder than most 4's I've heard .
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[BorderHooner]

lol, wait til i get my shotguns fitted to the BUSA!!!
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[ohdannyboy]

Your telling me! im gonna start wearing earplugs more often now and try to avoid the deafness. I actually heard that if you spend something like five minutes at max noise on a bike (say on motorways) without earplugs, its enough to do permanent ear damage. Any thoughts?
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[FifiTRXibelle]

speak up....i can't hear ya.
I can't say on the deafness thing coz i was already 20% deaf to begin with...i always wear plugs nowadays when i ve got a motorway journey though.

[extreme3d]

Make sure you get the bike dyno'd as just sticking on a different can without sorting out the fueling can cause long term damage.

[Rob W]

[ohdannyboy]

Do I need to get a dynojet kit to have it jetted or can they just stick it on the rolling road and adjust the standard carbs?
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[FifiTRXibelle]

My VTR must've been set up for race cans, cause it ran like poo with it standards on...cutting out at traffic lights and just not pulling like it should.
I put my race cans on and its been fine since.

[BorderHooner]

vtr's dont need dynojetting for certain cans, so it depends on what cans were on it prior..

If I ride for more than an hour with standard cans I return home slightly deaf for 1/2 hour. plugs are a must imho on any bike - it aint the cans, it's the airstream past yer helmet that deafens
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[LUXY DJ]

you'll get use to it + it helps for all the IDIOT drivers who dont hear jackshit


best iv heard is some blokes RSV millie with a FULL povic race system

RUDE!
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[numark1]

a tip for if you ever drive past a police car.

Pull your clutch in a coast a bit doesnt draw attention to yourself.

or drop down a few gears and fucking whelly it so they could never catch you.

[Finglonga]

Cant beat the sound of a big twin with race pipes. 4's all sound the same but twins you can tell what the bike is before you see it. It is the art ot noise.
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[narb]

Whats the deal with noise from motorbikes, is there a limit to how loud they can be? How do the police measure it? They surely don't have a decibel meter thingy?

[wristjob]

loud cans are great.
however dont be supprised if some one in your street comes round and punches your face,or sprays expanding foam into the can.
not everyone loves loud pipes especially if you are on a different sleep pattern to other folks like a night shift.
guy in my street has a gsx1400 on loud pipes,it sounds great.however at 4 am it somehow becomes a nasty noise.
all the neighbours moaned but i was the only one who explained that if he needs to use the bike early or late he could just bimble along at tickover while in the cul de sac(its not like he hasnt enough tourque)and now we have no problem.
not everyone will talk first!

[doggone]

These sound too bad - you're only going to get stopped and they'll check every other detail of the bike.
Unless you have the carbs rejetted most likely there'll be negative effects on performance and fuel consumption too.
Cans that are a bit louder are cool, but too loud = embarrassing.

[michael j]

Oh Dannyboy,
the pipes, the pipes are calling

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[stinkwheel]

It's not the noise of the exhaust that fucks your hearing, it is the high frequency wind noise passing your helmet. You get that even if your bike ran on electric and was completely silent.

[Vin]

[Gradog]

Pardon!!
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