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It's all cosmetic
Posted by Terry G-B [Email] (more from Terry G-B) on Tue, 16 Apr 2002 22:31:26
In Reply to: of course they all do it,, ed'98, Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:15:09
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Straight pipes on a Harley is useless except for the sound and machismo. They actually lose usable power by putting the unbaffled pipes on. (I say usable because the Harley, at least EVO and back is a torque oriented motor) A friend, and fellow go-kart racer, a few years back got a Harley and immediately put a supertrapp on for performance reasons.
As for the race/street bikes, the excess noise is from their carbon fiber race pipes. It says "FOR RACE PURPOSE ONLY" on the packaging of these pipes, but damn don't they look cool. Too bad 95% of these riders are over their head with a total lack of driving skill. We call them Squids, the mental image of poor decision riding. Hense a quick test of rider ability is the amount a use the edges of the rear tire shows.
Ironic enough, here in Iowa, 9 out of 10 of those who live by the LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES do not wear helmets. Hmmmm Darwin would be proud.
And ed'98, this "real bikes whine" thing. I would have to disagree.
Terry
'83 Moto Guzzi SP1000
'00 Moto Guzzi V11 Sport
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Posts in this Thread:
- Warm weather means motorcycles (and waking up at 3 am), ~ben, Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:36:36
- It Ain't just the bikes, EricU, Thu, 18 Apr 2002 10:52:23
- yeah, but some sound NICE!, curt, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 00:27:46
- Slightly OT but a often forgottten aspect of motorcyles, Terry G-B, Tue, 16 Apr 2002 23:41:52
- Get a BIG dog that likes to sleep in the street,,, KeithR, Tue, 16 Apr 2002 23:32:08
- Re: Warm weather means motorcycles (and waking up at 3 am), Will, Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:02:15
- Loud Pipes Save Lives. NM, JMC, Tue, 16 Apr 2002 20:26:02
- B. S. n/m, Eric Burr, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 05:16:00
- I agree completely, rob , Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:39:32
- Re: Warm weather means motorcycles (and waking up at 3 am), michael p, Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:15:43
- maybe you live next door to the Hell's Angels? n/m, KL, Tue, 16 Apr 2002 14:11:12
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