(07-08-2019, 10:20 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Guy on the FJR forum posted this in a thread by someone wanting to get louder mufflers for his bike...made me laugh:

I want my exhaust as LOUD as I can get it. This accomplishes several things for me.


1. It lets my neighbors know who the Alpha Male is in our neighborhood. Nothing screams "Screw you I am more important than you are" at 3am quite like revving up my engine before work.


2. Loud Pipes Save Lives. I have saved so many lives that my hometown has staged parades for me. I am a local hero. The entire fire department, the local EMTs and the hospital staff combined have not saved as many lives as I have with my Loud Pipes. Little old ladies approach me in the grocery store to thank me for Saving them with my Loud Pipes. But I just ignore them. I am far too cool for such things with my loud pipes.


3. The Dyno has clearly shown that I can gain 0.000406 horsepower. That's a lot when you consider that my FJR only puts down about 125 at the rear tire.


4. Now I fit in with the Harley Riders. Before my Loud Pipes the HD guys would not let me ride with them. I felt like Rudolph with his red nose. They would not let me play any Reindeer Games. But now I am One of Them. We make it a point to rev our engines at gas stations, bar room parking lots and when we ride in front of nursing homes. We especially LOVE to rev the engine when we are backing into a parking spot. It makes folks think we have Reverse.


5. My loud pipes are a lot lighter than the quiet pipes. I lost 5 pounds per muffler. That weight is really low so a normal rider can't really feel it but since I am so awesome I can ride much faster than I could before. 10 pounds of weight loss from a bike that weighs 640 plus unloaded is huge! I could have gone on a diet, maybe done some exercise and lost more than 10 pounds myself but then my black leather vest with the patches wouldn't fit right anymore.




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(07-09-2019, 06:34 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: I tried, Rocky, I tried... I'll have to content myself knowing that most of my neighbors wave to me as I roll through the neighborhood, as their hands aren't busy covering their ears.

But, I will say this... they guy in the office next door to mine who rides an R1 with a Two Brothers exhaust may be loud, but man, it does sound sweet.

(07-11-2019, 07:18 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: That’s a great topic for a winter thread, Stichill.

As I rode to Sydney the other day, the temperature was increasing and I stopped to remove a layer of gear. I pulled back into the traffic and was waiting at some traffic lights. A fore-and-aft twin Yamaha—probably about a 250—pulled up beside me. The rider, a young fella, dressed in a mean looking jacket and open-face helmet with one of those tea-towel thingies that stop you swallowing flies around the lower part of his face, nodded at me and gave the throttle a couple of blips. He’d clearly removed every sound dampening mechanism from his pipe and it gave a truly mighty roar. The older folk in the car next to me smiled and shook their heads. I think someone in a truck or delivery van with a window open must have laughed, because the lad gave a couple more generous blips followed by a generous twist of his wrist, producing an ear splitting noise.

No one died. I guess one of the older folk in the car next to me was about to have a heart attack or a burst aneurysm or something and the lad was saving them. Generous really.

He followed the CB as I made a stately progress down the highway and was still alive when last sighted.

I guess loud pipes must work.

(07-11-2019, 07:18 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: That’s a great topic for a winter thread, Stichill.

As I rode to Sydney the other day, the temperature was increasing and I stopped to remove a layer of gear. I pulled back into the traffic and was waiting at some traffic lights. A fore-and-aft twin Yamaha—probably about a 250—pulled up beside me. The rider, a young fella, dressed in a mean looking jacket and open-face helmet with one of those tea-towel thingies that stop you swallowing flies around the lower part of his face, nodded at me and gave the throttle a couple of blips. He’d clearly removed every sound dampening mechanism from his pipe and it gave a truly mighty roar. The older folk in the car next to me smiled and shook their heads. I think someone in a truck or delivery van with a window open must have laughed, because the lad gave a couple more generous blips followed by a generous twist of his wrist, producing an ear splitting noise.

No one died. I guess one of the older folk in the car next to me was about to have a heart attack or a burst aneurysm or something and the lad was saving them. Generous really.

He followed the CB as I made a stately progress down the highway and was still alive when last sighted.

I guess loud pipes must work.

(07-14-2021, 06:24 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/pipe-up-pipe-down-modified-vehicles-1.6102050