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  1. 84vf

    84vf New Member

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    I know, I know. Really dumb question here but I am new to bikes for the most part. But why don't older street bikes sound like the new ones? More of a typical four stroke single cylinder sound versus a smooth but Loud as hell sound. Tia
     
  2. Lint

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    It could be a number of factors. Intake shape, exhaust port shape, head chamber shape, catalytic converter or not. Muffler design and material. Pipe diameter, length and thickness. Piston design, etc etc etc. So many factors go into engine engineering. They all have an effect
     
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    One could always buy a Harley for that nostalgic noise.
     
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    I remember older sport bikes with a D&D exhaust were always damn loud. but like Lint said lots of stuff could affect. Nothing like a bike bumping off the rev limiter at the track though. music I say.
     
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    You would have to give a more specific example for me to give any logical input here
     
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    TOE CUTTER Mullet Man

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    There are no dumb questions unless SOW asked them.
     
  7. 84vf

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    Well my first bike is an 84 vf500f and I love the sound but I would like to make it a little bit louder. And a little bit smoother because I already ride a 450 4 stroke dirt bike and love that sound in a completely different way.
     
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    Damn that's what I was going to say when I read the title
     
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    All I remember was the Kawi triples and the Yami RD's before I got bit. Rode my friends RD400 with chambers, Ah and the smell of a two stroke.
    And how bout 500 two strokes screaming down Laguna's straight back in the 80's......never will forget the sounds especially the starts.
    Four stroke single, my SL100 with a straight pipe.....loved the echoes off my neighbors homes.
    Did I get off topic?
     
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    And another stupid question ... are jev, lint, & duccmann in a competition to see who can generate the most drool, or the 1st heart attack :tongue-new: ... just askin ...

    ACE
     
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    My '83 VF750 has Vance & Hines pipes and Kerker slipons, and is very loud, but has never sounded like a hot bike due to the firing order cadence. The new VFR revs faster, more responsive due to FI and improved design with a totally different firing order, and still has stock exhaust, yet it still doesn't have the high performance sound of an in-line four with loud exhaust. The VFR is no slouch, but does it quickly and quietly.
     
  13. Lint

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    I have no idea what you're talking about... :smile-new:
     
  14. duccmann

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    He's talking about our Avatar
     
  15. Lint

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    I know... Being sarcastic.
     
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    Oh, didn't realize it was you that posted that...sidetracked
     
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