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Hex · Party Boy Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

How loud is too loud on a can?

Is it when you cant hear anything but the note from your can at anything under 100mph

Is it when you get off your bike and your shouting at everyone as you can't hear.

Or is it when riding everyone stops and looks at whats causing the noise?

Its possibally that I'm just not used to having a loud can on my bike after rideing around with the standard one for 10 months. But bugger me if its not loud! Think I'll have to get someone to ride past me on my bike so I can see just how loud it is. Laughing

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Doddmaster · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

No can is ever too loud. May be too loud for the plod, but my nextdoor neighbour has the same can on his R6, it is well loud and gets loads of attention but he has never been pulled over for it

Hex · Party Boy Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Stew · Posted: 09:21 - 22 Aug 2003 Post subject:

My mate Nige has the same can on his CBR6.
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Yes it is louder than standard but it doesnt seem excessively loud as M's VFR is slightly louder. It is definitely louder than my quiet bike though.
Although you say its loud, I bet you love the sound though, its quite deep isn't it?
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Bendy · Mrs Sensible Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Karma :

I was all 'meh' about buying my cbr until we started it and it went 'grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr' and I went 'ooooooooh'.

They sound lame with the standard pipe on Smile

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Bendy · Mrs Sensible Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Karma :

You're right, they don't really sound like anything at all as standard, it's quite feeble. Mine had the Art already on it when I bought it and the standard can's been doing a fine job as a doorstop Mr. Green

Hex · Party Boy Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Ahh well my standard can will be moving shortly from the spare bedroom to its new home in the loft out of my way. Laughing

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Luke_Retrofly · Silly Lesbian Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Karma :

hi
my cans pretty loud, people are always looking round to see what it it, thats ART cans for you Very Happy

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Kris · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

I've got an old Micron race can on the ZXR... doesn't appear too loud when on tickover or at low revs but up the top of the rev-range it does get a bit 'noticeable'. Very Happy

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TiN · Pocket Tin Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Karma :

A race can will always seem loud for the first day that you have it, but you'll soon adapt to it. Smile

The thing is though, it's so much more comfortable for your brain when you revert back to the standard can...but you often hear scary engine noises instead. Confused

Kris - don't Kwak airboxes amplify some of the engine noise as well?
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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

It isnt that loud, its just everything else is really quiet Smile

You'll get used to it, and start to like the noise Cool

And microns aint normally *that* loud, as luke says Art are pretty loud (apart from korn and zims bikes with any cans! )

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MarsBar · World Chat Champion Joined: 21 Aug 2002 Karma :

I have an ART can on my CBR and I'm very impressed with the sound and loudness. I don't think my neighboughs are though but who cares.

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We'll have to compare the two cans at the wheel this wednesday. Laughing

TJ NSR · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

i had the standard pipe on my RR for all of 12 hours and the next morning, bike had only done about 30miles i put the race can on!

just couldnt hear the bike with the standard pipe, really annoying, but now its nice and loud Laughing

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Kris · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

I haven't heard Zim's bike running for ages (nor has he probably Laughing

) but I think Dru's new zorsts sound the bollox (they even rattled his indicators loose Shocked

) when I chased him around Heathrow on the way to Stockley the noise was fantastic.
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TJ NSR · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

v-twins always sound amazing, try taking an inline 4 and riding withour a pipe, not as loud as a twin, but sounds like the motogp bikes, and all it does it pop pop pop! Mr. Green

shame were in england! Sad

Zimma · Wheelie Junkie Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

As Korn so rightly put it, even no cans on a litre twin isn't loud enough. Very Happy

I'm so used to my cut down blue flames that it was a total shock when I put the standard cans back on for the ride to BdB. It was so weird, I could actually hear the wind noise over the exhaust note at anything over 50mph. I guess it's just because I'm so used to only hearing the engine noise at 150. Mr. Green

Roll on 125dB. Very Happy

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WildGoose · White Van Man Joined: 21 Mar 2002 Karma :

hmm how loud is too loud, probly my can

the nature of how high my bike revs is always going to make lots of noise, its was always a screamer with the standard can, you could just hear the cam gear train screaming as well

this lot bought me a race can for it, just before i went away, and i took it for a test ride, they said they could here me all the way to where i went and all the way back, and i must have gone a good two miles up the road

its not loud loud like zims storm with his blue flame baked bean tins on, but it really screams, and cos of the way i ride as well, red lining up through the gears as well as down, i tend to make a lot of noise, whenever i go to stockley park coming off the slip road coming down through the box, then you pull up and someone will always say "why is it screaming so much" Very Happy

i personally think it sounds like an F1 car, nice and burbly sounding till you get to where the power sort of starts, then its MIIIIIOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW click MIIIIIIOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

fantastic! Very Happy

gonna miss that! Sad

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TiN · Pocket Tin Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Karma :

Your bike goes "MIIOW"? Get that cat out of there Goose pls! https://www.tin3d.com/smilies/disgusted.gif
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WildGoose · White Van Man Joined: 21 Mar 2002 Karma :

how else would you describe the sound using txt tin? Razz

feel free to impress me with any ASCII character you wish you utilise as well pls
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