Well, there goes the neighborhood

I know I shouldn't be saying anything here as the "setup" I've got isn't very quiet, but going WOT for a bit and then revving the bike at the lights is rather excessive.

Yeah, loud is one thing, going out of your way to generate more noise than necessary in residential areas is another. Anything with a big torquey motor doesn't have much excuse to be above a high idle in a 25mph zone.

Trans_Maro wrote: Bike are for going places.

You mean on trailers right?

Trailers are for Stugis. Duh!

In reply to Appleseed:

Hey now, I actually rode my Harley to trailer week, a few years ago.

Trans_Maro wrote: It's not just Harley riders. Every Sunday morning my neighbours get to share my love of a Ducati twin with Conti mufflers or a 'Guzzi twin with LaFranconis. I GTFO of the area as quick as I can though. No sitting there and blipping the throttle. Bike are for going places.

Yeah but a duke doesn't sound stupid. And I'm sure they exhaust you have is for more reasons than just "to make it louder" alone. And I get some things are loud, my car is loud. But when I leave in the miata in the morning I try to just ease the clutch out and get her rolling without much throttle till I'm out of the neighborhood. I don't get on it until I'm out on the main road.

Let me know when you've found a solution.

I have a neighbor like this. It isn't just his Harley. Its his numerous pickup trucks, his ATV, etc. Everything is really loud. And whenever he seems to be operating one of these loud vehicles, he comes and goes with liberal use of the throttle.

I don't care what type of car/bike it is, or why its loud (race prepped, like the noise, broken, etc.). I just want people around me to have some common courtesy and not make unnecessary noise on what should be a quiet street in a quiet neighborhood.

This thread:

My oldest called HDs Flub Flubs.

I laughed.

Ugh... it's almost poorly tuned straight pipe Harley season. I like to yell "TUNE YOUR CARB!" to them as they buck by my house farting and popping all over the place after they bolted on the straight pipes and did exactly zero tuning to compensate. But it sounds cool, man.