Posted by High Plains Thumper on April 23, 2006, 5:26 am
Paladin wrote:
> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>> "Sergio Penta" wrote:
>>
>>> Would it be possible to tune the pipes on a 250cc-350cc
>>> bike to make them loud (for safety reasons)? I'm thinking
>>> about getting back into riding (used to have a Kawasaki LTD
>>> 440 cruiser) do believe that "loud pipes save lives."
>>
>> Yes, but why? "Loud pipes save lives" is an urban myth. ...
>
> Yeah, but I LIKE the THUMP-THUMP-THUMP-THUMP. It's a Thumper.
> It is not supposed to go putt-putt-putt like a MoPed. While there is
> no need for the excessive noise level of a straight pipe, there is
> also no need for the whisper quiet stock muffler.
>
> My Mac is actually a bit louder than I like. I still want to try a
> 36" automotive glasspack.
I guess then the later model Savages out of the box sound gay. My '87 stock
muffler has plenty of thump, doesn't sound like a lawn sprinkler.
--
HPT
Posted by Beav on April 23, 2006, 4:18 pm
>> I have a horn. It came with the bike.
> My horn works on deaf people.
Your wife's deaf too?
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Beav
OMF#19
VN 750
Zed Thou
mail is beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com (with the obvious changes)
Posted by NZMSC on April 24, 2006, 11:26 pm
"Beav" wrote
> Ahh, but people take absolutely zero notice of horns over
> here. In fact, they're so useless, I have to think about
> where the button is I've used it "that" many times.
Yeah, but have you ever noticed how a good squeal from the rear
tyre will get an instant reaction...?
--
Allan Kirk,
Megarider Organisation,
(Saving motorcyclists' lives since 1971 )
www.megarider.com
Posted by Beav on April 25, 2006, 9:34 am
> "Beav" wrote
>> Ahh, but people take absolutely zero notice of horns over
>> here. In fact, they're so useless, I have to think about
>> where the button is I've used it "that" many times.
> Yeah, but have you ever noticed how a good squeal from the rear
> tyre will get an instant reaction...?
Not since I discovered a slight "out of alignment" of my bike, which
manifests itself as a speedway stylee 45 degree off-angle approach to any
possible slow reacting obstacle if I stamp on the back brake:)
--
Beav
OMF#19
VN 750
Zed Thou
mail is beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com (with the obvious changes)
Posted by NZMSC on April 25, 2006, 9:16 pm
"Beav" wrote
> Not since I discovered a slight "out of alignment" of my
> bike, which manifests itself as a speedway style 45 degree
> off-angle approach to any possible slow reacting obstacle
> if I stamp on the back brake:)
Add to that a lot of road camber and you can hit the pedestrian
with the rear of the bike as you go backwards.
That has its definite advantages. The rear end is so much
cheaper to fix than the front...
--
Allan Kirk,
Megarider Organisation,
(Saving motorcyclists' lives since 1971 )
www.megarider.com
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>> "Sergio Penta" wrote:
>>
>>> Would it be possible to tune the pipes on a 250cc-350cc
>>> bike to make them loud (for safety reasons)? I'm thinking
>>> about getting back into riding (used to have a Kawasaki LTD
>>> 440 cruiser) do believe that "loud pipes save lives."
>>
>> Yes, but why? "Loud pipes save lives" is an urban myth. ...
>
> Yeah, but I LIKE the THUMP-THUMP-THUMP-THUMP. It's a Thumper.
> It is not supposed to go putt-putt-putt like a MoPed. While there is
> no need for the excessive noise level of a straight pipe, there is
> also no need for the whisper quiet stock muffler.
>
> My Mac is actually a bit louder than I like. I still want to try a
> 36" automotive glasspack.