DO Harley's HAVE to sound that obnoxious??

[incallisto]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
actually the sound that a Harley makes is good as it gives the asswipes in their riced out cages with their obnoxious Rap Crap and Boomer sh!t notice that a Rider is near bye.

Lee you are just pissed because you lack the normal amount of testosterone to enjoy the noise that American made Power makes.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: csaddict

Originally posted by: Instan00dles

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: boyRacer
It's ok... some of them shake the car right next to them...

I like the sound of Ducati twins and the generic wail of Japanese fours better though...

You mean that high-pitched, nasally, ball-less whine?

balless whine? a I-4 jap bike with destroy a harley in every way machine are tested, at the dyno, drag strip, race track, on the street etc..... it seems the harleys have no balls and try to make up for it by sound alone.

The bikes are not made to compete with jap I-4's at all. Apples and oranges here. The sound has nothing to do with the performance. It's the design of the engine.

Harleys can be fast, any of you who say otherwise haven't ridden one. My old mans bike screamed, and that was without using the nitrous. Have any of you ever heard of a Buell?

yep... and their horrible reliability... I saw a firebolt pass by me last week though... looks like a lot of fun.

 

[boi]

Pfffttt... Hear this Ferrari 360 Stradale on the track. I heard it in real life and it is way louder than any Harley.
http://www.evostuhl.de/videos/stradale.mpg

 

[Zebo]

To me all motorcycles are awesome. I prefer the upright ride and crusing flat TQ curve of the Harley. But what i can't stand about Harley is thier price gouging dealers who charge several thousand over MSRP and the PUNKASS attitude of thier riders. You know the type the manager who on the weekend thinks he's a tough guy cuz he rides a Harley. Or the real tough guy ex-veitnam war vet who has a rap sheet a mile long and scares little children.

Currently I have a KTM but would buy a harley if I could afford a FatBoy (25k for a motorcycle gimme a break) and the punkass attitude was'nt there.

 

[SandInMyShoes]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
That's only in da moanin'.

Bahaha! LMAO!

 

[amnesiac]

Personally I love bikes but I'd never get them; it's a death warrant here in LA.

Also, those of you citing the noise as a "Safety feature" -- come off it. Most of the time you feebs ride around with a t-shirt and no helmet. When a helmet is required, you use those open-air biker things that won't do jack when some stupid soccer mom on her cell phone plows into you with her Suburban.

 

[Crucial]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
Personally I love bikes but I'd never get them; it's a death warrant here in LA.

Also, those of you citing the noise as a "Safety feature" -- come off it. Most of the time you feebs ride around with a t-shirt and no helmet. When a helmet is required, you use those open-air biker things that won't do jack when some stupid soccer mom on her cell phone plows into you with her Suburban.

Come off it? Your chances of being hit by the soccer mom not paying attention will definately be reduced when her attention is drawn away from her phone to your loud pipes. How anyone can argue this is beyond me. Most auto drivers aren't looking for a motorcycle and would never see them if it weren't for loud pipes. Defensive driving will only get you so far.

 

[erikiksaz]

I was playing tennis today when a Harley rolled by from across the park, thus disturbing everyone's game.

But, you know what the funny thing is, with all these ricer accusations, i seriously have heard more rumblin' Harleys roll by in my ASIAN community than "loud" rice rockets. Crapping on ricers seems to be the fad nowadays. But whatever, there are faster, cheaper, not to mention quieter bikes out there. It's their loss (hearing and pocket alike).

 

[erikiksaz]

Originally posted by: csaddict

Originally posted by: amnesiac
Personally I love bikes but I'd never get them; it's a death warrant here in LA.

Also, those of you citing the noise as a "Safety feature" -- come off it. Most of the time you feebs ride around with a t-shirt and no helmet. When a helmet is required, you use those open-air biker things that won't do jack when some stupid soccer mom on her cell phone plows into you with her Suburban.

Come off it? Your chances of being hit by the soccer mom not paying attention will definately be reduced when her attention is drawn away from her phone to your loud pipes. How anyone can argue this is beyond me. Most auto drivers aren't looking for a motorcycle and would never see them if it weren't for loud pipes. Defensive driving will only get you so far.

I'd say the noise is more of a distraction. Maybe the cyclist will be safe when others hear them from far away, but what about the driver's that are distracted by the noise?

"What's that noise, maybe i'll take my eyes off the road to look"

CRASHHHH. If that's what you call a safety feature, at least the cyclist is safe, right?

 

[alphatarget1]

they're loud, yes. granted, there aren't many in my neighborhood so i don't mind them occasionally. MOST bikers on the road are fairly good motorists and they don't break the law very often on the road (maybe except noise laws). they get my respect for that.

on the other hand, a lot of ricers are just dumb *HINT: teenagers with civics + fart pipes* and a lot of them are just bad drivers.

my position would probably change if i lived in a neighborhood with a lot of harleys.

 

[wicktron]

Noise is noise -- regardless of where it comes from.
A lot of bitterness and bias around these parts.

To say Harley's have an ear pleasing sound is like asking for ear drum clapping.

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: boi
Pfffttt... Hear this Ferrari 360 Stradale on the track. I heard it in real life and it is way louder than any Harley.
http://www.evostuhl.de/videos/stradale.mpg

loud and pleasantness are 2 different things

 

[ApacheXMD]

if being loud = being safe, the everyone should have no problem with the fart cans on the ricemobiles.
Or perhaps everyone should drive around with their horns blaring all the time....

-patchy

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: Eli
Invest in ear plugs.

They're no worse than Civics with fart cans. I enjoy the sound of all engine powered equipment.

