Author Topic: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!  (Read 7854 times)

Offline Mad River Marc

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Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« on: May 14, 2011, 09:34:25 AM »
Ok I know this goes against the grain here, but does anyone make an exhaust that would be QUIETER then stock?  I do a lot of long trips and anything I can do to make her more comfy would be a plus.

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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2011, 09:39:07 AM »
 ???
 
Have you looked into the electric bikes?  ::)

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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2011, 09:45:21 AM »
The stock exhaust is quiet.
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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2011, 09:46:06 AM »
Wow.....

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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2011, 09:47:31 AM »
Ha-ha-ha Bwaa-ha-ha

Quieter aftermarket exhaust?

You got to be kidding us !!  Those guys don't make money creating quieter exhaust -- only louder.  Who would buy one anyway?  Someone who is practical, considerate, and law-abiding?

Right - there has got to be loads of riders like that.......

I hope you recognize severe sarcasm when you read it.... Many of us would like to have a better looking exhaust that is as quiet or quieter than the OEM bazooka canister.
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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2011, 09:53:15 AM »
It sounds like a sewing machine as it is. Granted, this is coming from a guy with a Leo Vince on his.
Though I may go back to the potato launcher for the very same reason you posted this thread. +...I rode slower when it was quieter.
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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2011, 10:13:38 AM »
Wow................for once I am "practically speechless". Seems that ear plugs or giving up motorcycling are your only 2 viable options. I can honestly "barely" even hear my Area P exhaust while doing highway/interstate runs....and yes my hearing is quite good.
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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2011, 10:34:43 AM »
I actually do not like loud exhausts myself.  But the stock exhaust is one of the quietest I've ever heard on a motorcycle.  I really can't hear it over road noise at normal cruise speed, so I quieter wouldn't do me any good.  I like it the way it is.

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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2011, 10:44:10 AM »
It sounds like a sewing machine as it is. G

I think the bike as a whole, sounds like the Jetson's family car.

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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2011, 10:48:05 AM »
I think the bike as a whole, sounds like the Jetson's family car.

Nah......that would be an ST1300!!!!
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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2011, 10:51:04 AM »
Ok I know this goes against the grain here, but does anyone make an exhaust that would be QUIETER then stock?  I do a lot of long trips and anything I can do to make her more comfy would be a plus.

Thanks

I'd recommend buying up one or two of the hundreds of stock cans available (ask anybody here) and welding two of them together. Then just bolt it up.

If I had the time to dick around with Photoshop (at work, pretending to actually be worth my paycheck), I could provide a picture of that project . . .

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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2011, 10:56:41 AM »
Ok I know this goes against the grain here, but does anyone make an exhaust that would be QUIETER then stock?  I do a lot of long trips and anything I can do to make her more comfy would be a plus.

I *hate* loud exhausts on ANY type of vehicle.  IMHO being fast means being "SSSH"- silent, slick, stealthy, harmonious  (I know, that is corny and I just made it up!!! :)

That said, I think the stock C14 exhaust is not loud at all.  Hard to imagine something quieter on a large bike.  Are you sure you are hearing exhaust noise and not wind, tire, or intake?
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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2011, 11:02:25 AM »
I guess I do not understand.  I have a "loud" exhaust and at speed (+60) about all I hear is wind and a faint rumble.  With cheap foam ear plugs or ear buds and the iPod all I hear is wind.
Keep it simple - if no one has shot at me or tried to blow me up it is a good day.

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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2011, 11:05:35 AM »
How can I make the stock exhaust bigger too...  :-X

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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2011, 11:09:01 AM »
How can I make the stock exhaust bigger too...  :-X

Rub it vigorously maybe....?
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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2011, 11:12:06 AM »
Rub it vigorously maybe....?


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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2011, 02:08:34 PM »
give it a little trim....
it's still quieter than aftermarkets....
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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2011, 02:27:00 PM »
quieter......really, i have heard sewing machines louder than this bike.

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Re: Where can I find a QUIETER exhaust!!!
« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2011, 04:56:12 PM »
I've heard Cap'n Bob say that KiPass makes the C-14 the quietest of any of the sport tourers. Or any motorcycle for that matter.

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Ok I know this goes against the grain here, but does anyone make an exhaust that would be QUIETER then stock?  I do a lot of long trips and anything I can do to make her more comfy would be a plus.

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