Now Germany is looking at bike noise

[gadget]

I was having a chat with a police biker about this at a bike meet recently and his take on it was this ... loud pipes are all well n good but they can at times be ott, in built up areas they attract more complaints (obviously) and as a result the inevitable investigations have to take place. The fact that the can may have a BS approved stamp on it is no excuse for noise pollution, therefore the makers will have to comply with whatever noise law gets passed. I said ... don't loud pipes alert the public well in advance as to their whereabouts? He replied ...yes but it's an antisocial kind of noise, the riders will just have to use their horns a bit more to alert other road users and pedestrians etc:! So I said... oh , so it's back to noise pollution of a different kind then!? He then got boredom with this topic, made a lame excuse and left.. go figure.

[SV650rules]

This whole debate will happen again with electric bikes and cars.. where artificial noise will be required. IMHO good lights are the real key to safer biking, and having them on in daytime. As well as extra lights up front I have also fitted a auxiliary custom dynamics brake light which flashes 5 times when brake first applied and then goes steady.. should alert sleepy cagers I am slowing down.

[gadget]

Just thought I'd add ... I have a 99 curvy, zero performance mods except for a full length stainless Delkevic oval end can, it sounds no different (and I mean ... NO different) whether the baffle is in or out! Having said that, I personally don't think it's particularly loud anyway. When riding through my local residential area I tend to watch people's reaction to my bike passing and tbh... not many (if any) peeps even look. As I am biased I think the deep bellow of a Vtwin is far nicer than a four pot doing 60 million rpm in first.

[Adam Ef]

Most people would rather have Brian Blessed shout at them than Axl Rose.


They'd probably rather not be shouted at at all, but if they had to choose.

[SV650rules]

Originally Posted by gadget

Just thought I'd add ... I have a 99 curvy, zero performance mods except for a full length stainless Delkevic oval end can, it sounds no different (and I mean ... NO different) whether the baffle is in or out! Having said that, I personally don't think it's particularly loud anyway. When riding through my local residential area I tend to watch people's reaction to my bike passing and tbh... not many (if any) peeps even look. As I am biased I think the deep bellow of a Vtwin is far nicer than a four pot doing 60 million rpm in first.

Noise is noise is noise.......... most non-bikers do not appreciate exhaust noise whether V twin or IL4. I used to work with a bloke who had a Aprillia 1000cc V twin with race pipes ( had it embossed on them 'not for road use' ) and worked shifts, so at 5 am and after 11pm his neighbours were subject to his bike starting up or arriving outside their ( till then ) peaceful houses ( and probably waking kids and adults up ) - he could not understand why neighbours did not talk to him...... talk about inconsiderate and selfish.. My B-I-L has a Yamaha Nightstar 1300 cruiser, took the OEM cans taken off and basically straight through pipes fitted, even his cruiser mates are shocked by how loud it is, can hear him coming 1/2 a mile away...

[Adam Ef]

I can realate. Having my head torn off by the Harley guys that go past our shop a few times a day while trying to talk to customers isn't ideal.


My neighbour also gives me endless grief about a guy a few houses away who is always working on his 2 stroke bike and revving it for half an hour a time while he does. She's obviously too scared to approach him about it so I get general cloaked comments about "bikers" every time I roll a bike out to commute... which I leave on as soon as it's started and don't rev it until out on the main roads anyway, and even then I have baffles in or stock / quieter exhausts when possible. I find loud exhausts exhausting (#Dadjoke intended) when riding longer distances nowadays. Also promotes unwanted reactions from boy racers when they notice you at lights etc and immediatley want to race and buzz around you.


I do like a nice exaust note and always found the SV to be a pleasing rumble. But even as someone who rides I find some bike sounds ridiculous and sometimes annoying.

[redtrummy]

Loud exhausts are anti social full stop. Living next to a main road you soon tire to the sound of a screaming 2 stroke or a baffleless anything for that matter!

[Chris_SVS]

Loud pipes save lives

[Adam Ef]

Originally Posted by Chris_SVS

Loud parps save lives

ftfy






---- you can definitely have a room on your own when we get the Barmouth BPW happening again in the future!

[Chris_SVS]

Originally Posted by Adam Ef

ftfy






---- you can definitely have a room on your own when we get the Barmouth BPW happening again in the future!

Great