You're a f'ing dumbass, that's all there is to say about this comment. My ears don't physically hurt when a rice rocket drives by...you must have some really extreme ones compared to the ones out here in CA...wait, Portland? I doubt it.

Yeah, becoming deaf is really cool. Dumbasses.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: ApacheXMD
if being loud = being safe, the everyone should have no problem with the fart cans on the ricemobiles.
Or perhaps everyone should drive around with their horns blaring all the time....

-patchy

not to mention that non harley bikes would be like total death traps then right?

insurance companies would refuse to cover these jap death traps! oh no!


harley is all show no go. with a roar like that it better rearange your bowels when it accelerates.

 

[skace]

It is the people who fly through residential at like 2 in the morning. I was trying to go to bed a few nights ago and something LOUD came through. I could hear it like a block away and as it passed my house I had to cover my ears.

Then there are the people with the sub in their cars that I can hear from half a block away. BFZZZZZZZTTTTT. Wow nice dude, sounds like a gay speaker.

 

[BDawg]

Originally posted by: skace
It is the people who fly through residential at like 2 in the morning. I was trying to go to bed a few nights ago and something LOUD came through. I could hear it like a block away and as it passed my house I had to cover my ears.

Then there are the people with the sub in their cars that I can hear from half a block away. BFZZZZZZZTTTTT. Wow nice dude, sounds like a gay speaker.

Exactly. I don't mind the sound itself...just when they ride by at 2AM.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: skace
It is the people who fly through residential at like 2 in the morning. I was trying to go to bed a few nights ago and something LOUD came through. I could hear it like a block away and as it passed my house I had to cover my ears.

Then there are the people with the sub in their cars that I can hear from half a block away. BFZZZZZZZTTTTT. Wow nice dude, sounds like a gay speaker.

its for safety you never know when someone won't bother checking their blind spot

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: skace
It is the people who fly through residential at like 2 in the morning. I was trying to go to bed a few nights ago and something LOUD came through. I could hear it like a block away and as it passed my house I had to cover my ears.

Then there are the people with the sub in their cars that I can hear from half a block away. BFZZZZZZZTTTTT. Wow nice dude, sounds like a gay speaker.

its for safety you never know when someone won't bother checking their blind spot

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

LOL `at this thread.

Personally, Harley's don't do much for me, except their v-rod looks interesting. Everything has long sense been eclipsed by Japan,Germany, and Italy in terms of engineering, performance and reliability (which has markedly improved since they broke free of the bowling ball company ownership). That said, if you want to ride them have at it. My problem is with cliquish Harley riders. I work with a guy who will not even talk to me. Literally. Why? I own a Hayabusa of course, and he wears the "leather' of his bike club all the time. Many don't go this far, but try to talk to one at a light. You are not even there. My speculation is that this ear splitting noise making is an extension of assholeness. Get everyone's attention so they can ignore you even more

Face it, the machines are fine as they come. With a 1300 cc engine, you bet I could make one helluva racket, but I don't feel the need. Besides in Boston, the tendency would be for they guy in the Navigator to try to hunt down and crush that annoying pesky fly making all that racket

 

[Bulk Beef]

Glass packs, hell. I run straight pipes. The motor must breathe.

Drag pipes suck, dude. Performance-wise, noise-wise, everything-wise - they just plain suck. I like bikes that sound like they have some nut, and the sound my Speed Triple makes is... sublime. Every road bike (HD, Suzuki, Ducati, whatever) is horribly muffled out of the box, and pretty much everything will benefit from a more open exhaust, but drag pipes suck a big fat one (and I think pretty much everyone in this thread is talking about drag pipes, whether they know it or not).

You (and your neighbors) would be better off with a set of HD slip-ons.

 

[idNut]

I totally agree. Harley's and rice rockets don't sound tough or cool.

Now the sound of straight headers on a 340 Challenger is another story...

 

[burnedout]

Originally posted by: sward666

Glass packs, hell. I run straight pipes. The motor must breathe.

Drag pipes suck, dude. Performance-wise, noise-wise, everything-wise - they just plain suck. I like bikes that sound like they have some nut, and the sound my Speed Triple makes is... sublime. Every road bike (HD, Suzuki, Ducati, whatever) is horribly muffled out of the box, and pretty much everything will benefit from a more open exhaust, but drag pipes suck a big fat one (and I think pretty much everyone in this thread is talking about drag pipes, whether they know it or not).

You (and your neighbors) would be better off with a set of HD slip-ons.

They are "HD slip-ons" manufactured by Harley-Davidson, purchased from a Harley-Davidson dealer in Tennessee. There is a piece of 1/4 inch metal lodged crossways in each pipe which makes them legal in some states when the law performs the rod test.

Adjust the mixture on the carb, let off the throttle when slowing down and ya get cool-as-hell flame effects at night. No, they really ain't "that" loud either.

My problem is with cliquish Harley riders. I work with a guy who will not even talk to me. Literally.

Farkin' yuppies ruined it for us years ago.

 

[gigapet]

my neighbor has one....i must admit i love waking up at all hours of the night when he decides to come and go.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: kindest
my dad has a harley and he starts it up every sunday morning and warms it up
and i know it wakes up 1/2 the neighberhood, its so damn annoying. Plus the house
reeeks of exhaust the rest of the day..

but hell one day i want to drive it and to annoy people.

The fact that the sound a Harley makes annoys so many of the Pimple Farming Dweebs here validates it. To bad they have become so popular with Yuppie Scum these days.

As for the cafe style Rice Rockets, at least when they get in a wreck the rider is already in a position to be catapulted 50 yards and land on his noggin