They now have radios that need to be loud enough to hear over the engine noise- you can hear them coming from a LONG way away.
As if Harleys weren't annoying enough...
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I love the sound of Harleys and the sound systems on them bother me not at all.
Blame it on that pesky pursuit of happiness thing.
Blame it on that pesky pursuit of happiness thing.
OP would have hated my 69 SS 396 4 speed Chevelle with a monster cam, and no real exhaust. Just headers, and those short Thrush glass packs with a flange to bolt to the headers. It honestly rattled the dishes in my moms china cabinet when I pulled in the garage.
Been riding bikes over 40 years. Never understood having a stereo on a bike till I got a bagger in 2015 due to multi state rides. My bike's exhaust is most loud, the stereo is loud enough for me to hear perfectly going 80+ down the expressway.
I've never once sat at a stop sign or red light revving it, never done a burnout, and when I'm in a populated area, I keep the tunes down.
For the record 1980 was the first year Harley offered a radio on a bike. From 1986 on Harley put tunes on most of the baggers.
Been riding bikes over 40 years. Never understood having a stereo on a bike till I got a bagger in 2015 due to multi state rides. My bike's exhaust is most loud, the stereo is loud enough for me to hear perfectly going 80+ down the expressway.
I've never once sat at a stop sign or red light revving it, never done a burnout, and when I'm in a populated area, I keep the tunes down.
For the record 1980 was the first year Harley offered a radio on a bike. From 1986 on Harley put tunes on most of the baggers.
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High performance vehicle engines are way different than scooter engines. I miss my 68 Roadrunner with headers and all my buddies Goats and 396 GM engines. Then there were the Z- 28s……. Dated a girl that had the First Z-28 in the area. She had lots of ripple one night and bashed in the hood. Had to fix it so she/ we could check the oil, those were the days….
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Rock on guys! Enjoy the old bikes and the pipes. Enjoy those old V8’s with the headers. Enjoy those old So Cal Low Riders. That’s Americana right there!!
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Good luck on this post OP. Lol
I’m not a biker but I’ve often found the idea of speakers on a motorcycle pointless…
Glenn R. McMannly
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Im a huge Harley fanatic.
Don’t like the sound? Forget thar!! We Harley riders don’t care!!!
Don’t like the sound? Forget thar!! We Harley riders don’t care!!!
Noise on the gun range. Noise on the race track. Noise from my speakers. I guess I'm a noisy guy. I don't mind Harley noise or their tunes. They don't seem to mind mine. Live and let live.
I've had a bunch of Harleys. I had cool sounding exhaust, but it wasn't obnoxious. I usually wore ear plugs when I rode.
A few years ago my wife and I were visiting the Rose Garden in Portland, OR, walking there from our then home in the Northwest neighborhood. It was a sort of misty, cloudy, quiet day. As we came up the hill, and through the trees approaching the parking lot, we heard, incongruously, shakuhachi music.
A shakuhachi is a Japanese, bamboo flute.
As we got closer to the parking lot, which overlooks the Rose Garden, we found the source: A large guy, sitting on a large Harley with an excellent audio system, serenely smoking a large cigar as he contemplated the view.
I thought, "Now there is a guy doing exactly what he wants to do."
I was impressed, and admired the guy. He still comes up in our conversations now and then as the scene was so striking.
A shakuhachi is a Japanese, bamboo flute.
As we got closer to the parking lot, which overlooks the Rose Garden, we found the source: A large guy, sitting on a large Harley with an excellent audio system, serenely smoking a large cigar as he contemplated the view.
I thought, "Now there is a guy doing exactly what he wants to do."
I was impressed, and admired the guy. He still comes up in our conversations now and then as the scene was so striking.
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The Last Standing Knight
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Think that's bad, try being on the bank of a lake when someone comes along in a boat that has MULTIPLE waterproof speakers that look like cruise missile launchers on it! Turned up so loud the fish relocate to Saskatchewan to get away from it and you could probably hear it in downtown London!
ridewv
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I concur. As a Harley owner I hate loud exhausts as well as inconsiderate people in their cars (and now some motorcycles) with their radios blasting. Grow up and be respectful for heaven's sake!
Listening to music while at speed, in any vehicle, is a compromise at best. On a motorcycle at 70 it's like a community college education: you're getting the basics, but the finer points are lost. Good news, for both sides, there's a solution. You just need to embrace technology and at the same time decide to protect the thing that makes it all possible.
Full face helmet with bluetooth speakers. Riders get better sound quality and fellow divers don't have to hear part of Born To Be Wild. Or Mustang Sally.
Full face helmet with bluetooth speakers. Riders get better sound quality and fellow divers don't have to hear part of Born To Be Wild. Or Mustang Sally.
Ingramite
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No Stereo
Straight pipes
No real point to it. Its a status thing.
Just like my 300 watt stereo in my car.
Just like my 300 watt stereo in my car.
Why not wear ear buds or have Bluetooth in your helmet (if you wear one). Not everyone appreciates your choice in music. Besides, hearing damage is not something to be casual about.OP would have hated my 69 SS 396 4 speed Chevelle with a monster cam, and no real exhaust. Just headers, and those short Thrush glass packs with a flange to bolt to the headers. It honestly rattled the dishes in my moms china cabinet when I pulled in the garage.
Been riding bikes over 40 years. Never understood having a stereo on a bike till I got a bagger in 2015 due to multi state rides. My bike's exhaust is most loud, the stereo is loud enough for me to hear perfectly going 80+ down the expressway.
I've never once sat at a stop sign or red light revving it, never done a burnout, and when I'm in a populated area, I keep the tunes down.
For the record 1980 was the first year Harley offered a radio on a bike. From 1986 on Harley put tunes on most of the baggers.
Noise that annoys people around you is not good PR for your chosen hobby or image.
