Engine Sound

[Guth_imp]

I have had louder and throater sounding bikes, I love the sound of this with the stock system. It's gentlemanly, civilized, and doesn't shout "look at me". It's everything a motorcycle should sound like on the street. Plus I don't believe in the adage "loud pipes save lives" since it doesn't take into account the Doppler Effect.

Exactly my impression the first time (and every time) I heard it. It just oozes refinement. You can hear the machinery, rather than the noise. First time I rode into one of the old historical neighborhoods around here, I was starting and stopping all up and down the street to read the historical markers. People out working in their yards. Dogs wandering about. Not a soul was offended, or even took special note of my presence. As cool as that was, and is, a part of me is getting restless for a bit more rumble and growl though...

I've had this same experience — while sporting my Staintune.

As I've said many times before, the Staintune doesn't change the volume of the exhaust all that much, but the tone is changed significantly, and much for the better to my ears. The exhaust note remains one of my favorite aspects of riding my CB1100.

I suppose that it goes without saying that the stock exhaust note was a bit too subdued for my preferences.