08-15-2017, 07:12 AM
(08-14-2017, 05:24 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: G'day, James, and welcome to the forum. Forgive the dissenting note, but I'm not at all sure increasing the exhaust noise of your bike does the slightest thing to increase drivers' awareness of your existence.
But there are options. Staintune offers a slight increase in volume. Two Brothers; Yoshimura; Delvik; Arrow all make slip ons and at least one of them offers a removable baffle to increase the noise.
With all the traffic noise most drivers have their windows up. They also have the air conditioning fan on, the radio or cell phone on, and are easily distracted by everything going on around them or in the car. Making more noise is not going to help.
The onus is on you to remain alert in traffic. If you rely on others to do that, you are going to get hurt. It's like Dodgeball, but the balls are a lot heavier because they are made of steel and glass.