Straight pipes/open headers

[fritzwilliger_imp]

Scout, I am a motorcyclist first, a CB1100 owner second, a forum member third, and a moderator fourth

As a motorcyclist, I hate what loud pipes do for the image of motorcycling. I hear how it irritates and disgusts non motorcycling friends and acquaitances. Heck, it irritates and disgusts me and I am a motorcyclist. I see how it effects future legislation against all motorcyclists. Noise for the sake of noise is childish, like a laying on the floor kicking feet screaming fit saying LOOK AT ME, PAY ATTENTION TO ME!

As a CB owner I would hate to see that done to one of these wonderful motorcycles, so yes! I would rather see you on another motorcycle brand.

As a forum member I am entitled to have an opinion and express it, as long as a do it with respect and without name calling or foul language. There very well may be other forum members who agree with what you want to do, and they are free to express that here as well.

Finally, and a forum moderator I didn't block, delete or alter your post in any way, but let it stand on it's own merit. Just because I didn't agree with it, as a moderator it is not my call to keep others from seeing it, so in fact you were not moderated at all.

There is a difference between someone adding a slip on muffler with a baffle, so one can hear his own motorcycle noise and running straight pipes or open headers so that everyone within blocks can hear your motorcycle noise.

Thanks, Ferret, for not chiding the man who wants to make the CB1100 noisier, but for articulating so very thoroughly why there are those of us who detest the noise in the first place. I completely applaud your explanation along the four levels of thinking!

This bike demonstrates so convincingly that a fast, good looking, high-tech bike does not also have to be LOUD in order to be properly retro! While there are brief moments when I do wish my Dlx were slightly louder so that nearby car drivers would be more likely to take notice of my proximity to them, I otherwise absolutely loathe the blatant blare of insufficiently muffled motorcycles. It is this very insistence on being loud by a few motorcyclists that creates and perpetuates the stereotype of the obnoxious motorcyclist for the rest of us to have to overcome!

All that said, your original closing comment still bears repeating. The Bonneville might be a more satisfying choice for someone who insists on making a real racket.
fritz