Noisey Bike

Zico · 01-05-2009 8:11pm #1

Howdee folks, I was wondering if any of you have had problems with neighbours over the noise of your bike, specifically setting their car alarms off.

I got myself an SP2 a month ago, after a few years on CBRs and I'd forgotten how loud the V-twin is. I live in a fairly narrow cul-de-sac and it seems to amplify the noise. The problem is when I start in the morning it sets off my neighbour's car alarm, so I've started rolling the bike down the street a bit, but on a cold day I have to give her a bit of throttle and that sets about 3 car alarms off. It was quiet funny at first but I'm on the road at 6:30am and I'm worried someone will complain to the Gardai or the local council or something. It's the alarms that are the real noise nuisance, so would I be responsible or the owner of the alarm?

Idleater · 02-05-2009 9:59am

I'm complemented on the erm, noise of my bike (sv1000 with akie's). None of the houses with kids have a problem with me going to work, and the other houses love the bike going by.

I also get comments about "not go into work today?" if I have to take the bus onsite in town.

maybe it's just an agreeable neighbourhood. Have you actually been told off or are you worried about it happening? I used to roll my previous bike away a bit after car alarm incidents at 0600. I now prefer to drive around the car park in work to see how many alarms I can set off.

seanybiker · 02-05-2009 5:03pm

deadly. Two great bikes for waking the neighbours. Do ya not have baffles for the cans op. I think second poster has the right idea though. Its fun setting off alarms and makes ya look cool. Your bike is scaring the cars lol.

Idleater · 02-05-2009 8:39pm

seanybiker wrote: »

Do ya not have baffles for the cans op.

Que???:pac:

thehomeofDob · 03-05-2009 1:43pm

Some cans have removable baffles that dull the sound coming out from them.

Lilliput69 · 03-05-2009 5:23pm

When other half had a Sportster he would wake the bloody dead, i could hear him from 2 miles away, he would also set off car alarms, lucky we have no neighbours so no one bothered:D

seanybiker · 03-05-2009 6:03pm

ya should hear one of me mates bikes. A vulcan 1500. Jesus christ its loud. They are aftermarket pipes and still have the baffles in. Ya be deaf if he takes em out.

Quint · 10-05-2009 9:47pm

An SP2 with after market exhausts sounds cool. I'd ring the police if you put the baffels in!

Thinkingaboutit · 11-05-2009 12:12am

Yeah, but the neighbour is a headcase who was disturbed by the noise of a bathroom fan from here.

seanybiker · 11-05-2009 12:15am

Quint wrote: »

An SP2 with after market exhausts sounds cool. I'd ring the police if you put the baffels in!

Yeah there's some savage sound outta them yokes. Blow the fecking snot off your neighbours. Its brilliant.

Thinkingaboutit wrote: »

Yeah, but the neighbour is a headcase who was disturbed by the noise of a bathroom fan from here.

Jaysus you must have some whopper industrial fan or something.

Happy 100th post BTW.

Thinkingaboutit · 12-05-2009 10:16pm

seanybiker wrote: »

Yeah there's some savage sound outta them yokes. Blow the fecking snot off your neighbours. Its brilliant.

Jaysus you must have some whopper industrial fan or something.

Happy 100th post BTW.

I'm a veritable spambot.

Thx

It's a modest little extractor fan. The only fan is one in her head. I'd give a **** about her concerns if she wasn't a headcase.

Interceptor · 12-05-2009 10:28pm

You don't say whether the exhausts on the SP2 are standard or not. If they're standard and you push it out from time to time then I wouldn't give a toss. Don't rev the nuts off it and let the people with the faulty car alarms find their own solution.

It could be an awful lot louder...

'cptr

Noisey Bike

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