is my Exhaust too loud???/

[Swinada]

I keep reading in the requirements to join one of the DSBC rides that the bikes cannot be loud. What is loud? I have no comparison. I put up a little youtube video with a soundsample of my new KLR 650 with a Vance & Hines exhaust. Maybe somebody could tell me if this too loud or just right.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyC5jz97hQw

 

[Mud-Ectomy]

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Well...................... I find that if my volume is turned up it is too loud but if it is turned down it is too quiet but if it is in the middle it is Just Right.

Sorry just kidding, my guess it that it should be OK.BUT!!!!! where is your helmet:ted:

 

[Swinada]

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hmmm my Helmet ???? on the coatrack of course, so it doesnt get dirty and nicked if I fall over.
I do wear a helmet if i leave my driveway. Honest :ss:

 

[Guest]

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Sounds fine to me.

But iride a straight piped, 2 stroke,highly modifiedsled i ride all winter.....well it does sort of have a muffler on it, being a turbo, that reduces the noise a bit, but it sure is not quiet.

And then there is Kelly ( the ball and chain)I live with and her constant whining that has not helped my hearing out any .......joke

So think between that, and the dynamite experience in the barn when I was a kid, i may have a touch of hearing damage.



Ya the dynamite in the barn when I was just 8 is a true story.

Kelly said cats have 9 lives, i have more like 900. :hr:

 

[EnduroMo]

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Swinada wrote:

hmmm my Helmet ???? on the coatrack of course, so it doesnt get dirty and nicked if I fall over.

lmao...

Seriously though that pipe sounds good to me. I don't think it's too loud from what I could determine. I've rode with guys with much louder pipes that are supposedly below the legal SPL limits.

 

[Yak_KLR650]

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Swinada wrote:

What is loud?

96 decibels is the normal standard... that should be enforced if we want to continue to access areas.

 

[Swinada]

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Yak_KLR650 wrote:

Swinada wrote:

What is loud?

96 decibels is the normal standard... that should be enforced if we want to continue to access areas.

Who would have a decibel meter? Would a bike shop have something like this?

Or what other trades would have such equipment? How is it measured, when the engine is idling or at a certain RPM?

 

[Yak_KLR650]

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A lot of clubs have them for sanctioned rides. The Kelowna club bought one. I don't know the details for testing. sorry.

 

[Guest]

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Does it trigger car alarms all over town?

If not its quieter by far than 99.9% of the piece of crap Hardleys on the road, so just ride it and enjoy.

I would rather listen to your bike with straight pipes, than list to any hardley made.

 

[tomcycle]

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Swinada wrote:

Yak_KLR650 wrote:

Swinada wrote:

What is loud?

96 decibels is the normal standard... that should be enforced if we want to continue to access areas.

Who would have a decibel meter? Would a bike shop have something like this?

Or what other trades would have such equipment? How is it measured, when the engine is idling or at a certain RPM?

PNWMA off road events have a Sound Check www.pnwma.com

Generally it is tested with the bike at 1/2 of the max RPM with the sound meter 20 inches behind the exhaust at a 45 degree angle.

I dont think Vance and Hindes are well known for the quiet (96 or less db)exhaust systems or slip ons. What about spark arestor?

Here is some interesting reading on the subject, its happening in Califonia, it will eventually happen here in one form or another

Tom