What the.....?
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Tourer
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: NW Georgia
What the.....?
Got a friend from our days together in Southeast Asia and Germany and the Viet Nam war. Lost track for over 30 years, found him a couple years ago, and this Thanksgiving week I traveled to Long Beach, CA to visit him on the Saturday after...he owns an Indian Roadmaster, and he and his Brother (Roadstar) and I planned to ride together with me on a rented Heritage softail. Wonderful day, through Malibu Canyon, Malibu Beach, N Hollywood, Brentwood...nearly 6 hours on the bikes together. Lots of significance there that others from those days and the war will recognize...
Anyway, it's the rented bike which has prompted this email. It was nearly as silent as a scooter. I mean, there was NO exhaust note out of this Heritage AT ALL! It was almost embarassing. I couldn't figure it out. Thought maybe it was because it was a California bike, but it had been ridden in from Florida the week before (still had the FL tag on it), and the FL exhaust is the same as the other 48...so what gives? Can anyone tell me why this HD sounded like a Honda open frame scooter???
Anyway, it's the rented bike which has prompted this email. It was nearly as silent as a scooter. I mean, there was NO exhaust note out of this Heritage AT ALL! It was almost embarassing. I couldn't figure it out. Thought maybe it was because it was a California bike, but it had been ridden in from Florida the week before (still had the FL tag on it), and the FL exhaust is the same as the other 48...so what gives? Can anyone tell me why this HD sounded like a Honda open frame scooter???
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Long Island, NY
yeah its normal the stock exhaust on the latest models is a mere whisper.
change the exhaust is the only solution
just be happy you don;t live in a country like germany where you can't change the exhaust noise...you can change exhaust look but by law the stock sound is as loud as you are allowed to go.
change the exhaust is the only solution
just be happy you don;t live in a country like germany where you can't change the exhaust noise...you can change exhaust look but by law the stock sound is as loud as you are allowed to go.
Tourer
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 294
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From: West central Illinois in the Mississippi river bottoms
When I was shopping for a bike the first couple that I started on the showroom floor you could'nt even here them run with the noise in the background. Stock exaust suck!!!
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Cruiser
Joined: May 2007
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From: Warren Ohio
You can thank the cry baby politicions for passing all the noise and environmental pollution laws for it!
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