Posted by George Pollard on July 27, 2008, 5:27 pm
> "I was 5 years old the first time I heard a Harley. I thought the
> heavens had opened up and that Thor was smashing the world to atoms,"
> Dave Nichols, editor of _Easyriders_ magazine, recalled. "You could hear
> that Harley thunder coming from miles away. It was, and is, the sound
> of rebellion. It is a sound as unique as American rock 'n' roll.
Whoa! Dave, I thought you were a computer guy, I didn't know you edited
Easyriders!
--
George BS235
owner, rmh VB&G
Posted by Shovelhead on July 27, 2008, 7:05 pm
>Refreshments are on me while I tell the tale.
>Even back in the Dark Ages (ie, before I got one) I noticed that all
>Harleys didn't sound the same. However, there was one distinctive
>sound I liked, where each exhaust pulse was crisp and clear.
>It was unique to Harleys (some of them, at least) and sounded to me
>almost like musical percussion.
>It's hard to describe in words, but kinda like KA-BLATT KA-BLATT...
>a lot like Peter Fonda's _Captain America_.
>Anyway, when I bought a used '99 Ultra I was disappointed that it didn't
>have that sound. However it came with a pair of Vance and Hines
>Something-or-other Shots, and was painfully loud. I traded them
>for some brand new stock Road King pipes... they were quieter but still
>didn't sound right. In fact they sounded not only muted, but dull, with
>all the interesting harmonics dampened out.
>Then my bike wrench said get a pair of Cycle Shack staggered duals,
>which I did. The sound is a lot more pleasing (if barely legal).
>A friend of mine really likes it. He says it's a deep, bassy rumble
>that's like no other bike (and a lot of them go by his place,
>on a farmland secondary hwy). In fact everyone who knows my bike tells
>me they always recognize it when they hear it.
>Well that's all fine and good, and after that I got too busy to keep
>changing pipes in search of some elusive exhaust tone. Perhaps the real
>problem is that Captain America was a pan head and I've got a Twin-Cam.
>(details in my sig)
>Then last week I was downtown and this bobber went by with exactly
>the sound I wanted. It was a Harley, but so heavily customized
>I couldn't tell what it originally was. I only got a quick glance at
>the motor, and it didn't look like a knuckle, pan or shovel; in fact
>it looked a lot like mine (or an evo). So now I'm really puzzled.
If ya want the old sound then you have to go with an older bike. With all
the polution controles set down by the Fed's you would need to go with a
shovel or pan I would think to get that sound you remember.
Posted by Old Crow on July 28, 2008, 5:37 am
On 27 Jul 2008 23:05:07 -0000, Shovelhead@oldiron.com wrote:
>If ya want the old sound then you have to go with an older bike. With all
>the polution controles set down by the Fed's you would need to go with a
>shovel or pan I would think to get that sound you remember.
Who was it said,"Ain't nothin' like the sound of a shovelhead stroker
with drag pipes"?
Oh yeah, Taz, talking about my bike.
But I think he waz drunk.<sfsf>
--
Old Crow
'82 FLTC(P)'Pearl'
'87 FLTC '?'
'61 F-100
BS#132, TOMKAT, SENS, SLOB#13
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Posted by snarl on July 31, 2008, 3:42 pm
wrote:
>On 27 Jul 2008 23:05:07 -0000, Shovelhead@oldiron.com wrote:
>>If ya want the old sound then you have to go with an older bike. With all
>>the polution controles set down by the Fed's you would need to go with a
>>shovel or pan I would think to get that sound you remember.
>Who was it said,"Ain't nothin' like the sound of a shovelhead stroker
>with drag pipes"?
>Oh yeah, Taz, talking about my bike.
>But I think he waz drunk.<sfsf>
Th Heekster described th' sound of m' Knuck (2-1 with an open fishtail
muff) as an eargasm.
Snarl
Posted by Old Crow on August 1, 2008, 5:24 am
On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:42:47 -0700, snarl@trippin.com wrote:
>wrote:
>>On 27 Jul 2008 23:05:07 -0000, Shovelhead@oldiron.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>If ya want the old sound then you have to go with an older bike. With all
>>>the polution controles set down by the Fed's you would need to go with a
>>>shovel or pan I would think to get that sound you remember.
>>
>>Who was it said,"Ain't nothin' like the sound of a shovelhead stroker
>>with drag pipes"?
>>
>>Oh yeah, Taz, talking about my bike.
>>But I think he waz drunk.<sfsf>
>Th Heekster described th' sound of m' Knuck (2-1 with an open fishtail
>muff) as an eargasm.
>Snarl
I had a set of 2 into 1's with a cored out stock muffler. Went to the
muffler shop we deal with and had him make a piece of straight pipe
with a slash cut to replace it. Sounded pretty good, but that was
before I went to the smaller cam, and it wouldn't run for shit with
that setup.
I've run short of cash on the overhaul, and I suppose I'll just patch
up the drag pipes I've been running and wrap 'em in header tape, but
I've replaced all the important parts.
--
Old Crow
'82 FLTC(P)'Pearl'
'87 FLTC '?'
'61 F-100
BS#132, TOMKAT, SENS, SLOB#13
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> heavens had opened up and that Thor was smashing the world to atoms,"
> Dave Nichols, editor of _Easyriders_ magazine, recalled. "You could hear
> that Harley thunder coming from miles away. It was, and is, the sound
> of rebellion. It is a sound as unique as American rock 'n' roll.