Loud fucking motorbikes

rant

why the fuck motorbikes have to be so fucking loud with their 200 quid exhaust just so they can get 4mph faster and 0.02 second quicker?? it´s all fine and dandy to the motorcycles but fucking annoying when they drive right outside your flat shaking the old windows and so loud as if it in the same room as I am.

and why the fuck do they have to accelerate like a bat out of hell after the light turn green when the speed limited is only 30mph?? they constantly pissed me off everyday, isn´t there´s a law on how loud a motorbikes should be?? it´s all fine for them when theyré not in their flat listening to the roaring noise (and the death rattle of those moped) every now and then.

rant over, have to vent it out.

the biggest culprits are the dudes and dudettes on ktms or similar motard style bikes - usually decked out in full body armour and black visored helmets, living out some childish urban warrior fantasy

There's a KTM dealership on my street and the number of people who like to test but not buy up and down my street is ridiculous.

loud harleys are as bent as a boomerang.

dudes its all about the noise, a truly loud motorbike, with unsilenced exhausts (for track use only) is a sound to behold, and if you are of that persuasion fall in love with...
my bike has exhausts which allow the bikes natural kick ass sound to be heard by the world, I will not apologise for said sound.
as my dad says lets all live loving, and as I say hate the hate...

yeah, so do you like the natural sound of a 50cc moped being caned so hard it sounds like a million wasps on speed trapped in a coke can? I deplore the bloody things. I like the sound a motorbikes when it's far away or on a race track. But when the cunts decide to stop in the ASL and scream off, I wish I had a Glock9.

You get to wear a helmet to block out the noise!
Perhaps some kind of intercom with a microphone at the exhaust and headphones in the helmet..

It sounds loud inside the helmet, but then you've also got wind noise and other such things, most motorcyclists are advised to wear ear plugs.
Dudes, hate the hate!!
I have a motorbike, I ride it, it has loud exhausts. End. Of. Story. It doesn't mean I'm in league with every person who has a moped, super motard, unsilenced monkey bike. It just means I like two wheeled transportation.
If they annoy you, irritate you, anger you, I'd advise you to go and have a word with them, rather than venting at me, and if you decide to have a word with me on my motorbike, I'll calmly listen to you, thank you for your viewpoint and ride off...

I thought it was ironic that the sound riders love is actually quite muffled for them...
Not hating, just trying to solve the worlds problems on londonfgss.com.

corny, if your voice inside your head is as loud as the one outside, that we get to hear, your thoughts will drown out the noise of the bike anyway!

what's a motard? is it a retard bike?

supermotard is like a road version of a moto cross bike, small slick wheels, two stroke engine, which is why its so loud, because you have to rev the nuts of it so you can get it into its powerband and you can change gear without it stalling on you.
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corny's bike is seriously loud.

but it also sounds very cool.

once he let me sit on it (his bike... get your mind out of the gutter) and blip the throttle.

i giggled like an excited toddler.

wow.. cant believe theres people who dont like the sound of a huge gutsy motorbike. its one of the finest noises in the world damn you! ;)

why the fuck motorbikes have to be so fucking loud with their 200 quid exhaust just so they can get 4mph faster and 0.02 second quicker?? it´s all fine and dandy to the motorcycles but fucking annoying when they drive right outside your flat shaking the old windows and so loud as if it in the same room as I am.

Same reason some go for the Arrospok. Because it's possible.

and why the fuck do they have to accelerate like a bat out of hell after the light turn green when the speed limited is only 30mph??

Can't help you on that. As long as they don't do it
a) starting from the advanced stop area for cyclists and
b) passing within 6 inches of me
I'm not too bothered. Yeah, they look like twats to the non-motorcyclists, but we look like twats to them. 6 of 1. Half dozen of t'other.

I don´t care for the noise of motorbike, it just some people seemed to like revving the tits out of it when they´ve stopped at a traffic light (which is just outside the flat), and not only that, revving while going 15 mph.

that´s all, the noise is fine, the abusive is not.

seriously, what the fuck do you expect getting a flat on a main road.

FWIW, motorbikes are legally allowed a higher noise limit than cars (well in aus they are). don't mind loud bikes or even cars, if they are decent.

One screamed past me this morning on Hackney Rd doing a wheelie.

I can't explain why but it made me feel quite anxious. I'm normally a very confident rider but the sheer volume seemed to momentarily knock my confidence and made feel all wobbly!

Fucker.

it stops taxis doing u turns on them
makes other traffic aware they are present.
we all know how little attention bikes get on the roads same goes for motorbikes

i got this little toe rag on a 50cc scooter down my road he's removed the exhaust, stupid loud but i can hear him arriving from about 400m away ! so can cars !

the roar of a duke 916 sps through termigoni's is one of the nicest noises about !

edscoble, am I right in thinking you're 'hearing-imapired'? Is it perhaps possible that because loud bikes are audible to you that you think they're unacceptable, or something? Or that these noises may sound worse to you because you don't hear so much of the more subtle hum of the city that never ever stops.
(Not trying to be rude, a serious question.)

I personally think if you don't like noise (there's a piece in Guardian yesterday about how noise can cause stress and shit) you're probably not that wierd. But we live in the world's greatest city, its a noisy place. I think if I need proper peace and quiet one day, I'm gonna have to move to the Yorkshire Moors or the Western Isles and grow my own veg and meditate, and perfect my yoghurt weaving techniques.

I sometimes get a bit upset by choppers and sirens. Motorbikes and peds can be annoying when they're being revved stoopidly, I agree with you on this.

the roar of a duke 916 sps through termigoni's is one of the nicest noises about !

Couldnt agree more! Prefer the sound of a Shovelhead harley engine a bit more though, and above all, a vintage HEMI V-8 in a car. Yikes!

Edscoble, are you victor meldrew? You should listen to my bike, the exhaust is basically a megaphone and sounds like a spitfire

I agree with you on the scooters though.

ha ha you actually ride around on that with a straight face?

Nope, i usually have a large grin on my mug