Staintune sound, just "OK"

[oldgoat01_imp]

The other day I was filling up and a fellow about my age (mid 50's) came up and struck up a conversation. (Nothing unusual about that). He was a long time rider of lots of bikes, including old CBs. He said he had gotten tired of HD and had been riding a Speed Triple for a couple of years. In any case, he really liked the bike and asked how it sounded. I said it was very sedate. He said, that's OK, he liked a quiet bike. I told him that this was real quiet and, as a result, many people upgraded the exhaust right off the bat. He again reiterated that he liked quiet. So I fired her up. "That's not bad at all", he said. Then I revved her up. He smiled and said "yeah, I would be changing that"
I know this is on my list at some point. but not sure which direction I want to go. First on the list, however, is trying to come up with rational reason to tell my wife that it makes sense to replace a perfectly good, functional and quiet exhaust with a louder one. I mean she doesn't even believe that the only reason I have a bike is because it uses less gas so I preserve the environment for our children, their children, whales and the three-toed spotted salamander!