Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

Not ridden the bike for about 10 months. - finally got MOT booked - can't wait

Get on it son! Not sure I can get by without one. Looking into a 600rr at the moment.

Not tempted by something less flash/desirable? A hornet or fazer for instance?

From what I've seen and read lately I think sports bikes are becoming a complete luxury and frivolity in high risk areas. Just get something fun and less expensive.

Yup, 100%.
All in all, this is lesson not learnt and a fucking idiotic move in all respects.
But....I went to the track on the SV and it was fucking bananas man. Being able to go full chat out of a corner without fearing like you might harm others around you is something I need to go do again and again, and willing to sacrifice a number of luxuries for.

If I had to stick to street based, it would either be a CB500 or a Hornet. Street triple would be amazing, but still a liability to theft.
Shouldn't have got my fucking license is what!

It worked almost perfect when I hot wired it after a theft attempt. like it was ment to for one little hitch. I had to fiddle with wires and insulation tape every time i wanted to ride her. M.lock was cheaper than the NOS replacement.

Had to add a second relay for the light circuit that the ignition lock switches as well. So the m.lock switches now two relays instead of just one, for the two distinktiv circuits individually that it closes. Boring stuff, nothing to go into detail unless you've got yourself a superior K or a count of your ignition barrel wires exceeding 2.

To add wisdom for a wider audience there, I had a bit of an overkill chain for my pushbike. Torqueanchor's Protector heavy duty stuff. That bike chain used on the Moto tho was the only reason my Moto didn't disappear into the night with some hoodlums. Lock it or loose it easy. Sadly van gangs are lifting bikes left, right and Center so anchor it down where you can.

Ok so with the above in mind, my bike is locked in a set of garages (visible from my flat and 30 seconds walk from my front door. when in the garage bike is locked with the chain i use when im out and about. quite hefty had it years. I could loop the chain through the bricks at the side of the garage to anchor it. (odd garage design, the sidewalls bricks are spaced, cant imagine why) but thats clumsy and difficult to do for everyday use. so second long chain would be desirable to make that easier which I have been looking into.

Anyway that aside, does anyone know of a security solution like a big steel bar going across the inside of the garage at about knee height that you can padlock in? something so it would mean extra time to grind that off too.

Im sure its something someone with metalworking experience and the right tools could knock up quickly but I am not that person so wondered if there was anything like that already out there?

A Long googling found nothing but I am not sure that's because there is nothing out there rather than I am just crap at googling.

I've seen people use scaffolding poles for that kind of thing, the issue is that whatever you're fixing them to needs to be as strong if not stronger. Unless you're able to somehow anchor the bar into the structure of the garage somehow it's going to be not that hard to defeat, once they've got one end free they've got a giant lever to pry the other end off.

I can't think of anything OTP. But if you could weld there might be options.

Two of something like this with a section of scafold welded in between. You'd need to think of how to improve the fixings...

https://www.streetfurnituredirect.co.uk/catalog/product/view/id/72/s/titan-fold-down-steel-bollard/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyJKuh96a1QIVarXtCh0csQYTEAYYAiABEgJCSPD_BwE

As cagimaha said, strength of fixing is important. But also it needs to not be so much hassle that you won't use it.

I wonder if you could fill the pole with something that would fuck up a cutter? a loose rubber hose filled with tyre sealant?

Might be a dumb question, but does the actual engine of all motorbikes sound a bit naff? with just the exhaust giving the nice sound?

Intake roar?
Removing the original intake / filter, and replacing with a bell mouth stack changes the sound significantly...

I'd seen people talk about that (or snorkel removal at least) on triumphrat.

Basically I'm trying to work out whether all bikes sound like sewing machines without a fat 'zorst or just mine.

I'd like to get a better note, but without more idle noise as I don't want to annoy my neighbors - and I already have a disadvantage due to the acoustics of where the bike is parked.

I've also discovered another cheap(ish) exhaust idea by using shorty mufflers. Keeps the original vibe but shortends the back a little... don't know how it would work with a full rear 'guard though.

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Depends on engine arrangement no? The intake note of a Daytona 675 knocks me for fucking six.

Depends on engine arrangement no?

I guess that was my question. Is it an overall thing, or is what you hear most the intake and the exhaust?

Guy on a Thrux was next to me this morning and his bike sounded so much beefier - which I mainly put down to the after market exhausts. So then I wondered if it was the same for all bikes.

My SV used to sound pathetic when I was on it, but hearing it when you're not on it is entirely different. Hit up one the holborn tunnel for a quick reflection of how it sounds proper.

That induction whine is the best thing ever. The R with the arrow system is aural ecstasy

Heard an SV at a petrol station a day or 2 back - sounded really good, just ticking over.

I really miss it. Mine had a double out back that no one knows when it was installed. It's MOT history is littered with noise failures and it used to startle drivers on their phones.

@TomvanHalen RIGHT! Heard one first time in a lay by by a loch going past me at full chat. Just wanted to cocoon myself in that wash of noise. Never been tempted by a credit card up until this point. I'd be happy with a Striple and arrow system.

Some intake noise is epic, I also have a serious warm spot for the whine of gear driven cams, the 'whap' of straight cut primary gears and the jangle of a dry clutch.

I distinctly dislike any camchain rattle. Generally the racier the engine, the more exciting the noises for me at least. Although the rustle of valvetrain on ancient Brit singles is also somewhat therapeutic.

mmm...VFR straight cut gears.

I bet you get a trouser lump when a spanner drops on a metal barrel.

Nothing sounds good like a 1299 pani with termignoni. Well except for a moto gp ducati.

Haha - gear whine on RC30s is rather titillating.

Oh, banks of flatside carbs rattling around. Non-CV Carbs in general add a certain je ne sais quoi...EFI rather mutes the intake symphony.

You're all dead right about triumph triple noise though. Loud piped Striples sound the absolute nuts.

Curiously by contemporary standards I'm not a fan of the Aprilia V4s or the crossplane Yamahas. I have high hopes for the new Duc V4 if it can capture an iota of the Desmo angry. That said, Pans sound like washing machines compared to the blood and thunder of the older Testastretta lumps.

This might be a bit niche but.....hubba.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eErtjzE1zog

Nice - think there's one with a z6 straight out of the exhaust ports - no headers - just howling bonkers.

I love the sound of the first Fireblade (from 1992, 93). With a bit of age these early ones develop a bit of "piston slap", like a two stroke rattle ... which coupled with the intake and exhaust noises, sounds great.