Noisy Bikes

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Just come back from France for a few days and I was surprised at the number of Harley Davidson bikes being ridden around.. I do not like noisy bikes but ALL of these things are super noisy and driven with noise intent. We parked in the Aire at Cite d Europe on Monday night and at four'ish in the morning, one started up it sounde like a biglgenerator at first with the choke on it slowly got slower and slower until I thought it was stalling, then I realised it was of the afore mentioned noise machine, which then ROARED into life around the aire and off up the road with no thought of other people, then the RV it came from, Started to repeately blast the damn airhorns like a bloody ship sinking, before they drove off as well. It was pretty annoying and there might have been a few, willing to silence them with violence. I think I am coming to Hate that make, I know MS had one but She Would not have done that to anyone, would she? The other things are those bloody fizzy whizzbang scooter the kids ride on there all noise no go I had to follow on up a long drag, It was not only underpowered it was knackered and only managed 10mph but kept in the centre of the road for miles.
 
GWAYGWAY said:
Just come back from France for a few days and I was surprised at the number of Harley Davidson bikes being ridden around.. I do not like noisy bikes but ALL of these things are super noisy and driven with noise intent. We parked in the Aire at Cite d Europe on Monday night and at four'ish in the morning, one started up it sounde like a biglgenerator at first with the choke on it slowly got slower and slower until I thought it was stalling, then I realised it was of the afore mentioned noise machine, which then ROARED into life around the aire and off up the road with no thought of other people, then the RV it came from, Started to repeately blast the damn airhorns like a bloody ship sinking, before they drove off as well. It was pretty annoying and there might have been a few, willing to silence them with violence. I think I am coming to Hate that make, I know MS had one but She Would not have done that to anyone, would she? The other things are those bloody fizzy whizzbang scooter the kids ride on there all noise no go I had to follow on up a long drag, It was not only underpowered it was knackered and only managed 10mph but kept in the centre of the road for miles.
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You wanna bet?! :ninja: :cool:

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mariesnowgoose said:
You wanna bet?! :ninja: :cool:

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My opinion drops, if you, on one of those would upset a whole area at 4 in the morning. sound like dump trucks on steroids. the pistons stay still and the engine rotates around them.
A new one drove past me at a roundabout quietly then the silencer fell off BLAT BLAT BLAT followed by BLAT!!! as a truck ran over the silencer in the road. It was BRAND NEW having done 12 miles from the selling dealer. They are yuppie posing icons.
 
Enfield Bullet diesel is what you need ;-)



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I would have chinned that git pulling out at end of lane,you also need paddy over to re tarmac those roads.
Still have my old brittish model 350
 

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mistericeman said:
Enfield Bullet diesel is what you need ;-)



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Thank you for that . Fifteen minutes was plenty long enough I was ready to get off.
No wonder there are plenty of low milage oilfields for sale on fleabay and they will be nicer to ride than that.
 
GWAYGWAY said:
My opinion drops, if you, on one of those would upset a whole area at 4 in the morning. sound like dump trucks on steroids. the pistons stay still and the engine rotates around them.
A new one drove past me at a roundabout quietly then the silencer fell off BLAT BLAT BLAT followed by BLAT!!! as a truck ran over the silencer in the road. It was BRAND NEW having done 12 miles from the selling dealer. They are yuppie posing icons.
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Yup. Not much better than old tractors and they are, more often than not, definitely yuppie posing icons. Not always though.

I particularly loved riding mine at times of the day/night when there was just me and the bike and maybe a few truckers on the road.
The less traffic the better. These days that's nigh on impossible.

To be fair, I never woke anyone up THAT early in the morning, but any other reasonable hour and it was fair game! :p :)
You can't avoid the noise they make, even with factory supplied silencer still in place they give a very distinctive sound.

I can hear one coming from miles away :)
 
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Yup. Not much better than old tractors and they are, more often than not, definitely yuppie posing icons. Not always though.

I particularly loved riding mine at times of the day/night when there was just me and the bike and maybe a few truckers on the road.
The less traffic the better. These days that's nigh on impossible.

To be fair, I never woke anyone up THAT early in the morning, but any other reasonable hour and it was fair game! :p :)
You can't avoid the noise they make, even with factory supplied silencer still in place they give a very distinctive sound.

I can hear one coming from miles away :)
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Bet you have the german helmit ,boots,sunglasses and sleevless leather jacket
 
Well known truism; Harley Davison, the most effective way to turn petrol into noise, without the side effects of producing any meaningful power !!
 
izwozral said:
Why is there a stencil of a bottom on the sidecar?
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We asked Woody the same thing! :lol-061::D

He made the sidecar himself, so it was his livery.

Here's the man himself, don't know if he's still got old Queenie, although I suspect he will have :)

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.... and I think you'll find it's not a bottom!! :rolleyes2: :lol-061: :D

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That photo of roof thatcher spoiled my day ive always had a picture in my mind of bales of hay and 20” nails to fix them😜
 
Rumour as it that HD are about to launch an electric motorbike I wonder if it will come with a sound track ?

There is a lot of sentiment amongst bikers, that despite running lights some wearing hi viz vests Motorists still don't see them. With that in mind a loud exhaust gives an audible warning of one presence. They may have a point.

Channa
 
channa said:
Rumour as it that HD are about to launch an electric motorbike I wonder if it will come with a sound track ?

There is a lot of sentiment amongst bikers, that despite running lights some wearing hi viz vests Motorists still don't see them. With that in mind a loud exhaust gives an audible warning of one presence. They may have a point.

Channa
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True, but with the HD lot it's still mostly posing! :lol-049::lol-061: :D
 
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True, but with the HD lot it's still mostly posing! :lol-049::lol-061: :D
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There is certainly a lot of that, and get the mick taken on a lot of the groups, The same is true of the wannabe Rossis and Pedrozas with sportsbikes ... power rangers lol:dance:

Strange how stereotypes work. I visited the lad who tested my bike last week both of us have long hair and beards ....Firstly customers coming in think I work there and launch onto telling me their issues before I can put them right. The funnier part is the lad that owns it all of a sudden shows me a chopper he has built and selling would I be interested ( He has done a sterling job though) If he really knew me under a cover is an old Ariel now that I could be tempted with but don't tell Maureen

Channa
 
HD do have an electric bike, the Livewire.

The only thing louder than a Harley exhaust is the bling.
Mind you when a Harley gets up to a decent speed, the riders leather tassles
can go off like a cracked bullwhip, but thankfully this doesn't happen too often.


They've recently brought out a 'small' 750 naked, looks like a Moto Guzzi an attempt
in getting away from the stereotype Harley look. Quite a nice looker I'd say.
 
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