Why do they make so much flipping noise?
I live at the end of a cul-de-sac in a quiet urban neighbourhood, and the ear-shattering rumbles from streets that aren't even visible from the top floor of my house make my walls shake.
Does the noise make up for certain types of riders having extra small appendages? 
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cos some people are complete turds
1/10.
very poor!
Bikes are noisy to annoy killjoys like you. And that's the truth.
Probably H-D's, don't mistake the noise for power - also usually ridden by short Accountants and the like.
Opening up a bike with a race can on is immensely pleasurable.
As I'm knocking on a bit and vaguely responsible these days I rarely do it in built-up areas.
Bikes are noisy to annoy killjoys like you everyone. And that's the sad truth.
people who want their bike to sound like Rossi's seem to forget that everyone else thinks they're just a childish and irritating nob-jockey. i don't want to hear your fkin Akrapovics at 7am.
i don't want to hear your fkin Akrapovics at 7am.
To be fair, that's only when I'm running late. I'm normally at my desk by then.
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I have a moderately loud exhaust. It's probably a little bit antisocial but I don't leave it running for 20 minutes in the driveway like the **** down the road with the screaming eagles on a harley. There's loud and then there's loud. I replaced my old system because I wasn't happy with the noise levels, the first time I started it i knew I'd not be happy if my neighbour had a bike that made that much noise.
Probably H-D's, don't mistake the noise for power - also usually ridden by short Accountants and the like.
or a ducati, Honda sp1/2, TL1000, Mille, or any other tasty v-twin.
However I agree, race cans are annoying at the crack of dawn!
i have nothing against loud pipes, been there done that, just not rev'ed to Hades early doors in a residential area
I've got 63 mil cored cans on my Tuono, you want loud, you got it
The race pipe on my Husaberg FS650e is quite extraordinary!
Not road legal (but what the Hell), when you shift down a gear a little too quickly, on the over-run it makes such a popping and banging set of noices people actually jump!
My Termis on the Duke never came close to the noise the single makes.
However my pal's old twin 750SS makes such a deep rumble with his pipes I can't sit in his wake as it's too loud.
My old 900SS used to set off the car alarms in one street locally!
Donington threw us out once. It's far more restrictive now. Never could do a track day at some circuits!
I used to race in the Sound of Thunder class with New Era, always at Cadwell.
Now if want singles and twins to set your teeth a-chattering and feel the very earth move, then that's the class / race you want to witness.
So non-PC it makes me smile every time!
Some ****t hammers his bike past our house at 3:30am nearly every day (it's a unique sound). Kids are still woken by it.
Considering how to limit that rider's options into the future...
Bikes are noisy to annoy killjoys like you everyone. And that's the sad truth.
And, of course, you never annoy anyone at all, do you? Nooooooooooo............
FWIW, my last 2 bikes have been kept quiet/standard because I prefer them that way. I do like to listen to other bikes though. 
I've got a carbon Scorpion can on my 08 ZX6R. It's a nice compromise as it looks a lot better than the standard can, weighs hugely less (more important as it's an under-seat can), and altough far nicer sounding than the original isn't stupidly loud. Howls like a banshee over 10,000rpm though I suspect the cat must restrict a fair bit of noise.
The only bikes that ever make me jump are to be found in the Surrey hills in the summer. They're green laning, yet you never see them, I've heard them on winterfold, whilst riding up Holmbury!
I love bikes, just not the t##t that screams up past my house at about 100mph in 2nd gear in a suburban 40 limit! 
My Termis on the Duke never came close to the noise the single makes.
My bro had JHP cans/system on his 955SP Ducati not overly loud but bl00dy lovely sound!
Never understood the 'loud pipes saves lifes' argument. Usually a patch on a HOG riders jacket- why don't they just buy a bike with brakes that work?
I think it has a negative impact on motorbiking, rather than a positive. Hence the OP's gripe.
I've got 63 mil cored cans on my Tuono, you want loud, you got it
That's quite a diameter, the Termis were 52 or 54 I think.
i have ridden bikes with and without loud cans-fzr1000 with big bore akra' and a fazer 1200 with a very quiet can. I can honestly say that i much preferred the quieter one as i always felt like a right dick when opening up the louder bike, and always giggled when nobody heard me on the fazer.
everyone knows that empty vessels make more noise so ride on you crazy accountants!
Are you bike-ist?
In some cases I think I'd prefer a neighbour who rode a bike
to his early shift than drove a car
Bike are make noisy to save rider's life FACTOMUNDO.
There's no proof of that at all. It's a load of BS made up by riders to justify the noise they make.
Tough one this.
Any finer sound than a Honda six-cyclinder racer, Laverda Montjuich, Goldie, Manx etc?
Not really - but on the road? Amazed at the hypocrisy in the biking mags and MCN - constant moaning about how "everybody hates us", then an article about how to get an extra 5 or ten horsepower by fitting a loud can and a power commander.
I was just as guilty as a kid - Microns and Allspeeds on every little poxy two stroke, buggering up the power delivery and annoying everyone for miles.
Sadly, you can't have it both ways.
Brother and Sister in law are climbers, and when out with them at any crag on summer Sunday they whinge that all they can hear, constantly for hours is the sound of bikes with loud cans razzing round the countryside. I think it's a lovely noise, but TBH they are 100% correct and I can see how it alienates people.
However, it's usually the people who whinge about bikes who smile indulgently and get very excited when a Ferrari or Cobra goes past.
I sellotaped bits of yoghurt carton to the chainstays of my bike as a kid, is this the same sort of thing?
Amazed at the hypocrisy in the biking mags and MCN - constant moaning about how "everybody hates us", then an article about how to get an extra 5 or ten horsepower by fitting a loud can and a power commander.
Yeah, I'm with you on that actaully.
You'd get more safey and/or speed out of spending the £500 your cans cost on some proper training.....
Yes Al it is exactly the same sort of thing. Hoping you grew out of it.
Watching this thread with interest as will start my motorbike commute next week, 6.30am start, will check with the neighbours if they hear it. Think I will be stealth on my 125cc Yamaha tho ! Might have to have some kind of siren fitted, for extra safety once I get in the traffic.
And, of course, you never annoy anyone at all, do you? Nooooooooooo............
i try to annoy as few people as possible. and i don't buy things that i know will piss off anyone who lives beside the roads i drive on just so i can pretend i'm barry sheene with a weeny dick. its no different to chavs with drainpipe exhausts on their novas. a bit sad for them, and annoying to everyone else. i'm directing this at the commuters who must be aware that no one else wants to hear a shit load of noise early and late.
i'm not averse to noise, i designed and made some pipes for 2 strokes many moons ago. but they weren't annoying anyone at race tracks
Loud pipes do save lives.
The sad fact is a lot of drivers are very poor at observation before manouvering,not checking mirrors,blind spots etc-not even indicating.
I'd rather wake people up and live than get side swiped by another blind ****t in a metal cage.
Sorry if that offends - so does getting knocked off!
Loud pipes do save lives.
I don't believe they do. I believe it's a weak justification for pointless frippery. I think you'd be better spending the same (Or a LOT less) money on some advanced training (IAM or similar) then you'd learn how to avoid being knocked off, by not putting yourself in those situations.
But of course it's cooler to have a designer name badge on your exhaust can that it is to learn how to ride better, isn't it?
Sorry if that offends.
ride on you crazy accountants
And there was me thinking that all the accountants I have as clients and those who have worked for me over the years wouldn't say "Boo" to a goose!
t®ibal©hief - Memberi can pretend i'm barry sheene with a weeny dick.
Whatever turns you on big fella!
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