Straight pipes

[liloaty]

I'm running a V&H 4-1 with no muffler - just the headers on my 80 GS1100e right now and I'm loving it. It is pretty loud but it sounds good enough that its not obnoxious.

[steve lebow]

Stop Whining about noise.

My 1100E runs a Vance & Hines with no baffle.
Have done dyno runs with, and with out.... saw little difference.
The bike sounds great. So F... em, I like loud pipes.
I prefer to be heard. I am living proof that loud pipes save.
The bike is actually not that bad unless you twist it on.... Sounds soooo good!
Where I live all those darn harleys run open pipes, which are alot louder than mine, and let me tell you, there are more " connected people that have more money than god" with those open piped Harley's, that arent going to let those laws change.
IMHO half the point of having certain bikes is to hear that great exhaust note.

[Nessism]

My 1100E runs a Vance & Hines with no baffle.
The bike sounds great. So F... em, I like loud pipes.

Thank heavens you are on the other side of the country from me...[-X=;#-o

[scottp8113]

Thank heavens you are on the other side of the country from me...[-X=;#-o

if you listen close enough, you could still probably hear him though

[tkent02]

Straight pipes are stupid...

Scream to every cop, "I'm going fast and I am above the law!"
They don't like that.
**** off everyone around me driving a two ton weapon.
The only thing worse than straight pipes on a bike are straight pipes on an econobox cage with a four cylinder and an automatic.

Give me a stealth exhaust any day.
Makes that new kickass Stebel horn sound louder. :-)

[Nessism]

Straight pipes are stupid...

Scream to every cop, "I'm going fast and I am above the law!"
They don't like that.
**** off everyone around me driving a two ton weapon.
The only thing worse than straight pipes on a bike are straight pipes on an econobox cage with a four cylinder and an automatic.

Give me a stealth exhaust any day.
Makes that new kickass Stebel horn sound louder. :-)

Agree! (not sure what a Stebel horn is though).

Loud exhausts are just plain rude and selfish. If I was Dictator of the world, every person caught with a loud exhaust would serve a good long term of community service helping others - instead of just thinking about themselves.

[tkent02]

Agree! (not sure what a Stebel horn is though).

http://www.twistedthrottle.com/trade/productview/2137/

[Nessism]

http://www.twistedthrottle.com/trade/productview/2137/

Thinking about getting one of these... Are they really as crazy loud as the spec would lead you to believe? Overkill?

Horns on my '82 850 are a JOKE. They are mounted up front (two of them), blocking airflow to the engine. I'm normally a straight OE kind of guy but those horns are junk!

[tkent02]

Thinking about getting one of these... Are they really as crazy loud as the spec would lead you to believe? Overkill?

Horns on my '82 850 are a JOKE. They are mounted up front (two of them), blocking airflow to the engine. I'm normally a straight OE kind of guy but those horns are junk!

I keep the little beeper horn on a second button for a polite little toot toot for just letting someone know I'm there before they try to hit me, have the loud horn on the original horn button powered through a relay for when someone needs to be blasted out of my way, or when they need to be punished for a feeble attempt at killing me.

Have not used the Stebel, I'm not out of other loud horns yet.
I think they are way louder than the Fiams, etc that I have.

[drhach]

Are they really as crazy loud as the spec would lead you to believe?

...........Yes

Overkil......

No

[Clone]

If you clean behind the plate and adjust the stock disk horns, they are plenty loud. Straight pipes just P.O. your neighbors. Stock exhaust is great, silent power. My bike pulls straight through the entire rpm range 2500-8000. Why would you want to sacrifice half your rpm range just to sound cool? Just putting straight pipes on without jetting will quickly cook your top end.

[Eli69]

in defense of slightly unquiet pipes i have to say that i've always used them and to date have never hit a deer. straight pipes though may be a bit much. even though they sound cool i would probably get tired of the noise myself.

[Dogma]

in defense of slightly unquiet pipes i have to say that i've always used them and to date have never hit a deer. straight pipes though may be a bit much. even though they sound cool i would probably get tired of the noise myself.

Myself, two brothers and my dad all ride stock pipes. Never hit a deer.

[seuadr]

Myself, two brothers and my dad all ride stock pipes. Never hit a deer.

hit the gas harder next time! \\/

[VerySlowTA]

No mufflers here. Its not even that loud. There are a lot louder bikes out there. Any V-twin with pipes is louder.

my bike... http://youtube.com/watch?v=xYH1_joCWm8

Stock exhaust is UGLY and sounds silly. You cant even tell the bike is running. Whisper quiet bikes are just not cool.