I consider it "stealth riding" and actually enjoy it. I'm with you Maxtog !!
Well, that makes three of us. Definitely a minority group around here.
My signature used to be "If loud pipes save lives, I'm gonna live forever". But as I have aged, I no longer want to effect other peoples experience whatever it may be. I consider it "stealth riding" and actually enjoy it. I'm with you Maxtog !!
As lovely as that sounds, I keep my bikes quiet because I agree with Max on that one, but I'll keep my distance.
I saw a guy who had red and blue lights behind him for about 2 miles. When he finally stopped for the officer he said he could not hear the officers siren on his patrol car because his exhaust was too loud.
Just because some of us have slip-ons installed doesn't mean that our exhausts are loud as hell. My Area P slip-on is very sedate when I ride my bike that way. Can it get loud? Yes but only when I want it to be.
From Area P's site.
The sound readings are taken statically using the standard 20" test at 45°. Slip-On exhaust tone is very different, though the actual decibel levels are very similar. Very low frequency.
Full System - An all gear cruising and to the soft limiter sound byte is noted below. Exhaust tone is very deep, low frequency. Sounds awesome. Muffler is positioned slightly under the bag to assist deflection and attenuation of sound.
Idle 5000rpm
Stock 77-78 dbA 92-93 dbA
Slip-On - 18" Muffler, 2.0" core 83-84 dbA 92-93 dbA
Full System - 18" Muffler, 2.25" core 86 - 87 dbA 98 - 99 dbA
http://areapnolimits.com/sound/c14.mp3
YMMV
Rhino is right on the money.
6db difference is actually twice as loud, per the decibel scale
The bikers that "Spank the asphalt" with their Thunder Wagons are a nuisance to their environment and Cop magnets. When I was a kid, we would clothespin a card to the spokes of our bikes to make a motor sound, there was always a guy or two that clipped four of them on....sounded like a tractor! After a few years I grew up.
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