What does your bike sound like?

[pa_broon74]

I can't really tell the difference between similar bikes by the noise they make, I hear talk of the throaty roar of a V-twin and have no idea what you guys are on about.

When I hit around 58mph on my bike, things begin to resonate and it begins to sound like a really long, angry duck's quack (like when they're arguing over bread) coming through Steven Hawking's vocal computer.

And aye, 58 its about all I get. (Unless I'm going down hill and/or have a tailwind... Or have it in the back of a transit van... )


You can be as flowery as you like in your description, go on; go wild!

[Weedy]

The V-twin noise is what normally comes out the end of a Harley!

Ever heard a Ducati? They're V-twin too

Best motorbike sound there is IMO
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[sandino]

My bike is just tinny and loud, as far as i can discern...

[Bendy]

Go watch some club racing and you'll soon work out the differences.

Screamy fours, rumbly twins, rattly two strokes, grumby triples, they're all noticably different.

If a bike sounds broken, it's probably a Ducati. They just sound like that.

[Darkside]

Hmmmm, my r1 sounded the way an inline4 should, though with the addition of a set of titanium cans it sounds slightly like a twin now......odd.
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[lilredmachine]

My DR sounds like an angry lawnmower, the SV sounds like a slapped gorilla.
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[ram_doom]

Somebody told me my bike sounds like a TIE fighter
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[gemma1675]

I found the best place to get this was at a race day. My husband had been banging on about v-twins for ages and I had no idea until I heard the Ducatis at a BSB round. All the bikes there sound great but the sound of the Ducatis really stands out. Wow.

Shortly afterwards I bought the SV - not quite the same I know, but still sounds lurvely
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[killa]

Mine is that unmistakable hooligan sounding inline 4 of the Kawazaki ZX7R. (Sounds faster than it actually is) lol

With an aftermarket system it's the best sounding Kwak out there.
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[alexhornet]

my hornet with the micron system sounds like the devil with a sore throat shouting at kids for playing football in the car park!!

load and angry lol

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[pa_broon74]

[Sephiroth]

[finpos]

I always remember, with great fondness, the look on the faces of a pair of Harley riders at some traffic lights as I emerged from behind a bus on my scrofulous Cx500 that I'd cut the end of the exhaust off in order to remove the remains of the rusty baffles.

It was a bit like that scene in "The Crying Game".

finpos.

[Whosthedaddy]

Like a machine gun type fart in a bath
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[Nb]

My bike sounds like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKxvKj5oEhg
Its a vtwin 650.
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[Weedy]

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[Weedy]

You'll have to excuse my ignorance

What make is it?
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[Ariel Badger]

Sound files of classic bikes from Manx Nortons to Fireblades
Just scroll down and clicky with your speakers up loud!
https://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Sounds.htm
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[Dazbo666]

My GPZ (parallel twin?) emits quite a rumble when on tickover. Obviously nowhere near the same league as a Harley, but I love it.

I was speaking to a mate on the mobile while sat on the bike earlier today, and he was asking if I'd attacked, or "modified" the cans to make it sound more like a Harley
...nope, it always sounds like this. Although I've found that it sounds more of a rumble while sat on the bike than it does when srtanding near it.


(I'm still hoping to upgrade to an IL4 by the end of the year though )
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[Phil_G]

Mine sounds like a ropy ER 5. Sadly and strangely enough it is a ropy ER 5.


Its my first bike though so if you ask do I like the sound of it, the answer is a resounding "fuck yeah!"
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[Project9928]

My R1 sounds like a hair dryer at the moment....

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