So I bought a Div 600 not that long ago and I'm pretty happy with it but it's just so quiet. I pulled beside a cbr125 today and it sounded so much more beefier than my bike. My bike has a Motad Nexxus exhaust on it. Is there anything I can do to make it sound better?
My bike is so quiet.. :(
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Go on youtube, search for you bike + the word exhaust and watch loads to get an idea how loud it could be with the right exhaust.
Also, does your exhaust have a removable baffle? if so, whip that baby out!
Also, does your exhaust have a removable baffle? if so, whip that baby out!
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Let the CBR125 hear what your bike sounds like when you're 600yds down the road and he's still contemplating changing up into 3rd...?
I have neighbours, who adore me ever since I ditched my noisy Cruiser.
Stealth is where it's at!!
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I got mine from Blue Flame. Asked them to do a 300mm can for my bike and they did without charging extra. Nice and loud now, especially with the baffle out.
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I ride an NC700s, I'm 100% convinced there isn't a quieter bike on the road. Although I want to be heard when I'm filtering for safety I just can't bring myself to spend £150+ quid on an exhaust. I'm stunned by how much people will pay to make their bikes sound better.
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no cat on those bikes and is the motad/nexus just a can or is it the full 4in1
Mine came with an after market exhaust when I bought it so already is nice and loud with being obnoxious, but £150 isn't a great deal when it brings such joy to your face when going through tunnels and also means people actually hear you coming (apparently this is more important than the tunnel noise
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It's always bikers who say this, with their Loud Pipes Save Lives stickers and everything. Never car drivers saying it...
Because in a car you are soundproofed, windows shut and have the stereo blasting AOR out, so won't ever hear even the straight-throughs on a Rocket III... believe me, we tried this!
you still get them react sometimes when you approach or filter from behind,theres also the lemming pedestrians pre occupied on their mobile phones or listening to music who step out infront of you
folks always tend to hear you first then turn to see whats causing the noise when you have a loudish pipe on
folks always tend to hear you first then turn to see whats causing the noise when you have a loudish pipe on
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I'm not saying it outright saves lives, but I do think it gets noticed.
My CBR has an Akro GP style exhaust with no baffle. It's not crazy loud but it's louder/more distinctive than the stock, or with the baffle. And I see cars move over to let me pass (including on motorways where I'd have imagined the sound would travel backwards etc). It could be the full power ranger suit appearing in their mirror, but every little helps!
The 7 year old inside me also likes seeing people stop to look/take out their headphones while walking to hear me go past... /guilty pleasure.
Correct, nothing that old will have a cat. The Motad Nexus exhausts are usually one piece from the can to the last part of the collector (e.g. the 2-1 part of a 4-2-1) so you can't easily fit a new can without a involving a hacksaw or angle grinder.
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It's those with the radio/phone/wife blaring that won't hear you until you're already past, that are the problem, though.
Who again won't hear you.
Was a passenger in a LOUD Beemer the other weekend, when a pillock on a CityBike hire cycle thing calmly rode out across three lanes of a roundabout. We screeched to a halt, he turns his headphone-clad noggin, clocks us and calmly carries on, vaguely wondering what on Earth a car is doing on a road...
IF they can hear.
The difficulty I found was that even deafeningly loud pipes won't be heard by the ones that are the threat.
If you want loud pipes for the sake of it, fine. I'm all in agreement.
But don't start thinking that it's a safety thing, because people will take that to heart and start relying on it. There's a YouTube Vlogger who thinks revving his bike draws the attention of dangerous drivers, even though his own videos repetitively prove him wrong...
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