05-13-2016, 04:52 AM
Papa Weeley.. For me it was 1983 ish and I had a Vance and Hines 4 into 1 pipe on my 81 GS1100E. Great bike, but the blasted 4 into 1 drone drove me nuts on anything more than a 35 mile ride. Riding it for 6 or 7 hours in a row, just drove me batty. I swore no more aftermarket pipes for me from then on. Then in 1994 my wife bought me a new Sportster for Christmas. Of course it had to have custom pipes, along with all the chrome in the catalog. When I went to pick it up and soon as I fired it up I knew it was too loud. Not sure how long it lasted, a year? And I was moving on to something that I could ride and hear myself think at the same time. I have learned to love quiet.