A certain amount of noise from the exhaust is a safety thing. People may not see you, but they certainly hear you and that is a good thing, as they will tend to be more respectful of the noise than a light or the actual machine. I don't care for noisy exhaust, but on a bike, the helmet can reduce it enough; if not, it may be too loud, or not. Maybe add extra padding; or a noise canceling headset? Stanley
________________________________ From: Marco <[email protected]> To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 6:50:30 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Loud V&H exhaust: options? As I recall the safety thing is an urban legend at best, a total non- starter at worst. After all, sound is directional; alerting the people (and deer) that you've already passed to your presence is not exactly useful. The horn's mounted on the front for a reason :) I see deer around me all the time; they aren't spooked by my un- baffled exhaust. They are only sometimes spooked by flashing high beams. The horn is only slightly more effective. Literally, the little bastards just stand in the middle of the street. Presumably the deer population survival strategy is to breed like mad and accept high road losses. "Like the sound" is entirely different. I like to hear that my engine's running smoothly, too. (After all, it's a contrast to all the H-D's around which have that "slightly out of tune" note - sharp-flat sharp-flat sharp-flat). We all make a deal with the devil with respect to how loud, how early, and how often. Anyhow, I was talking to an online retailer who found some replacement V&H megaphone baffles for me; I'm going to order two, see if they fit in my stock exhaust, and if not simply replace the single one on my V&H street megaphone. Will report back with the results. Ciao, Marco On Jun 25, 6:16 pm, Music and Nighthawk Nut <[email protected]> wrote: > I tote a gun, but have never used the whistles. I just want loud > exhaust cause I like how it sounds and also so people can hear you > before they see you, kinda a safety thing. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
