Awesome Engine Sounds...

[pais alto]

IME, these are my bestest.



These may have had some effect on my chronic tinnitus.

 

[slowrider]

After 4 decades of straight pipes, Jake brakes & 2 stroke DD.

 

[oldschoolskier]

There was a track on Hwy 48 (Ontario) call Pitstop 48, fasted track I ever knew with rental carts, 50-55mph if you had the nerve to run the track flat out, wash board in the last turn with a wall before the pits, took nerve as you drifted towards it. Heard it closed 10-15years ago, a few accidents. Neat thing was it had multiple lines to run flat out, so passing was possible (except the washboard).

 

[Erik Timmerman]

This is a really interesting thread. I have pretty sensitive ears and I can't STAND the sound of loud engines. I cannot imagine being entranced by sound of revving internal combustion motors.
I know the Harley riders' mantra of "loud pipes save lives", but in truth, when I hear loud motorcycles I wanna go out and murder the SOB's who are riding them.

I guess it takes all kinds -- but in truth, my life would be made a lot more pleasant if every engine sound were muffled down to Prius levels.

It's not about them being loud though most of them are, it's about sounding good. There are plenty of loud engines that just sound like pieces of shit.

 

[Uncle-A]

It's not about them being loud though most of them are, it's about sounding good. There are plenty of loud engines that just sound like pieces of shit.

Sometimes it is about the muffler and not the motor. I remember things like Glass Packs or Thrush mufflers and that the sound out put could be tuned based on the type of muffler used.

 

[cantunamunch]

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Sometimes it is about the muffler and not the motor. I remember things like Glass Packs or Thrush mufflers and that the sound out put could be tuned based on the type of muffler used.

Cherry Bombs 4EVA!

But, seriously, ya gotta have an instrument before you start tuning.

 

[Bill Talbot]

This is a really interesting thread. I have pretty sensitive ears and I can't STAND the sound of loud engines. I cannot imagine being entranced by sound of revving internal combustion motors.
I know the Harley riders' mantra of "loud pipes save lives", but in truth, when I hear loud motorcycles I wanna go out and murder the SOB's who are riding them.

I guess it takes all kinds -- but in truth, my life would be made a lot more pleasant if every engine sound were muffled down to Prius levels.

You are clearly in the wrong thread! It's more about the sound than the db level. Harley's are not a good example of ANYTHING.

 

[Bill Talbot]

the soundtrack of my youth. If only they could get the smell on tape!!!

I understand completely... The 350 I've had since I was 17, got the 500 for my 40th birthday!
My two Yammie 2-strokes

 

[Uncle-A]

I understand completely... The 350 I've had since I was 17, got the 500 for my 40th birthday!
My two Yammie 2-strokes

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Yes, the rice burners are fast and have a distinctive annoying sound, but will not be classic like the Harley's.

 

[BS Slarver]

@scott43 - Rotax 250 !!!!!

 

[Andy Mink]

Yes, the rice burners are fast and have a distinctive annoying sound, but will not be classic like the Harley's.

But they have to be correctly muffled Harleys. The open pipe ones are obnoxious. Muffled they do have a classic sound that can be enjoyed. Remember when they wanted to TM the offset crank so no one else could get the bupbupbup sound?

 

[crgildart]

Remember this one?

 

[scott43]

Remember this one?

Isn't that the Harley?

 

[Uncle-A]

Isn't that the Harley?

No, just a Schwinn and that sound will change with the age of the card.

 

[Doug Briggs]

I never get tired of hearing this angry bee...

Your thread caught my eye and I didn't get past the first post. I like how they "don't need no stinkin' reverse" at about 1:20.

 

[cantunamunch]

Have any of you heard Toyota's 1GZ-FE IRL?


This one's in Mississauga - but we all know about GTA traffic so it might as well be in NY

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JDM TOYOTA CENTURY <br />USED 1GZ-FE V12 5.0L ENGINE SWAP.

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[Doug Briggs]

Remember this one?

I didn't know kids did that anymore, but just the other day a flock of juvis rode by with cards in their spokes.

We used to do that all the time.

 

[cantunamunch]

We used to do that all the time.

Our bikes all came with bottle dynamos - the trick was to tweak the mount it so the roller would hit a knobby part of the tire tread -> wheeeeeee for HOWLING downhills. Extra credit for a pulsing flashlight bulb in the rear fender light. I think we went through about 3 bulbs/week just from filament burnout.

 

[SpikeDog]

I understand completely... The 350 I've had since I was 17, got the 500 for my 40th birthday!
My two Yammie 2-strokes

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Nice! I had a few Yamahammers in my youth, culminating in a 1979 RD400 Daytona Special. I took out the goofy exhaust check valves they put in to make it pass emissions and slapped some aftermarket expansion pipes on it. Such a nice light powerful bike. I rode it around Hawaii (Oahu) for 4 years in the Navy. When I lived in a condo in Aiea they made me push the bike out of the parking garage out past the guard shack before I started it due to all the noise complaints. Blue smoke machine making sweet music! Of course I'm paying for that now, with tinnitus, etc.

 

[Bill Talbot]

Yes, the rice burners are fast and have a distinctive annoying sound, but will not be classic like the Harley's.

To each their own. I wouldn't give you a dollar for any

But they have to be correctly muffled Harleys. The open pipe ones are obnoxious. Muffled they do have a classic sound that can be enjoyed. Remember when they wanted to TM the offset crank so no one else could get the bupbupbup sound?

Andy... that's potato-potato-potato...