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newbiker
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 02:11 pm | 1st Post |
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It can also save life.
Moderators, can you fix mistake in title? (Something is wrong with my keyboard  )
Last edited on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 02:20 pm by newbiker
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Whiskerfish
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 02:19 pm | 2nd Post |
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I have a 4 into 1 Header on my black bike with a glass pack muffler. Basically it has a 2 inch hole in the middle all the way from the jugs. It required some tunning to eliminate backfiring. Straight pipes have been done but would require rejetting due to lack of back pressure. Getting the jets and what sizes to use I do not know about.
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RB
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 02:34 pm | 3rd Post |
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| cheap fix..harley mufflers lots around for cheap check a dealer
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newbiker
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 02:53 pm | 4th Post |
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| I installed them but it takes 5 days or so to get them from ebay. I want evrything done in an hour!
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GLester
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 03:30 pm | 5th Post |
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newbiker wrote: It can also save life.
As a former Harley rider, and someone who has rode bikes since about 1966, that is the biggest "old wives tale" out there. Noise is directional. Unless you point your exhaust towards the front of your bike, 98% of the sound is going in the direction of the tail pipe. This myth has been perpetrated by the Harley crowd, who like to pull up to a stop sign and blip their throttle to make racket, and to get noticed. There is not one shred of evidence to prove that "Loud Pipes Save Lives". What will save your life however, and has been proven, is plenty of lighting on the bike, very loud horn(or Horns), wearing your helmet, paying attention to your surroundings, and taking the Motorcycle Safety Course.
To test your theory, sit in a cage, with the windows up, the AC on, the radio on your favorite tunes, and talking on your cell phone. Have someone with a nice loud bike come up the street, and see how far away it is from your cage, when you actually hear it, or notice it. In most cases, the front wheel of the bike will be almost even with your door before you notice it, however, as he passes, it gets extremely loud. Of course by then, you in your cage has already pulled out and ran over the biker, which was in your blind spot on your mirror. Keep believing that crap, and you will find yourself in a hospital bed or worse. I'll keep doing what I've done for about 40 years, stay alert, well lite, and if someone gets stupid on me, blast them with my dual air horns (which are pointed forward) and cause them to drop their cell phone and coffee and donut, and get back into their lane or be ready to swerve.
Gene
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 03:57 pm | 6th Post |
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| meanie
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dean_3326
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 04:10 pm | 7th Post |
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Hey Gene, don't forget that little blue pill,,,,the old blood pressure one... ,
the guy has a broken key board, he knows not what he writes.
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NomadicWing
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 04:19 pm | 8th Post |
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However, all of the above PLUS louder pipes, can only be a good thing. (People walking along the roadside will hear you coming and saves on wearing out those big airhorns) LOL
Take care and have a great day.
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dean_3326
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 04:27 pm | 9th Post |
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Hey newbiker, Keno, one of our members is who you need to talk to, he has the loudest pipes I have heard on a wing. his sounds good. I like my stock mufflers, but if I was younger I would like the loud pipes like he has.
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newbiker
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 04:48 pm | 10th Post |
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| I am thinking about installing horn switch instead of button so I can keep horns on... I also like sound of my home alarm siren, it works on 12 volts by the way... Last edited on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 04:49 pm by newbiker
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Sidewalkman
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 05:19 pm | 11th Post |
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If you'd like a throatier sound without the headaches of rejetting. Take a sawzall and cut the silencers off the pipes. Then get exhaust tips from someplace and mount them.
You end up with a throatier sound while not a headache sound. My last bike was a VMax ('85) that as soon as it stopped scaring me I'd do something to make it faster, when it was finished it was barely ridable, probably 200+ HP and had V&H racing pipes on it. Between the pipes and the K&N intakes it would give me a migraine every time I rode it.
I don't mind a bike sounding more like a bike than a sewing machine but...
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morriscatt
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Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2008 03:05 am | 12th Post |
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| hey SWM so after cutting and attaching new tips will I have to rejet or reset carbs or anything.. old now.. can't remember what I used to know.
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newbiker
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Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2008 03:10 am | 13th Post |
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Whiskerfish!
Nice bike!!! Do you keep it outside at night? Is your address in profile?
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dhrith
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Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2008 04:17 am | 14th Post |
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| I usually prefer traditional looks, but very good looking bike.
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Whiskerfish
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Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2008 04:35 am | 15th Post |
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newbiker wrote: Whiskerfish!
Nice bike!!! Do you keep it outside at night? Is your address in profile?
NO and NO!! My babies are locked up tight at night .
Thanks for the compliments guys
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William_86
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Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2008 04:40 am | 16th Post |
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| if its for the 1200. there is a video on youtube look for goldwing exhaust theres a video of a member with a bike with headers only.
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rider 76
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Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2008 04:51 am | 17th Post |
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GLester wrote: newbiker wrote: It can also save life.
As a former Harley rider, and someone who has rode bikes since about 1966, that is the biggest "old wives tale" out there. Noise is directional. Unless you point your exhaust towards the front of your bike, 98% of the sound is going in the direction of the tail pipe. This myth has been perpetrated by the Harley crowd, who like to pull up to a stop sign and blip their throttle to make racket, and to get noticed. There is not one shred of evidence to prove that "Loud Pipes Save Lives". What will save your life however, and has been proven, is plenty of lighting on the bike, very loud horn(or Horns), wearing your helmet, paying attention to your surroundings, and taking the Motorcycle Safety Course.
To test your theory, sit in a cage, with the windows up, the AC on, the radio on your favorite tunes, and talking on your cell phone. Have someone with a nice loud bike come up the street, and see how far away it is from your cage, when you actually hear it, or notice it. In most cases, the front wheel of the bike will be almost even with your door before you notice it, however, as he passes, it gets extremely loud. Of course by then, you in your cage has already pulled out and ran over the biker, which was in your blind spot on your mirror. Keep believing that crap, and you will find yourself in a hospital bed or worse. I'll keep doing what I've done for about 40 years, stay alert, well lite, and if someone gets stupid on me, blast them with my dual air horns (which are pointed forward) and cause them to drop their cell phone and coffee and donut, and get back into their lane or be ready to swerve.
Gene
HERE, HERE Lester, I agree!! We don't want to use mufflers to break the ear drums of little kids on the street corner, now do we? After all, we are not here to give GW riders a bad name!!
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Whiskerfish
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Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2008 04:56 am | 18th Post |
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rider 76 wrote: HERE, HERE Lester, I agree!! We don't want to use mufflers to break the ear drums of little kids on the street corner, now do we? After all, we are not here to give GW riders a bad name!!
Some of us are It was a motorcycle long before it became a rolling lounge chair.
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1978/9 Nekid Streetfighter 50k miles
1978 Dressed Daily Rider w/150k plus miles
1976 Windjammer dressed SOLD
1975 Nekid Recently Acquired (next street bike project)
1975 Nekid 22k miles running, Currently use as engine test stand
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rider 76
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Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2008 04:59 am | 19th Post |
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Whiskerfish wrote: rider 76 wrote: HERE, HERE Lester, I agree!! We don't want to use mufflers to break the ear drums of little kids on the street corner, now do we? After all, we are not here to give GW riders a bad name!!
Some of us are It was a motorcycle long before it became a rolling lounge chair.
YEA!, But we evolved since then! Now we got both!!
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75 Norton 850 76 gl 1000 LTD
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morriscatt
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Posted: Thu Aug 28th, 2008 05:00 am | 20th Post |
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| hey SWM so after cutting and attaching new tips will I have to rejet or reset carbs or anything.. old now.. can't remember what I used to know.
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