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Offline Toxz Qwaste

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The Enquietening
« on: August 12, 2013, 08:56:53 AM »
I took off my Walkers this weekend so I could clean and polish them. See "Cat Repellant" thread in open forum if you want to know why. I put the stock cans back on and went for a ride and realized I like the quieter experience. I liked it so much I put the stock muffler back on my commuter cage. I'm liking that also.
I think I turned OLD this weekend.
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Offline rwulf

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Re: The Enquietening
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2013, 10:00:01 AM »
Remember with age comes wisdom.
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Offline SteveJ.

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Re: The Enquietening
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2013, 02:24:14 PM »
There is a market for Walkers, but I'm not part of it.

Stealthy is healthy.  :thumbs:
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Re: The Enquietening
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2013, 04:08:01 PM »
Toxz, I read the topic header and thought this was part of the Decline. Then I read further of your troubles and remedy and am now sure of the Decline.  :(
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Re: The Enquietening
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2013, 06:36:17 PM »
HaHaa!  This hits home a little too much...have a Toyota Tundra with the 5.7L and an aftermarket cat-back muffler system that has quite a bit of drone to it at highway speeds, but it sounds so damn cool opened up, but still thinking of putting the stock stuff back.
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Offline Toxz Qwaste

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Re: The Enquietening
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2013, 07:38:54 PM »
Quote from: gPink on August 12, 2013, 04:08:01 PM
Toxz, I read the topic header and thought this was part of the Decline. Then I read further of your troubles and remedy and am now sure of the Decline.  :(

Indeed, the Decline
followed by the Endarkening
But we shouldn't talk of this here
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Offline Furbo

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Re: The Enquietening
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2013, 12:05:05 AM »
Quote from: Toxz Qwaste on August 12, 2013, 08:56:53 AM
I took off my Walkers this weekend so I could clean and polish them. See "Cat Repellant" thread in open forum if you want to know why. I put the stock cans back on and went for a ride and realized I like the quieter experience. I liked it so much I put the stock muffler back on my commuter cage. I'm liking that also.
I think I turned OLD this weekend.

Its one of the things I actually like about the C10. Between the realtive quit of the bike, and the 'old man' baby$hit beige color, I never get hassled by the man.

When I wannna make some noise - I have a Guzzi Sport 1100 with Termignoni cans, and a Laverda 750 with an open megaphone. Lovely...
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Offline Two Skies

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Re: The Enquietening
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2013, 08:36:28 AM »
Yes, even Bafflectomized, my bike is still much quieter than those Harley types... I very much prefer the quiet.

Funny story.  On one of my last vacations, I was travelling in my older V6 Ranger, and the exhaust broke off just in front of the muffler, so for a bit I had only the catalytic converter functioning as the 'muffler' as I proceeded to my destination.  Actually wasn't all that loud at freeway speeds, but it was noticable.

On the freeway, some Sportster felt the need to 'pace' me.  I couldn't even hear my exaust over the din!
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Re: The Enquietening
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2013, 12:29:40 AM »
So what are you going to do with your exhaust?
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Offline Toxz Qwaste

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Re: The Enquietening
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2013, 05:47:24 PM »
Quote from: snarf on August 22, 2013, 12:29:40 AM
So what are you going to do with your exhaust?

I'm gonna hang on to them for now. They sure sing a nice song at WOT but they sometimes attract the wrong attention, usually during maneuvers that I don't want observed.  Tinnitus sometimes gets bad on long rides also.
If you want, I'll give you a shout if I decide to part with them.
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