Does your exhaust bother you??

[Wooly R6]

just been for my first ride out without the baffle in my scorpion exhaust!!!

the grins in the helmet were plenty, but i was also wondering if people thought it was too loud!!!!

my usual thought is to say fuck em, but i got some looks from people as i rode past, not sure if it was because it was loud or just because it sounded meatier and people wanted to see what it was that was coming!!!

what are your thoughts, anyone else worry about their pipes???
(not not your water pipes, or any other kind either!)
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[SoND]

I probably look like a prat when people hear me, loud as fuck without the go, but I don't care, I like it
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[Whosthedaddy]

I started the FZR600 for the 1st time and the Leo Vince exhaust sparked into life, and then promptly woke the dead and their diciest relatives as well.

Fook me, it is loud. Not sure whether the baffle has been taken out, or its just plain loud.

As I was blipping the throttle to 4k rpm or so, the noise and grunt that was being thrown out of the 2 inch hole was making me laugh out loud and cringe as to what the neighbours must have thought

At the moment its funny that the bike makes so much noise, but when I'm trying to go to work and start waking my 2 year old son up early, then the novelty will soon wear off I'm sure.
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[palmer]

90% of people turn and look when im coming.
1. it sounds like im doing a million miles an hour
2. its looouuud


It hurts my ears when im riding for a while too

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[TOM M]

[Misc]

I just got a Akrapovic, not too loud & sounds awsome i get looks when slowing down as it gurgles a bit which also sounds great.

[Whosthedaddy]

[Kickstart]

Hi

Personally a loud exhaust doesn't bother me. But I think that most people think they are a pain (at best). If people are looking then most are probably thinking "Chav".

Also, why give the police more notice to get the radar gun aimed for when you come round a corner?

All the best

Keith
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[Andy C]

[McGee]

Just fitted a stubby and it sounds the sex

Video will be up soon
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[Finglonga]

Had a race can on my ZRX1100 it was alright pootling arount town and short trips but on long trips it was just a pain..Way too loud and gave me a headache after a couple of hundred miles and I always used earplugs. In the end I put the standard one back on.

Wouldn't bother me if my bike was just a weekend toy or I was a fair weather biker, but just to loud for every day and longish trips.
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[bish777]

My exhaust annoys me by rotting away before my very eyes.......
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[M1ke]

[NSR Mick]

My NSR sounds the business when the powervalves open and thats how I like to keep it (in NSL's only )
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[Nb]

My scorpion can has no removable baffle for some reason. People ive ridden with say its pretty loud. But it doesnt seem to piss of my neighbours, people do turn round when they hear it though. I like that, they look round wtf is that then see my ugly ass bike haha
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[trevoriv]

Kind of feel bad when i start the bike at like 11pm or 6am at my gfs house and wake the whole street up, but apart from that i like the fact that the traffic can hear me comin so they can move outta the way

[bish777]

I had virtually open pipes on my old XBR500- made one hell of a din! Neighbours did complain as at the tme i started work at 5:30.....
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[niff5855]

yup my zx6r has got a mad Art can on it.

I always ride with earplugs but when I've made quick trips 5 mins down the road to pop to the shops without the plugs - Im cringing.

Ah fuck em.
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[Kram]

i got a scorpion on my FZR600, sounds nice, with the baffles out. but wanna hear what it sounds like without a helmet on (ear mufflers in it).

Whosthedaddy, wanna swap your leo vince for my scorpion(with baffle)
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[suzi_bandit]

Does your exhaust bother you??

Nope. Not since it's been welded back on. No doubt it'll bother me again in it's own good time though.
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[Heckthusula]

I had a Harris on an old Z1000 that was fun for me, but if I get the crap scared out of me by a KTM farting - oh sorry, thundering purposefully along, I generally just think: Tosser.. Depends whether you're the one riding the thing!

BMW Rseries exhausts are laughably quiet though.

[paulthewitt]

occasionally. i know it is frustrating even when my brother leaves early. can sometimes wake me up.

but the fact cars part like the red sea cos they have heard, then seen you, and taken appropriate action far outways this.

it is a HUGE safety feature
Paul

[Fadel]

Nope! I love the sound of a loud nice exhaust. Mine isn't that loud I don't think but people have said it's loud and occasionally I go 'maybe it is abit lo....bagh fuck em sounds nice'