2006-08-19 02:56:37 · 9 answers · asked by 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Straight Pipes on Harlies, Loud pipes of all kinds. People all over the country are doing it. Causing environmental damage and hearing loss. Each engine sound is different with loud no muffler pipes. The way the exhaust pop flows thru the pipe and if there is a cross over pipe to muffle the exhaust note. Honda V twins seem louder.
Won't be long until cops set up the microphones along freeway entry ramps to catch loud pipes. After the Environmental Protection Agency gives local law enforcement money to stop the noise.
2006-08-19 03:14:38 · answer #1 · answered by John Paul 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's like tw2251stst says; Aaron is an ignoramus who talks through his paper as'shole, thus leaking his s'hit all over everyone. His info is made up right out of his twisted, brain damaged mind and has nothing to do with fact or reality. Give him the thumbs down. He probably likes Rap and political correctness.
Now. When you get any new stock Harley, its sound is practically non-existent, as opposed to these Jap crotch rockets. They have really s'hitty sound right out of the factory, and the dips'hits who ride them make them even louder.
We Harley people spend a lot of money redoing the air intake, fuel mapping (injection) or jetting (carbueration) and exhaust to make them sound and perform like they do, and they are sweet music to the ears. Some are loud, some sedate. The sound, you are correct, is made louder due for the most part, to removing, drilling or reworking the baffels. Some even remove the muffler entirely and just use straight pipes. They are the loudest, but the loss of back-pressure causes diminished torque.
Hope that answers your question.
2006-08-19 23:33:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The exhaust noise is made louder by installing straight pipes in place of the baffled factory exhaust pipes. Nothing has the destinct sound as a large V-Twin Harley Davidson motor.
2006-08-19 19:32:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aaron M = Stupid uneducated. First thing Harley does not put the loud exhaust on. People have it changed out because the want it loud. Your BMW is geared different and has very little torque. Try this, Put a big fat girl on the back of your BMW and stop at a busy traffic intersection and try to take off without hammering your throttle. A Harleys gearing will get you out of a jamb in a hurry. Most sensable motorcycle riders do not want to go 150+ MPH or even 80 as far as that go's. Why waist all that motor at high end speeds when you could make better use of it at legal speed. Thanks for the laugh anyway
2006-08-19 10:24:33 · answer #4 · answered by tw2251stst 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They sell 'sport exhaust' systems which are basically just straight pipes, and people put em on after-market...the stock pipes are designed to keep engine noise to a minimum, and the funny part about aftermarket stuff is sometimes they just make more noise, and don't give you any more power, because you end up losing the back-pressure which is important in small engines...
2006-08-19 16:18:22 · answer #5 · answered by gokart121 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, Harleys are loud due to the "stock" muffler and exaust system they put in their at the factory as with other makes it depends on the goal. Harley = stupid, loud, wake you up at 4, shaky, huge beasts. The harly I am thinking of runs a 1200 at 120HP. The K1200 GT from BMW gets 152HP out of the same sized moter and sounds way cooler.
2006-08-19 10:05:14 · answer #6 · answered by Aaron M 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, Harley Davidson has a very distinct sound.
Yes, people remove the baffles, but I don't know how...
2006-08-19 10:03:06 · answer #7 · answered by J C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YEs, its all in the pipes
2006-08-19 11:58:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
both.
2006-08-19 13:23:50 · answer #9 · answered by mxlj 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