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doran1801

doran1801

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I have a aprillia mille rsv1000 with a arkrapovic exhaust conversion. Basically it make the ground shake when it starts!!

I have has a complaint raised to me regarding it disrupting other workers on the office. Bearing in mind this is only for 1 minute morning and evening.
My question is legally can they do anything about it? there are no "not for road use" markings on the kit at all.

granted it is a tad loud, but it is not as if i just sit there revving it up
 
so this is a complaint from other people at work?

As long as its not over the noise barrier for motor vehicles (whatever that may be)... probably not, no.
 
Your'll find out soon enough.

I had someone grass me up ... years ago. Because I always took the same route to work everyday.. PC Plod knew exactly when I would travel by.
 
Outcast said:
Your'll find out soon enough.

I had someone grass me up ... years ago. Because I always took the same route to work everyday.. PC Plod knew exactly when I would travel by.
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this happened to me in my old car too
sad gits
 
arrgghhh I can't stand sports exhausts on motorbikes! I'll never understand why people put up with the noise and inconvenience of swapping it out for MOT's and driving slowly round town incase anyone notices for the comparitvely small performance increase.

In answer to your question there is probably nothing they can do at work but someone will grass you up to the cozzers if they are wound up enough to get the company to take it seriously they will be more than willing to go to the next level.
 
Sports exhausts on decent motorbikes, fair enough... You seem like a sensible chap and as long as you aren't constantly revving it when you've started up, and the pipe is under the egal noise limit, there is probably little they can do. Just out of interest (as I know nothing about bikes, and don't know anybody who does!) do you have to get the engine up to normal temps before you drive off?

I used to live in an area of Southampton plagued by "yoofs" on their mopeds with stupid exhausts attached.. you could hear them about a quarter of an hour before they actually showed up...

nnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee............nnneeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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People at work can **** off as far as I'm concerned. I'm fed up with their opinions of what I drive and or wear, none of their ******* business and what gives them the right to comment :mad:
 
Same as Above, My exhaust is noisy but passes the MOT fine and had plenty of old bill following me and never been stopped, Aslong as its legal who gives a crap what they say, and aslong as its legal theres nothing they can do.
 
the exhaust does not have to be removed and it has just gone through an mot with them on with no probs.

as for do bikes need to be warmed up, the answer is most definately yes. not revved up like mad but at least left to idle till the temp starts to go up. nomally about 1-2 minutes depending on the bike. Mine is a big v-twin so about 30 secs is all it needs. then about 1/2 a mile of taking is easy. If you don't you are running the engine dry. this can lead to big problems
 
Sod em. If anything make a little bit more noise now they've complained. Also re: warming up. Double edged sword tbh, the longer you live it idling the longer it stays cold. Better to get straight on and ride like a granny for the first mile or so till your up to ya normal 80 degrees ish.
 
Sad to say mate, doesn't matter what office you work in, theres always going to be a few boring **** office workers.
"Oh no, you can't possibly do that, it makes you a chav, socially unacceptable, whad whod whad" type of thing

As long as it's not just a bean tin on the back of a 1 litre diesel nova, aint no problem with it.
 
ive always been told that idling is bad for an engine when cold and its best just to start it up and keep the revs down untill normal temps are reached.
 
If it's legal they can do very little, as it's only for a minute or two each day anyone with any sense who they complain to would in all fairness probably tell them STFU and stop complaining.

a1ex2001 said:
arrgghhh I can't stand sports exhausts on motorbikes! I'll never understand why people put up with the noise and inconvenience of swapping it out for MOT's and driving slowly round town incase anyone notices for the comparitvely small performance increase.
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From that i'm guessing you haven't got a clue about bikes then :)

I've never swapped a pipe for MOT, I don't drive any slower or faster irrespective of what i'm riding or driving, it's all based on the road conditions, location, time of day and perceived risk, i'm very surprised other road users consider noise to be one of the factors that would affect driving speed :confused:

Performance wise i'd hardly describe going from 130bhp to 150bhp on something that weighs less than 180kg to be comparatively small but then again an indicated 160mph to 180mph doesn't do you much good at 70mph on a dual carriage way but the extra miles out of a tank from having optimum fuel mapping does make sense along with a more liner power and torque delivery that's not been programmed with the 'How can we get this through emissions reg's ? I know we'll retard the timing and fuel delivery at the start of the first three gears' pov.

Perhaps now while you still don't agree with sports exhausts you may at least see who some of us choose to fit them in conjunction with other modifications.

Edit: Just to make it clear i'm not saying putting a sports exhaust on a bike will instantly give it 20bhp, this was from a properly set up full system with custom dyno time, ignition advanced, standard air box with after market filter. It would have no doubt gone higher but I wanted torque not top end.
 
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fini said:
Going to work in a gimp suit? :p
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Don't joke .. my old place attempted to go to business dress on a Saturday (bit pointless in a call centre), that lasted all of a day after someone turned up in his granddad's tux and they decided it wasn't worth seeing what he'd come in the next week.
 
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a1ex2001 said:
arrgghhh I can't stand sports exhausts on motorbikes! I'll never understand why people put up with the noise and inconvenience of swapping it out for MOT's and driving slowly round town incase anyone notices for the comparitvely small performance increase.

In answer to your question there is probably nothing they can do at work but someone will grass you up to the cozzers if they are wound up enough to get the company to take it seriously they will be more than willing to go to the next level.
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I like a bike to sound how it should, I couldn't give a *&^% what other road users think...if anything it's safer as people hear you coming.

Apart from sounding orgasmic race cans or systems add quite a lot of power.. I'd prolly lose a good 6-7bhp if I went back to stock, and would also sound like a sewing machine.

I don't let bike warm up bike at idle in morning as it's in middle of housing area.. I just let it tick over as I roll out of estate, thats just courtesy.
 
I can't stand them either, for tarts and attention seekers only! :p And I think the 'loud cans save lives' argument is a load of old rubbish also.

Letting a bike tick over to 'warm it up' will only warm the coolant, not the oil. You need to do about ~5 miles before the bike reaches full operating temperature. The top end will get oil almost instantly. That said I think Ducati recommend letting the bike tick over for a minute or so before riding off.

I always have standard cans, I simply couldn't live with that noise all the time.

However screw what your co-workers think. Next time you leave work fishtail out of the parking space and pull a big fat minger past the ***** :D
 
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I don't let bike warm up bike at idle in morning as it's in middle of housing area.. I just let it tick over as I roll out of estate, thats just courtesy.
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I think this is key here, as by the sounds of it, the OP likes to let his bike warm up first, and it's most likely that that's annoying. I've certainly had a few bikes, and know quite a few bikers and none of them let the bike idle before they drive off - I'd be amazed if any modern bikes require this, tbh.
 
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