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Old Sep 5, 2015 | 05:56 AM
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to me and maybe its just me - the two cams sound like an electorlux vacuum cleaner and have since 99

i am not implying they suck mind you - wait what did i say
 
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Old Sep 5, 2015 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Wimbo
Prefer the sound of my old Evo.
The TwinCam sounds more like my Suzuki LC.
Love the Maroon/Black colour Scheme mate.


It's just the idle and the stock pipes, the firing impulses are identical and unique to Harleys....
 
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Old Sep 5, 2015 | 06:36 PM
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Listen to this with your eyes closed....





Then this





Apart from the different pipes there is bugger all between them...except that the TC is idling lower than the Evo because it hasn't just been started after a rebuild...people talk so much **** about TC's that it boils my blood...
 

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Old Sep 5, 2015 | 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Spanners39
people talk so much **** about TC's that it boils my blood...
And that my friend is why it is so much fun to talk **** about TC's!!!!!!


I had a friend that would get so riled up when I said football was just 22 guys in tights running around a field!!!!
Damn that was fun!!!!
 
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Old Sep 5, 2015 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Spanners39

Apart from the different pipes there is bugger all between them...except that the TC is idling lower than the Evo because it hasn't just been started after a rebuild...people talk so much **** about TC's that it boils my blood...
Spanners with my manual idle air controller I hear from lots of guys "say that sounds like an old shovel or evo". So idling it down does help a lot to make TC sound better to my ears (and others).

But I think that wasted spark changes the sound a bit as well - though I can't confirm this as I haven't heard an EVO with a single fire to compare...

I will say my TC engine itself is super quiet, my Evo spoke to me with lots of ticks and clacks and sounds.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2015 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Spanners39
Listen to this with your eyes closed....





Then this





Apart from the different pipes there is bugger all between them...except that the TC is idling lower than the Evo because it hasn't just been started after a rebuild...people talk so much **** about TC's that it boils my blood...
Cream filling.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2015 | 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe_G
But I think that wasted spark changes the sound a bit as well - though I can't confirm this as I haven't heard an EVO with a single fire to compare...
It shouldn't, since the wasted spark is silent. No boom...
 
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Old Sep 5, 2015 | 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Spanners39
..people talk so much **** about TC's that it boils my blood...

Only in the EVO section...........
 
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Originally Posted by Spanners39
Listen to this with your eyes closed
Usually when someone is using this line a fat or ugly girl is involved or someone is trying to convince us a twinkie doesn't sound like a helicopter.
 
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Originally Posted by Joe_G

But I think that wasted spark changes the sound a bit as well - though I can't confirm this as I haven't heard an EVO with a single fire to compare...

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I have and it doesn't make any difference...in fact, a single fire coil doesn't make any difference to anything, they are just snake oil in my opinion
 
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